Year 3 - Week 12: Reading

Monday – Task 1 – Comprehension:

Read the following comprehension about Greece and answer the questions. When

you are finished go over your answers with an adult or a sibling! This will be useful

for your geography task tomorrow!

Tuesday – Task 2 – Inference:

Watch the short BBC bitesize video which will help you to understand how to make

an inference.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs44jxs/articles/zqmyw6f

Then read the text ‘The Haunted House’ and answer the inferencing questions.

Remember when you make an inference you have to ‘read between the lines’ that

means the answers to the questions won’t be directly written in the text for you to

find, you need to use your knowledge and what the author says to answer the

questions properly.

Example: The question would be – What is the weather like outside? And the text

would say:

The girl hung up her soaking wet coat and shook droplets of water off of her umbrella

before hanging it up.

Based on the text I can infer that the weather is wet and rainy. I know that if

someone comes in from outside with a wet coat and dripping wet umbrella then it

means that it is raining outside.

Wednesday –Task 3 – The Main Idea:

Read the text below and answer the questions. You are trying to identify the main

idea of the text. Think about what is being talked about in the whole text and in

different parts of the text. Reread the information if you need to.

Thursday – Task 4 – Reading Challenge:

90 second reading challenge: Get a timer ready and set it for 90 seconds, start

reading and stop when the timer goes off, make sure your mark where you stopped

in the text. Then, count see how many words you read in 90 seconds.

Friday – Task 5 – Read with an adult or sibling

Read your favourite story with an adult or sibling and then verbally (that means you

don’t have to write them down!) answer the following questions together.

Answers for comprehension and activities: