The Catch Up Programme

What is Catch Up?

Catch Up is a Literacy Intervention Programme, for struggling readers in years 2-9.

 

Profile of a Struggling Reader

• Poorly developed cueing strategies


• Over-reliance on illustrations to cue words, resulting in guesses which are not supported by the written word.


• Lack of concern if they produce a nonsense word when decoding.


• A tendency to snatch at any we “have”.


• A hesitant robotic reading style, which inhibits the reader from attending to the meaning.


• Punctuation is frequently ignored.

The Four Stages of the Catch Up Programme

1. Diagnostic Assessments
2. Selecting the appropriate book for the pupil to read.
3. Two weekly 15 minute teaching sessions.
4. Monitoring and assessment of progress

 

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Diagnostic Assessments

1. Reading interview
2. Sight word knowledge
3. Phonological knowledge
4. Letter name knowledge
5. Letter formation knowledge
6. Spelling knowledge

Individual Teaching Session

• 3 minutes – prepared reading
• 6 minutes –  pupil reads
                 -  Teacher / Teaching assistant observes, praises specifics,  
                     prompts, discusses text and records miscues.
• 6 minutes – linked writing activity                     

 

 

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