Whole Class Reading at Vicar’s Green
The Rationale for Whole Class Reading (as opposed to Guided Reading):
During Whole Class Reading sessions, teachers instruct pupils on skills relating to eight key reading domains:
Decode |
Use phonological knowledge to read unfamiliar words and explain the meanings of words in context. |
Retrieve |
Retrieve and record information / identify key details from fiction and non-fiction. |
Summarise |
Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph. |
Infer |
Make inferences from the text / explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text. |
Predict |
Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. |
Meaning |
Identify / explain how information / narrative content is related and contributes to meaning as a whole. |
Language |
Identify / explain how a meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. |
Compare |
Make comparisons within the text. |
Resourcing Whole Class Reading
In order to teach Whole Class Reading, teachers use:
Some of the books/texts we use to teach reading are: