Mr B Reads
@mrbreads.bsky.social
Teacher - Year 4 & English Lead. Big fan of Jesus, my wife, my son, my dog, Billericay Town, board games and books.
Ramble about teaching, books and life at mrbreads.wordpress.com
Ramble about teaching, books and life at mrbreads.wordpress.com
Quick one to start, if I may: how many whole books do you think ks2 should aim to finish in a year, utilising extended reading lessons and class story time? Full transparency: some SLT initially wanted 3 and I've been stubborn and argued up to 5 (and hoping it won't come back to bite me! 😅)
July 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Quick one to start, if I may: how many whole books do you think ks2 should aim to finish in a year, utilising extended reading lessons and class story time? Full transparency: some SLT initially wanted 3 and I've been stubborn and argued up to 5 (and hoping it won't come back to bite me! 😅)
So good. Bought Edison years ago as a punt but have never seen any of the others out in the wild!
July 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
So good. Bought Edison years ago as a punt but have never seen any of the others out in the wild!
My wife and I will be in attendance for her birthday date night 😅 Let no-one say I don't know how to treat a woman! Very excited after rolling out fluency, extended and close reading lesson structure at my school this term 👍
May 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My wife and I will be in attendance for her birthday date night 😅 Let no-one say I don't know how to treat a woman! Very excited after rolling out fluency, extended and close reading lesson structure at my school this term 👍
My pleasure. If you get a moment, I'd love to hear your advice on text selection for extended vs close reading? Just trying to map out a term as an example for colleagues as it's an enormous break from what we have been doing!
April 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
My pleasure. If you get a moment, I'd love to hear your advice on text selection for extended vs close reading? Just trying to map out a term as an example for colleagues as it's an enormous break from what we have been doing!
I ADORE dress-up for WBD, but always follow two rules: 1) spend nothing, 2) dress as a character from a book I've read with the class. So good for building the class reading community.
March 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I ADORE dress-up for WBD, but always follow two rules: 1) spend nothing, 2) dress as a character from a book I've read with the class. So good for building the class reading community.
I never thought I'd run for more than a couple of mins at a time, so thankfully I'm quite happy with my little 5ks! Just wish I enjoyed them a bit more 😅
March 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I never thought I'd run for more than a couple of mins at a time, so thankfully I'm quite happy with my little 5ks! Just wish I enjoyed them a bit more 😅
Picked up a low-end but brand-new treadmill to fill the gaps between proper runs as we find it tricky to get out with toddler. Hopefully increase fitness and make the road runs a bit easier??? Still feel like ima chunder at the end of a 5k!
March 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Picked up a low-end but brand-new treadmill to fill the gaps between proper runs as we find it tricky to get out with toddler. Hopefully increase fitness and make the road runs a bit easier??? Still feel like ima chunder at the end of a 5k!
I was out-Podkinned by a Podkin superfan in year 5 who went absolutely all out, but I was pleased with my cobbled-together effort 😅 my class are LOVING the book at the moment, so thanks again for writing it!
March 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I was out-Podkinned by a Podkin superfan in year 5 who went absolutely all out, but I was pleased with my cobbled-together effort 😅 my class are LOVING the book at the moment, so thanks again for writing it!
Thank you! We had a wonderful day 😊 I THINK we looked after Jennifer as well as you instructed 😅 she was as lovely as you promised. Thanks again for being involved; hopefully not long before our paths cross again 😊
February 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thank you! We had a wonderful day 😊 I THINK we looked after Jennifer as well as you instructed 😅 she was as lovely as you promised. Thanks again for being involved; hopefully not long before our paths cross again 😊
Oooooh I've obviously got a very exciting day tomorrow which you've helped with, but I would LOVE to welcome Emma one day!
February 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Oooooh I've obviously got a very exciting day tomorrow which you've helped with, but I would LOVE to welcome Emma one day!
No worries :) We're really looking at our reading provision at the moment so this book may have come at the perfect time for us!
February 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
No worries :) We're really looking at our reading provision at the moment so this book may have come at the perfect time for us!