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Type in the content of your page here. || || || KS2 Bitesize Reading

Work through all 4 activities. Complete the quiz at the end and save to the desk top. Email to me for printing out. ||
 * ===Focus 1: Understanding words - play hangman below.===

|| **STUDYZONE - Term 3 & 4**

Word analysis, vocabulary development and fluency - lessons and activities:
* [|Decode grade-level words using knowledge of word structure (e.g. roots, prefixes, suffixes, verb endings, plurals, contractions, and compounds)]

[|Understand grade level vocabulary by studying categories]

* [|Analyze word structure (e.g. roots, prefixes, suffixes) to learn word meaning]

[|Use word recognition strategies and context clues to monitor own reading (e.g. predict/confirm, reread, self-correct)]

[|Read a wide range of instructional-level texts [realistic fiction, historical fiction, legends, biographies, poetry (diamante), children’ s articles, editorials, advertisements, diaries/journals, electronic books]

[|Read independently and silently, including longer fiction and chapter books]

[|Read a minimum of 25 books or the equivalent per year]

[|Read with increasing fluency, intonation, and competence from a variety of texts] || **STUDYZONE - Term 3 & 4**
 * ===Focus 2: Finding Information=== ||
 * ===Focus 2: Finding Information=== ||

Comprehension strategies - lessons and activities:
[|Synthesize information from different sources]

[|Compare and contrast information on one topic from two different sources]

[|Use prior knowledge and experience to interpret information]

[|Read instructional-level texts with comprehension and for different purposes]

[|Analyze and evaluate ideas and information based on prior knowledge and author’s purpose] || **STUDYZONE - Term 3 & 4**
 * ===Focus 3: Identify the Main Idea=== ||

[|Use questioning strategies to extend comprehension of text listened to or read]

[|Engage in or lead discussion about grade-level texts by integrating multiple strategies (e.g. ask questions, clarify misunderstandings, support point of view, summarize information)]

[|Use previous reading and life experiences to connect to imaginative text]

[|Use and evaluate strategies for reading and listening critically (bias, fact and opinion)] || x
 * * [|Use comprehension strategies to monitor own reading (e.g. predict/confirm, reread, attend to vocabulary, self-correct, cross checking) to clarify meaning of text] ||
 * * [|Make inferences about the underlying theme or message of written text, and characters and their motivations] ||
 * * [|Recognize the writing techniques found in published letters, diaries, and journals (primary documents)] ||  ||   ||
 * ===Literary response and analysis - lessons and activities:=== ||  ||
 * || * [|Summarize, orally or in writing, information that has been listened to or read]  ||
 * * [|Use listening skills to comprehend, interpret, and respond to a variety of text]  ||
 * * [|Use genre features to aid comprehension (realistic fiction, historical fiction, and poetry)]  ||
 * * [|Use knowledge of the structure of imaginative text to identify and interpret plot, character, and point of view (first and third person)]  ||
 * * [|Listen to or read grade-level texts and answer literal, inferential, and critical/application questions]  ||
 * * [|Demonstrate comprehension of grade-level text through creative responses such as writing, drama, and oral presentation]  ||
 * * [|Communicate the literary merit of selected texts]  ||
 * * [|Use own perspectives and opinions to comprehend text and identify author’s viewpoint and message]  ||
 * * [|Evaluate truthfulness or accuracy of content in order to gather facts or form opinions]  ||
 * * [|Analyze and evaluate ideas and information based on prior knowledge and author’s purpose]  ||
 * * [|Use evidence to support personal point of view]  ||   ||   ||
 * * [|Make inferences about the underlying theme or message of written text, and characters and their motivations] ||
 * * [|Recognize the writing techniques found in published letters, diaries, and journals (primary documents)] ||  ||   ||
 * ===Literary response and analysis - lessons and activities:=== ||  ||
 * || * [|Summarize, orally or in writing, information that has been listened to or read]  ||
 * * [|Use listening skills to comprehend, interpret, and respond to a variety of text]  ||
 * * [|Use genre features to aid comprehension (realistic fiction, historical fiction, and poetry)]  ||
 * * [|Use knowledge of the structure of imaginative text to identify and interpret plot, character, and point of view (first and third person)]  ||
 * * [|Listen to or read grade-level texts and answer literal, inferential, and critical/application questions]  ||
 * * [|Demonstrate comprehension of grade-level text through creative responses such as writing, drama, and oral presentation]  ||
 * * [|Communicate the literary merit of selected texts]  ||
 * * [|Use own perspectives and opinions to comprehend text and identify author’s viewpoint and message]  ||
 * * [|Evaluate truthfulness or accuracy of content in order to gather facts or form opinions]  ||
 * * [|Analyze and evaluate ideas and information based on prior knowledge and author’s purpose]  ||
 * * [|Use evidence to support personal point of view]  ||   ||   ||
 * * [|Use evidence to support personal point of view]  ||   ||   ||