Reconstructing Reading: Navigating Texts
Download this toolkit, developed as a takeaway from the National Literacy Trust’s Reconstructing Reading conference, to help your team translate research evidence into high-impact classroom results.
How you can use this resource:
Challenge your current literacy strategy using the 'Navigating Texts' research one-pager, which features a series of provocations designed to help leaders evaluate teacher confidence in using complex texts and the effectiveness of current routines for integrating skills like decoding and using background knowledge.
Deploy the linked Complex Text Toolkit to provide staff with a practical, step-by-step framework for building repeatable routines that support children to navigate complex, grade-level material rather than relying on simplified texts.
Enable teachers to design targeted interventions by implementing 15-minute routines, such as 'Chunk & Speak' for syntax or 'Link Hunt' for cohesion, that reduce cognitive load and provide entry points for all students to access rigorous, academic content.
