Using non-fiction texts to recall and learn facts
I can listen and respond to a non-fiction text about looking after cats.
Using non-fiction texts to recall and learn facts
I can listen and respond to a non-fiction text about looking after cats.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The contents page can help direct you to a particular topic, such as 'feeding'.
- Non-fiction books have photographs, captions and headings to make the information easier to understand.
- Non-fiction books teach information about a topic, such as how to care for a cat or kitten.
- Re-listening to or re-reading a page from a non-fiction book helps to retain and recall facts.
Keywords
Non-fiction - a genre of text which presents real events, information or knowledge
Fact - something that is known to be true or proved
Information - facts learned about something or someone
Common misconception
Pupils may be unable to read the non-fiction book themselves due to their current phonics knowledge.
Before Task A, read the two pages to the children and discuss what we have learnt first. For Task B, you may wish to answer the questions collaboratively, modelling the strategies and reading only that section of text.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2018 Alanna Max edition of 'Lulu Gets a Cat' by Anna McQuinn.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer
something that is known to be true or proved
a personal view about something
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Young cats are called kittens.
I like cats.
cats
Cats need to eat every day to stay healthy and strong.
Cats like to sleep in lots of different places around the house.
Kittens spend more time playing than older cats.