Reading

On this page, you will find information about the Year 2 reading curriculum and how you can support at home. If you are looking for some reading inspiration, take a look at this list of Year 2 Recommended Reads.

 

Fluency and Comprehension

In Year 2, children should be reading sufficiently fluently to allow them to focus on their understanding rather than decoding individual words. Reading lessons in Year 2 develop children’s word recognition and sight reading abilities by providing children with multiple opportunities to read the same book.

In school, children will read the same book every day for a week. Each time they read the book, we hope to see their fluency improve, allowing them to focus on their ‘storyteller’ voice.

First read: read every word accurately

Second read: read more words ‘at a glance’

Third read: read the whole story accurately

Fourth read: read the whole story accurately and at a more fluent pace

Fifth read: read the whole story accurately, fluently and with a ‘storyteller’ voice.

When reading with your children at home, please encourage them to read the same story multiple times. This will enable them to read more words by sight, thus improving their fluency and allowing them to focus more on their ‘storyteller’ voice.

 

Once children are able to read fluently, they will be able to concentrate more on their understanding of the story using their comprehension skills. Comprehension skills in Year 2 are broken down into 5 areas:

1a draw on knowledge of vocabulary to understand texts
1b identify / explain key aspects of fiction and non-fiction texts, such as characters, events, titles and information
1c identify and explain the sequence of events in texts
1d make inferences from the text
1e predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far

 

In school, children will be required to apply these skills to written comprehension questions, where they will have to independently read the question, use the text to inform their answer, and then write it using a given format.

 

More information of the expectations for reading in Year 2, as well as details of how you can best support your child with their reading at home can be found here:

Reading Workshop Year 2 Slides 29.11.23

Reading Skills Handout

 

Read Write Inc.

At Kents Hill Park, your child will be taught to read using the Read Write Inc. (RWI) phonics programme.  Read Write Inc., developed by Ruth Miskin, provides a structured and systematic approach to teaching early reading. It is designed to create fluent readers and confident speakers.

More information on the programme can be found at: https://youtu.be/sjlPILhk7bQ.

For more information regarding the teaching of phonics, please see the Year 1 Phonics and Reading page

Reading at Home

Remember to read regularly at home. It’s important your child reads their book more than once to develop their confidence and fluency. As well as listening to your child read, please also ask them questions about what they have read.

Please record home reading in your child’s reading diary with a comment reflecting what they have done well, and anything they found difficult. Further guidance for recording home reading can be found at the front of your child’s reading diary.

Information about the Read Write Inc. reading books your child is bring home can be found on our Year 2 Phonics and Reading page.

 

Reading Rocket Race

1. Read SEVEN times a week at home to earn an entry into our reading rocket race raffle! Each half-term a lucky winner from each class will be the recipient of a brand new reading book of their choosing.

2. You require ten entries to complete each level:
Bronze – Silver – Gold – Platinum
You will receive a special certificate when you have completed each one!

3. Each week we add your number of home reads onto your running total.
Watch the Reading Rocket Race in your classroom to see who is in the lead to have their name engraved upon our school plaque at the end of the year!

4. If more than one read is recorded on a single date that counts as one read.

For example:
11.9.22 – The Giant Turnip – p1-5
11.9.22 – Cinderella – p15-20
12.9.22 – The Giant Turnip – p6-9
13.9.22 – The Giant Turnip – p10-END
= Three home reads

5. The class with the most reads each week wins our reading rocket race mascot Peter Rabbit and earns themselves 5 minutes of extra play time!

Good luck and happy reading!