Project Title:Supported Reading in English (SuRE)

Project Code: NT0513

Section: NET Section, CDI2 March 2013

Officers In-charge:Alice Wong

Kathryn DavisKay Beadman

Supported Reading in English (SuRE)

This Seed Project investigates how to incorporate the use of Supported Reading as a major teaching strategy in the Reading Workshops for KS2 students.

The objectives are to: enhance KS2 students’ development in reading skills

and strategies

motivate and engage students in reading through a task-based approach

enhance teachers’ professional knowledge in designing and conducting Supported Reading sessions

scaffold teachers to develop reading activities to foster students’ critical thinking skills and cater for learner diversity

Guided Research Questions What are the effective strategies for designing and

conducting the SuRE reading workshops?

How can reading materials be used effectively in order to cater for learner diversity in the SuRE reading workshops?

What is the impact of Supported Reading on student English language learning?

Reading Worksho

ps

Storytelling

Reading Aloud

Shared Reading

Supported

Reading

Independent Reading

Teaching Strategies for Reading

2004 ELCG p.A29

What is Supported Reading?

• One of the 5 teaching strategies for reading

• An opportunity to talk, read and think their way purposefully through a text

• Enables pupils to experience what real reading is within a supported environment

one teacher+

a class of pupils

Design of Learning Environment in SuRE

How People Learn, Expanded Edition, p.134, Figure 6.1

Bransford et al. (1999)

Community

Learner

centred

Knowledge

centred

Assessment

centred

In Supported Reading Lessons:Students:• read independently

with a purpose;

• give critical responses to the text; and

• talk about messages and meaning in the text.

Teachers:• use pre-reading tasks to

activate prior knowledge;

• use effective questioning to foster critical thinking; and

• teach reading skills and strategies in context.

Outcomes(achieved by the current SEED School)

Students have moved towards achieving reading independence

A variety of text types has been used

Supported Reading has been incorporated in the task-based curriculum

Students have become reflective learners and critical thinkers

Through SuRE, we explore: the impact of Supported Reading on

student learning

effective strategies for the learning and teaching of the SuRE reading workshops

the use of appropriate reading texts and resources for KS2

Silent Reading

Questioning

Seed School Consolidate existing P4 and P5 units of work

One seconded teacher to develop and implement new units of work for P6

LETs in KS2 plan and teach SuRE workshops

Seed SchoolThe school is expected to: nominate an experienced and committed English

teacher to be seconded to the NET Section for a year allocate at least one hour per week for collaborative

lesson preparation for all project teachers allocate time in the scheme of work to complete at

least two units of work during the school year support data collection, e.g. classroom observation,

video recordings of SuRE lessons, interviewing students/teachers

share with other schools their experiences in conducting the project

Seconded Teacher (ST)The ST is expected to: collaboratively develop units of work with ATs in

the NET Section and participate in professional development programmes on relevant topics

take the leading role in the SuRE Project within the school

develop, teach and evaluate SuRE workshops with project teachers

visit network schools to share good practice

Resources• A set of reading books for each Primary 6

class will be provided by the NET Section

• The books will be ordered in June 2013 based on the decision made by the Seconded Teacher and the SuRE ATs

Project ProposalEducation Bureau Circular Memorandum No. 7/2013

Staff Interflow Schemes 2013 “Seed” Projects at Appendix A (14)

Form at Appendix B with Annexes 2 & 3 and Appendix C

Project title: Supported Reading in English (SuRE)Project code: NT0513Name of CDI Section: Native-speaking English

Teacher Section

Deadline for Application: 22 March 2013

Sending in Your Proposal by Post

EDB Human Resources Management Unit4/F. East wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong.

(Please specify “Application for Interflow” on the envelope.)

EnquiriesAdministrative matters:Mr Ken HOProject Coordinator (NET)Tel : 3549 8331Fax : 2334 8707E-mail : pcnet@edb.gov.hk

Professional matters:Miss Alice WONGCurriculum Development Officer (NET/AT)1Tel: 3549 8301Fax: 3549 8378E-mail: aliceymwong@edb.gov.hk