Reading
This term we will focus on three texts:
We will:
continue to use our reading prosody skills when reading aloud in class
develop our knowledge and understanding of the texts we read and use our skills of inference to understand characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, justifying this with evidence from the text
predict what might happen from details stated and implied
identify themes and conventions in a wide range of books
ask questions to improve our understanding of the text
identify main ideas and summarise these
participate in discussions about books read to them and read for themselves
increase familiarity with the events, themes and characters of the book
use drama techniques to support and develop our understanding
Writing
This term our writing focuses will be: