About Think2Read

Think2Read is a UK based educational project committed to helping teachers worldwide to fulfil the reading comprehension and learning potential of children of all abilities.

Background

Think2Read founder Donna Thomson began researching into effective ways of developing early comprehension skills and child-led group enquiry in 2001. Think2Read resources have grown organically out of this research over eight years of school trials and evaluations by experts in the literacy field.

During this period the programme has been funded and supported by Dartington Social Research Centre, Devon Education Services and RIO (Real Ideas Organisation) in association with Creative Partnerships 2008 – 2011.

Think2read offers teachers an easy step-by-step approach to teaching the independent team skills that underpin group reading and child-led enquiry; and an explicit reading comprehension programme that shows children how to question and process their thinking to support 'understanding' as they read.

Donna’s first comprehension book (Quick Fix for Year 6 Comprehension, 2007) based on the Think2read approach was written with co-author, Year 6 colleague Ruth Nixey for Key Stage 2 children and became a best selling resource that was nominated for the ERA Awards in 2007.

The programme was developed further to include instruction for Key Stage 1 children in 2007 and this led to ongoing success with the Scholastic reading comprehension series, 2009 written with award-winning children's author Elspeth Graham.

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TEAM Building in the Classroom

The Think2Read TEAM-Building programme helps children to realise their potential as independent team members and collaborative learners.

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Comprehension & Enquiry

The Think2Read programme explains directly to children how to process their thinking to develop a real understanding of comprehension strategies and questioning skills.

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Assessing TEAM Skills

Think2Read's TEAM Skills Assessment helps teachers to identify their children's speaking, listening, social skills and ability to work effectively and collaboratively together.

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Assessing Comprehension Skills

Think2Read's Comprehension Assessment helps teachers to identify their pupil's ability to use a range of comprehension strategies and skills to understand the author's meaning and intention while they read.

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Reciprocal Reading

The Think2Read framework models the speaking and listening skills and strategies that are central to discussion and comprehension within reciprocal reading groups.

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Comprehension Research

Concerns were raised in 2000 about children’s ability to understand text following the assessment of readers in Key stage 1 & 2 at Dartington Primary School, Devon.

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