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Instructions: Pigeon Books
Objectives
To enjoy reading and listening to a range of books, drawing on background information and vocabulary provided.
To punctuate sentences correctly, using a full stop and starting them with a capital letter.
Resources
Laptop, PC or tablet | Mini whiteboard and pen | Drawing and writing pencils | Your student's library of familiar books | Book: Fantastic Nature
Big Cat Books | 📄 Sound Flashcards Set 8 | 📄 Blank Flashcards | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (YouTube) | 📄 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus | 📄 Letter Formation Ideas | Set 8 Sound Flashcards and Actions
Vocabulary
Words in bold can be found in the 📄 Year 1 English Glossary
information | rule | commands | speech bubbles| sounds | sound out | blend |split | flexible | pace | check | Reading Detective | storyteller
Today's Lesson
What to Get Ready
Make sure you have access to your student's library of familiar books and are logged in to Big Cat Books.
Write the words from 'Blend to Read' (below) on 📄 blank flashcards.
Familiarise yourself with the section ‘Fantastic Plants and Animals’ from the book Fantastic Nature.
Phonics - Quick Fire!
Quick recognition of sounds.
Phonics - New Learning
Show your student the flashcard ‘u_e’. Tell your student that these letters can make the sound ‘oo’ as in ‘flute’.
Phonics - Split to Spell
Luke (3) | prune (4) | rudely (5) | June (3)
Phonics - Blend to Read
rude (3) | flute (4) | pollute (5) | rule (3)
Phonics - Extra Support
Show your student how to blend to read/split to spell the first word in each activity.
Phonics - Extra Challenge
polluted (6) | brute (4)
Challenge your student to write the words without Sound Beds to help them.
Phonics - Apply
Write this caption on the mini whiteboard: June eats prunes while Luke plays the flute. Then ask your student to read the caption.
Reading - Introduction
Read yesterday’s choice from Big Cat Books.
Ask your student to read ‘like a storyteller’, making the reading sound smooth and interesting. Tell them to read at a good pace, not too fast and not too slow.
Reading - Read
Talk through the questions and the ‘topic words’ on page 24 of the book Fantastic Nature.
Support your student as they read the text ‘Fantastic Plants and Animals’ to you. Prompt them where needed with their Reading Detective prompts.
When they have finished reading the text, complete the questions on page 39.
You may also like to ask questions about your student's responses to the text, for example, ‘Which animal did you find the most interesting? Why?’
Reading - Extra Challenge
Ask your student questions that mean they need to use the index, contents and glossary.
For example:
- On which page would you find information about flamingos?
- What does the word ‘attracts’ mean? (see glossary)
Reading - Extra Support
Share the reading with your student and talk through how to answer questions together.
Reading - What to Notice
Is your student noticing their errors when reading and using their Reading Detective skills to help them to make another attempt? If not, prompt them where necessary.
Reading & Writing - Introduction
Play and enjoy Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
Point out to your student that the book uses speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying.
Say that the pigeon wants to break the rules and drive the bus.
Ask:
- What things does the pigeon say to try and persuade the reader to let him drive the bus?
Reading & Writing - Main Activity
Talk about what might happen if the pigeon broke the rules and drove the bus. Encourage your student to think of light-hearted ideas.
For example,
The pigeon might get lost or not stop at the bus stops or get stuck in a pond.
These are ‘consequences’.
Give your student 📄 Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
Ask your student to choose two of their consequences and to draw quick pictures about them on the sheet. Then ask them to write a sentence underneath each of their pictures, as if the pigeon is explaining what went wrong.
For example:
I drove the bus into a ditch because the steering wheel broke.
Make sure the sentence has a capital letter at the beginning and a full stop at the end. Ask your student to draw a speech bubble around their sentence to show that the pigeon has said it.
Remind your student that ‘I’ is spelt with a capital ‘I’ and that names of people and places all begin with a capital letter.
Reading & Writing - What to Notice
While they are doing this activity, remember to praise your student for the skills they are using.
For example:
‘Your sentences start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.’
‘I love your consequences and your speech bubbles – you have thought about them and worked hard.’
Handwriting and Spelling
Today, please do these dictation sentences with your student. They should use their best handwriting.
- A big dog set off on a run.
- Mum had a bag for me.
- The children went to see Gran with Dad.
- I will not look at the big bag.