Reading Resources

This week we are going to begin a text called ‘How to Skin a Bear’.

We will work on our fluency, word meaning, visualising and predicting skills. 

Monday

Today, watch the video below of pages 1-3 of How to Skin a Bear.

Firstly, listen to me read the story and then read the story with me, focusing on your fluency. 

Pause the video and match the vocabulary from the text to the correct picture.

Tuesday

Today, re-read pages 1-3 of How to Skin a Bear. These pages are attached below.

Afterwards, answer the questions about the text. The first questions are retrieval based, so look for those key words from the question in the text. The final question is about visualising what the text tells us. 

Wednesday

Today, watch the video below of pages 4-6 of How to Skin a Bear.

Firstly, listen to me read the story and then read the story with me, focusing on your fluency. 

Secondly, use your visualising skills to draw a picture of Breath of the Vulture. 

Thursday

Today, re- watch the video above of pages 4-6 of How to Skin a Bear.

Firstly, listen to me read the story again and then read the story with me again, improving your fluency from yesterday.

Afterwards, answer the questions below about pages 4-6. Look for the key words from the question in the text. 

Friday

Today, watch the video below of pages 7-10 of How to Skin a Bear.

Firstly, recap the story with me and pause the video to think about what we've learned so far. 

After you've listen to pages 7-10 of the story, predict what might happen after these pages. Answer the questions below:

What might happen to the sun?
What might happen to the tribe?

What might happen to Bee and Dog?

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