Our Guided Reading Structure
Children receive daily 30-minute guided reading sessions using carefully selected extracts from novels or texts linked to other curriculum areas. Each extract is explored over a three-day cycle that builds children's reading skills progressively.
|
|
Day 1: Introduction |
Day 2: Consolidation |
Day 3: Deepen Understanding |
|
Focus |
Reading for fluency, understanding and vocabulary
|
Vocabulary revision and retrieval
|
Inference and comprehension
|
|
What happens in the lesson |
• Teacher reads the extract aloud while children follow in their own copies
|
• Revision of tier 2 vocabulary introduced on Day 1
|
• Focus on inference skills - reading between the lines
|
|
|
This three-day cycle ensures that children:
- Build fluency and confidence with challenging texts through repeated exposure
- Develop a rich vocabulary that extends their language skills
- Master both literal comprehension (retrieval) and deeper understanding (inference)
- Have time to think deeply about what they're reading
- Experience success at each stage before moving to more complex skills
Links to the wider curriculum:
The extracts we use are carefully chosen to complement and enrich learning in other subjects. For example:
- A historical novel extract when studying the Victorians in history
- A non-fiction text about rainforests during a geography topic
- A myth or legend linked to our RE or PSHE themes
This approach helps children make meaningful connections across their learning and see reading as a tool for understanding the world around them.
