Week 4, Guided Reading "Tess is a Mess" - Phase 2 - Worksheet

In the fourth week of guided reading sessions, young learners are introduced to a story titled "Tess is a Mess" through a worksheet that aims to enhance their comprehension skills. The worksheet presents a series of questions that encourage children to engage with the text and illustrations in a meaningful way. The first question asks them to identify the blurb, which is a brief summary of the book's content typically found on the back cover. They are then prompted to describe Tess' bedroom, characterise Tess herself, and consider what steps Tess could take to tidy her room. Further questions explore the narrative, asking about the events involving a dog and what might happen in the continuation of the story. Bonus questions relate the story to the children's own experiences with tidying their bedrooms and seek their thoughts on who is responsible for keeping a bedroom neat.

Accompanying activities are designed to reinforce the learning objectives and maintain student engagement. These include a worksheet, quiet reading time, and a collaborative effort to write a set of classroom tidiness rules. Additionally, there is a fine motor skill activity where children practice tidying beads onto a string. The following week, teaching notes guide educators to explain the concept of a blurb and suggest a 'Fastest Finger First' game to make locating the blurb an interactive experience. Another worksheet titled "Castaway Captions" is provided, where children are encouraged to colour in pictures, trace image captions, and practice decoding phrases, further developing their reading and writing skills in a fun and interactive way.