Showing posts with label comprehension. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comprehension. Show all posts
Friday, 16 March 2018

Comprehension Strategies And The KS2 Reading Test - What and How Should We Teach?

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In my first blog post in this series I explored the difference between reading comprehension strategies and reading skills. I noted that ...
Monday, 12 March 2018

Should We Teach Reading Strategies In Isolation Or In Combination?

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I recently posted a thread on Twitter which attracted some opposition. The thread went like this: If you are currently planning ...
Sunday, 4 March 2018

From the @BradResearchSch Blog: 9 Things You Didn’t Know About Being A Fluent Reader

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My latest blog post for Bradford Research School takes a look at what's going on behind the scenes when someone is reading fluently...
Monday, 5 February 2018

How To Use Questioning When Teaching Inference-Making

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In my last blog post on inference-making ( Questions To Ask When Teaching Inference-Making ) I provided lots of questions which might sup...
Saturday, 27 January 2018

Reading Comprehension: A Structured Way Of Teaching Inference-Making

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Following on from my blog post entitled ' Research Findings: Are There Different Skills Within Inference? ' this blog post provid...

Research Findings: Are There Different Skills Within Inference?

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In her literature review 'Effective Teaching of Inference Skills for Reading' ( https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED501868.pdf ) ...
Thursday, 14 December 2017

Scaffolding Structures for Reading Comprehension Skills

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This is a very different blog post to the sort I normally write; it represents some very hypothetical thinking and the purpose of writing i...
Thursday, 22 December 2016

UPDATED: Teaching Reading: A Simple Approach

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In response to the 2016 KS2 Reading Test I've spent quite a bit of time researching and re-thinking my approach to teaching reading. T...