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Reading
What about those children who aren’t blending yet?
Can I change my pupil’s book level?
How do I organise reading in Reception?
When do I start?
A child has scored high on the heatmaps. Why is their suggested book level so low?
Where do I find the GPC flashcards to match each reading book?
What books have word cards?
Which books to read and when?
We have some children who are still only able to recognise three or four graphemes and are unable to blend.
Is there an order to read the books that are in the same set?
Do I have the correct Big Cat books?
Is your programme recommended for children with dyslexia?
How do I manage different reading speeds in the reading practice groups? Do you have any advice?
What is in Little Wandle Fluency?
Do you have a book list for Little Wandle?
I need help with eBooks
What should children read after Phase 5?
When should children start taking decodable books home in Reception?
Do we teach reading as well as the phonics session?
My children have read all the wordless books but they still cannot blend, what books can we give them now?
Do you provide books for children with visual impairment?
The tricky words I’m testing the children on in the Autumn 2 assessment slides (go, she, of, the, has) are not the tricky words covered in the reading practice sessions.
What do I do with children who are way ahead or behind in reading sessions?
Is reading taught as a whole class? If not, how do you imagine it will work in groups?
Where are the reading practice session videos?
How do reading practice sessions work?
At what point should we stop using decodable books?
How fast should my pupils be reading?
When do you recommend that reading sessions should start in Reception?
Is there an index to search for where all word cards are found?
What reading books do the children take home?
What do we do after the children can read?
If each group of six children needs to read the matched phonics book three times a week, does that mean that every child will need the same book?
Is reading in books taught separately?
Where else can I find support for my reading practice sessions in Reception?
Do you have any advice for timetabling my reading practice sessions?
What is the three reads model?
Why are three reading practice sessions a week important?
Is it important to hear children read one-to-one?
I’m not sure I understand how the book levels are worked out, do you have any advice?
How do I know if my Year 2 children are ready for the Little Wandle Fluency programme?
Fluency
How can I develop pupils’ fluent and expressive reading?
Why is children’s ability to read words automatically included in book level calculations?
My pupils are struggling to read words automatically. How can I help them?
How do I work out what Fluency level to start the children on?
Why does Little Wandle say that we need to do three reads?
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Assessment
Why might different book levels be suggested for children with seemingly similar heatmaps?
What if the suggested book level seems wrong?
How are book levels worked out?
Longer words
Can you help me with the longer words in the Reception, Spring 2 lessons, like lemon, rabbit and bucket?
Tricky Words
Can you recommend strategies to get tricky words to stick?
Reading Practice Sessions
How important is it that we fit in all three reading practice sessions?
Where can I find support for reading practice sessions?
Do we need to record all our reading practice sessions?
How do I reach every child?
Phonics Screening Check
Can children stop reading practice sessions once they’ve passed the PSC?
CPD
Do you have any CPD and advice to support reading?
Reading for Pleasure
Do you have any recommendations for embedding a Reading for Pleasure culture in my school?
I’d really like to buy some new books for my reading area. Any recommendations?
Where can I find book recommendations?
Do you have book recommendations for Year 6?
Can you direct me to book recommendations for EYFS?
Where can I find poetry recommendations for all primary ages?
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Challenge
How can we make sure competent readers in Reception and Year 1 are getting enough challenge?
Parents
Do you have resources about reading that I can share with parents?
Blending
Why do some children find it hard to master blending?
Phonemic awareness
How can I help children with poor phonemic awareness?