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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?
How do I manage different reading speeds in the reading practice groups? Do you have any advice?
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?
Is your programme recommended for children with dyslexia?
Do you provide books for children with visual impairment?
Do I have the correct Big Cat books?
Is there an order to read the books that are in the same set?
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.
We have some children who are still only able to recognise three or four graphemes and are unable to blend.
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?
Which books to read and when?
What books have word cards?
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?
Where do I find the GPC flashcards to match each reading book?
Is there an index to search for where all word cards are found?
What reading books do the children take home?
Can I change my pupil's book level?
A child has scored high on the heatmaps. Why is their suggested book level so low?
What do we do after the children can read?
What about those children who aren't blending yet?
When do I start?
How do I organise reading in Reception?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Challenge
How can we make sure competent readers in Reception and Year 1 are getting enough challenge?