Reading comprises two elements in Year 4: independent reading and focused reading.

In class, children have the opportunity to explore new texts in their independent reading - they may choose a book from the shelves in the classroom and might also have a banded book that they are reading.  If they have a book that they're reading at home, this can also come into school. 

Each day, we do focused reading which is either a one-off comprehension or a class reader which we respond to using VIPERS: Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summarise.

Reading is also part of the every day homework expectation; this can be reading to someone at home, talking about a book or even having someone read a book to them. 

Please see below for more information.