This Year 5 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 5 reading themes
Here are some of the themes covered in this Year 5 reading scheme:
- Frank Cottrell Boyce – Cosmic; The Unforgotten Coat; Millions
- Great openings – The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher; The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle; Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
- Medieval monarchs – Henry II; King Richard and King John; Henry V
- Michael Morpurgo – War Horse; Private Peaceful; Kensuke’s Kingdom
Each lesson’s PowerPoint contains vocabulary guides, questions for talk partners and solo tasks.
Also covered in this pack are:
- Equality
- Islands/leprosy
- Kate DiCamillo
- Life cycles
- Middle Eastern countries
- Nigeria
- Notable people
You can also download part 1 and part 3 containing lots more planning.
Read more about Ashley Booth’s approach to teaching reading. Browse similar resources for Year 3, Year 4 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.
