How to be a Raindrop (Y2m/Y3s/Y4e) Guided Reading Pack
Guided Reading Pack
This Guided Reading Pack is linked to the Water Cycle and is in the form of an information text about water and a set of instructions on how to be a raindrop.
National Curriculum Objectives (England)
Reading: English Y3/4: Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
SPAG: English 3/4: Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, while, so, because], adverbs [for example, then, next, soon, therefore], or prepositions [for example, before, after, during, in, because of]
Other: Science Y4: States of Matter: Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature
Curriculum for Wales Objectives (Wales)
English: Reading: Reading Strategies Y3/4: With support, recognise and understand the features of continuous and non-continuous texts in terms of language, structure and presentation
Comprehension Y1/2: Recall and explain relevant details from texts
Level of this Pack:
Old National Curriculum (England): 3c
New National Curriculum (England): Year 2 Mastery/Year 3 Secure/Year 4 Emerging
Curriculum for Wales (Wales): Year 2 Mastery/Year 3 Secure/Year 4 Emerging
Book Band: Emerald/Lime
PM Benchmark Level: 25 & 26
Reading Recovery Level: 25 & 26
Reading Age: 8 1/2 – 9
The pack includes:
Text
Oral teacher questions with answers for guided reading sessions. Each question is linked to: The New National Curriculum (England) Reading Expectations; the Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland) English and Literacy Reading Expectations; and the Curriculum for Wales Reading Expectations.
Follow-up work with answers.
Spelling, punctuation and grammar work related to the text with answers.
Vocabulary work related to words in the story.
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