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SHARED READING AND WRITING WHOLE CLASS 10 MINUTES	WORD BUILDING SPELLING PATTERNS PUNCTUATION LAYOUT SENTENCE STRUCTURE
WHOLE CLASS 15 MINUTES FOCUSSED WORD WORK	SPELLING PATTERNS RHYMING TEXT ALPHABETIC KNOWLEDGE ALPHABETIC ORDER PHONICS
GROUP AND INDEPENDENT WORK 20 MINUTES INDEPENDENT READING, WRITING OR WORD WORK WHILE THE TEACHER AND CLASSROOM ASSISTANT WORK WITH TWO ABILITY GROUPS EVERY DAY ON GUIDED TEXT WORK (READING OR WRITING).	THIS PART OF LITERACY HOUR HAS TWO AIMS TO ENABLE THE TEACHER TO TEACH AT LEAST ONE GROUP PER DAY, DIFFERENTIATED BY ABILITY, WITH GUIDED READING OR WRITING TO ENABLE OTHER PUPILS TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY / INDIVIDUALLY, IN PAIRS OR IN GROUPS – WITHOUT THE TEACHER
WHOLE CLASS 10 MINUTES	REVIEWING REFLECTING CONSOLIDATE TEACHING POINTS FEEDBACK TO PUPILS OPPORTUNITY FOR PUPILS TO SHOW THEIR WORK PRAISE & ENCOURAGEMENT

GUIDED READING BOOKS ARE USED IN A TEACHER LED GROUP ACTIVITY. CHILDREN CONCENTRATE ON KEY WORDS, SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION, PUNCTUATION AND OTHER POINTS OF GRAMMAR. THIS IS A VALUABLE READING TOGETHER TIME AND IT ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SILENT READING, DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSION SKILLS, ETC. OTHER GROUPS WORK INDEPENDENTLY. THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF LITERACY HOUR.

SHARED READING (BIG BOOKS) THESE ARE USED FOR A WHOLE CLASS ACTIVITY. TEACHING CONCENTRATES ON: CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOK - TITLE PAGE, AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR, CONTENTS PAGE, ETC., READING TOGETHER, PREDICTING OUTCOMES, FINDING THE MEANINGS OF WORDS, NOTING SPELLING PATTERNS, IMPROVING ALPHABETIC KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOPING PHONICS, ETC. THIS IS FOCUSSED WORD WORK.