Read, Write, Grow! 3rd Grade Comprehension (Small Group Classes)

Join in once a week to develop your reading comprehension skills by engaging in dialogue. We will 'talk' our way into understanding a text through using the four strategies of 'Reciprocal Reading': predicting, clarifying, questioning and summarizing. 

Predicting: What do we think might happen based on.......?

Clarifying: What words are unfamiliar? What do we think the word _______ means?

Questioning: What questions can you think of related to this text? What do you want to find out? What do you want to learn more about?

Summarizing: Can we think of an effective sentence to sum up what we have read?

By working to help each other make sense of the text, we will try to understand exactly what the author is trying to convey. Often reading comprehension is all about just writing answers to questions. In this course, we will answer questions BUT ONLY AFTER we've had a good chat first! We'll be doing lots of talking so this will be a fabulous way of improving your speaking and listening skills too!

When we read for pleasure, we are able to pick and choose books that we will enjoy, however, reading comprehension exams throw random texts at us which we may find challenging or boring. The aim of the course is to help you develop your confidence so that when you are faced with any random extract you can apply the skills which you've learnt to 'pull apart' the text and really 'comprehend' what it's all about!  


Each session is a stand-alone class therefore you can join in at any point throughout the course.