Reading 'The Children of Lir' and building fluency
I can read part of a traditional tale.
Reading 'The Children of Lir' and building fluency
I can read part of a traditional tale.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- ‘The Children of Lir’ is divided into short chapters and has a beginning, middle and end, like all traditional tales.
- Sounding out using phonics strategies is our most helpful way to decode unfamiliar words.
- Searching for a ‘word within a word’ is a useful strategy to comprehend words.
- Read to the end of the sentence to help to decide the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
- Re-reading a sentence fluently after decoding helps to make sense of what has been read.
Keywords
Chapter - one of the parts that a fictional book is divided into
Strategies - techniques used to support in achieving a purpose
Decode - to translate written symbols into words
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to read words that are unfamiliar or not always decodable with phonics strategies e.g. 'jealous'.
Firstly, ensure that your school's chosen SSP has covered the GPCs covered in the book. Before independent reading, pull out words that you think the pupils may struggle with or are common exception words to practise strategies.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2011 Oxford University Press edition of ‘The Children of Lir' by Maire Buonocore and Isabelle Arsenault for this lesson.
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