Romans - Year 4 Reading (1 week unit)

This Year 4 reading unit uses The Romans as an engaging non-fiction focus to develop key reading comprehension skills. Through age-appropriate texts, pupils explore Roman life, culture, and impact on Britain, building both historical understanding and reading confidence. The unit explicitly teaches and practises vocabulary development, encouraging pupils to explore new topic-specific words in context. Pupils are guided to retrieve information from the text, make inferences about daily life and historical events, and predict outcomes using evidence. They also learn to explain their ideas clearly and summarise key information to demonstrate understanding. This unit supports critical thinking, discussion, and deeper engagement with historical texts while meeting Year 4 reading comprehension objectives.