Inset Day Two 2016/17
Wednesday 15th February 2017
Aims:
• To provide an overview of Glasgow’s
commitment to raising attainment in Literacy
• To introduce the Three Read Approach to
staff as a way of helping develop vocabulary
and book handling skills in children
• To give opportunities to consider how this
may be taken forwards in schools
Now
Discuss with the people next to you:
In what ways do you support reading in your
schools at the moment? How confident are you in
supporting reading?
Please note your ideas on post-it notes and attach
to poster on wall.
The Scottish Picture
In Scotland today, at age 5, the gap between children from the
most advantaged and most disadvantaged families is already:
6-13 months in problem-solving ability
11-18 months in expressive vocabulary
These differences exist and can persist throughout school
and into adulthood.
Glasgow’s Approach
Glasgow’s Improvement Challenge 2015 – 2020
• A holistic strategy for raising attainment and
achievement for all children and young people and
incorporates the Scottish Attainment Challenge.
• Our strategy for improving numeracy and literacy
across Glasgow’s primary schools takes a twopronged approach: Glasgow Counts, to raise
attainment in numeracy, and Literacy for All, to raise
attainment in literacy.
Challenge Leaders of Learning
• 84 schools plus have
identified Literacy as priority
• CLoL induction
• Training days complete –
additional reflection days
added
Why today’s session?
Research highlights that frequent interactive
reading sessions with children helps to develop
their vocabulary and their understanding of
print.
National Early Literacy Panel 2009
Three Read Approach
• Fosters a love of reading in children through
reading/retelling stories.
• Aims to improve vocabulary and develop skills
in discussion, thinking and book handling.
Three Read Approach
• The SfLW works with a small group of children
(ideally 5). ‘Invited’ to be part of a reading
club.
• Best suited to children in early stages of
school but could be implemented further up
school with learners who find reading
challenging.
Three Read Approach
• The children work with the same book over
three sessions.
• Each session varies in how the children
interact with the book.
Three Read Approach
• Session 1 – Discussion before reading. Read story to
group. Discussion after reading.
• Session 2 – Discussion before reading. Read story to
group with more discussion during and after reading.
• Session 3 – Children read/retell the story.
Opportunities given to change ending/make
predictions.
Three Read Approach
Session 1
Purpose: To introduce the book and enable
children to hear the whole story. Conversations
should not affect the story’s ‘flow’ (most
discussion takes place before and after reading).
Session 1
• Introduce book, talk about cover, blurb, make
predictions.
• Read aloud to group.
• After reading have a conversation, talking about
the characters, setting, problem, resolution. Talk
about the beginning, middle and end.
• Leave a copy of the story in the class library, with
props and/or linked resources to reinforce the
story.
Session 1 – Suggested Questions
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Before
Is this fiction or non-fiction?
Do you know anything about this story?
Tell me about the front cover. What do you see?
What do you think the story will be about?
Let’s read the blurb. What does it tell us about the story?
What is the title?
Who is the author? Illustrator? Show us the
title/author/illustrator.
• Visualise where the story might take place and tell us about
this.
Session 1 – Suggested Questions
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After
Why do you think (insert scenario) happened?
Why do you think (insert character’s name) did that?
Imagine you were (insert character’s name). What
would you have done?
• What did you think of the end of the story? Did you
like it? Why/why not?
• Would you recommend this to a friend? Why/why
not?
Three Read Approach
Session 2
Purpose: To develop comprehension and extend
thinking/talking skills by holding longer
conversations with the children.
Session 2
• Second reading of story.
• Concepts of print/book handling – where should I
start?
• Discussion of story following children’s lead.
• Recap story elements from last session and discuss any
new vocabulary.
• Talk about illustrations to help understanding.
• After reading story continue discussion to help widen
understanding (lots of ‘why’ questions!)
Session 2 – Suggested Questions
Refer to Session 1 questions.
These could also be included:
• Why do you think the illustrator has drawn the character like this?
• Who is your favourite character? Why?
• Did you dislike any characters? Who? Why?
• What does this story remind you of?
• Has anything in the story ever happened to you? What happened?
• What might you have done in _______’s situation?
• What were the most important events in the story?
• What was your favourite part of the story?
The important thing is for the children to take part in discussion about the
story and make connections to their own experiences, thoughts and feelings.
Three Read Approach
Session 3
Purpose: To help children retell or read the
story using illustrations and/or props as an aid.
Session 3
• Revise the main parts of the story (title,
character, setting, problem, etc.)
• Revise any new vocabulary.
• Explain that the children are going to ‘read’ the
story.
• You won’t read all of the text, just the parts of it
that children need help with.
Session 3
• Encourage children to give details, e.g., characters’
names and explaining events.
• Use props that will support the story.
• Use ‘think alouds’, comments and questions to
encourage children to draw from own experience and
make connections, predict and project.
• After the retelling, continue to expand understanding
by asking children to make connections, use their
imagination and make predictions.
Session 3
Similar questions from Sessions 1 and 2 could
be used in discussion. You could also ask
children to create a different ending and/or
make predictions about what happens next.
Handy Guide
Handy Guide
Example of a ‘reading club’
5 children who are developing readers.
Work with class teacher to identify who.
Think about possible stories/props.
Resources
Video and Discussion
Example of reading club
Extracts of sessions 1-3
New
Discuss with the people next to you:
What have you gained from the presentation so far?
Have you learned anything new?
Please note your ideas on post-it notes and attach to
poster on wall.
Story Ideas
Other Resource Ideas
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Other Resource Ideas
Work with class teacher
Check in school
Literacy resources
School/class libraries
Discuss with the people next to you:
What are you going to do next?
Please note your ideas on post-it notes and attach
to poster on wall.
What topics would you
like us to focus on for the
next training day in May?
Thank you for your
participation!