Year 3 - Guided Reading Focus Text: Leon and the Place Between This was a 2 week planning cycle - the first week the skills are taught and the second week, the children apply the learnt skills independently. 1.Inference LO: To make predictions Clarify LO: To understand how a dictionary is organised (this was first ever dictionary lesson taught, which dictates the heavy structure and the skills being taught) Word Reading (Fluency) Select and Retrieve LO: To select and retrieve information from a fiction text Inference LO: To infer a character’s thoughts and feelings Select and Retrieve LO: To select and retrieve information from a fiction text Dictionary Work LO: To understand how a dictionary is organised Word Reading (Fluency)

100 independent reading activities suitable for 6-7 year olds. Save yourself time and stress with this with these no prep reading printables - enough to last you the whole year. These reading activities are designed for children to be able to complete independently, as part of a guided reading carousel, as an independent activity whilst the class teacher is reading with a group or even as homework. This product includes 100 pages of activities that children can do independently whilst still improving their reading skills and their understanding of books and stories. There is a variety of activities including word work, spellings, grammar, cut and paste, word searches, as well as 42 reading comprehensions. Plenty of variety to keep children engaged, as well as covering plenty of different skills. Simply print and go, no prep required. Print the whole product at the beginning of the year and you will always have reading activities to hand. Some of the activities are also linked to the year 2 curriculum eg the lifecycle of a frog, materials, plants, recycling, historical figures. Perfest to use them alongside your topic work. Many aspects of the year 2 reading National Curriculum covered. Also perfect for lower ability children in year 3 and up. Also includes a reading journal cover and a tick list of National Curriculum reading standards for assessment. This will help you keep on track with assessing children’s reading skills. Product Includes: 42 Reading Comprehensions plus My Reading Journal front cover National Curriculum Reading Standards Tick List for Year 2 Find the plant words Find the materials words Prefix Re Suffix -less and -est Build compound words Alphabetical order x 2 Describe dog and cupcake Add Adjectives le at the end of a word - cut and paste activity el at the end of a word - cut and paste dge making the j sound - cut and paste dge making the j sound - drawing activity r spelt wr - drawing j/g - cut and paste c making the s sound - cut and paste al at the end of a word - word search ge at the end of a word - word search n sound spelt with gn/kn - dice game n spelt with gn/kn - cut and paste I can read ing words - cut and paste contractions x 2 recycle materials - cut and paste materials 2-4 syllables sort - cut and paste word sort 2-4 syllables - cut and paste Ordering how to make a pizza - cut and paste Ordering how to make breakfast - cut and paste Little Red Riding Hood ordering sentences - cut and paste Draw fairy tale characters Goldilocks ordering pictures - cut and paste Jack And The Beanstalk ordering pictures - cut and paste 3 Little Pigs ordering pictures - cut and paste Draw a front cover Design a front cover Draw the best part of a story Draw and label characters Review your favourite book All about the book Book review Read and draw x 2 I can make inferences x 3 Make a healthy me poster Make a camping poster Word of the day Write a book quiz Draw the characters Contents page

Independent reading activities. Over 120 pages of guided reading activities to save you time and stress! Suitable for children aged 5-6 years old. Year 1 UK. These updated reading activities are designed for children to be able to complete independently, as part of a guided reading carousel or even as homework. I have put together over 120 pages of activities that children can do independently whilst still improving their reading skills and their understanding of books and stories. There is a variety of activities starting with very simple phonics activities for lower abilities. The activities get more advanced for use throughout the school year. Some of the activities are also linked to the year 1 curriculum eg the lifecycle of a sunflower, seasons and keeping healthy. All aspects of the year 1 reading National Curriculum covered.Also perfect for lower ability children in year 2 and up. Included in this product: reading journal book cover year 1 national curriculum statements for assessment guided reading timetable 35 reading comprehensions initial sounds cut and stick b or d cut and stick m or n cut and stick c or k cut and stick missing letters draw the word x 3 2 syllable words draw the caption x 3 mixed up sentences x 6 draw the book cover x 2 draw the characters x 2 draw your favourite part x 2 draw the ending x 2 write the tricky words x 2 find the digraph x 2 write the noun x 2 design a new front cover find the nouns/weather words/plant words reading questions all about the book book review x 2 read and colour x 3 read and draw x 3 describe the setting x 2 draw and describe the character x 2 draw the character x 4 draw the setting x 4 where is cat? inference questions x 4 sunflower life cycle make a foldable book label a snail make a wanted poster decode words x 4 word endings x 2 missing words syllables x 2 sequence story x 2 contractions what happens next?

There are 3 powerpoints covering 15 lessons (3 weeks) covering a range of VIPERS style questions for the book EVEREST by Alexander Stewart and Joe Todd-Stanton. The lesson plans take approximately 45minutes to complete. They consist of a variety of starter activities: Intonation, Fluency, Inference and Vocabulary They are then followed by reading the extracts and supporting questions and answers are provided for all questions. There are no additional worksheets provided with this, however, questions can be put onto their own worksheets.

Whole class guided reading forThe Iron Man - Ted Hughes. This is 4 weeks worth of planning. Each lesson contains 1 PowerPoint and 1 worksheet. This was taught in Year 3 but can easily be adapted for Year 4. Planning uses reading vipers and each week focuses on 1 reading viper. Week 1 - Prediction Week 2 - Vocab Week 3 - Inference Week 4 - Summarise Each lesson’s structure is as follows: A think about it question Vocab with word classes Teacher reads Speed retrieval Independent reading Main task (linked to reading viper) I have labelled page numbers on worksheets and ppt, page numbers may different depending on copy of The Iron Man. Please leave a review if you found this useful. Thank you.

This pack includes guided reading plans for the following text: Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Years 5/6) In total there are 18 guided reading lesson plans, covering each of the sections in the book. Each plan contains a 'reading and responding to the text' activity which is designed to be completed with the class teacher with the reading group. There are then follow up independent activities which the children can then complete during the remainder of the week. All of these activities are closely linked to the new National Curriculum objectives and these are listed at the beginning of each plan. Each plan also has a list of difficult words which the children can check the meaning of before the teacher led session, space to list the names of the children who are working on the text and a space for a teacher notes and evaluation. The plans have been written by an experienced primary school teacher and have been tried and tested in the classroom.

Slides to help children learn how to read words in context as well as a short extract to analyse with children and answer SATs style questions. Also includes a comprehension sheet.

Whole class guided reading for Charlotte’s Web. This is 7 weeks worth of planning. Each lesson contains 1 PowerPoint and 1 worksheet. This was taught in LKS2. Planning uses reading vipers and each week focuses on 1 reading viper. Week 1 - Prediction Week 2 - Vocab Week 3 - Inference Week 4 - Summarise Week 5 - Vocab Week 6 - Inference Week 7 - Summarise Each lesson’s structure is as follows: A think about it question Vocab with word classes Teacher reads Speed retrieval Independent reading Main task (linked to reading viper) I have labelled page numbers on worksheets and ppt, page numbers may different depending on copy of Charlotte’s Web. Please leave a review if you found this useful. Thank you.

Whole class Guided Reading lessons covering a variety of domains including retrieval, inference, word meaning, explain ect 2 dicussion lessons a week 1or 2 mixed practise questions a week 6 weeks worth of lessons

Guided reading slides for Odd and The Frost Giant

A Guided Reading based on Life on Plantations to fit into a KS3 Transatlantic Slave Trade unit of work. Students read through the boxes of information and answer the questions 1-4. Adapted from the Understanding Slavery Initiative.

Daily slides for the book The Boy Who Grew Dragons.

This pack includes guided reading plans for the following text: Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo (aimed at years 5/6) In total there are 8 guided reading lesson plans, one for each chapter of the book. Each plan contains a 'reading and responding to the text' activity which is designed to be completed with the class teacher with the reading group. There are then follow up independent activities which the children can then complete during the remainder of the week. All of these activities are closely linked to each of the reading assessment focuses and these are listed at the beginning of each plan. Each plan also has a list of difficult words which the children can check the meaning of before the teacher led session, space to list the names of the children who are working on the text and a space for a teacher notes and evaluation. The plans have been written by an experienced primary school teacher and have been tried and tested in the classroom.

This is 3 reading lessons based around the text Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. These lessons are aimed at Year 5 and take into consideration the recommendations made in the most recent DfE subject report. It includes the prologue and chapter 1 activities, including fluency and opportunities for reading aloud as well as a mixed skill comprehension questions including inference and sentence stems provided for inclusivity.

This bundle of guided / shared reading material, and the page numbers referenced therein, relates to “Stig of the Dump” by Clive King; specifically, the Puffin Book edition reissued in 2014. I used this text and material with a mixed ability Year 3 class, a Year 4 class and with EAL pupils. Each chapter has a diverse set of questions presented in a SATs style format with an indication in brackets of the VIPERS focus involved (ie. Vocabulary, Inference, Predict, Explain, Retrieve, Summarise). Most chapters have these sub-divided into at least two sets and, often, have word detective exercises which allow pupils to explore some of the more unusual vocabulary they encounter. In addition, the questions for each chapter are all combined and sequenced in both ActivInspire and PowerPoint presentations.

This bundle of guided / shared reading material, and the page numbers referenced therein, relates to “The Nothing To See Here Hotel” by Steven Butler, published by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd in 2018. I used this text and material with a mixed ability Year 4 class. Each of the 26 chapters has a diverse set of questions presented in a SATs style format with an indication in brackets of the VIPERS focus involved (ie. Vocabulary, Inference, Predict, Explain, Retrieve, Summarise). A few of the lengthier chapters also have word detective exercises which allow pupils to explore some of the more unusual vocabulary they encounter. In addition, the questions are all combined in both ActivInspire and PowerPoint presentations.

These activities are suited to KS2 for guided reading sessions or for use in English lessons to show response to the text. 4 different worksheets with boxes for ‘wonder’, ‘observe’ and ‘infer’ (the 4 images are different ones from the book) Wonder- Children write questions that come to mind when they look at the image Observe - What can they see - be specific, expand your ideas, explain clearly Infer- Children make inferences using clues from the image 1 worksheet comparing an image of a child from the past with the boy in the story. Encouraging children’s use of inference and also to encourage them to explore the differences between the characters. I will be uploading planning and resources for my entire Flotsam unit shortly. Check out my other resources.

Free guided reading notes for The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl, suitable for readers at book band level Lime. Includes guidance and set activities which could cover a half term of work using the carousel method: Brief information on the author and illustrator A synopsis of the story Teacher-led session 1 : introducing the text; and questions linked to the first section of the story. Activities with photocopy masters (PCM’s) for pupils to work on independently allowing differentiation opportunities between guided reading sessions Teacher-led session 2 : this session involves completing the book followed by questions linked to the remainder of the story. Enhancing understanding : questions and role-play activities designed to help children connect with the text and deepen their understanding of the whole text. Follow-up activities with PCM’s - activities relating to the whole text, or to provide extension, are in this section Assessment tick sheet- to monitor the children’s understanding during guided reading sessions. To purchase the full book which includes 10 books at Book bands White and Lime, see www.badgerlearning.co.uk

helpful to students to practice to infer text

Prompt cards with some questions that could be asked for both familiar and unfamiliar reading.

I have included the guided reading record sheet I use (not entirely mine as I found this somewhere and made some changes). I went through each chapter and picked out vocabulary I thought was tricky. The vocabulary per chapter in the record sheet is not in abc order because it’s in the order that it comes up in the chapter. Other resources available: Guided Reading: Sheep-Pig, Hodgeheg, Diary of a Killer Cat, Billy the Bird, Butterfly Lion, The Iron Man, James and the Giant Peach Upper KS2 Guided Reading: Reading Assessment Focus tasks linked to Bloom’s Taxonomy, Indian in the Cupboard, Wreck of the Zanzibar, Carrie’s War, Artemis Fowl