Being an author Lesson 3 reading focus Teaching

Being an author Lesson 3 (reading focus)

Teaching Notes Today your child is learning to… Recall main points from a text to answer who questions You can help by… • Talking to your child about what the term ‘retrieve’ means using the explanation on slide 3 to support. • Exploring the different types of who questions on slides 4 -6 and discussing the kind of information you need to look for.

What does ‘retrieve’ mean? To demonstrate your understanding of what you have read, you can answer questions about the main points in the text. Things like: who the characters were; where the action was taking place; how the problem was solved; and why someone felt something. These are retrieval questions. You need to retrieve (go and get) the answer from the text.

Look for the question word To help retrieve the answer you can use the question words (what, when, where, why, who and how) as a clue for what to look for. Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door. Who did the boy find at his door? If the question is asking who we need to look for a name or character. The boy found a penguin at his door.

Look for the question word Now you try having a go with this example. He asked some birds if they knew where the penguin came from. Who ignored the boy? Remember, if the question is asking who we need to look for a name or character. But they ignored him. Some birds are like that. Answerhim. The. Reveal birds ignored

Look for the question word Now try this example… So together, he and the penguin would row to the South Pole. The boy took his rowboat out of the cupboard and tested it for size and strength. Who rowed to the South Pole? Remember, if the question is asking who we need to look for a name or character. Sometimes, it might be more than one character. The boy and the penguin Reveal Answer rowed to the South Pole.