Shared reading and writing
Shared reading is an important demonstration, not only of the mechanics of reading, but olso a chance to engage children with the ways in which forms of writing achieve their purpose. When children have read number of traditional tales, they will be able to say that story begin with ‘once upon a time’, ‘long ago’ and ‘hapily ever after’. Learning is these conventions and linking them to the enjoyment of a traditional tale is the first step towords learning the structures and language use of traditional tales. Similary, if children learn that instructions contain a number of step to tell you want to do, they are beginning to understand how language meets its purpose. In practice, such shared reading experiences will be supported by shared writing experiences on other day. So, if children have read a traditional tale on Monday and Tuesday, they may well go on to write a similar tale about a character of their own later in the week.