Starter quiz
- If you find an unfamiliar word that you do not know how to read, which strategy should you use?
- phonics strategies to decode the word ✓
- a dictionary to find its meaning
- ask someone for help
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- What is Yoshi's job?
- fisherman
- stonecutter ✓
- farmer
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- Order these events from the story of 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'.
- 1⇔The spirit grants Yoshi's wish to become a rich person.
- 2⇔The spirit grants Yoshi's wish to become the Sun.
- 3⇔The spirit grants Yoshi's wish to become a rock.
- Why does Yoshi wish to become so many different things?
- He wants to be famous.
- He wants to be popular.
- He wants to be powerful. ✓
- He wants to help people.
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- Which of these are present in 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'?
- real information
- labels
- speech ✓
- illustrations ✓
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- You must be able to __________ a word before you can understand it.
- describe
- decode ✓
- write
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Exit quiz
- Where is 'Yoshi the Stonecutter' set?
- Jersey
- Japan ✓
- USA
- Jamaica
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- Order these events from the story 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'.
- 1⇔Yoshi works hard as a "stonecutter" but he is "poor".
- 2⇔A "spirit" grants Yoshi everything he wishes for.
- 3⇔Yoshi returns to being a "stonecutter" and he is "happy".
- What is the correct definition of 'summarising'?
- reading the text quickly
- searching for specific information in the text
- talking about something to exchange ideas
- to pull out key information and ideas from the text ✓
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- Which strategies do we use when retrieving key information from the text?
- skimming ✓
- reading the whole text
- scanning for keywords ✓
- reading aloud
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- Why is it good to talk about and discuss books with other people?
- It can help you understand the story. ✓
- It helps you read the words.
- You can hear others' ideas and perspectives and develop your own. ✓
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- Fill in the blank: The __________ can help us find the right page to search for the answer to a question.
- adjectives
- title
- illustrations ✓
- speech
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Summarising what we have read can help us to remember and understand a story better.
- Skimming and scanning using your finger is a way to retrieve information quickly and accurately from a text.
- Searching for capital letters helps us to find proper nouns quickly.
- Searching for keywords can help us find answers quickly.
- Responding to texts with discussions can help to deepen our understanding.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to scan.
Model the process for them, narrating your strategies. For example, "I've found a capital letter in the middle of the sentence - it must be a proper noun." or "I am searching for the word river. I will look for words beginning with 'r'."
Keywords
Proper noun - a specific name given to a person, place or thing
Summarise - to pull out key information and ideas from the text
Retrieval - finding key details or information in the text and extracting them
Scanning - rapidly searching the text for specific information or keywords
Discussion - the process of talking about something to exchange ideas
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