Reading
KS2 Guided Reading Curriculum Overview
Bold Venture Class Year 3/4
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Cycle A | Ice Palace by Robert Swindells Genre – Fiction: adventure
| The Windrush Story by The Literacy Company Genre – Information
| The Morning I Met a Whale by Michael Morpurgo, Why would anyone hurt a whale? by The Literacy Company Genre – Fiction: adventure, Information | Greek Myths by Jean Menzies (P2W text) Genre – Fiction: myths
| The Sea Book by Charlotte Milner Genre – Information
| A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories by Angela McAllister Genre – Fiction
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Cycle B | The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City by Katya Balen
Genre – Fiction
| Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo, Wonderful Things by The Literacy Company Genre – Recount, Fiction: historical/ traditional tale
| Amazing Rivers by Julia Vosburgh Agnone (P2W text)
Genre – Information
| The Train to Impossible Places by P.G. Bell
Genre – Fiction: fantasy
| Exploring Shakespeare’s London by The Literacy Company
Genre – Information/persuasion | A Myth-Hunter’s Travel Guide by The Literacy Company Genre – Information
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Spitfire Class Year 4/5
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Cycle A | A World Full of Animal Stories: 50 Folk Tales and Legends by Angela McAllister Genre – Fiction: traditional tales
| Rise up by Amanda Li
Genre – Recount: biography, information
| Ariki and the Island of Wonders by Nicola Davies
Genre – Fiction: adventure
| Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman Genre – Fiction: myths and legends
| The Last Wild by Piers Torday, Pollution by The Literacy Company Genre – Recount, Fiction: contemporary | Bold and Brave Women from Shakespeare by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Genre – Fiction
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Cycle B | Fantastic Forests by The Literacy Company
Genre – Non-fiction: Recount, information, instructions
| DKfindout! Volcanoes by Maria Gill
Genre – Information
| Fantastically Great Women who Saved the Planet by Kate Pankhurst, Plastic Pollution by The Literacy Company Genre – Recount: biography, Information
| Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman
Genre – Fiction: traditional tale
| You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed Genre – Information
| Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli
Genre – Biography
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Falcon Class Year 5/6
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Cycle A | Tyger by SF Said Genre – Fiction: classic Information
| The Explorer by Katherine Rundell, Exploring the Amazon by The Literacy Company Genre – Information, Fiction: contemporary
| Goldfish boy by Lisa Thompson
Genre – fiction
| The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Dame Floella Benjamin et al.
Genre - Fiction and non-fiction
| When we were Warriors by Emma Carroll Genre – Poetry, Fiction: historical
| Sky Chasers by Emma Carroll Genre – Fiction: adventure
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Cycle B | Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond by David Long
Genre – Information, recount
| Exploring Space by The Literacy Company, Planet Unknown by Shawn Wang (film) Genre – Information, Film
| African Tales: A Barefoot Collection by Gcina Mhlophe and Rachel Griffin Genre – Fiction: books from other cultures and traditions
| Great Adventurers by Alistair Humphreys Genre – Information
| The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde Genre – Fiction: classic
| TBC |