What is the three reads model?

Each of the three Little Wandle reading practice sessions is a dedicated 20 minutes of reading. Teachers ‘tap in’ to hear every child read without any distraction three times a week. Every child gets individual attention, and each session has a very clear focus.

Children also benefit from repeated practice in the pre-read part of each session. It helps them become quicker at reading the GPCs, words and tricky words they will find in the book. Their language learning is supported by the introduction of key vocabulary. Teachers use the same strategies as used in the daily phonics lesson sessions which helps reduce cognitive load.

• Read 1: decoding – this has a clear focus on applying phonic knowledge to word reading.
• Read 2: prosody – teaches children to read with prosody, so that they learn to read aloud with appropriate meaning, stress and intonation.
• Read 3: comprehension – the final reading session explores comprehension.

This blog gives more information about what to do during each read.