This whole class reading session aims to develop children’s comprehension of the opening chapter of Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda.’
It contains a link to the online chapter (on the first slide - also provided as PDF). This is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language.
The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities.
The session is best suited for children in years 3-5, although with minor adaptations it could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups.
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Matilda Big Bundle!
This ‘Matilda’ big bundle contains all of the Matilda lessons, plus the detailed knowledge organiser and the 20-page comprehension activities booklet! The entire novel is broken down in to 10 double (and in some cases triple) lesson bundles, meaning that there is a total of 21 individual lesson activity sets here - one for each chapter of the text. Chapters 1 and 2 - ‘The Reader of Books’ and ‘Mr Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer’ Chapters 3 and 4 - ‘The Hat and the Superglue’ and ‘The Ghost’ Chapters 5 and 6 - ‘Arithmetic’ and ‘The Platinum Blond Man’ Chapters 7 and 8 - ‘Miss Honey’ and ‘The Trunchbull’ Chapters 9 and 10 - ‘The Parents’ and ‘Throwing the Hammer’ Chapters 11, 12, and 13 - ‘Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake’, ‘Lavender’ and ‘The Weekly Test’ Chapters 14 and 15 - ‘The First Miracle’ and ‘The Second Miracle’ Chapters 16 and 17 - ‘Miss Honey’s Cottage’ and ‘Miss Honey’s Story’ Chapters 18 and 19 - ‘The Names’ and ‘The Practice’ Chapters 20 and 21 - ‘The Third Miracle’ and ‘A New Home’ The comprehensive and colourful PowerPoint presentations guide students through a wide range of activities, including those designed to enhance the following skills: retrieval, understanding vocabulary, inference, explanation, summarising, sequencing, analysis and deeper thinking activities. Additional worksheets and templates are also provided where needed for the creative tasks. All of the resources and tried and tested in real classrooms, catalysing excellent outcomes. The resources are suitable for students across KS2 (I originally used them with year 4 and 5 classes).
Roald Dahl Whole Class Reading - Big Bundle!
These whole class reading sessions aim to develop children’s comprehension of several extracts from Roald Dahl texts. There are ten sessions included in total - one session each for the following Roald Dahl texts: -The Witches; -Esio Trot; -George’s Marvellous Medicine; -The Twits; -The Magic Finger; -James and the Giant Peach; -The Enormous Crocodile; -Danny, the Champion of the World -The BFG -Matilda Each presentation contains a link to the relevant online chapters (on the first slide). This is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The sessions are best suited for children in years 2-3, although with minor adaptations it could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. This style of whole class reading, in which you are able to dip into a different text each day, is great for broadening the number of texts that children are exposed to and increasing their enthusiasm for reading.
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