Reading
Good readers make good writers - and those who write well tend to read a lot of books. When encouraging your children to read, please don't focus too much upon your child's reading level or an expectation to read novels.
Reading is meant to be enjoyable.
If we wish to inspire children to become lifelong readers, we must find reading material that suits their interests, passions, and hobbies. This might include (but is not limited to):
Of course, there are students who love reading novels - and a love of reading novels is a wonderful quality to develop. Books geared toward upper primary students focus on relevant topics such as friendship, independence, conformity, loss, dilemmas, and the challenges of being a youth.
However, please remember that if your child is intent on reading sports biographies or cookbooks, this is no less valuable a hobby than reading novels!
Reading is meant to be enjoyable.
If we wish to inspire children to become lifelong readers, we must find reading material that suits their interests, passions, and hobbies. This might include (but is not limited to):
- comic books
- graphic novels
- recipe books
- trade manuals
- sports biographies
- newspaper articles
- fitness, sporting, or hobby books
- gardening manuals
Of course, there are students who love reading novels - and a love of reading novels is a wonderful quality to develop. Books geared toward upper primary students focus on relevant topics such as friendship, independence, conformity, loss, dilemmas, and the challenges of being a youth.
However, please remember that if your child is intent on reading sports biographies or cookbooks, this is no less valuable a hobby than reading novels!
Reading A-Z
Our class has access to a reading programme with hundreds of engaging, colourful, and high-interest levelled readers called Reading A-Z, or Raz-Kids.
Each student in our class has his/her/their own account with a unique class, name, and password. Students have already completed the account login process at school. For families/whānau, please use the following document to access your child's account from a home device.
Click the photo, below, to open a step-by-step guide to activate your Kids A-Z reading account from home.
Each student in our class has his/her/their own account with a unique class, name, and password. Students have already completed the account login process at school. For families/whānau, please use the following document to access your child's account from a home device.
Click the photo, below, to open a step-by-step guide to activate your Kids A-Z reading account from home.