Accelerating and Scaffolding Reading Comprehension
A practical, strategy-rich session, supporting school staff with ideas to improve pupils own understanding of what they are reading
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Online
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About this event
- Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
Accelerating and Scaffolding Reading Comprehension
About this session
Do you know children who are struggling to comprehend what they are reading?
Are they reading with accuracy but can’t answer any questions about the text they have just read?
Do they find inference difficult?
Are you unsure how to best develop and accelerate clarifying, inference and deduction skills?
Are you concerned pupils are not developing a love of reading because their reading comprehension is compromised?
Would you value simple and highly effective intervention ideas to accelerate reading comprehension?
This session will:
Explain the rationale behind scaffolding and how it works to support and accelerate reading comprehension.
Provide practical ideas and strategies you can use whole class or as a group intervention.
Develop subject knowledge behind reading comprehension including clarifying and advanced comprehension.
Explore some of the causes of difficulties in reading comprehension and how to overcome them.
Useful for:
All pupils who are reading with limited comprehension
Suitable for:
SENCos/ALNCos, Teachers, Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) and Parents
Also included:
Summary Sheet of Key Points
Certificate
Session Leader:
Claire McKie
Claire McKie is an experienced teacher, trainer and education SEND consultant in both primary and secondary schools. She is Founder of the DfE (England) and DoE (W Australia) approved the Power Phonics English Programme. As an advisor she has led EEF funded National Reading RCT Efficacy Research and is still waiting for her Blue Peter Badge to arrive!
Duration: 1.5 hrs
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Our sessions are designed as unique live events. That's what makes attending a SEND Station training session special. The sessions are safe spaces where you can ask question and your privacy is respected. Our presenters are all experienced and talented professionals, ready to interact and respond.
Let us know before the session, and we may be able move your booking to another day so long as that session is running again during the term. We cannot change your booking to a different session or give you access once the event is finished, so please ensure you check your booking before confirming.
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Our presenters are fully qualified in their respective areas and our presentations are reviewed regularly to ensure the content is current and in line with good practice. We offer attendance certificates but not accreditation as this would greatly increase the price of tickets.
Our presenters are fully qualified in their respective areas and our presentations are reviewed regularly to ensure the content is current and in line with good practice. We offer attendance certificates but not accreditation as this would greatly increase the price of tickets.
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