Reading Thursday

Warm Up:

• Practise your reading with this game: Help a Hedgehog to Read

• Read your common words from the Primary 1 and Primary 2 word walls below. How many can you read without any help?

Primary 1

Primary 2

Main Task:

• Choose a story to read with someone.

• If you would prefer to, click on the link Book Trust and read one of the free online books .

• Discuss the title, author and illustrator of your story.

• If it is a story you haven’t read before, can you predict what you think the story is about or what might happen, based on the front cover and the blurb.

• Who were the main characters in the story?

• Where was the story set?

• Who was your favourite character in the story?  Draw the character in your jotter and write about why you liked them so much.

Extra Challenge:

• Can you be a Text Detective and name any capital letters you find in your story?

• Can you find any words in your story with the digraphs ch sh wh th?

• Can you find any words in your story that have 6 letters?

Game to Support Learning:

• Play 10 minutes on Sumdog Reading.

• The next link is for a really good website called ‘Teach Your Monster to Read’.  It is a free online resource which helps young readers.  All you have to do is register with an email address.  No payment required.

Teach Your Monster to Read