The Cloud Thief – Year 3 and 4 Whole Class Reading: Debate and Discussion

The Cloud Thief Bundle - Year 3 and 4 Whole Class Reading: Week 1 Planning, Resources and Slideshows

This complete Week 1 reading bundle for The Cloud Thief provides four fully planned and resourced whole class reading lessons for Year 3 and Year 4. Each lesson follows a clear I Do / We Do / You Do structure and builds sequentially across the week, moving from understanding vocabulary in context to developing fluency, comprehension and reasoning through debate. All lessons are novel-based, text-driven and fully differentiated for lower, middle and higher ability groups. Resources include lesson plans, editable PowerPoints, differentiated extracts, and ready-to-print pupil worksheets. Lessons included: Vocabulary & Context Clues – Using surrounding text to infer word meaning. Fluency & Expression – Reading aloud with tone, pace and prosody. Comprehension (Fact & Opinion) – Retrieval and reasoning from the text. Debate & Discussion – Exploring evidence, perspective and argument. Learning Objectives: To understand and use new vocabulary in context. To read aloud with expression and fluency. To retrieve, explain and distinguish fact from opinion. To use evidence to justify views in discussion. What’s Included Four detailed lesson plans (editable Word) Four PowerPoint slideshows for modelled and shared reading Differentiated extracts for LA / ARE / GD Pupil worksheets and scaffolds for every task Built-in assessment opportunities and reflection prompts Skills Covered Vocabulary and word meaning Fluency and prosody Retrieval and inference Reasoning and discussion Speaking and listening confidence Ideal For Year 3 and Year 4 whole class reading KS2 English comprehension and vocabulary teaching Novel-based reading units and text-driven schemes Class or guided reading sequences across a week TES Tags Year 4 reading Year 3 reading Whole class reading KS2 English Reading comprehension Vocabulary in context Context clues Reading fluency Fact and opinion Discussion and debate The Cloud Thief Text-based reading unit Novel-based English