Get Reading!

The most important thing is that you are reading for at least 20 to 30 minutes a day.

You can also have a go at some of these activities:

• Read aloud to as many different people as you can from the newspaper, a book, a website etc. Perhaps you read a page, then they read a page. Use your best expression and put on some voices to entertain them!
• Read aloud in a ‘character’ voice from a story
• Draw a story map to help retell a story you know or are reading
• Make stick puppets to retell a story and perform the puppet show to your family
• Find and list words that rhyme
• Draw and label a scene from your favourite part of a story
• Collect inspiring ideas from reading for your own writing – phrases or words
• Find out something new from a non-fiction book – share facts with your family
• Write a blurb for a book you like or character description from the story

Ask an adult to pick a square at random. Can you hold a discussion about the book you are currently reading?

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