Supporting Children's Comprehension Skills in Year 6 Reading
Studies show that 1 in 10 children with adequate decoding skills struggle with comprehension, impacting motivation and academic performance. Parents can help by engaging in daily reading activities, visiting libraries, and asking questions. Year 6 assessments focus on decoding, understanding, inference, structure, language usage, author's purpose, and contextual relevance. Practice with passages like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire can improve skills for SAT-style questions.
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Year 6 Reading Inspire
Introduction A range of studies indicate that around 1 in 10 children who decode adequately experience comprehension problems when reading a text. Implications of poor comprehension. Pupils who fail to understand adequately what they read... Are inclined to be less motivated readers and so read less and have less practice in both word reading and comprehension. Tend to read less challenging books so they will have less opportunities to develop vocabulary and improve general knowledge. Obtain significantly lower scores on national assessments in English, Maths and Science. Fail to learn at the same rate as peers. Cain 2010.
How can we support our children at home with developing their comprehension? Take time each day to sit with your child and talk to them about their reading. Make this a special event for you both. Complete the reading Diary. Take your children to the local library and the school library. What have they enjoyed about the book? What have they understood about the text? Ask questions from the hand-out.
In reading there are 7 Assessment Focuses. For each AF there are a range of question types. All of these question types will be on the Year 6 SAT paper. AF1 Use a range of strategies including accurate decoding of text, to read for meaning AF2 Understand, describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts and use quotation and reference to text AF3 Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts AF4 Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level AF5 Explain and comment on writers uses of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level AF6 Identify and comment on writers purposes and viewpoints and the overall effect of the text on the reader AF7 Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts and literary traditions
We are now going to look at a passage together from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. We will look at a range of SAT style questions ranging from Level 2 5.
Level 2 -3 For these questions the answer is directly in the text. The answer can simply be copied from the text itself. These types of questions should be answered quickly making direct reference to the text. 1 or 2 marks are awarded Multiple choice What was Why did . How does .
Level 2-3 What was the Hogwarts express? ____________________________________________ Why did Pigwidgeon become noisier? ____________________________________________ Who set off to find seats? ____________________________________________ Who wished they were back at Hogwarts this year? ____________________________________________ What blew to tell them the train was ready to leave? ____________________________________________ Why has the author used speech marks?
The Hogwarts Express, a gleaming scarlet steam train, was already there, clouds of steam billowing from it, through which the many Hogwarts students and parents on the platform appeared like dark ghosts. Pigwidgeon became noisier than ever in response to the hooting of many owls through the mist. Harry, Ron and Hermione set off to find seats, and were soon stowing their luggage in a compartment halfway along the train. They then hopped back down onto the platform to say goodbye to Mrs Weasley, Bill and Charlie.
Youll see, said Charlie. Just dont tell Percy I mentioned it .it s classified information until such time as the Ministry sees fit to release it , after all. Yeah, I sort of wish I was back at Hogwarts this year, said Bill, hands in his pockets, looking almost wistfully at the train. Why? said George impatiently. But at that moment the whistle blew, and Mrs Weasley chivvied them towards the train door.
Level 3- 4 For these types of questions an opinion is required. Children will have to link their knowledge of the World to support their answer. Evidence from the text is required to back up their opinions. What evidence is there .. What do you think .. Why is this a good way to describe . Explain what you think .. How does the writer show
Level 4 5 The author writes: Parents on the platform appeared like dark ghosts Why is this a good way to describe the parents? ____________________________________________ What animal was Pigwidgeon? ____________________________________________ Do you think Bill liked being at Hogwarts school? Explain your answer. ___________________________________________ Why has the writer used dots .[ellipsis]. It it s classified information. Why do you think that George was impatient? Do you think the Weasley family are close? Find evidence in the text to support your view?
The Hogwarts Express, a gleaming scarlet steam train, was already there, clouds of steam billowing from it, through which the many Hogwarts students and parents on the platform appeared like dark ghosts. Pigwidgeon became noisier than ever in response to the hooting of many owls through the mist. Harry, Ron and Hermione set off to find seats, and were soon stowing their luggage in a compartment halfway along the train. They then hopped back down onto the platform to say goodbye to Mrs Weasley, Bill and Charlie. I might be seeing you all sooner than you think, said Charlie, grinning, as he hugged Ginny goodbye.
Why? said Fred keenly. You ll see, said Charlie. Just don t tell Percy I mentioned it .it s classified information until such time as the Ministry sees fit to release it , after all. Yeah, I sort of wish I was back at Hogwarts this year, said Bill, hands in his pockets, looking almost wistfully at the train. Why? said George impatiently. But at that moment the whistle blew, and Mrs Weasley chivvied them towards the train door.
SATs are quickly approaching us. What can you do to support your child at home?
Make sure they do their Moodle and Matheletics homework. Go to bed early. Have a healthy breakfast. Ask them questions about their reading. Make sure they know the times tables. There are many revision books you can buy W H Smith Revision Books.
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
