Welcome to The Reading Jackdaw. I hope to feed hungry readers and create an appetite for reading through a range of reading resources, book lists, recommendations, reviews, expertise, support and creativity.
Welcome to The Reading Jackdaw. I hope to feed hungry readers and create an appetite for reading through a range of reading resources, book lists, recommendations, reviews, expertise, support and creativity.
A simple groups game that encourages book chat, perfect for library lessons or book clubs and can be used for anyone 3 to 100. All you need is a group of readers and 2 dice.
A colourful poster showing the places that you can go when you read fiction for pleasure, great for all age groups as classroom, school and library displays.
Fun certificates to reward reading for pleasure where you might not necessarily expect it, award a small prize along with the certificate when you find a child reading in the playground, walking around school, in the lunch queue. I have found that they start reading in the hope to be caught!
Six emoji posters showing the different genres and emotions that fiction can make you feel. Add your own titles of books from your collection that best fit each emotion.
Three A4 posters showing Olympians and Paralympians who have written fiction for children and young people. See their Olympic careers and achievements and the titles of their books. This resources would complement any Olympic display in your school, classroom or library.
Add my Olympic Sports booklist to this resources for a comprehensive Olympic and Reading experience
This 8 page booklet gives practical and realistic small steps to building a R4P culture in your whole school community, small steps that build a solid foundation to flourish as a R4P school
The 2023 Government Reading Framework advocates a strategic approach to nurturing a reading habit rather than relying on an eclectic mix of activities. This booklet aims to provide practical ideas on how to develop a strategic approach to motivate pupils to read, including developing a R4P pedagogy, giving staff time to develop their knowledge of texts, providing space and time to read and chat about books, providing access to diverse texts, monitoring attitudes and behaviours during R4P time and building reading communities.
This resource includes 4 bookmarks for each of the year groups: Years 3&4, Years 5&6 and Years 7&8 with a fiction menu of ten or more titles on each bookmark and 4 bookmarks for each age group there are over forty recommendations for each age group. Each age group has a different bookmark for: Empathy, Fantasy, Adventure/Thrillers and Funny and includes a diverse range of authors, characters, narrative styles and lengths. Bookmarks were created in March 2024.
For other Year group booklists check out my other booklists on TES
Easy to use 38 wk reading record for any age with an emphasis on reading for pleasure, choice and discussion. Designed to give pupils more ownership over their reading, can be made into an A5 booklet when printed.
Each week the pupil chooses from 1 to 8 reading tasks such as reading to someone, reading silently alone or with someone, having someone read to you, reading in bed etc
Pupils also choose 1 extra activity to complete that week from 6 choices such as making a book poster or bookmarks, listening to an author talk or doing a book quest activity
Space for a comment each week from an adult or the pupil
Space to write what they are reading
Comes with instructions, book quest activities and space for an end of year comment from the pupil about their reading journey.
Instructions for printing
Print in A4 landscape double sided flipped on the short edge
The first 2 sheets form the front and back covers and inside covers
The remaining sheets form the 38wk journal, print less for a shorter period.
The 2023 Government Reading Framework advocates a strategic approach to nurturing a reading habit rather than relying on an eclectic mix of activities. This booklet aims to provide practical ideas on how to develop a strategic approach to motivate pupils to read, including developing a R4P pedagogy, giving staff time to develop their knowledge of texts, providing space and time to read and chat about books, providing access to diverse texts,monitoring attitudes and behaviours during R4P time and building reading communities. Use it alongside my other R4P resources available at TES
Aimed at Primary and Middle Schools but would also be relevant for Secondary
Contents
Laying the foundations for a R4P culture: an overview
Building a R4P culture: put into practice
Next steps: an action plan
Next steps: actions
Book awards
Disengaged and disadvantaged readers
Reading Pledge template
A comprehensive collection of display material, activities and ideas for building the foundations of Reading for Pleasure in your school. All the resources have been updated in 2024. The pack includes:
An 8 page step by step guide to starting on the journey towards being a Reading School.
Posters
Bookmarks with fiction recommendations for different year groups
Certificates
A R4P Game
2024 Year 7 Starter Fiction Menu
2023 Year 7 Starter Fiction Menu