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Developing Reading Skills Develop children’s ability to become thinking readers using: A metacognitive approach – the thinking process A metacognitive approach – the thinking process Listen to that voice in your head! Listen to that voice in your head! Teacher models reading skill during a class lesson. Teacher models reading skill during a class lesson. Follow up differentiated activities. Follow up differentiated activities.
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How to be a How to be a Thinking Reader Thinking Reader Curriculum Evening – Thursday 26Curriculum Evening – Thursday 26thth April, 2012 April, 2012
S Connor, E Brooksbank, L AllenS Connor, E Brooksbank, L Allen
Developing Reading SkillsDeveloping Reading Skills
What skills do children need What skills do children need to develop to be able to read?to develop to be able to read?
DecodingDecoding Comprehension skills.Comprehension skills.
Developing Reading SkillsDeveloping Reading Skills
Develop children’s ability to become Develop children’s ability to become thinking readers using:thinking readers using: A metacognitive approach – the A metacognitive approach – the
thinking processthinking process Listen to that voice in your head!Listen to that voice in your head! Teacher models reading skill Teacher models reading skill
during a class lesson.during a class lesson. Follow up differentiated activities.Follow up differentiated activities.
Developing Thinking Developing Thinking ReadersReaders
Four key comprehension skillsFour key comprehension skills
Generating questionsGenerating questions PredictingPredicting SummarisingSummarising ClarifyingClarifying
Developing Thinking Developing Thinking ReadersReaders Levels of comprehensionLevels of comprehension
Right there!Right there! Think and search!Think and search! On your own!On your own!
Be a reading detective!Be a reading detective! Recognise the different types of questions.Recognise the different types of questions. Know and use different strategies Know and use different strategies to answer the questions.to answer the questions.
Developing Thinking Developing Thinking ReadersReaders
A whole class lesson is used to introduce the A whole class lesson is used to introduce the reading skill.reading skill.
Children working in mixed ability pairs, ability Children working in mixed ability pairs, ability group or individually.group or individually.
Teacher refers to the ‘thinking reader’ wall Teacher refers to the ‘thinking reader’ wall display to encourage before reading, during display to encourage before reading, during reading and after reading strategies. reading and after reading strategies.
Children use a variety of fiction and non Children use a variety of fiction and non fiction, seen and unseen texts.fiction, seen and unseen texts.
Develop Reading Skills at Develop Reading Skills at HomeHome
GenreGenre Main ideaMain idea SequencingSequencing Literal comprehensionLiteral comprehension Personal experiences and opinionsPersonal experiences and opinions Vocabulary extensionVocabulary extension Skimming and scanningSkimming and scanning PredictionPrediction
