Guided Reading Notes: Astounding Broccoli Boy – Year 5

Free guided reading notes for The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce, suitable for Year 5 confident readers, book band level Dark Red. Includes guidance and set activities which could cover a half term of work using the carousel method:

• Brief information on the author and illustrator
• A chapter synopsis
• Teacher-led session : introducing the novel and questions linked to the opening
• Questions for independent/supported work
• Answers and objectives for independent/supported work
• Follow-up activities : suggestions for reading, writing and cross curricular tasks linked to the novel
• Reviewing the novel: questions to help teachers run a discussion session after reading the novel

Badger Learning aim to support teachers to achieve the foremost goal of the reading curriculum: to ensure that children read with confidence and understanding, and fundamentally, to establish an appreciation and love of reading.

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