Reading Explorers: A Guided Skills-Based Journey Year 3: v. 2 - Softcover

John Murray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1902239253 ISBN 13: 9781902239255

Publisher: Hopscotch, A Division of MA Education, 2009

Synopsis

Now supported with CPD training focusing on how to successfully implement a skills-based approach to the teaching and learning of key aspects of Literacy within the classroom, the best-selling Reading Explorers series provides teachers with a wide variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, which will allow children to access, interpret and understand what they are reading. It increases the child's knowledge and understanding of why certain words are chosen by an author. It gives the reader the chance to speculate on the tone and purpose of the texts, as well as consider both texts' themes and audience. Includes a Lesson Plan using the original text of well-known authors. The five thinking and reasoning skills contained in the book are: literal thinking; deductive reasoning; inferential skills; evaluative assessment of texts; and study skills which promote wider independent study. Each book includes 36 lesson plans.

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Review

Reading Explorers by Hopscotch are a super time saving series of books aimed at providing quality reading resources within the primary school classroom. We have read 2,3 and 4 tough the series is also available for years 5 and 6, following the same format. Each books comes complete with text and lesson plan. The text is for children of average ability within the year group based on national average. The lesson is split into three sections: Warm up questions, main questions and evaluative questions along with suggested timings for each part of the session. Lesson plans also include key skills or question types and essential vocabulary. Included in each book is a helpful five staged helping hand approach to each session along with suggested resources... We at Top Class Primary loved these resources and can see how it would cut down on planning time for guided reading sessions. --Top Class Primary magazine

About the Author

The Author John Murray is a Recognised specialist in developing a children's reading comprehension and spelling skills. He wrote the Reading Explorers series while working in a variety of schools and situations, teaching pupils with language difficulties and in communities where English is not the first language. Reading Explorers is widely recognised as one of the most successful guided reading programmes in the UK and is used by teachers in international schools worldwide. John is now a literacy consultant, CPD trainer and guest speaker at key educational events

Edition details

• Publisher: Hopscotch, A Division of MA Education
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1902239253
• ISBN 13: 9781902239255
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 86