The Street Beneath My Feet (Look Closer)

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This link gives YouTube clips of authors and illustrators drawing characters from well known books. Why not get children to draw alongside Benji Davies or Mini Grey?

Mixing urban and rural settings, covering subjects such as geology, archaeology and natural history, The Street Beneath My Feetoffers children the opportunity to explore their world through a detailed learning experience. And its fold-out, 'laperello' style, which extends to 2.5 metres in length, is ideal for spreading out on the floor to pore over for hours. About This Edition ISBN:

Crafting writing on a computer is such a valuable skill for children to learn. We know writing outcomes tend to be stronger because they are more willing to edit and improve a piece that is word processed. However, often teachers are reluctant to let children use this approach if they are slow at typing. So why not use this period of home learning to encourage your children to follow a typing course? KS2 Dance Mat Typing is a free online touch-typing programme for children in Key Stage 2. It has four levels which build on the previous learning and includes speed activities and rewards. There are various units to choose from, depending upon your interests.The units are organised into infants, lower juniors and upper juniors. Encourage children to read stories, non-fiction and poetry . Encourage parents to listen to their child reading aloud, even if they are in Key Stage 2. Enjoy talking about the books they read and discuss unfamiliar words. Reading aloud will help children to build their fluency, so that when they read silently the ‘voice in their head’ is fluent too. A guide for parents to support reading fluency is given below. (HIAS English Team)

How much and how often children read really matters.Once children have mastered decoding through their phonics work, reading as much and as widely as possible will ensure that they continue to develop, not just academically, but emotionally too. And the best way to improve reading is the most enjoyable – reading! As the reading scientist Mark Seidenberg puts it, “The serious way to improve reading – how well we comprehend a text and, yes, speed and efficiency – is this: Read. As much as possible. Mostly new stuff.”

Parents, carers and siblings can help by reading the extracts/text aloud to the child; collecting interesting words and phrases on paper / post-its as they read; talking to the child about their ideas before they write. All these instructions are within the unit aimed at parents. (HIAS English Team) Reading:Read, read and read some more! (units attached below)