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Primary Reading Simplified

A Practical Guide to Classroom Teaching and Whole-School Implementation
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Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781036201418
  • Published By: Sage UK
  • Year: 2025
  • Page Count: 256
  • Publication date: January 29, 2025
Price: $27

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Description

Description

"Such’s passion and knowledge for reading shines through. This is a thoughtful text as well as a practical one."
- Schools Week-

From the bestselling author of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading, this is your essential guide to teaching reading in primary schools.

Filled with classroom-tested, practical guidance, this book addresses common questions faced in every school by those seeking to improve reading. It offers a clear, evidence-informed approach that maximises the chances of all children becoming capable, confident readers.

  • Explore how to lay the foundations for reading development.
  • Learn effective approaches to organising classroom instruction.
  • Understand how to build a reading curriculum and nurture a reading culture.
  • Consider nuanced approaches to assessing and supporting pupils.
  • Examine how to lead professional development and implement change in teaching reading across your school.
Each bite-sized chapter is supported by smart summaries, retrieval quizzes to test your understanding, questions for professional development discussions and links to more specialised reading on every topic.

This is an unmissable resource for primary teachers and those leading literacy teaching in primary schools.
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Christopher Such
Christopher Such is a primary school teacher, school leader, teacher educator and consultant who has worked in schools since 2006. As part of Ambition Institute’s learning design team, he co-designed their National Professional Qualification in Leading Literacy (NPQLL). He has contributed to the initial teacher training programmes for Teach East, Torch SCITT and Ambition Institute, focusing on reading instruction and mathematics pedagogy. In his work as an education consultant, he has worked with schools, multi-academy trusts, English hubs and wider organisations to develop teachers’ understanding of reading and implement approaches to evidence-informed classroom teaching that prioritise meaningful experiences with texts. His first book, The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading, is required reading on many initial teacher training programmes and higher education courses. He is the author of the education blog Primary Colour, and he can be found on social media platforms via the username @Suchmo83.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Section A – Reading Development in Theory

Chapter 1 – What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Reading

Chapter 2 – Comprehension Conceptualised

Section B – Laying Foundations for Reading Development

Chapter 3 – Teaching Phonics

Chapter 4 – Supporting Spoken Language Development

Section C – Organising Classroom Instruction

Chapter 5 – Discussion of Text: Questioning, Explanation and Dialogue

Chapter 6 – Reading Lesson Structures Introduced

Chapter 7 – Scaffolded Reading

Chapter 8 – Fluency Reading

Chapter 9 – Extended Reading

Chapter 10 – Close Reading

Chapter 11 – How and When to Use Different Reading Lesson Structures

Chapter 12 – Small-Group Reading

Section D – Implementing Change Across a School

Chapter 13 – Leading Professional Development

Chapter 14 – Implementing Change Across a School

Chapter 15 – Introducing Reading Lesson Structures Across a School: Professional Development and Implementation in Practice

Section E – Building a Reading Curriculum and Nurturing a Reading Culture

Chapter 16 – Building a Reading Curriculum

Chapter 17 – Nurturing a Reading Culture

Section F – Reading Development Across the Curriculum

Chapter 18 – Developing Vocabulary and Knowledge of the World Across the Curriculum

Chapter 19 – Supporting Reading Through Writing

Chapter 20 – Preparing Pupils for External Assessments

Section G – Assessing and Supporting Pupils

Chapter 21 – Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Reading Development

Chapter 22 – Maximising the Impact of One-to-One Reading

Section H – Setting Priorities

Chapter 23 – Selecting and Acting on Priorities

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