KS2 Year 6 World War 2 Guided Reading Activities
Three texts linked to WW2 with comprehension questions. I have also included the sheet I used to encourage the children to make up their own questions, considering what type of question they’re asking.
Anne Frank Background
Blitz Report
The Lion and the Unicorn(scanned book with questions on most pages)
I used these in whole class reading sessions where children took it in turns to read the text to the class before we discussed the questions. They were then given time to record their own answers.
Template spreadsheet for tracking achievement, green for acheived, orange for partly, red for not, grey for absent. you can see at a glance which groups or idividuals are managing or need pushing by their overall achievement in the subject. It's labelled as maths but can be used for any subject.
A plan for making shadow puppets with a powerpoint to project onto a screen, also link to where you can find a video (which I just used the audio from) to give you sound if you don't want to write your own script. Plus 2 evaluation sheets, one for those with more precice handwriting and another for the more sprawling style!
KS2 SAT Buster Reading CGP ‘walkthroughs’
PowerPoints to accompany the CGP Reading workbook for the following texts
Non-Fiction: Dare to Dance; 1950’s Drive In; Inside the World of Jam
Fiction: Underground City; The Old Photograph; A Visit to Baba Yaga
Poetry: Lost Dog; The Gentlemen in Grey; Kite Flight
I used these to support my less able and on track children to prepare for their reading SATs. These power point breaks down the texts into paragraphs, challenges them to develop their vocabulary and dictionary skills and goes through each question one at a time, highlighting where the answer is taken from.
Best used in a whole class setting where every child has their own SAT buster book to write their answers in. Each of these PowerPoints was used for a guided reading session of 30 minutes and took two or three days to complete.
Template for stickers (Avery L7163 14 stickers on a page) with the date and WALT with a circle for children to traffic light at the end of the lesson. Saves on writing time and reminds children to traffic light.
12 weeks worth of graduated HFW spellings and handwriting patterns. Each document has four pages for differentiated homework. \n\nI used these for a year 2/3 class who covered P6 - L4.\n\nI have used a font that I paid for at home, you may need to change it to your school font.
After discovering my new class had poor investigation skills, I set up an investigation to do every week.
There's also an assessment sheet which I gave to all the adult helpers to mark when any child used any of the skills.
Only appropriate to use if your school uses the Rising Stars comprehension books for year 6.
I have scanned in each of the texts and questions to guide the children through the comprehension. Each text has a thesaurus challenge which supports children’s vocabulary aquisition.
All PowerPoints have the answers on the last slide so the work can be marked.
I anticipate each Powerpoint will take approximately half an hour to run through.
Just because 'Word' is a pain to use and get the right size and the right borders - here are a bunch of pages of random drawer lables including about 30 for names, 'whiteboards' 'literacy resources' and other assorted classroom classics! Just type over what you want.
A sheet to cut and laminate - the top two rows have five little ducks and the numbers below them, then you have a row of ducks to cut out individually and stick on top of the first lot so you can see how many ducks you have left when you remove one as you sing :-)
Little circles labelled 'independent', 'group work', 'paired work', 'teacher' and 'teaching assistant'. To laminate, cut out and stick on the list of groups so that children know what level of support they have for each session.
A quick screen print with arrows showing how to press 'file' and then choosing &'save as&'; in the drop down menu in word. I stuck it above the computer table to remind them how to.