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What are you reading?11 October 2016 (by Russ Payne (rpayne)) |
The quality of the texts children read is hugely important: well-written texts impact much more than just a child's reading fluency.
The quality of the texts children read is hugely important: well-written texts impact much more than just a child's reading fluency: their reading comprehension, their writing quality and their understanding of grammar will all be significantly improved through reading good texts.
Age-appropriate, high-quality texts will...
• expand children's vocabularies through introducing them to new words;
• show them the impact of combining words into powerful phrases;
• embed sentence structures in their memories, which they can replicate in their own writing;
• enable them to experience effective punctuation and grammar;
• and allow them to engage at a higher level with characters, plots and themes.
A useful source of age-appropriate, high-quality texts can be found at the Book Trust - see the 'Reading' page in the 'Curriculum' section of our website for more information.