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Reading at Key Stage 2

Videos

King, C. and Robinson, M. (1993) Creating a Community of Readers Parts 1 and 2:Videos and Teachers’ Notes. Brighton: Brighton University Media Services. These two videos are designed to support teachers who want to introduce Literature Circles into class practice. Part One focuses on Reception children and covers all the contexts for reading discussed in this chapter. Part Two tracks the progress as readers, of a group of Year 5 children who are members of a Literature Circle. Both are available from Pam Blackman, Curriculum Centre, Bevendean House, University of Brighton, Falmer, BN1 9PH Email:
pam.blackman@bton.ac.uk

Contents

  1. Teaching reading at Key Stage 2

    a - Introduction
    b - Principles and practices: institution-based sessions
    c - Principles and practices: school-based training
    d - Helping student teachers to become familiar with a range of children’s literature
    e - What do Key Stage 2 readers need to learn?
    f - What goes on in our heads when we read?

  2. Contexts for teaching reading at Key Stage 2

    a - Introduction
    b - Assessing reading: attitudes, experiences, strategies and skills
    c - Teacher reading with individuals
    d - Teacher reading aloud
    e - Quiet reading
    f - Shared reading

  3. Teaching student teachers to how to use shared reading as a positive teaching strategy

    a - Introducing the activity
    b - Phonics
    c - Non-fiction text
    d - Independent reading activities

  4. Group reading

    a - Guided reading and literature circles
    b - A comparison of guided reading and literature circles

  5. Teaching out of the box: a text-centred approach

  6. Struggling Readers

    a - Teaching
    b - Reading skills

  7. Resources

    a - Resource A: What children need to learn/ possess to become readers
    b - Resource B: Guidelines for the analysis of non fiction texts

  8. Videos

  9. References
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