Thursday

Reading

RIC

R - What sound did the wind make?

I - Why didn't Ivan leave to go after his brother straight away?

C - Find the direct speech.

Thursday 12th June 2025.

LC: To predict what might happen from details stated.

Yesterday, we looked at making predictions. Can you tell your talk partner what helps us to make a good prediction?

Let's make some quick predictions together on these short sentences.

Discuss with your talk partners what you think might happen next...

Laura shook her can of Pepsi, she tried to open it straight away. What happened next?
It was raining heavily outside, John decided to wear...
Sam loved to eat ice-cream, he found £1 next to the bushes, he decided to...
Tina had a pet rabbit that she could not trust because he loved jumping. She tried to take him out of his cage... What happened next?

What made you make the decisions for the sentences above?

What do you already know?

Now let's take a look at a longer passage...

Alexander went to his friend’s birthday party and ate a big dish of cake and ice cream. He drank two glasses of juice. After he got home, he ate a lot candy from the birthday piñata.

How did Alexander feel?

For our Independent work today, we are going to make predictions based on what we already know about the story from our RIC:

Independent

We already know that Ivan's little brother has been taken by Starjik. Let's read a little further and predict what might happen next...