Activities for Reading at Home

Questions to ask your child before they start reading:

• Looking at the front cover, what do you think the book is about?  What clues are there to help you make that prediction?
• What made you choose this book?
• Have you read a book by this author before?

Questions to ask while you are reading:

• What do you think of the story so far?
• What do you think is going to happen next?
• Where does the story take place? What do you think this place is like?
• Do you like (the name of the character)? Why?
• How does this story make you feel?

Questions to ask when you've finished reading:

• Tell me what has happened in the story?
• Tell me a fact you have learned (information book)?
• Was your predication about what the book was about correct?
• What do you think happened after the story was finished?
• What was your favourite part of the story? Why?
• Who was your favourite character? Why?
• Does this book remind you of any other stories you have read? How?
• If you could pick a character to be your friend, who would you pick? Why?
• What book do you want to read next?

More questions can be found here: Boost Literacy Skills with Questions for Reading Comprehension (childrenslibrarylady.com) 

Activities you can do with your child at home:

• Redesign the front cover based on your understanding of the story.
• Draw the main character in your story.
• Continue the story in your own words… what happens next?
• Change the ending of the story– can you make it even better?
• Write a book review.
• Write a letter to a friend recommending your book.
• Draw the setting in the story you’ve read.
• Write a list of words you didn’t understand and then look them up in a dictionary.
• Pick out your favourite vocabulary from the book to use in your next story!
• Write down questions for someone else to answer about your book.

Online activities:

Online activities for Key Stage 1:

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs

Online activities for Key Stage 2:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgwwxnb