Year 3 Guided Reading

 

Today in Guided Reading, the children engaged in an interactive session of Reader's Theatre. As part of this activity, they began by participating in echo reading. Specifically, they echoed a short extract from their class text, ‘How to Live Forever’. During this exercise, the children were encouraged to emulate the tone, speed, volume, and expression used by the characters in the text.

Following the echo reading, the children engaged in a meaningful discussion. They explored how the characters would speak and the reasoning behind it, utilising their inference skills. This discussion allowed the children to delve deeper into the nature of the characters and their motivations.

As they portrayed their characters, they were able to make insightful inferences about their traits and personalities based on the way they imagined them speaking. It allowed the children to engage with the class text on a deeper level. 

“I like using a different voice and actions.” - James

“I love being confident and reading to the class.” I - Nikita 

“I love to work with my friends and read together.” - Ryan