Newspaper Report – Guided Reading Unit (Y3/Y4 | KS2) | 5 Fully Planned Sessions

40-Session Reciprocal Guided Reading Unit for Year 3 / Year 4

This 40-session unit is designed to develop reading comprehension skills for mixed Year 3 and Year 4 classes. It provides a clear structure for teaching reciprocal reading strategies such as clarifying, predicting, questioning, and summarising. The unit includes detailed lesson planning, text extracts, worksheets, and additional resources like toolkits to support learning. **What’s Included:** ✔ 40 detailed lesson plans for reciprocal guided reading ✔ Text extracts for analysis ✔ Worksheets and activities to support comprehension ✔ Additional resources, including toolkits for guided reading ✔ Focus on a variety of text types: character descriptions, diary entries, setting descriptions, balanced arguments, persuasive texts, newspaper reports **Lesson Overview / Structure:** ★ *Starter Activity* – Introduce key strategies such as prediction and clarification. ★ *Main Activity* – Engage with text extracts, focusing on comprehension tasks like questioning and summarising. ★ *Plenary* – Review learning, ensuring understanding of strategies and text analysis. **Why it’s Useful:** ✔ Provides clear structure for reciprocal reading sessions ✔ Focuses on a wide range of text types for varied comprehension practice ✔ Supports independent learning with differentiated tasks ✔ Helps improve key literacy skills, ideal for Ofsted standards **Suggested Use Cases:** Ideal for Year 3 and Year 4 mixed ability classes working on developing comprehension skills. Suitable for reciprocal reading sessions, guided reading, and independent literacy work. **Search Tags:** Year 3 reading | Year 4 reading | reciprocal guided reading | LKS2 literacy | reading comprehension strategies | Ofsted literacy | character descriptions | persuasive writing | newspaper report | guided reading worksheets