Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . HGIOS 4 Where does it link to How Good is Our School? • 2. 2 – Curriculum • 2. 3 – Learning, teaching and assessment • 2. 4 – Personalised support

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Agenda • Activity 1 – Introduction / Starter Activity (5 mins) • Activity 2 – How’s it going / feedback (10 -20 mins) • Activity 3 – New Learning (25 -40 mins) • Activity 4 – Personal Action Planning (10 mins) • Activity 5 – Summary of Learning (5 mins)

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 1: Voice on the table In a maximum of 30 seconds: What do you think the image below is a magnified view of?

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 1: Voice on the table When concentrating on the finer details, were you able to see the bigger picture?

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 1: Reading is thinking This video attempts to summarise what is happening inside your head when you are reading. Reading is Thinking Ø Questioning is fundamental to the reading process. As well as asking questions, what other strategies are we developing when we are attempting to comprehend a text?

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 2: How’s it going? Reflecting on the ‘Super Six’ comprehension strategies, discussed in Teaching Comprehension Strategies: New South Wales, what opportunities are you providing in your current reading programme to support: q q q Making connections Prediction Questioning Monitoring Summarising Visualising ØWhere do you feel you are with this? ØWhat evidence do you have?

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 3: New Learning It is important that all learners are given appropriate opportunities to develop their thinking skills. These skills can be developed across a range of contexts including through more practical or applied learning opportunities: q q q Remembering Understanding Applying Analysing Evaluating Creating Cf. E: Building the Curriculum 4

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 3: New Learning Using the Education Scotland – Literacy and English benchmarks for reading, highlight: a) Where comprehension skills feature in these benchmarks? b) Where thinking skills feature in these benchmarks? Ø Where are the links between developing thinking and comprehension skills in these benchmarks?

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 3: New Learning Referring back to the Comprehension Strategies, and with your knowledge of Thinking Skills and the Literacy and English Reading progression, complete the last column: Ø What could be your next steps?

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 4: Personal Action Planning Over the coming weeks, look for opportunities to prioritise a Thinking Approach when developing reading comprehension. Choose one or two elements that you are going to explore and evaluate. Bring back your findings to the next session

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . Activity 5: Summary of Learning Write your name on the card or post-it and one new thing you learned about promoting thinking in reading. Leave your card or post-it on your way out.

Literacy Toolkit Reading Between the Lines Promoting thinking in reading. . . FOLLOW UP LINKS: Education Scotland Reading Strategies Education Scotland – Literacy Benchmarks Teaching Comprehension Handbook Strategies Cf. E - Developing Skills Bloom's Question Fans