Part 2 - Five more activities based around the DERIC reading skills; decode, explain, retrieve, interpret and choice using the text Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival. These last five activities include; Exploring vocabulary relating to the word ‘unexpected’ and ‘sad’ using a word map, including exploring definitions, synonyms and antonyms and putting the word into context. Exploring the phrase ‘the words tumbled out’ to help children infer meaning and look at familiar words in different contexts. Retrieval of information from the text and pictures. PSHE/PSED work to support emotions of ‘worry’ including strategies to help children. Exploring the author’s/illustrators choices, why are the pictures in black and white with limited colour? Decoding activities including read and draws to build fluency and put phonics into practice! KS1 SATs style questions to help children become more familiar with how these look and how to answer them. Ordering/Retelling and Summarising activities Finishing with a reflection back on their initial predictions. All resources on powerpoint and can be used in lessons on the whiteboard or can be printed as a scaffold/support for children to work on or stick in books. There is also teacher notes attached to each slide which will help you tailor these lessons for your children and provide scaffold or challenge.

Five activities based around the DERIC reading skills; decode, explain, retrieve, interpret and choice using the text Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival. These first five activities include; Exploring vocabulary relating to the word ‘worry’ and ‘explore’ using a word map, including exploring definitions, synonyms and antonyms and putting the word into context. Retrieval of information from the front cover to help predict what is going to happen in the story and look at key features such as the author and illustrator. PSHE/PSED work to support emotions of ‘worry’ including exploring a letter from the author to the reader and a ‘thinking mind map’ to help children deal with any worries that may be ‘stuck to them’. Exploring the author’s choices, why did he choose to write a letter to his readers? Decoding activities including read and draws to build fluency and put phonics into practice! KS1 SATs style questions to help children become more familiar with how these look and how to answer them. All resources on powerpoint and can be used in lessons on the whiteboard or can be printed as a scaffold/support for children to work on or stick in books. There is also teacher notes attached to each slide which will help you tailor these lessons for your children and provide scaffold or challenge.

Based around the DERIC reading skills and incorporating phonics too (explained in the resource) using the text Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright. This is part 2 of the planning and resources, part 1 can be found in my shop. This text also addresses the PSHE/PSED theme of feeling worried. All resources and planning notes on powerpoint; Activity 6 - Focuses on decoding, explaining new vocab, retrieve and interpreting using the blurb. There is also a focus on nouns. Activity 7 - Focuses on the first few pages of the text and the skills explain by uplevelling vocabulary, acting out the text for understanding and clarity, looking at verbs as actions, using a word map to explore more challenging vocab and finishes with the PSHE/PSED theme around feelings (retrieval/interpret). Activity 8 - Starts with a word class activity and then moves on to read the rest of the text, developing a love of reading and reading for pleasure. It concludes with KS1 SATs style questions. Activity 9 - Starting with a retelling activity/game teaching the retrieval skill, then moving on to focus on the skill of interpret with a PSHE/PSED theme. Helping children understand the feeling of worry and how to deal with it. There is also a science and D&T element that can be built into this activity through your topic lessons. Activity 10 - Building on activity 9 and retelling, children learn to summarise. They also continue to retrieve/interpret (with PSHE/PSED theme) with a variety of differientated tasks. There is also an opportunity to link to English and letter writing.

Five activities based around the DERIC reading skills; decode, explain, retrieve, interpret and choice using the text The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright. These first five activities include; Exploring vocabulary relating to the word ‘worry’ using a word map, including exploring definitions, synonyms and antonyms and putting the word into context. Retrieval of information from the front cover to help predict what is going to happen in the story and look at key features such as the author and illustrator. PSHE/PSED work to support emotions of ‘worry’ Characterisation and linking to other familiar stories or characters/activating prior knowledge and discussion of fiction and non fiction All resources on powerpoint and can be used in lessons on the whiteboard or can be printed as a scaffold/support for children to work on or stick in books. There is also a range of notes attached to each slide which will help you tailor these lessons for your children and provide scaffold or challenge.