Developing literacy:
Fiction year 1, context:
Whilst year 1 children may not be able to read these texts
independently, they will be able to take part in shared reading and understand
what is being read. After a text has been introduced many children may attempt
subsequently to read it independently.
Fat Cat on a Mat has some of the statements suggested in the criteria for choice texts,
some of them:
- Makes demands on young readers’ developing phonological knowledge,
sight vocabulary and decoding skills.
- Presents features of language and techniques that are used for effect,
like repetition and rhyme.
- Includes word, ideas and pictures which help children to begin to
understand character and events, and how authors describe them.
- Engages de readers’ interest and relates to imagined and familiar
experiences.
Reading and writing targets to read a book for children are very
important for teachers to clarify the targets and can prepare a good
understanding of the lecture which permits children achieve the pointed goals.
Targets are relevant in terms of:
·
Children’s interaction; forcing students to understand the
lecture by previous knowledge questions and a share and guided lecture.
·
Teaching sequence; the leader of reading is the teacher, students are dependents to the
teacher and we have to try to create and follow a sequence of reading, be able
to sequence the main parts of the story.
·
Topics connected with the story; topics connected
with Fat Cat on a Mat:
- Myself: emotions and how these can be expressed
- Our homes and families: safety in the home
- People who help us: the people in their environment who play an
important role helping us and others
- Seasons
- Animals
- Traditional stories and fairytales