Specific Learning Outcomes Activities Students should be learning to: read a wide range of texts for pleasure and information skim a range of texts, locate specific information and summarise in own words cope with more complex characters and less predictable storylines extend reading interests use a table of contents, glossary and index with confidence use headings, diagrams, maps, graphs and tables to scan and locate information in a variety of texts identify common features of different stories by the same author compare concepts such as setting, theme, plot and characters discuss morals and values in greater depth ask reflective questions recognise a story within a story respond critically to a range of texts build on or respond to comments about books compare and contrast information such as the feathers of different stories or factual texts summarise different texts in different ways (such as key ideas use information from a text to present a poster use the library effectively as a source of information respond critically to both fiction and non-fiction texts be enthusiastic about extending reading interests sustain long periods of silent reading discuss book characters, scenes and episodes with confidence Blends st cr sp kn fl pr qu Short & Long vowels magic e
Substitution Medial vowels Initial, medial & final letters eg, hot, hat, hit, hut
Prefixes Ex un im in per be
Suffixes Ed ing er s
Rules When two vowels go out walking, the first one does the talking and says its name. Magic e when a word ends with a vowel, a consonant and an e, the vowel says its name. When a word ends with y, change the y to i before adding es or ed.
Genre Alphabet activities Library corner Computer activities Listening post Current topic books Poems Group browsing box Shared books Song charts Students Rotation Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday BOOM! Charlie Chardonne ShantiPushpal Ruby
Learning Intentions this week: summarise different texts in different ways (such as key ideas discuss book characters, scenes and episodes with confidence
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Big Book activity on The Kings Cake. Designing and describing a cake.
Teacher- Whitebait Season Personal experience. What is whitebait?
Snake word families
Silent reading: Did You Youre your Tail Feather? Focus on retell.
Practice retell to each other
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Two Tiger Tales activity- retelling. Comprehension .
Follow-on activity Whitebait Season. What does native mean? What do you need to go whitebait fishing?
Silent reading of Riding High. Focus on retell for next rotation.
Library corner choosing
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Two Tiger Tails activity. Silent reading. Practicing verbal retell.
Library corner choosing
Teacher- Riding High retell.
Miss Falvey: Change game.
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Teacher: Verbal retell.
Snake word families
Follow-on activity Riding High, focus on comprehension retell.
Teacher: Feedback from Wednesday activity to fix? Discuss Did You Shake Your Tail Feather? book looking at retell.