The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons (The Reading Lesson series)

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There are different strategies that you can use to help you understand a text and answer questions about it. Active reading is the act of reading to understand and evaluate a text. It’s often described as “reading with a purpose”. This helps pupils, children, and people of all ages to broaden their understanding of a text or knowledge of a subject. You can reread something over and over again, but it isn't the most effective way to digest the material. Children can improve this by using one or more active reading strategies.

As an example, you could share a pre-written acrostic poem with your students, then use our All About Me Acrostic Poem Template to give them an opportunity to recreate these features and patterns for themselves. This activity encourages children to use descriptive language and letter recognition skills while learning about acrostic poems. It also prompts them to think about themselves and their likes and dislikes while exercising creative writing skills and reflecting on the features of poetry they have learnt about.

These techniques encourage children to enjoy reading and get something out of it. This helps to avoid the problem of just reading for the sake of it, or because they’re being told to do it. They are “reading with a purpose”. It improves the likelihood that children will achieve well in other areas of their learning, as reading comprehension is a core aspect of most subjects. From fun games and comprehensive reading activities to interactive PowerPoints and handy worksheets, our vast range of teaching aids will help you engage children with difficult or long texts. Use context to help you figure out what is happening in the text. A text will have different things happening in it depending on what type (or genre) of text it is.

In KS1, children should be learning to read fluently while gaining a solid understanding of what they’ve read. They should also be developing their vocabulary pool, learning new words wherever possible, and improving their knowledge of grammar.Don't forget about reading targets. Having a goal to work towards will make your reading sessions more structured. Sharing these targets with pupils can also motivate them to work hard and achieve more. The best way to enhance and expand a child’s vocabulary is by getting them to read more. A better vocabulary will vastly improve a child’s ability to write. Texts and reading exercises for learners passionate about the environment, for example pollution and endangered species. This range of reading activities for KS2 has been expertly curated to ensure that there's an activity to suit every type of learner. With a resource for every occasion with dozens of seasonal and topical activities, your children will be exploring fantasy worlds, historical events, and other culture in no time through their new-found love of reading!