No1 Car Spotter Whole-Class Guided Reading Full Planning

Fully planned LKS2 whole-class guided reading planning - No1 Car Spotter

**Ready to go plans, all resources included, no editing or prep required. **

This is a complete, ready-to-teach guided reading unit based on The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, designed for whole-class guided reading in Years 3 and 4.

The unit follows a clear, consistent weekly structure that builds children’s confidence with Retrieval, Inference and Choice (RIC) questions while developing vocabulary, fluency and deeper comprehension of the text.

All page numbers are matched to the questions, meaning no prep is required – simply open the PowerPoint and teach.

**The planning includes: **

A planning overview for the entire unit
4 weeks worth of planning (20 lessons in total)
Between 3 and 5 fully planned lessons of work for each week
A powerpoint presentation for each week
Vocabulary activities built into lessons
Printable comprehension questions for each week which focus on RIC questions (page numbers and sentence stems provided)
Book review activity for the end of the unit
Each week follows a predictable pattern. A typical week looks like:
Lesson 1 - Do now task (paired work), vocabulary check, teacher read-aloud (pages specified), verbal RIC questions
Lesson 2 - Do now task to complete in pairs, printable RIC questions to answer in books (page numbers given)
Lesson 3 - Do now task (paired work) followed by one of the above options.

For some lessons there may be alternative activities liked 2 mark questions or prediction lessons.

Perfect for:

Whole-class guided reading

Teachers who want a consistent structure across the week

Building confidence with Retrieval, Inference and Choice questions

Minimising planning time while delivering high-quality comprehension lessons