'Building Bridges of Understanding' Webinar Series for Primary Teachers

This Webinar Series will assist Primary school teachers in teaching reading comprehension strategies. Building Bridges of Understanding is a reading comprehension programme which aims to give children the strategies they need to become good readers. By learning about these strategies, children can become more involved in the text they are reading or hearing, and so deepen their understanding of the text. Each webinar will feature linkage to both oral language and writing genres that tie well with each comprehension strategy. There will be resource packs for each webinar and digital resources will also be highlighted.

Webinar #1 - Wednesday 11^th May 2022

The first webinar in the Series will be aimed at the strategies of Inferring, Making Connections and Questioning. There will be practical online and physical resources for both genres, linkage to oral language activities and writing genres.

Webinar #2 - Wednesday 18^th May 2022

The second webinar in the Series will be aimed at the strategies of Clarifying, Declunking and Predicting. There will be practical online and physical resources for both genres, linkage to oral language activities and writing genres.

Webinar #3 - Wednesday 25^th May 2022

The third and final webinar in the Series will be aimed at the strategies of Synthesising, Visualising and Determining Importance. There will be practical online and physical resources for both genres, linkage to oral language activities and writing genres.

Mary Brennan

Mary Brennan is a Primary school teacher, a First Steps Writing Tutor and has been working with the PDST Technology in Education (PDSTTiE) for many years.