Year 2 · English
Improve Understanding Of Texts
Year 2 learners practise reading fables like the boy who cried wolf.
The activities include Read and Understand: 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', Read and Understand: 'The Fox and the Crow', Read and Understand: 'The Fox and the Goat', and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Read and Understand: 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'
- Read and Understand: 'The Fox and the Crow'
- Read and Understand: 'The Fox and the Goat'
- Read and Understand: 'The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs'
Checked learning resources
-
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Animated or Read-Along Story
YouTube — English Singsing · Video · Opens on the provider website
Child-friendly video presents the complete events, characters and moral of Aesop's "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" for listening and comprehension.
-
The Fox and the Crow: Animated or Read-Along Story
Dailymotion · Video · Opens on the provider website
Child-friendly video presents the complete events, characters and moral of Aesop's "The Fox and the Crow" for listening and comprehension.
-
The Fox and the Goat: Animated or Read-Along Story
EduTeach · Video · Opens on the provider website
Child-friendly video presents the complete events, characters and moral of Aesop's "The Fox and the Goat" for listening and comprehension.
-
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: Animated or Read-Along Story
Kids Video · Video · Opens on the provider website
Child-friendly video presents the complete events, characters and moral of Aesop's "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs" for listening and comprehension.
-
KS1 Comprehension
BBC Bitesize · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
KS1 comprehension strategies support retrieval, inference and explaining the moral after reading "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".
-
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Aesop's Fables Teaching Collection
Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required
KS1 Aesop's Fables collection supports teaching the characters, event sequence and moral of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".
-
The Fox and the Crow: Reading and Comprehension Support
Education.com · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Browser-first page supports reading, sequencing and answering comprehension questions about "The Fox and the Crow".
-
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: Reading and Comprehension Support
DLTK Kids · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Browser-first page supports reading, sequencing and answering comprehension questions about "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs".