- Home
- Canvas Guide
Partial Progress - Circles (browser only)
Text Features
Objectives
To read and explore non-fiction text types.
To locate relevant information in texts.
Resources
Year 3 CGP Comprehension Book | Dictionary | Thesaurus | Books and cookbooks if available
Today's Lesson
Spelling
Look at the words below and do a pre-test. This means that you are checking how well your student can spell these words before you teach them. You do not need to focus on the words your student spelled correctly the first time.
Rule: The suffix –ation.
- information
- adoration
- sensation
- preparation
Dictation
- The internet is full of information.
- She looked at the kitten with adoration.
- The film was a sensation.
- Sally got ready in preparation for the party.
Introduction
Start a discussion with your student about books. Tell your student that sometimes we read for enjoyment or pleasure, but other times we look at books because we need information. Can they think of any examples of when they might have read for information. Discuss.
Main Activity
Next open page 4 and 5 of Year 3 CGP Comprehension Book – Building Stonehenge.
Ask your student to note this text as an example of non fiction. Ask: How can we tell that this is non fiction? (Because it is not a story - fiction is just another word for ‘story’.) You might like to research a little further into Stonehenge on the internet or in books.
Explain that this is an example of an information text. It gives us facts. We might call this a ‘non chronological report’ too.
Read and discuss the questions on page 5, showing your student how to find the answers in the text. Discuss the answers out loud, then show your student good examples of written answers.
Challenge your student to answer some written questions by themselves.