1. Years 3 and 4 Reading workshop 2017
“Reading is an interactive, problem-solving process of making meaning from texts.”

2. Name the Author!

3. Reading requires two skills

4. Technical vocabulary Phonemes Digraphs Split digraph Trigraphs
26 letter
44 sounds
144 spellings
Phonemes
Digraphs
Split digraph
Trigraphs
Segmenting
Blending

5. What kind of story do you think this is? Why?
Predicting what might happen from details stated and implied
Who is the story about?
How do you know?
What kind of story do you think this is?
Why?

6. Drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and using evidence from the text to support this.

7. Using clues and evidence the text to help me answer the question.
Read between the lines!
Retrieving information from the text!
Commenting on author’s language and thinking about how it contributes to meaning.

9. Draw a detailed labelled sketch of the grotto
Draw a detailed labelled sketch of the grotto. Use evidence from the text to help you!

12. Questions!