This Year 4 reading collection contains 11 weeks of planning. Use the resources to complete three lessons over the course of each week.
The resource list sets out each week’s theme, and there’s a separate PowerPoint for each day’s lesson. The text is linked to or included as a PDF. There are some instances where you’ll need to source the text yourself.
Year 4 reading themes
Here are some of the themes covered in this Year 4 reading scheme:
- Children’s classics – A Bear Called Paddington; The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland; Pippi Longstocking; The Demon Headmaster; The Animals Of Farthing Wood
- Chinese New Year: The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman; the story of the Chinese Zodiac
- Disney songs: Under the Sea; Reflection; Let It Go
Each lesson’s PowerPoint contains vocabulary guides, questions for talk partners and solo tasks.
Also covered in this pack are:
- Electricity
- Habitats
- International Women’s Day
- Jennifer Killick
- Mental health
- Migration
You can also download part 2 and part 3, containing lots more planning.
Read more about Ashley Booth’s approach to teaching reading. Browse similar resources for Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6.
Ashley Booth is a Year 6 teacher and phase, maths and reading lead. He is passionate about improving reading. Visit his website.
