Teaching year 5 children with reading difficulties ...

[Pages:16]Teaching year 5 children with reading difficulties, synonyms and discussing word meanings will improve their comprehension

Teaching Sequence

ACTIVITY

Clarify Terms

Target Words Vocab Building

Putting words in a context. Manipulating & experimenting with synonyms. Reflective

TASK DESCRIPTION

TIME

Orally discuss what a synonym is. Write down

what a synonym is. Our learning outcome is to

identify synonyms by looking at the title of the text 7 mins

and the illustration on the front cover of the book

Stay Calm

Look at the front cover. As a group read the title

what are other word /synonyms for the title. Write a

new title. Make a list of words which describe the 7 mins

characters on the front cover. Think of other words

which mean the same. Read the words together.

Write the words from above in a sentence. Teacher

modelling and then student make a sentence.

7 mins

Each student cut up a sentences, put them back

together. Read the sentence aloud. Then swap

10 mins

synonyms from their sentence to another student s

sentence. Read the new sentence aloud.

Ask each child what they have learnt in the session.

Give assistance to verbalise their learning if

5 mins

required.

ACTIVITY

TASK DESCRIPTION

TIME

Talk about what a synonym is. Give a definition.

Clarifying Terms Revise synonyms given for the title and front cover 5 mins

characters.

Learning outcome: To read first 2 pages of text and

identify synonyms for target words.

Read the first 2 pages of the text, stopping to

Text Reading identify & discuss synonyms for the target words. 10 mins

Target Words Normal, collecting, warm, long, leaped, good,

swayed.

Synonyms & vocab building

Write target words and match with synonyms. Read words in groups of similar meanings. Orally make 10 mins up sentences with the words.

Manipulate & experiment with synonyms

Students take turns to act out target words. Others guess the word and give a synonym for the word.

5 mins

Reflective

Re read text. Ask each child what they have learnt in the session. 5 Mins Give assistance to verbalise their learning if required.

ACTIVITY Clarify Terms

Text Reading Target Words

TASK DESCRIPTION

TIME

Revise Synonyms from previous session.

Retell story so far.

5 min

Learning outcome: To read next 2 pages of text

and identify synonyms for target words.

Read the next 2 pages of the text, stopping to

identify & discuss synonyms for the target words. 10 min

Closer, peeked, speaks, strange, urgent, bundled

Synonyms & vocab building

Manipulate & experiment with synonyms

Orally locate target words in the text and use a synonym to replace the target word. Make flash cards of words and synonyms. Play a matching game with target words and their synonyms. Play the game again using words from previous sessions.

10 min 5 min

Reflective

Re read text and retell what has been read. Encourage the use of synonyms. Children verbalise 5 min what they have learnt in the session.

ACTIVITY Clarify Terms

Text Reading Target Words

Synonyms & vocab building

TASK DESCRIPTION Revise Synonyms from previous session. Retell story so far. Learning outcome: To read next 2 pages of text and identify synonyms for target words. Read the next 2 pages of the text, stopping to identify & discuss synonyms for the target words. Explanation, experimental, co-operation, anti climax, trudged Orally locate target words in the text and use a synonym to replace the target word. Make flash cards of words and synonyms.

TIME 5 min 10 min 5 min

Manipulate & experiment with synonyms

Cloze activity with target words. I will include some of the previously used words.

10 min

Reflective

Re read text and retell what has been read. Encourage the use of synonyms. Children verbalise 5 min what they have learnt in the session.

ACTIVITY Clarify Terms

Text Reading Target Words

Synonyms & vocab building Manipulate & experiment with synonyms

TASK DESCRIPTION

TIME

Revise Synonyms from previous session.

Retell story so far.

5 min

Learning outcome: To read next 2 pages of text

and identify synonyms for target words.

Read the next 2 pages of the text, stopping to

identify & discuss synonyms for the target words. 10 min

Wander, staring, creature, monstrous, huge,

remembered

Orally locate target words in the text and use a

synonym to replace the target word. Make flash

5 min

cards of words and synonyms.

Find synonyms for target words by looking through

the newspaper

10 min

Reflective

Re read text and retell what has been read.

5 min

Encourage the use of synonyms. Children verbalise

what they have learnt in the session.

ACTIVITY Clarify Terms

Text Reading Target Words

TASK DESCRIPTION Revise Synonyms from previous session. Retell story so far. Learning outcome: To read next 2 pages of text and identify synonyms for target words. Read the next 2 pages of the text, stopping to identify & discuss synonyms for the target words. Screamed, crazy, frantically, nasty, pounding

TIME 5 min

10 min

Synonyms & vocab building

Manipulate & experiment with synonyms

Each student makes 2 flashcards one with a target word and the other with a matching synonym. Present to group

Make a group wordfind with the target words and use the synonyms as clues

5 min 10 min

Reflective

Re read text and retell what has been read. Encourage the use of synonyms. Children verbalise 5 min what they have learnt in the session.

ACTIVITY Clarify Terms

Text Reading Target Words

TASK DESCRIPTION Revise Synonyms from previous session. Retell story so far. Learning outcome: To read next 2 pages of text and identify synonyms for target words. Read the next 2 pages of the text, stopping to identify & discuss synonyms for the target words. Panic, enormous, authorities, scary, though.

TIME 5 min

10min

Synonyms & vocab building

Match the target words with prepared synonyms.

5 min

Manipulate & experiment with synonyms

Reflective

Look at all the synonyms we have gathered from

the text so far and group them according to

10 min

meaning. E.g walking words pounding, trudged.

Add any others words known by the students

Re read text and retell what has been read.

Encourage the use of synonyms. Children verbalise 5 min

what they have learnt in the session.

ACTIVITY Clarify Terms

Text Reading Target Words

Synonyms & vocab building

Manipulate & experiment with synonyms

TASK DESCRIPTION

TIME

Revise Synonyms from previous session.

Retell story so far.

5 min

Learning outcome: To read next 2 pages of text

and identify synonyms for target words.

Read the next 2 pages of the text, stopping to

identify & discuss synonyms for the target words. 10 min

Count on, sensible, burst, slither, good

Continue matching game with all the synonyms and

target words can we add other words to any of the 5 min

target words

Write target words in a sentence.

10 min

Reflective

Re read text and retell what has been read. Encourage the use of synonyms. Children verbalise 5 min what they have learnt in the session.

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