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Comprehension
Objectives
To read and discuss texts, responding to written questions to deepen understanding.
Resources
Traditional dictionary | 📄 Making Spellings Memorable | 📄 Getting Around On Water | 📄 Pinpoint S Sheet
Today's Lesson
Spelling
For the remainder of Year 3 Part 2, use the Making Spellings Memorable to focus on this week's spellings:
- great/grate
- groan/grown
Main Activity
Access Pinpoint Comprehension Unit 8.
Discuss the text with your student. Ask: is it fiction or non-fiction? How do we know? It is non-fiction. It is from an information book. There are facts included throughout the text. Take it in turns to read paragraphs of the text out loud, modelling good expression and fluency to your student, and expecting them to adopt this good practice themselves.
Discuss the text in detail by asking your student questions which check their understanding. Ask them several questions which start with ‘Why...?’ to encourage them to infer and deduce information.
Underline any new words and phrases, and discuss their meaning, encouraging the use of a traditional dictionary to look up unfamiliar words. Read and answer the questions on the S sheet.
Afterwards, reflect on the answers with your student and compare with those on the answer sheet.