Year 3 and 4 Reading Key teaching strategies – comprehension Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by: listening to and discussing a wide reading aloud to children range of fiction, poetry, plays, guided reading with a focus on and reference books or language comprehension textbooks book talk reading across the curriculum reading books that are structured in Ref. North Somerset Learning different ways and reading for a range Exchange Principles for Medium of purposes Term Planning guided reading with a focus on language comprehension using dictionaries to check the teacher modelling meaning of words that they have read guided reading with a focus on language comprehension independent vocabulary work linked to guided reading zones of relevance increasing their familiarity with a wide independent story-telling range of books, including fairy stories, reading aloud to children myths and legends, and retelling guided reading with a focus on some of these orally language comprehension monitoring of personal reading identifying themes and conventions in reading aloud to children a wide range of books guided reading with a focus on language comprehension book talk inc. likes/dislikes/puzzles/connections interpretive comprehension strategies (identifying themes or information) preparing poems and play scripts to performance poetry (ref: excellence read aloud and to perform, showing and expectations) understanding through intonation, school productions tone, volume and action discussing words and phrases that book talk capture the interest and reader’s magpie books/pinch pads/word walls imagination recognising some different forms of reading poetry aloud poetry [for example, free verse, booktalk
Year 3 and 4 Reading – comprehension Key teaching strategies Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by: listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, and reference books or textbooks reading aloud to children guided reading with a focus on language comprehension book talk reading across the curriculum reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes Ref. North Somerset Learning Exchange Principles for Medium Term Planning guided reading with a focus on language comprehension using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read teacher modelling guided reading with a focus on language comprehension independent vocabulary work linked to guided reading zones of relevance increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including fairy stories, myths and legends, and retelling some of these orally independent story-telling reading aloud to children guided reading with a focus on language comprehension monitoring of personal reading identifying themes and conventions in a wide range of books reading aloud to children guided reading with a focus on language comprehension book talk inc. likes/dislikes/puzzles/connections interpretive comprehension strategies (identifying themes or information) preparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action performance poetry (ref: excellence and expectations) school productions discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination book talk magpie books/pinch pads/word walls recognising some different forms of poetry [for example, free verse, reading poetry aloud booktalk