If anyone is looking for a new text linked to World War Two which includes the topical theme of refugees and explores HWB themes too, then Letters from the Lighthouse might just be what you are looking for! It also has an exciting plot, great characters and the author, Emma Carroll uses many literary features which can be explored. Alison Wood, SAC Literacy Teacher has created a fantastic flipchart of resources and ideas to help you develop higher order reading comprehension along with links to other curricular areas. (P6 or 7 or beyond)
Month: March 2021
Reading Group Time – What is your focus?
When planning your reading group sessions, what is the focus? Reading group sessions which involve the teacher require a chunk of teacher time out of your literacy session. To ensure everyone is benefiting from this time, we have created a guide to what you might focus on during your reading group sessions.
This guide also includes some suggestions for how you can provide essential practice in developing reading fluency.
Daily and ongoing assessment is key to ensuring that our teaching and learning is geared to what children need to make progress. This reading assessment tool can help you plan, over a term /year, which skills children are acquiring and which they need to practise. Our suggestion is you can focus on specific aspects e.g. answering inferential questions, or retelling the main points with a particular group and record how individuals are doing.
Submissions for the First Minister’s Reading Challenge this year
Scottish Book Trust have asked that we share the following information about submissions for the First Minister’s Reading Challenge this year. (First Minister’s Reading Challenge)
We understand that this year has been especially disruptive for schools, and that they have had to continually adapt their way of working. We also know that their time is precious, so want to encourage submissions which are short and simple, and show how they’ve kept children and young people engaged with reading despite the challenges – whether that’s big or small activities.
By entering, schools will be considered for a national award and could receive books for their setting. Every school that submits will also receive a free festival kit full of materials and the chance to take part in our online Celebration Festival with author events and activities from 14 June.
If it is of interest, we are hosting a webinar on Submitting an entry to the Reading Challenge on Thursday at 4.30pm which will include practical ideas and advice for schools who are planning their submission.
Schools don’t need to have registered for the challenge so far to submit, and we want to emphasise that entries can be in whatever format suits best. The deadline for submitting an entry is Thursday 29 April at 5pm.
