Reading

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Read your available BUG CLUB BOOK and answer the comprehension questions.

Remember to use your reading skills:

• Fred Talk unfamiliar words. E.g- f-r-o-g
• Slide the syllables together. E.g fr og becomes frog.
• Chunk new words before putting them together to read. E.g book-let becomes booklet
• Refer to the illustrations (pictures) for clues
• Use the Read to me function to listen to the pronunciation of difficult words.
• Re-read words and sentences you’re unsure of to grasp the meaning.
• Most of all, write down new vocabulary and search for their meaning in dictionaries.
• Make sure you answer all the comprehension questions (quiz questions). This will help you to interpret the meaning of what you have read and also to practise your decoding skills.  

• Now, write a review about your book and share with your class teacher.

 .......and remember, 'The more you READ, the more things you will know.'  Be awesome! Be a book nut!

Dr. Seuss

Whole class reading comprehension activities

Learning Objective: To discuss the significance of titles and events.  

Success Criteria:   

• I can say the title of the book.  

• I can understand that the title invites readers to the book.  

• I can understand that the events help us to understand the book.  

Purpose of learning: To know that the title and events are the important parts of the story and they help the reader to get a deeper understanding of what they’re reading.

Vocabulary:  title, events, illustration, pictures, beginning, middle, end, problem, resolution  

Starter: Encourage your child to talk about some of the events that happened in the story.

Activity 1

Display a selection of books. Ask your child to choose their favourite from the collection. Read the title together and encourage them to take turns to explain why they selected the particular book; for example, the font, colour, language used etc. Reinforce children’s vocabulary.  

Explain that the title of a book is an introduction to the book and it has to be written in a way to draw the attention of the reader.   

Look at the text , read the title again and talk about the events that happened. Ask:  How did the events help you to enjoy the story?  

As you read, explain that the events in a story are sequenced into beginning ,middle and end and it helps the reader to follow and understand the story better.   

 Also, the title and events of a story grabs the attention and engage the reader, which helps the reader to develop a deeper understanding of the story.  

Key questions:   

• Can you read the title of your book?  

• What happened in the story?  

• Why is the title important to the reader?  

• Why are the events important to the reader?  

Task-Activity 2

Write simple sentences to share their thoughts about the importance of the title and events of the book.