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April 2020
Webinar: Visualisation: It’s not just drawing pictures
Free Webinar Visualisation: It's not just drawing pictures Visualisation is an important comprehension strategy, but it might not involve drawing a picture. We briefly explain how visualisation supports comprehension and offer some different approaches for you to use. Registration https://event.webinarjam.com/register/22/pyq05fk
Webinar: The Reading Journey
Free Webinar The Reading Journey - making the best of our FREE app for UK Primary Schools. The Reading Journey is our scheme to support Reading for Pleasure. It includes curated book collections, a teacher dashboard and a FREE app that children can use in school and at home. It can transform home/school reading. This webinar shows you how to make the most of The Reading Journey. Registration: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/37/9v498cgq
May 2020
Webinar: An Ear for Reading
Free Webinar An Ear for Reading: integrating auditory strategies in our sequences. We integrate auditory approaches into the Take One Book scheme. In this webinar, we will explain what we mean by 'an ear for reading' and show some examples from KS1 & KS2 to show progression. Registration https://event.webinarjam.com/register/23/ml0p4i6
Webinar: Reading Gladiators
Free Webinar Reading Gladiators - find out about our award-winning scheme for higher attaining readers. We are now recruiting for 2020-2021. This webinar explains how the Reading Gladiators scheme works and gives a few peeks into what is in store for the next academic year. Most suitable for schools that haven't previously taken part. Registration: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/36/3v46nclp
Webinar: Better Think Alouds
Free Webinar Better Think Alouds for comprehension monitoring We probably all 'think aloud' when we are modelling reading. In this webinar, we examine the strategy in more depth, showing how to use it strategically to develop inference and other comprehension skills explicitly. Registration https://event.webinarjam.com/register/24/6v269c5l
Webinar: Book Club, Ghost Boys
Free Webinar: Book Club: Jewell Parker- Rhodes, Ghost Boys In our book club this month, we are discussing Jewell Parker-Rhodes unflinching novel Ghost Boys, the final choice for this year's Year 6 Reading Gladiators. We will explain why we chose the book, provide some background to the story and then open up for discussion. Grab a copy of the book and bring it along to our virtual book chat. Registration: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/38/0vn67c87
Webinar: Small Group Work
Free Webinar Small-Group Work - 3 great strategies for developing in-depth reading This week's webinar introduces three of our favourite strategies for focussed group talk to support reading comprehension. There will be an opportunity for you to share what's worked well for you. Registration https://event.webinarjam.com/register/25/xyx5kfmm
Webinar: Beyond Hot seating
Free Webinar Beyond Hot seating: broadening the repertoire of drama strategies to support reading We all know that drama strategies are a brilliant way to engage children with text. We will look at three less well-used strategies, explaining how and when we use them. Registration https://event.webinarjam.com/register/26/lx947iym