Hook:
Read mentor text
Mini Lesson:
Rotations:
Teacher Group
Word Investigation activity
3. Read a short text
Identify and record Tier 2 and Tier 3 words.
Use VCOP strategies (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation) to unpack the words and apply them in context.
(In Google Classroom)
4. Book Club/ Independent Reading
Reflection
Share any Tier 2 words you cm across while reading today.
Hook:
Read mentor text
As you’re reading students have a whiteboard writing down all tier 2 words they hear throughout.
Mini Lesson:
Unpack Tier 2 Words- Co create an anchor chart.
What are some tier 2 words you identified whilst listening to the Wild Robot.
Independent Practise:
“Word Detective” – Give students a short science or geography text with 3–5 bold Tier 3 words. In pairs, they use clues in the sentence to guess the meaning
Reflection
Hook:
“Have you ever ‘sensed’ something without being told? What does it mean to feel or sense something?”
Briefly introduce the Latin root “sent” or “sens” meaning to feel or to send. List some common words that include it (e.g., consent, resent, sensitive).
Mini Lesson:
Teacher shares Health Passage and together students identify what the Tier 3 words
Google Classroom Complete the passage and highlight the Tier 3 words, find the definition for each Tier 3 word.
Reflection
Share any Tier 2 words you cm across while reading today.