How to be a Thinking Reader Curriculum Evening – Thursday 26 th April, 2012 S Connor, E Brooksbank, L Allen

Developing Reading Skills What skills do children need to develop to be able to read?  Decoding  Comprehension skills.

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.

Developing Thinking Readers Four key comprehension skills  Generating questions  Predicting  Summarising  Clarifying

Developing Thinking Readers Levels of comprehension Levels of comprehension  Right there!  Think and search!  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 Readers A whole class lesson is used to introduce the reading skill. A whole class lesson is used to introduce the reading skill. Children working in mixed ability pairs, ability group or individually. Children working in mixed ability pairs, ability group or individually. Teacher refers to the ‘thinking reader’ wall display to encourage before reading, during reading and after reading strategies. Teacher refers to the ‘thinking reader’ wall display to encourage before reading, during reading and after reading strategies. Children use a variety of fiction and non fiction, seen and unseen texts. Children use a variety of fiction and non fiction, seen and unseen texts.

Develop Reading Skills at Home Genre Genre Main idea Main idea Sequencing Sequencing Literal comprehension Literal comprehension Personal experiences and opinions Personal experiences and opinions Vocabulary extension Vocabulary extension Skimming and scanning Skimming and scanning Prediction Prediction