Moving forward

In this section you have learned about the importance of storytelling and storyreading and how children need to hear stories on a daily basis. You have reflected on how storytelling enhances children’s speaking and listening skills. You have had the opportunity to share a range of storybooks and considered how planning effective questions can support children’s comprehension skills.

Section 5 has also introduced the idea of thinking skills and how using storybooks can enhance how children think about the stories they hear and the stories they tell. You have learned more about how reading and writing activities can be supported with a good-quality storybook and how children can be encouraged to make links between the stories they hear and the stories they write. This section has also introduced you to different ways of organising your classroom for reading, including shared reading, group/guided reading and independent reading time.

In the final section [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]   you will think about how to assess reading. You will be introduced to a tool that will help you decide what support young readers need, and to strategies that you can use to assess the reading of individual children in large classes.