Lemov et al's 'Reading Reconsidered' also provides plenty of classroom evidence that writing supports reading comprehension. how lessons might focus on one particular reading strategy or skill: Should We Teach Reading Strategies In Isolation Or In Combination?

If it's poetry comprehension you're after, have a look at our whole-school teaching pack Poetry for all. If your class is really enjoying the book, then you can continue with and beyond the lessons provided. Featuring six fiction and non-fiction texts alongside engaging lesson plans, reading comprehension activities and worksheets, this pack will encourage your children to build the comprehension strategies of information retrieval, drawing inferences, making predictions, identifying and summarising ideas and analysing language and structure. That’s why we’ve hand-picked some comprehension resources, designed to help pupils extract and analyse the right pieces of information with ease.evocative poems from some of the best British poets (such as Lewis Carroll/Robert Browning/Gina Douthwaite/John Masefield/Adrian Mitchell/R. If you don’t have the information anywhere else to hand, you’ll find them detailed in the mark scheme of a recent KS2 SATs paper listed as ‘content domains’. I noted that many of the skills that are tested in the KS2 SATs also have a matching reading comprehension strategy.

How you make them feel about reading now could have a massive impact on how well they engage with it throughout their lives. Not only does the mark scheme say what the content domains are, but they also give an indication of the proportion in which each one is assessed. the strategic use of writing made reading and discussions of reading- the other core activities of English class—more rigorous, focused, productive and engaging- ‘better’ in short. A KS2 comprehension with a range of inferential, vocabulary-based and literal questions with an early-finisher activity included.We do not take responsibility for any effects of viruses or malware however introduced to your systems. The fractions games are great, as I’m often looking for alternative ways of making the subject more engaging for my pupils.

They've been designed to improve your pupils' reading skills, following the reading content domains outlined in the national curriculum for English. Our book comprehension resources include 1-5 (although most have 3) KS2 reading comprehension lessons.Year 6 Back to School Comprehension Whole Class text in the form of a narrative from the viewpoint of a pupil and a teacher starting a new school year. Sadly, these days, many households cannot afford or do not value the importance of having a good selection of suitable reading books at home. It is good if children can be encouraged to question and analyse any passage whether in a book, on the computer, Kindle or any other electronic device that they might read. One of the best genres with which to test certain content domains, such as the understanding of vocabulary in context, is to study extracts from slightly older texts.