CPL Teaching Reading and Comprehension K-6

Jenny Williams and Mary-Ellen Betts encourage you to teach your students to read for meaning using the NSW K-6 English syllabus… “We want every student, in every grade, to understand that reading is about meaning… the syllabus has at its heart: make meaning through language. …if students come through their whole schooling believing that reading is meaning and understanding, they are able to critically analyse texts at a sophisticated level. If they come through school thinking it is just about words on a page, they are missing about ninety percent of the text. …there is a connection between what I learn in reading, I use in writing, what I know in writing, I use in reading. We know that learning takes place best within a context, so any way we can find to integrate what we are doing with grammar and spelling and reading is really important.” Note for listeners: This episode was originally recorded for the JPL Podcast, hence the references to the JPL Podcast throughout For information about contributors and the JPL Podcast, as well as Journal of Professional Learning articles and Centre for Professional Learning courses, please visit our website www.cpl.asn.au/podcasts