This is a year 3/4 whole-class reading lesson using David Litchfield’s picture book The Bear and the Piano All texts belong/created by David Litchfield no copyright infringement intended

This lesson works on the skills of vocabulary/explanation. children write an acrostic poem about Crowky (class or individual) children read chapters 39-40 of the Land of Roar children learn how to explain the effect of specific words children answer differentiated questions about specific vocabulary for Crowky These resources will help year 5/6 students get used to SATS-style questions.

This lesson works on the skill of summary. EVERYTHING you need to teach this lesson is included and good to go apart from an audiobook/copy of reading material (for copyright purposes).

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session whereby: children brainstorm things they love/hate children read to chapter24-25 of Land of Roar (included) children look at some maps by other authors children design their own world/map, drawing inspiration from Land of Roar.

This lesson works on the skill of retrieval, but with a spag twist! -children match up techniques/word classes and definitions -children read chapters 28-29 of Land of Roar children retrieve examples for different word classes/techniques! These resources will help year 5/6 students get used to SATS-style questions.

This year 6 writing mat covers the essential features needed for a newspaper. I give this to children when they are writing newspaper articles and/or editing them. It is up to the children to use the mat to edit their work so it is in line with the expectations for that genre.

This lesson works on the skill of vocabulary. children learn what ‘vocabulary’ means and talk about unfamiliar vocabulary children learn about context clues, and try to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words children use the skill again, this time with words from the next chapters of Land of Roar children read chapters 32-34 and use context clues to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words if they need to. These resources will help year 5/6 students get used to SATS-style questions.

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session whereby: -children practise making inferences using a funny picture -children read chapters 26-27 of the Land of Roar children work as a class to infer character feelings children consider/explain how characters are changing:drawing them at the start and end of the book, and writing a short explanation. These resources will help year 5/6 students get used to SATS-style questions.

This lesson works on the skill of retrieval. children practise their skim/scan skills with where’s wally -style activities children read chapters 28-29 of Land of Roar children answer differentiated retrieval questions! These resources will help year 5/6 students get used to SATS-style questions.

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session where: -children make inferences and predictions using the front cover of the book -children consider how to ‘monitor’ their reading (with a cool lizard video) read the first chapter of Land of Roar children learn about sequencing/summarising and do some as a class children complete some independent sequencing/summarising tasks /questions. These resources will help year 5/6 students get used to SATS-style questions.

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session where: -children complete a fun visual illusion task to improve scanning skills children read chapter 2-3 of Land of Roar (included) children learn about the skill of retrieval. children complete some differentiated SATS-style retrieval questions and mark their answers as a class.

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session where: children complete a fun A-Z adjective task children read chapters 4-5 of Land of Roar -children start to make inferences about Arthur and Rose children draw the characters of Rose and Arthur and retrieve evidence for their ideas

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session where: -children learn what an inference is and have a practise making inferences using a picture -children read chapters 9-11 of Land of Roar read the first chapter of Land of Roar children make inferences about Arthur’s feelings using a short passage of the text, RETRIEVING evidence too. (good for 3 mark q practise)

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session whereby: -children learn what synonyms are children read to chapter 22-23 of Land of Roar (included) children learn how to retrieve synonyms for reading tests children practise retrieving synonyms from these chapters before marking their answers as a class. This resource will help children prepare for SATS questions as the activities follow the same style/structure.

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session where: -children practise making inferences using a funny picture -children read chapters 15-17 of Land of Roar children learn about ‘impressions’ questions, and a way to answer them. children make inferences about Win’s character, sometimes RETRIEVING evidence too. (good for 3 mark q practise)

This resource allows the class teacher to lead a session where: -children draw a scarecrow using words retrieved from the book children read to chapter 18-19 of Land of Roar (included) children learn about the skill of retrieval. children complete some differentiated SATS-style retrieval questions and mark their answers as a class. This resource will help children prepare for SATS questions as the activities follow the same style/structure.