Year 2 - Weekly Tasks for Reading

WB: 15.6.2020

*There is a PowerPoint with relevant slides for each day and attached documents if you wish to print, or they can be re-created on any piece of paper.*

Monday

You will need:

0.2 Phonics video.

Phonics

LG: Read and write words using the irregular past tense.

Adults: Start by reviewing when we use the past tense. We use it to talk about what has already happened. Most verbs add an –ed suffix for past tense usage but some are irregular. See below:

Main task: Change simple present tense verbs to the simple past tense verbs and vice versa.

Children can then write a short text like the one modelled towards the start of the lesson to write about what they did yesterday whilst using as many irregular past tense verbs as possible. It can be as simple as, “I woke up at eight o’ clock and ate cereal for breakfast. After that, I went for a walk and saw one of my friends.”

As you can see in that short text, there are four irregular past tense verbs.

Reading

Tuesday

You will need:

0.3 Video of text being read

0.4 Language video

0.5 Word Wizard

Template

Text – David Attenborough

Main task: Using the words in the video, children to explore the meaning of the words and also find them in the text and use the word wizard template to complete.Read the pages where the words appear to check understanding.

Adults: You may want to ask the children to read sections of the text at this point. Ask them to reflect on what makes a good reader and what skills can be used to improve our reading.

Send us a video of you reading the text or a section of the text!

Adults: Even if children are able to read these words successfully without identifying the chunks to you, this shows that they are already using this skill fpr reading. It is however, important that they practice identifying the parts in the words for when they do come across more complex words as they get older.

Wednesday

You will need:

0.3 Video of text being read

0.6 Retrieval questions

Reading

Text –

Play the video of Mrs Henriques reading David Attenborough again. You can then mute the video to read it yourself.

LG: Retrieve information from a text.

Open the video of David Attenborough. You can mute the sound so that children are able to read and pause the video if they need longer when reading.

them a little bit more when I have to concentrate less on decoding the words!)

Main task: The focus for this session is to practise the skill of retrieval. Here are some questions to answer using video recording of the text:

Where did David grow up? What was his father’s job? What did David collect on his cycling trips? When did David decide to become a naturalist? What did David study at university? What did he meet in Antarctica? What was the name of David’s programme?

ADDITIONAL TASKSTASK 1

ThursdayYou will need:

0.7 Comprehensio

n text and retrieval

questions

ReadingText – David Attenborough

Adults: Choose one out of the three attached texts about David Attenborough and the accompanying questions. Discuss what is different about the way that information is presented on the sheet shown below and the book we have used this week. They are both non-fiction texts and include facts about David Attenborough’s life but this text follows the more traditional format with subheadings, photographs and text boxes.

The focus of the questions accompanying this text is still retrieval so children can draw on the skills they have been practicing over the past couple of weeks.

You can just display the text and questions on a screen and write/type the answers without needing to print.

TASK 2Friday/ Each

day for a little while!

You will need:An ipad or

computer to log into your LEXIA or

BugClub

LEXIA or Bugclub

Log into LEXIA and complete some of your levels there.Remember this is not a race to get through the levels.

You should be trying to achieve 60 minutes a week (maybe try and do a few extra just to be sure)!

Adults: LEXIA is an effective learning resource for children to assist with building reading skills, however this is only effective through regular practice. Children should be spending no more than 30 minutes at a time on LEXIA so they can come back and practice previously taught skills. The aim is for around 60 minutes in a week. If children spend a lot more time than the 60-80 minutes of LEXIA in a week, they will progress through levels quickly, but not necessarily have mastered the skills for their year group.

If you don’t have access to LEXIA or would prefer to do other reading or BugClub then please do this. Remember to answer the questions carefully in the quiz

sections! When the questions have been answered, the bug’s eyes will be

closed.

Other stories to listen to!

Storytime: Oi Frog! Written by Kes Gray/Illustrated by Jim Field

Storytime: Leaf Written and illustrated by Sandra Dieckmann

Storytime: Mrs Bibi’s Elephant Written and illustrated by Reza Dalvand

Storytime: The Gift of the Sun Written by Dianne Stewart/Illustrated by Jude Daly

Storytime: Stardust Written by Jeanne Willis/Illustrated by Briony May Smith

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