This pack is a reading comprehension pack based on the Year 4 reading objectives. It is aimed to provide some contextual understanding of children’s classics and the specific vocabulary that might arise as children explore children’s classics. In turn, this should equip children with the necessary knowledge when answering comprehension questions. There is a focus on retrieval and it touches on VIPER style questions. Each session has a retrieval activity. There are 10 lessons covered in this pack. Each lesson is designed to be completed within 30 minutes. Objectives covered from the NC: To re-read these books with pace, volume and expression. Decide which sections of text to read more carefully to fulfil a particular purpose, e.g. to summarise a text. To discuss and compare texts from a wide variety of genres and writers. To sequence the main events within a chapter and across a book. To identify main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarise these. Summarise in writing the main points from a paragraph using a wider range of prompts. Discuss how characters’ feelings, behaviour and relationships change over a text. The theme for this pack: Children’s classics Identifying main ideas drawn from more than 1 paragraph and summarising these. What is covered in this pack? Book: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis Book: A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond Book: The Complete Alice by Lewis Carroll

This pack is a reading comprehension pack based on the Year 3 reading objectives. It is aimed to provide some contextual understanding of lighthouses and the specific vocabulary that might arise as children explore lighthouses. In turn, this should equip children with the necessary knowledge when answering comprehension questions. There is a focus on retrieval and it touches on VIPER style questions. Each session has a retrieval activity. There are 8 lessons covered in this pack. Each lesson is designed to be completed within 30 minutes. Objectives covered from the NC: To re-read these books with pace, volume and expression. To maintain the pace of reading 100wpm+. Identify aspects or features that make a text entertaining, informative or useful with support. To be able to identify key words and phrases within a text. To explain why books are structured in different ways. The theme for this pack: Lighthouses Identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. What is covered in this pack? Book: How does a lighthouse work by Roman Belyaev Song: My Lighthouse by Rend Collective Book: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda and David Armitage

Writing Purpose: Writing to inform Text: Skellig Week 1: Gather Identify features of a diary entry Explore vocabulary Build a sentence Gather information and ideas Short burst writing activity Week 2: Grammar Past perfect tense Apostrophes Semi-Colons Relative clause/Parenthesis Word, phrase, clause Week 3: Go Plan Independent write Edit and improve Present writing This unit includes retrieval tasks, low-stake quizzes, exit tickets and much more. Slides and worksheets come included. Hopefully this will save you time on your planning as you can pick it up and go.

Writing purpose: Writing to entertain Text: Stone Age Boy Week 1: Gather/Grammar LO: To be able to identify the features of a setting description. LO: To be able to define new vocabulary. LO: To gather rich and varied vocabulary for a setting. LO: To be able to identify and use expanded noun phrases. LO: To be able to identify and use prepositions. Week 2: Go LO: To be able to plan a setting description. LO: To write a setting description. LO: To write a setting description. LO: To up-level vocabulary choices and edit a setting description. LO: To redraft and present my writing. This unit includes retrieval tasks, low-stake quizzes, exit tickets and much more. Slides and worksheets come included. Hopefully this will save you time on your planning as you can pick it up and go.

Writing purpose: Writing to entertain Text: Stone Age Boy Week 1: Gather LO: To identify features of a narrative. LO: To be able to define new vocabulary. LO: To gather vocabulary focusing on the key senses. LO: To gather information and vocabulary for arriving in a new place. Week 2: Grammar LO: To be able to use coordinating conjunctions to link information. (and/nor) LO: To be able to use coordinating conjunctions to link information. (so/or) LO: To be able to use coordinating conjunctions to show information that is the opposite. (yet/but) LO: To identify and use prepositions of place. LO: To be able to identify and use prepositional phrases. Week 3: Go LO: To be able to plan a narrative. LO: To write an adventure story when arriving somewhere new. (x2) LO: To up-level vocabulary choices and edit an adventure story when arriving somewhere new. LO: To redraft and present my writing. This unit includes retrieval tasks, low-stake quizzes, exit tickets and much more. Slides and worksheets come included. Hopefully this will save you time on your planning as you can pick it up and go.