Building comprehension of 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

English

Identifying the main idea of 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

Exploring vocabulary in 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

Analysing the author's choice of vocabulary in 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

Summarising the key events and ideas in 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

In 'Escape from Pompeii’, pupils will read and listen to a historical narrative. They will develop their understanding of how authors use language to enhance meaning. 

In 'Mulan’, pupils practised their fluency when reading. They retrieved information and inferred meaning from a narrative. In ’The Pebble in my Pocket’, children will become familiar with the features of a non-fiction narrative text and will develop their skills of inference.

In this unit, pupils read and explore the narrative non-fiction text 'The Pebble in my Pocket'. They explore the vocabulary used in order to build comprehension around the text. Finally, pupils will sequence and summarise the main ideas of the story.

'The Pebble in my Pocket': reading

Which of these strategies are useful for building comprehension?

skimming and scanning to find information from the text

using clues from the text to draw further conclusions

talking to others about the meaning of what we have read

The Earth rises very quickly to form mountains.

The Earth rises slowly over millions of years to form mountains.

Select the statement that is true about the rising of the Earth.

Rivers can have strong currents and break down rocks.

Rivers run from the mountains to the sea.

Which of these statements are true about rivers.

A glacier shifts and moves slowly downhill.

Which of these statements are true about glaciers.

It teaches us the history, geography and science behind how a pebble is formed.

How does considering the different landscapes in the book build our comprehension?

What type of text is 'The Pebble in my Pocket'?

to develop greater understanding of the text

What does it mean to 'build comprehension' of a text?

It teaches us about history, science and geography.

It tells the story of how a pebble is formed, beginning 480 million years ago.

The author uses simple and non-descriptive language.

The pebble's journey teaches us more about the history of the world we live in.

Which of these statements do you agree with about 'The Pebble in my Pocket'.

a mountain or hill with a crater that can erupt lava

a large mass of land higher than the Earth's surface

a large body of water covering most of the Earth's surface

a low area of land between hills or mountains

Match the vocabulary to the correct definition.

considering if we've heard the word before

What strategies can we use to understand the author's use of precise and descriptive vocabulary?

It existed in different forms, in different landscapes, over millions of years.

It had a long journey but always remained the same.

How can we best summarise the pebble's journey?

Building comprehension of 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

Lesson outcome