Starter quiz
- Which of these are characters in the story of 'The Children of Lir'?
- Queen ✓
- ducks
- swans ✓
- witch
- King ✓
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- 'The Children of Lir' is a ...
- poem.
- non-chronological report.
- recount.
- traditional tale. ✓
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- What is a digraph?
- three letters that represent one sound
- two letters that represent one sound ✓
- a section of writing grouped together
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- How many syllables are in the word playing?
- 1
- 2 ✓
- 3
- 4
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- How could phonics strategies help you when reading?
- They help me understand the meaning of a word.
- They help me decode and read the word. ✓
- They help me guess the word.
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- Looking at ______ can help us to make predictions about a story before reading it.
- digraphs
- trigraphs
- illustrations ✓
- page numbers
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Exit quiz
- What is 'The Children of Lir' about?
- children who tell lies
- a King and his four children ✓
- four children who become princes and princesses
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- Choose the correct word to fill the gap in this sentence: A ______ tells a part of the story.
- title
- heading
- chapter ✓
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- What does the Queen feel about the children in 'The Children of Lir'?
- She is jealous of them. ✓
- She thinks they are rude.
- She doesn't understand them.
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- What did the Queen tell the King when he came home and his children were not there?
- That they had been killed in a terrible accident.
- That they had gone away to school.
- That they were staying with her cousins. ✓
- That they got lost on the night of a storm.
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- Why is re-reading a book important?
- It supports my reading fluency. ✓
- It helps me memorise the story.
- It helps build my understanding of the story. ✓
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- If you come across an unfamiliar word when reading, what could you do?
- use your phonics strategies to decode it ✓
- sing the word
- find a 'word within a word' ✓
- ignore it
- read the rest of the sentence to see if it can help you guess the meaning ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- ‘The Children of Lir’ is divided into short chapters and has a beginning, middle and end, like all traditional tales.
- Sounding out using phonics strategies is our most helpful way to decode unfamiliar words.
- Searching for a ‘word within a word’ is a useful strategy to comprehend words.
- Read to the end of the sentence to help to decide the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
- Re-reading a sentence fluently after decoding helps to make sense of what has been read.
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to read words that are unfamiliar or not always decodable with phonics strategies e.g. 'jealous'.
Firstly, ensure that your school's chosen SSP has covered the GPCs covered in the book. Before independent reading, pull out words that you think the pupils may struggle with or are common exception words to practise strategies.
Keywords
Chapter - one of the parts that a fictional book is divided into
Strategies - techniques used to support in achieving a purpose
Decode - to translate written symbols into words
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