Meerkmat Mail PowerPoint and questions for the reading domains of prediction and sequencing

Questions that can be displayed and discussed

Children will be reading fictional diary extracts and using the skill of inference over four days.

Four days of reading sessions can be found on the PowerPoint. Each day a section of the video is watched and children will answer the questions, focusing on retrieval. Modelled answers can also be found. Last session on the Friday, children will record their answers in their book which has been included.

A plan and two PowerPoints are included (depending on group’s ability). Children will watch a section of the video and answer questions. Modelled answers have been included in the PowerPoint for the 4 days.

Children will read the friendship recipe and answer the retrieval based questions.

PowerPoint with questions based on the reading skill of sequencing. Friday’s lesson is recorded and three different challenges have been provided- depending on child’s ability.

-ly suffix worksheet

PowerPoint displaying words with the: ea, ew, oe, ie, au, wh, ey, ir and ph sounds.

Phonics assessment which includes: suffixes (ed, ing, ly and y) prefixes (un, pre, dis and re) silent letters plurals (adding s) apostrophes homophones

This pre-made checklist can be used for when children complete an independent fairytale writing piece.

Sentences based on the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ that need editing and improving.

Children to read, edit and improve sentences.

Match the sentences to the correct pictures. Cut them out neatly and stick them in your book.

Children to finish off the sentence. Answers at the bottom can be trimmed to give children more of a challenge.

Present and past tense activity

Children will use the picture of the character to write a character description . There are 3 challenges (dependent on child’s ability).

Children will learn about who Christopher Wren was and why we remember him today. They will write a letter to King Charles II pretending to be Christopher Wren telling him the plans of how London should be rebuilt.

Fill in the blanks activity

To find the verbs, nouns and adjectives from the passage.