1. New Reading Scheme Year 3 Thursday 10 th September

2. Aims To familiarise you with the new reading schemes we will be using in year 3. To explain comprehension activities and questioning to help support your child’s reading progress

3. Collins Big Cat Scheme We have 8 levels of Collins Big Cat in school. Variety of fiction, non-fiction and poetry books

4. Collins Big Cat Scheme Ideas for reading (found at the back of the book) Getting Started – before reading Reading and Responding – reading together Returning to the book – after reading Checking and moving on – includes some writing activities Reading more – similar titles

5. Rapid Pearson We have 6 levels of Rapid Pearson in school. Variety of fiction and non-fiction.

6. Rapid Pearson Quiz (found at the back of the book) Text Detective – reading questions Word Detective – vocabulary and language Super Speller – key spellings (appropriate to the level) Ha! Ha! Ha! – Jokes, just for fun!

7. Thank you for coming Any questions? Feel free to look through some of the books.