1. INTEGRATED GROUP READING PROGRAMME: early intervention
Weekly class organisation of IGR: staffing
2 weekly time-table
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thur
Fri
Gp1 TA
Gp2 T
Gp3
Gp4
Gp5
IGR
Integrated Group Reading
(IGR)
Teaching Methodology
and
Materials
T= teacher:
TA = teaching assistant
C2ld
C1ld T
C3ld
IGR
group
C4ld
IGR classroom: 6 groups
FOCUSED ON YEARS 2 & 3

2. Integrated Group Reading
a book-based, whole language intervention
in which each lesson encompasses:
a Preparation Stage:
- talk for reading (story familiarisation)
- a Lotto game (phonological-visual
mapping – receptive vocabulary)

3. Integrated Group Reading
(2) a Collaborative Reading Stage: new material is read both individually and chorally in a mutually supportive way collaborative problem-solving emphasis on cadence, rhythm, and fluency

4. Integrated Group Reading
(3) a Consolidation of Phonic Skill Stage: playing an appropriately-levelled phonics game (matched with book level)

5. Integrated Group Reading
(4) a Revision and Consolidation Stage: playing a ‘Go Fish’ sentence game with phrases from the previous lesson’s book [ie this begins the following lesson] light-touch Recall and Comprehension checking while cards are being dealt

6. IGR materials Children become fluent beginner readers
by working systematically through a set of
materials (books and games) that
exemplify the methodology

7. In between IGR Lessons
TAs hear the children read their new books individually and play individual or group Word Pelmanism – this helps in the consolidation of their new vocabulary

8. In between IGR Lessons
The intervention itself lasts for 30 weeks but can be extended through the addition of IGR materials made for classroom reading books