Reading allowed.... and aloud

A new book for a project I'm now  underway with - I bought it when it came out and have been dipping into it.

It's a companion piece to Mary Myatt's book on KS3: 'The Ambitious Years'.

Rob Chambers has already shared his thoughts on the importance of reading on his Substack and some thoughts on the book too.

In geography for example, pupils cannot think geographically without the vocabulary and conceptual understanding the discipline requires. Reading therefore enables pupils to participate in what Mary calls an ‘intellectual life’.

By reading aloud while pupils follow the text, I can model the pronunciation and phrasing of subject-specific vocabulary without allowing difficulty with individual words to disrupt the wider explanation. This can support pupils’ access to and understanding of conceptual knowledge. When pupils are not having to devote so much of their limited attention to decoding individual words, more of that attention is available for following the explanation, connecting ideas and consolidating knowledge. This can also support writing: pupils need knowledge to write about, and reading aloud helps create the conditions in which that knowledge can be understood and secured.

Having had a quick skim through it's interesting to see quite a few ideas that can be used immediately. I've pencilled in some ideas for where it will appear in a future book.