1. Welcome to the Primary 3 Reading Workshop.

2. What makes a good reader? They…
know all their sounds and can blend them together to make words.
read with fluency – no stumbling.
read with expression – tell the story.

3. They can also…
show they understand the obvious meaning of the passage by telling the story in their own words.
Discuss any hidden meanings of the passage.

4. Please read to yourself
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
      And the mome raths outgrabe.
Jabberwocky
By Lewis Carroll .
You were able to sound out the letters -
You may even be able to read it with expression but…
were you reading?

5. Reading Is About More Than:
Knowing Words
Sounding out
Reading the text with expression
Connecting with the text at a deeper level.
It Is About:

6. What makes a good reader?
think while they are reading
ask themselves questions
visualise
clarify
summarise what they have read
predict what might happen next

7. How to understand text?
We need to equip our children with strategies to help them to know how to understand the text.
We need to teach our children how to actually engage with text for meaning.

8. How do we achieve this?
To do this successfully we teach our children strategies:
Before reading
During reading
After reading

9. Before Reading Strategies
Before Strategies
Predicting
Connecting
Self Questioning
Skimming

10. Predicting is when the children use the title page, the blurb or what they have read so far to help them make an informed guess as to
What type of text it is
Who will be in the story
What will the story/book be about
What will happen next….
Connecting is when the children make connections between the text and
Their own experiences
Previously learned knowledge
Links with other books
Characters/plots….

13. Self Questioning is when children ask
What do I know?
What do I want to know?
How will I find that out?....
Skimming is where the children learn how to locate information before reading by skimming through
Illustrations and blurb
Contents page
Headings and sub headings
Chapter titles….

16. During Reading Strategies
During Strategies
Connecting
Comparing
Predicting
Visualising
Self Questioning

17. Comparing
Comparing is when children compare what they have read with their own experiences. They bring their own knowledge of
Settings
Characters
Events…

21. Visualising
Visualising is where children use what they have read to ‘see the scene’. They can do this by
Illustrating a passage/scene
Labelling a picture (descriptive language)
Acting out the scene
Discussing what they ‘see’ with others…

26. Determining Importance Summarising and Paraphrasing
After Reading Strategies
After Strategies
Inferring
Synthesising
Scanning
Determining Importance
Summarising and Paraphrasing

27. Inferring is when children read between the lines. They can do this by
Role play (become the character/Character hot seat)
Character label (qualities, reactions, thoughts and feelings)
Discuss the event (what happened and what effect did it have?)…
Synthesising is when children use the knowledge they have inferred and can sequence and connect these. They can do this by
Identifying who/what/where/when/why/how for a key event
Discussing and justifying thoughts with others
Using the notes from other activities to support and evidence their thinking…

28. Scanning is when children locate information from a known text
Scanning is when children locate information from a known text. Examples of this would be
Finding a word on a page.
Finding specific information
Scanning a text for an answer to a question….
Determining importance is when children identify the key important parts of the text. They can do this by identifying
Main characters
Settings
Theme
Events/conflicts
Key words…

29. These skills can be applied to any text at home and at school.
This feeds into Summarising and Paraphrasing. This is when the children can tell the key events of the story or build a picture using their own words. They can do this by
Drawing a picture and labelling the main events
Rewrite the text in their own words, as many different ways a possible, without losing the main meaning.
Timeline of key events…
These skills can be applied to any text at home and at school.