Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening

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Reading

Guided Reading Resources
Guided reading carousel
Guided reading model KS1
Guided reading model KS2
Guided reading planning grid
Jackie Morris guided reading Y5
Pie Corbett: Games to establish a creative mood

Book Banding
Support to book band your school's reading books.
Book band levels, colours and equivalent NC levels
National curriculum levels to book band colours
All Aboard structure chart
Collins Big Cat structure chart
Lighthouse structure chart
Literacy World structure chart
Oxford Reading book bands
Oxford Reading Tree individual titles matched to book band
Rapid Reading structure chart
Rigby Star independent components
Rigby Star shared components
Storyworlds structure chart

Reading Resources for APP Assessment Focuses
APP reading evidence support for schools - Update 2010.
Attribution of reading questions
Explanations of terminology
Making a level judgement 1 to 5
Planning sheet for reading AFs
Reading assessment focuses - Childspeak.
Weightings for reading assessment focuses - AQA End of KS2 tests.

Reading Conferences To help make level judgements.

Reading Conference level 1b
Reading Conference level 1a
Reading Conference level 2c
Reading Conference level 2b
Reading Conference level 2a
Reading Conference level 3c brown
Reading Conference level 3b grey
(document 37433 "Reading Conference level 3a 4b dark blue")
Reading Conference level 4b 5c dark red

MK Better Reads
Milton Keynes Better Reading Partnership presentation
How to help your child
Observation record
Reading partnership diary
Record sheet
Running record

Other Resources for Reading
Reading enjoyment survey
Reading environment
Reading journals activities
Cbeebies stories
Cool Reads - Books for 10 to 15 yr old readers by 10 to 15 yr old reviewers.
UK Children's Books - A website dedicated to authors, illustrators and publishers.
Sebastian Swan - Online stories.
SurLaLune Fairytales
Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
Booktrust - An charity dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to enjoy books. Particularly good for booklist recommendations.
Norfolk Children's Book Centre - Marilyn Brocklehurst's website.
Reading Zone - Everything you need to know about children's books and authors.
The Children's Laureate

Writing
Guided writing
Key features of shared writing
Teaching sequence for writing
Text forms and text types
Text type guidance non-fiction
Vary sentence openings
Writing enjoyment survey
Writing environment
Improving Writing with a focus on Guided Writing
Writer grids

Speaking and Listening
Drama conventions
Incorporating DVD/video into literacy lessons
Oral storytelling
Y1 oral storytelling text - Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Y2 oral storytelling text - Peter Rabbit.
Y3 oral storytelling text - Kipling.
Y5 oral storytelling text - Famous Five.