From Reading to Writing (School-Based Reading Programme) Primary 4 Reading Workshop From Reading to Writing (School-Based Reading Programme) Primary 4 St. Mary’s Canossian School

Reading Skill to be covered Reading Skills --- Guess the topic and the likely development of the topic by using personal experiences and knowledge of the world ---Make predictions about stories or characters --- Recognize the format and language features of a variety of text types ---Locate specific information in a text in response to questions

Book list Primary 4 Rabbit Rescue Take a seat Sitting Pretty Lost Fiction Non-fiction The Fisherman and his wife Take a seat Sitting Pretty Lost Rabbit Rescue

The Fisherman and His Wife Questioning ~ Ask students to talk about their wishes: “If you were the fisherman, what wishes would you like to make?” “The Fisherman and His Wife”:Mimosas Publications. 2003

The Fisherman and His Wife Classify the vocabulary items: ~ Demonstrate the skills of putting words into different catergories.

Rabbit Rescue Locate information from the text What are rabbits ? Size: ________ small _______ ears long _______ mammals furry What are rabbits ? strong _______ _______ legs back short fluffy ________, _________ tails “Rabbit Rescue” ( Lynette Evans):Mimosas Publications. 2004

Rabbit Rescue Questioning: ~ “How do rabbits look like?” ~ “How do they stay safe?” ~ “Where do they live? What do they eat? How do they grow?” Information Report ~ Students find information about rabbits from Websites and other books.

Rabbit Rescue

Sitting Pretty Story map ~ put up pictures of different episodes of the story and ask learners to provide captions for them. ~ Show a story map on the board and help learner identify the story structure : Title, Characters, Setting, Events and Ending.

Sitting Pretty - Story map Title Characters Settings Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Ending

Lost Questioning ~ What do you think of Kate’s notices? ~ How could it be improved? Design a Lost Notice “Lost”(Christine Keighery):Mimosa Publications. 2004

Take a Seat Questioning: ~ How do you feel when you take the seat? ~ What do you think chairs of the future will look like? Design an ideal chair.

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