1. New Reading Scheme Year 3
Thursday 11th September

2. Aims
To familiarise you with the new reading schemes we will be using in year 3.
To explain comprehension activities and questioning to help support your child’s reading progress

3. Collins Big Cat Scheme We have 8 levels of Collins Big Cat in school.
Variety of fiction, non-fiction and poetry books

4. Collins Big Cat Scheme
Ideas for reading (found at the back of the book)
Getting Started – before reading
Reading and Responding – reading together
Returning to the book – after reading
Checking and moving on – includes some writing activities
Reading more – similar titles

5. Rapid Pearson We have 6 levels of Rapid Pearson in school.
Variety of fiction and non-fiction.

6. Rapid Pearson Quiz (found at the back of the book)
Text Detective – reading questions
Word Detective – vocabulary and language
Super Speller – key spellings (appropriate to the level)
Ha! Ha! Ha! – Jokes, just for fun!

7. Feel free to look through some of the books.
Thank you for coming
Any questions?
Feel free to look through some of the books.