Rabbit and Bear Whole Class Reading Year 2

These detailed Smart Notebook slides have been created to run alongside the planning from The Literacy Tree. It is advisable to have this planning to fully understand the context of the slides. This whole class reading unit has 15 lessons and is based on the brilliantly funny story Bear and Rabbit. The story is about a rabbit and a bear who discover that things are always better when they’re shared with a friend. It is created for a year 2 class but can easily be adapted for other year groups.

Bear wakes up early from hibernation. If she can’t sleep, then at least she can make a snowman. Rabbit has never made a snowman, but he definitely wants to make one that’s better than Bear’s. But with an avalanche and a hungry wolf heading his way, Rabbit soon realises that it might be nice to have a friend on his side. From novelist and playwright Julian Gough, and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, this is a tale of friendship, gravity, and just a
little bit of poo.

Each lesson begins with a focus - Retrieve, Vocabulary, Infer, Predict, Sequence. New vocabulary is explicitly taught and is included on the slides at the start of each lesson.

These slides are detailed but it is advisable to have the planning to use alongside them. Children are expected to record their ideas in their reading response books. Resources are provided for each lesson. I have used the font Sassoon Primary Infant but this can easily be changed if you haven’t got that font installed on your laptop.