Y3/4 Chapter 1 The Explorer by Katherine Rundell 1 week whole class guided reading pack

KS2 Y3/4 The Explorer by Katherine Rundell 3 day guided reading pack - Word context, retrieval & inference.

Series of work contains:
Definition and word context study
Retrieval questions
Inference questions
Summarising & sequencing key events
Making comparisons within the text
Predicting

Diferentiated two ways. Includes chapter page numbers list and introduction to the story.
Ties in with Rainforest topic - ideal for in school or home learning.

Curriculum coverage
Reading
Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by:

• listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction
• reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes
• using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read
• increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books
• discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination

Understand what they read, in books they can read independently, by:

• checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and explaining the meaning of words in context
• asking questions to improve their understanding of a text
• drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence
• predicting what might happen from details stated and implied
• using the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary

Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by:

• extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although