Dr Sarah Mosely –Session 2 From Universal to Targeted

Focus: Adapting within Quality First Teaching to reach all readers, especially those at risk of falling behind.
DfE link: Ambition and support for every learner.

Content:

• Layered provision: universal → targeted → specialist.
• Building Reading Profiles to identify strengths, motivator, barriers, and preferred access methods (audio, screen reader, partner reading, talking resources etc)
• Inclusive approaches that work for all – including shared and echo reading, choral or paired reading, story mapping, audio-supported texts, RAP and rhythm routines, vocabulary-rich story talk, and guided reading with visual or digital support.
• Learners are empowered through text choice, drawing on comics, audiobooks, picture books, and high–low texts to ensure access, motivation, and belonging.
• Adaptive tools and technology: reading pens, iPad/tablets screen readers, Clicker, Book Creator, Immersive Reader.
• Vocabulary as a gateway to reading: songs, signing, RAPs, and symbol-supported word learning.
• Case study: small, targeted changes that boosted confidence and comprehension.

Takeaway:

• Simple Reading Profile template
• One inclusive reading routine to embed across classes.