Reading Dialogue - A 3 Session Reciprocal Reading Program

Aims

This course will explore the approach to reciprocal reading. It will provide resources that develop dialogic talk, questioning, cooperation, glossary work and comprehension and will set your pupils for success.

Overview

Reading Dialogue is a structured approach to teaching reading strategies (questioning, clarifying, summarising and predicting) that children can use to improve their reading comprehension. The aim is to help teachers to actively teach understanding when reading.

It is therefore an interactive teaching strategy in which both teacher and student assume the role of teacher.

Central to the program is that students think of their own questions to discuss with their peers. This helps them to check their own understanding of what they have encountered.

Reading Dialogue will help children who;

• Can read but struggle to understand
• Can't explain their understanding to others
• Read very slowly because they are focusing on accurate decoding so never get the flow of the text nor grasp its meaning
• Only read for plot events not the details within the writing
• Lack confidence when reading new or unfamiliar texts
• Have impaired understanding through a limited understanding of vocabulary
• Read text avidly but never question the meaning of words or what they have just read

Session 1: The theory and practice of reading dialogue

Sessions 2 & 3: In-depth look at the program with practical resources and discussion of implementation

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader - Margaret Fuller

Note: This course is available to schools within Enfield, prioritising the designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children