reading-between-the-lines1.pptx

1. Reading Between the Lines
Promoting thinking in reading . . .
Literacy
Toolkit
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

2. Literacy
Toolkit
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)
Reading Between the Lines
Promoting thinking in reading . . .

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

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

5. Activity 1: Reading is thinking
This video attempts to summarise what is happening inside your head
when you are reading.
Reading is Thinking
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 . . .

6. Literacy
Toolkit
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:
 Making connections
 Prediction
 Questioning
 Monitoring
 Summarising
 Visualising
Where do you feel you are with this?
What evidence do you have?
Reading Between the Lines
Promoting thinking in reading . . .

7. Literacy
Toolkit
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:
 Remembering
 Understanding
 Applying
 Analysing
 Evaluating
 Creating
CfE: Building the Curriculum 4
Reading Between the Lines
Promoting thinking in reading . . .

8. Literacy
Toolkit
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 these benchmarks?
 Where are the links between developing
thinking and comprehension skills in these
benchmarks?
Reading Between the Lines
Promoting thinking in reading . . .

9. Literacy
Toolkit
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:
 What could be your next steps?
Reading Between the Lines
Promoting thinking in reading . . .

10. Literacy
Toolkit
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
Reading Between the Lines
Promoting thinking in reading . . .

11. 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 . . .

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