1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Rabbit Rescue

9. 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.

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

11. 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

12. 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.

13. Thank you!