Reading

CURRICULUM FOCUS

This week in Reading, we are learning to summarise a fiction  text.

VOCABULARY

Summarise -

telling the most important parts of a text, in your own words, in a much shorter way

Fiction -

books that are made up, imaginative or pretend.

Sequence - in order

Events - something that happens

Characters - a person in a story; either a human, a fantasy character, mythical character, or even an animal.

Setting - where a story or event takes place.

Problem - something that has gone wrong that needs to be fixed.

Solution - solving the problem

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Get your child to talk about what a fiction text that they’ve read.Then they can  summarise the correct sequence of events in a fiction text  Prompt them to use proper vocabulary from the text read, like characters, setting, problem and solution in the  summary of a fiction text.

This activity can be done orally  and/ or by drawing the  pictures to represent their thinking and adding labels. Students can summarise  orally to a sibling/ family member/ pet or their favourite toy.