TEACHER RESOURCES

Phonics and Comprehension Coaching

Phonics and Comprehension Coaching Notes provide before-, during- and after-reading guidance, assisting teachers to practise and consolidate the focus GPCs and high-frequency words. Also included are suggested points to model and teach comprehension strategies and for the use of metacognitive ‘think aloud’ prompts.

OXFORD READING FOR COMPREHENSION

Phonics and Comprehension Coaching

Dim Sum Dishes

Phonics focus

Focus GPCs: ch, sh, th, ng, nk High-frequency words (decodable): that, this, then, them, with High-frequency words (tricky): we, me, be, push

Comprehension focus

Comprehension strategy: Predict

Think aloud

What do I think will happen next in the book? What information helps me to predict what will happen next?

Activate prior knowledge

Read the title. Ask students:

• What do you think the characters might be doing in this book?

• What is your favourite food to cook or eat?

Predict Look at the front cover of Dim Sum Dishes with students. Draw attention to the title of the book and the image. Ask students to predict what they think the book might be about. Note the vocabulary they use in their responses.

Words from the Oxford Wordlist appear in Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover. For teacher support and guidance on using the Oxford Wordlist with this series, visit Oxford Owl. www.oxfordowl.com.au

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Review the focus GPCs and high-frequency words introduced in the text

Identify the comprehension strategy focus Model the use of the strategy ‘think aloud’

Activate prior knowledge and encourage prediction

OXFORD READING FOR COMPREHENSION

Page 11

What might happen if Kim tapped the buns? How do you know?

Pages 12–13

What caused the mess in the kitchen?

What is another word for dish ?

Pages 14–15

What was the problem at the end of the story?

How was it solved?

End-of-book

Do you think Kim will join Min and help with cooking again in future? Why or why not?

Comprehension questions tagged to the Comprehension Skills Framework help develop students’ comprehension the Activity Sheet that accompanies this text to monitor their development of phonic and comprehension skills. The Activity Sheet for this text can be found on Oxford Owl. www.oxfordowl.com.au

Teachers are guided to a practical comprehension activity, along with the Phonics & Comprehension Activity Sheet to monitor students' phonic and comprehension skills after reading