Steps to Read
In KS2, reading to learn focuses primarily upon the reciprocal reading skills children require to read for pleasure and to develop subject knowledge. These reciprocal reading skills are taught explicitly during shared reading and guided reading lessons. The ‘Steps to Read’ scheme is followed when teaching reading, as this exposes the children to a variety of diverse, challenging and thematic texts, including: fiction, non-fiction and poetry. It provides a clear teaching sequence to reading sessions that explicitly teach reading skills and strategies in a cumulative way through evidence-based approaches. These units have been constructed so that the entire statutory curriculum for reading is covered. In EYFS and KS1, the Steps to Read texts are provided for whole class shared reading led by teachers.
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