Just a short and simple list of example questions for each of the Reading Assessment Focuses (2-6). Drawn from examples from National Curriculum Test, gives approximately 10 examples of the type of question that might be asked for each focus. Useful for guiding teacher assessment and understanding.
Questions used for Year 9 whilst reading chapter one of Stone Cold.
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This is a set of KS2 Literacy AF reading question cards that I have in laminated packs on each of my year 5 tables for pupils to use in Guided reading sessions. They can be used by a TA as prompts to support their questioning of children as they read a shared text, but I often ask the children to use a selected card to ask each other questions.
A novel way of looking at structure to elicit more detailed and thoughtful responses from students analysing a text.
I'm convinced that I &'lifted&'; the Dickens extract from another contributor; it has proved very useful to me over the years. Thank you! (Apologies for forgetting your name)
This also uses Kagan's co-operative learning strategies and encourages more independence from learners.
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As it says above - discussion prompts to support your guided reading sessions with the children - prompts that are focused according to each AF with alternative acitvities for the children to undertake independently.
A sheet from The Grid showing level descriptors for Reading Levels - easily read by older children. Colour coded for easy reference! Any comments or suggestions for improvement gratefully received! Liz
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This is a full lesson using a Functional Text as a stimulus and it encourages pupils to use the Reading Afs to design questions. Designed to enable pupils to work with the reading AFs and familiarise themselves with them.
3 way differentiated 30 mins weekly guided reading session with texts and questions from AF2 and AF5
Included 2 reading texts and questions
Used with Year 5 but could be used for low ability Yr6 or higher
Set of 10 question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level"
They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.
Set of 10 question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Identify and comment on writers' purposes and viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader"
They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.
Set of 10 question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts"
They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.
Set of question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts and literary traditions "
They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.
Set of question prompt cards on fans that can be cut out and made into fans using key-rings to help prompt children to "Explain and comment on the writer's use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level."
They can be used as part of guided reading in the classroom or sent home with reading books to involve parents and to give them an idea of the kinds of questions they can ask their child.
6 Guided Reading Assessment/Guidance Sheets to use with your younger readers.
These sheets can be printed for each child to keep track of their reading abilities/areas needed to improve.
How to use this product:
Each week, I use a new assessment focus (AF). They are marked as
*AF1- decoding of the text.
*AF2- retrieving information.
*AF3- deducing and inferring information.
*AF4- structure and organisation of the text.
*AF5- comment on the writer’s use of language.
*AF6- to identify the purpose.
*AF7- to relate the story to others.
Each sheet contains 4-5 ‘I can’ statements in which you can shade in to mark where each child is at in terms of reading. By using one assessment focus per week of guided reading, you can see real progression in the children’s understanding of the particular questions you’re asking.
Beside each ‘I can’ statement, I have put a heart shape in which the teacher shades:
Green: if the child is secure in that area.
Orange: if the child is emerging in that area.
Red: if the child is un-secure in that particular area.
3 way differentiated 30 mins weekly guided reading session with texts and questions from AF2 and AF5
Included 2 reading texts and questions
Used with Year 5 but could be used for low ability Yr6 or highe
3 way differentiated 30 mins weekly guided reading session with texts and questions from AF2 and AF5
Included 2 reading texts and questions
Used with Year 5 but could be used for low ability Yr6 or higher
3 way differentiated 30 mins weekly guided reading session with texts and questions from AF2 and AF5
Included 2 reading texts and questions
Used with Year 5 but could be used for low ability Yr6 or higher
3 way differentiated 30 mins weekly guided reading session with texts and questions from AF2 and AF5
Included 2 reading texts and questions
Used with Year 5 but could be used for low ability Yr6 or highe
3 way differentiated 30 mins weekly guided reading session with texts and questions from AF2 and AF5
Included 2 reading texts and questions
Used with Year 5 but could be used for low ability Yr6 or highe
