Year 3 Guided ReadingWeek 2-11th January

Monday 11th JanuaryMatilda pages 4-5Looking questions

Read the following pages from Matilda.

Looking, inference and thinking questions

Look for clues in the text to answer these questions.

Write in full sentences. For example, In Matilda’s family there is…

1. Who is in Matilda’s family?

2. How did Matilda’s parents feel about her?

3. Find three words used to describe Matilda on page 4.

4. Why did Mr and Mrs Wormwood not notice anything unusual about Matilda?

5. Why did Matilda’s parents tell her children should be seen and not heard?

Tuesday 12th JanuaryThe magic finger

Read the following pages from the story.

What do you predict will happen next?Think about• What you have read so far

• What the girl says she does and why she does it

• What the ‘magic finger’ could be

Write your answer in full sentences.

Wednesday 13th JanuaryThe magic fingerRead the following pages from the story.

Use your looking, thinking and inference skills to answer the following questions. Read back through the text to help you answer the questions.Remember to answer in full sentences, for example She put the magic finger on the teacher because…

1. Why did she put the magic finger on the teacher?

2. What grew out of her face?

3. What had grown under her skirt?

4. Why does the teacher ask what is so ‘madly funny’?

Thursday 14th JanuaryThe Tunnel- Click on the link to listen to the story.The Tunnel storyPause the video at 1 minute 22 seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps2E5yoRsMk

Now you have paused the video at 1 minute 22 seconds…

What do you think will happen next?

Think about…

Where the children are going

What could be in there

What they might see

How they might feel

Write your prediction in full sentences using the ideas above to help you.

Friday 15th January

Matilda chapter 1 Re-read chapter 1 of Matilda by clicking on the link.

Summarise the character Matilda using the information we have read about her so far.

Remember a summary needs to include the main points.

You can use bullet points to think of your ideas.

Then use your bullet points to help you put your ideas into sentences.

Think about her personality, likes, dislikes and family.

Write your answers in full sentences.

https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/extract/13422/Matilda-by-Roald-Dahl.html