catch-up-literacy
Intervention
Catch Up Literacy
Years/Age range
Y2-9
Type of children
Low attainers
Child/Adult ratio
1:1
Length of intervention
10-44 weeks in different studies; 10-15 minutes a week
Brief description
There is a comprehensive assessment procedure at the start of each child’s programme, and then 10-minute individual sessions, each containing three discrete activities: the teacher talks through the text and pictures of the selected book, providing key vocabulary and familiarising the child with the story; the child reads the book and the teacher records progress; linked writing or spelling activity. Various support materials exist.
Effectiveness
For comprehension in Y2-9: useful to substantial
For reading accuracy in Y3: remarkable