The Cloud Thief Bundle - Year 3 and 4 Whole Class Reading: Week 1 Planning, Resources and Slideshows

This complete Week 1 reading bundle for The Cloud Thief provides four fully planned and resourced whole class reading lessons for Year 3 and Year 4.
Each lesson follows a clear I Do / We Do / You Do structure and builds sequentially across the week, moving from understanding vocabulary in context to developing fluency, comprehension and reasoning through debate.

All lessons are novel-based, text-driven and fully differentiated for lower, middle and higher ability groups.
Resources include lesson plans, editable PowerPoints, differentiated extracts, and ready-to-print pupil worksheets.

Lessons included:

Vocabulary & Context Clues – Using surrounding text to infer word meaning.

Fluency & Expression – Reading aloud with tone, pace and prosody.

Comprehension (Fact & Opinion) – Retrieval and reasoning from the text.

Debate & Discussion – Exploring evidence, perspective and argument.

Learning Objectives:

To understand and use new vocabulary in context.

To read aloud with expression and fluency.

To retrieve, explain and distinguish fact from opinion.

To use evidence to justify views in discussion.

What’s Included

Four detailed lesson plans (editable Word)

Four PowerPoint slideshows for modelled and shared reading

Differentiated extracts for LA / ARE / GD

Pupil worksheets and scaffolds for every task

Built-in assessment opportunities and reflection prompts

Skills Covered

Vocabulary and word meaning

Fluency and prosody

Retrieval and inference

Reasoning and discussion

Speaking and listening confidence

Ideal For

Year 3 and Year 4 whole class reading

KS2 English comprehension and vocabulary teaching

Novel-based reading units and text-driven schemes

Class or guided reading sequences across a week

TES Tags

Year 4 reading
Year 3 reading
Whole class reading
KS2 English
Reading comprehension
Vocabulary in context
Context clues
Reading fluency
Fact and opinion
Discussion and debate
The Cloud Thief
Text-based reading unit
Novel-based English