Reading for Meaning:

 

Teaching comprehension skills through the use of good quality picture books in the Junior School

 

This workshop will explore the skills and strategies that thoughtful, proficient readers use to construct meaning. In particular we will look at activating schema, creating mental images, making inferences and asking questions. We will look at how quality picture books can be used in the classroom to provide opportunities for explicit teaching and teacher modelling. This workshop will provide participants with fun and engaging ideas for implementing the development of these strategies and creating a culture of thinking in the classroom.

 Audience:   Junior School / Library

 Workshop materials:

Presenter:

Lindsay McQuattie

Australian International School Singapore

Year One Class Teacher

lindsay_mcquattie@ais.com.sg

I started my career teaching in Queensland. I then went on to teach in the UK for four years, predominately in the Junior Years. Before heading over to teach in Singapore, I taught again in Queensland in Upper Primary. I have spent the last three years teaching Year One at AISS. This has given me the opportunity to explore Literacy in the Junior Years with a particular focus on developing life-long skills for reading with meaning. 

 Projector linked to PC