Role play becomes more structured for older children but still provides the same benefits. It strengthens their comprehension skills by supporting them to make connections between a fictional world and their own lives.

Our fantastic printable literacy worksheets and reading activities contain a variety of different question types for kids to answer. These questions will keep pupils engaged and test their ability to recall what they’ve read. A handy resource to use as an independent or group reading activity or a perfect accompaniment to a summer topic or topic about beaches. Our KS1 60 Second Reads will massively improve your KS2 pupils' ability to write interesting and unforgettable characters - the trademark of stories that stir the imagination and invite readers to really feel a part of the writer's written world. Use this collection to encourage your students to practise consistently. You can start with these three resources (all include a guide to help you use these resources to maximum advantage): Each of the reading comprehension texts also comes with a set of greater depth reading questions that help KS1 students develop their vocabulary, reading skills and inference skills.Explore a wide range of reading comprehension resources aimed at improving children’s understanding of a range of texts – including both fiction and non-fiction, from a range of genres. How can I use reading comprehension resources? Just like other Twinkl collections, our KS1 60 Second Reads only contains resources that are teacher-made. Fellow teachers obviously understand the specific pain points you're experiencing when trying to meet national standards - and how to alleviate those. In other words, these resources were specifically made with your needs in mind. It also provides children with opportunities to explore scenarios within stories, considering their importance and consequences. Some texts with a high score may need to be used with support or by children working at a high level within the stage. If you and your students have enjoyed using the beach themed differentiated reading activity then you may also like to see these for your KS1 class:

Boost inference and comprehension with Mini Grey’s mouse detective in this free KS1 book topic from Judy Clark, based on the book Hermelin: The Great Mouse Detective. This is why I use the application section of the lesson to make sure children truly apply their knowledge – that they are able to understand, as well as decode, what they are reading.Pupils will need to scan the book’s illustrations for clues, making it an ideal title for comprehension work. Children will need to explain what they can observe, what they know and what they can infer from that. Real Comprehension is a unique, whole-school reading comprehension programme from Plazoom. It’s designed to develop sophisticated skills of inference and retrieval and help children build rich vocabularies. It also encourages the identification of themes and comparison between texts. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Atticus Finch Finding age-appropriate reading comprehension resources can be a challenge. Here at Mrs we have a wide range of phonics-based reading comprehensions to help children develop prosody, fluency and automaticity alongside developing reading comprehension skills. Our phonics-based reading comprehension activities for EYFS and year 1 range from phases 2 to 5, and cover a range of genres. Ideal for guided reading, for intervention groups or as part of your phonics teaching sessions.