Building comprehension of 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'
I can retrieve answers from the text.
Building comprehension of 'Yoshi the Stonecutter'
I can retrieve answers from the text.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Summarising what we have read can help us to remember and understand a story better.
- Skimming and scanning using your finger is a way to retrieve information quickly and accurately from a text.
- Searching for capital letters helps us to find proper nouns quickly.
- Searching for keywords can help us find answers quickly.
- Responding to texts with discussions can help to deepen our understanding.
Keywords
Proper noun - a specific name given to a person, place or thing
Summarise - to pull out key information and ideas from the text
Retrieval - finding key details or information in the text and extracting them
Scanning - rapidly searching the text for specific information or keywords
Discussion - the process of talking about something to exchange ideas
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to scan.
Model the process for them, narrating your strategies. For example, "I've found a capital letter in the middle of the sentence - it must be a proper noun." or "I am searching for the word river. I will look for words beginning with 'r'."
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2011 Oxford University Press edition of ‘Yoshi the Stonecutter’ by Becca Heddle and Meg Hunt for this lesson.
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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