KS1/Lower KS2 Guided Reading – Where the Wild Things Are

Bring the beloved classic Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak to life with this complete whole-class guided reading pack, designed for Year 2 and Year 3 pupils.

This five-day unit focuses on vocabulary, comprehension and creative extension tasks to build reading fluency and understanding.
Each day follows a clear, structured approach that supports retrieval, inference and language development through engaging, purposeful activities.

**What’s Included

5 PowerPoint lesson slides
Vocabulary and dictionary skills activities
Discussion and prediction slides
Comprehension questions with answers
Extension drawing and writing tasks
Teacher’s guide outlining the weekly process

**Lesson Structure
Day 1–2: Vocabulary and dictionary skills
Day 3: Teacher or echo reading of the story
Day 4: Summarising the text in pupils’ own words
Day 5: Comprehension questions and creative follow-up
Learning Objectives
Understand and use new vocabulary in context
Discuss familiar stories and their themes
Answer inference and retrieval questions
Summarise events and express opinions about the text

*Perfect For
KS1 and Lower KS2 guided reading
English or literacy lessons
Small group or whole-class use
Cross-curricular PSHE links about feelings, imagination and behaviour

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