informational texts

Leading Literacy… And Influencing Teachers

Closing the Reading Gap, Closing The Vocabulary Gap, The Confident Teacher, Uncategorized, Writing Gap / / 5 minutes of reading

This short series is targeted at literacy leaders – either Literacy Coordinators, Reading Leads, or Curriculum Deputies – with a key role in leading literacy to ensure that pupils access the curriculum and succeed in meeting the academic demands of school.  Every school policy should be seen through the eyes of a recently qualified teacher […]

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The Problem with Reading Informational Texts

Closing the Reading Gap / / 6 minutes of reading

Let’s start with a little reading… Is it familiar? The ‘Way of the Dodo’ text lives in infamy as a SATS 2016 reading paper extract that was so difficult that it made some pupils cry.  It is a reading extract that also exposes a key problem in classrooms everywhere: the difficulty for pupils – primary or secondary age –

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