HIGHLIGHTS: BOOKKEEPER NEEDED FOR VRP…Q&A VIDEO AVAILABLE…COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS…

BOOKKEEPER NEEDED FOR VRP

VRP needs a bookkeeper to support our organization and would greatly appreciate your help.  If you or someone you know has experience in bookkeeping and could work for 40-50 hours a year as VRP’s Bookkeeper please contact Lenora (416 481 5369).  Referrals are especially valuable so please feel free to share this opportunity with anyone you think might be a good fit. 

Q&A VIDEO AVAILABLE

Click the title above to watch at your leisure.  Thank you to everyone who submitted questions and joined last week’s Q&A Zoom session.  We’re especially grateful to Marjie Calla for generously sharing her insights and experiences and for creating a space where others feel encouraged to do the same.  Moments like these highlight the strength of our volunteer community.  There is true value in learning from one another.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

A good storybook can be the best part of any VRP session!  When you have time it is always fun to have a chat about some of the highlights to check comprehension.  Christine Haggarty (John English) shared this handy list:

Great questions to follow the reading of a book:

Next time you read with your child… Don’t just close it and move on!

Here are a few simple questions to grow your child's reading comprehension skills.

1. What do you think will happen next?Builds prediction skills.

2. What was the most important part?Teaches children to summarise.

3. Would you change anything in the story?Encourages deeper thinking.

These small conversations build big literacy skills.

They help children: predict retell explain their ideas understand stories more clearly

These are the exact skills needed for tricky comprehension questions in primary school and beyond.

Even more easy questions to try:

Who was in the story?

Where did the story happen?

What was your favourite part?

How do you think the character felt?

Would you like to be in this story? Why?

What happened first?

What happened last?

Was there a problem? What was it? How was the problem fixed?

Did any part surprise you?

One word to the wise to make sure not to stop the story too often to ask the questions! You will make it a chore for the child.  VRP’s Reading Guide has some suggestions too.  It is available printed in the VRP folders at the schools.