These are Halloween themed reading comprehension passages for KS2 that include a range of non-fiction winter texts for Key Stage 2, whilst also giving you a selection of Halloween reading comprehension activities. Each Halloween reading passage has a non-fiction reading text, followed by five varied comprehension questions. There are then three Halloween themed reading activities, which can be used with any of the passages. They are perfect for Key Stage 2 classes. Passages are: Why are cats associated with Halloween? How to make your own witch’s hat I’m a Halloween cauldron A short history of trick-or-treating How can I have a more eco-friendly Halloween? What’s included? nonfiction Halloween-themed text - one poem, one set of instructions, two explanation texts and an information text 20 comprehension questions - include questions on main idea and key details, quoting accurately from the text and vocabulary questions 3 reading comprehension activities - these can be used with any of the passages. There’s a comparison worksheet, a vocabulary worksheets and a main idea and key details worksheet Your class will enjoy the variety of passages and tasks. There is plenty to keep them busy, as they work through the questions and activities. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to students as a pack. This would make it perfect for a supply teacher day. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to the children! The three activity sheets are designed to delve deeper into key reading skills: The comparing worksheet requires children to find similarities and differences between passages The vocabulary worksheet requires children to find synonyms for particular pieces of vocabulary within the passage The main idea and key details sheet requires children to consider the overarching theme of the passage and the supporting key details

Have you been struggling teaching your Year 6 class how to answer impressions questions in reading comprehension tasks? Do you want some support in giving a clear method with examples and practice questions? This PowerPoint might just be the answer. This Year 6 reading SATS preparation lesson focuses on impressions questions and supports the children to give answers that give two very different impressions of a person, place, object or setting. This resource includes: Steps to success Examples of modelled answers Practice questions for Year 6 pupils to have a go with Answers given throughout The method focuses around giving two very distinctive impressions. The analogy of a weighing scale is used to show that the two impressions should be different - kind and thoughtful, for example, would be too similar. Please note that this PowerPoint is flattened (cannot be edited).

SATS Reading Year 6 3 Mark Question Lesson This download is a 3 mark question Year 6 SATS practice PowerPoint. It has been designed to be used by Year 6 teachers to help prepare for the reading SATS test by giving the pupils the opportunity to practise answering three mark questions. There are three sample texts in this 28-slide resource. For each text, there is a walk-through, step-by-step guide to answering a three mark question. There is then a new question for pupils to try independently. The answer is then given for the teacher to reveal so that pupils can check against this. Covered in this resource is: *Finding two completely separate points *Finding the supporting evidence *Structuring your answer *Explaining your answer

SATS Reading 3 Mark Question Cards Year 6 Looking for a way to give your Year 6 class more practice with 3 mark questions before SATS? Then look no further! These question cards come in 4 sets, each with a text and four three mark questions based on that text. There are then answers for each question. The 3 mark question cards have been designed so they could be used independently by pupils - in interventions, for example - and pupils can then use the answer sheets to self or peer assess. These attractive cards will keep your Year 6 pupils busy during revision sessions and will give them the best possible chance to do well. Different question styles have been used (including questions about impressions of characters). The answer sheets give them a good model of what 3 mark questions should look like. What’s included? 4 texts - including a poem 16 three mark questions (four based on each text) Answers for each question

Want to teach your Year 6 pupils how to avoid common errors when answering inference questions? This PowerPoint goes through three common SATS inference errors, one by one. There’s plenty of change to practise, with two texts (and sets of questions) per error. The errors covered are: Not using the clues (not using the evidence to help answer the inference question Short answers (missing key parts of the answer and, thus, missing out on marks) Dangerous general knowledge (using general knowledge in a SATS answer, rather than using the text to answer the question). With six enjoyable texts and six sets of questions (three questions per text), there is plenty of SATS reading practice to be carried out here. Please note that this resource is not editable for terms of use reasons.

Fact or Opinion Mystery Activity Why not make teaching fact or opinion a bit more fun? his upload is a fact or opinion mystery activity. In this reading lesson activity, students must solve the mystery to work out which suspect stole the head teacher’s chocolate bars! Throughout the activity, students will be given sources containing evidence (facts). These take the form of diary entries, a newsletter extract and even a wanted poster! Students must identify the facts and not get distracted by the opinions, which are also hidden in there. By gathering the facts, they can exclude suspects from their inquiry. At the end of the activity, there is just one suspect remaining. The mystery is solved! *Included: A 20 page PowerPoint (with some interactive elements)

A whole unit of work with all resources included. It consists of six presentations (one is an introduction and the other five are complete lessons) and four worksheets with opportunities for extra challenges to stretch more able pupils where appropriate. Pupils are tasked with coming up with a vegan dish which will compete with meat-based dishes on the school lunch menu. The lesson teaches pupils to: *Use internet search terms correctly *Know the important components of a vegan diet *Carry out market research to decide on final dish *Cost a dish (for the whole school) and ensure good value for money *Advertise the dish to fellow pupils *Use persuasive language to encourage the catering manager to make the dish and fellow pupils to buy it A variety of subjects are covered: DT, business studies, English and maths. The slides could be easily edited to suit the school and the desired outcome. Could be used as a Year 6 enterprise project.

Inference Reading Lesson / Whole Class Reading This PowerPoint is an inference reading comprehension lesson for Key Stage 2. It includes a teacher presentation and pupil tasks. There are three differentiated challenges for each extract so that pupils can apply their inference skills. Pupils learn: what is inference? clues that they need to use inference skills how to answer inference questions Included: Editable PowerPoint (tasks included on PowerPoint) and PDF version to print the tasks.

Y6 SATs Reading Revision Common Errors Retrieval Do you find your Year 6 pupils continuously make the same errors in SATs practice papers? Then this is the lesson for you! The session covers three common errors when answering retrieval questions: red herrings, misquotes and avoiding answering altogether. They are given steps for avoiding these errors, practice questions and the opportunity to write their own questions to catch out a partner. Altogether there are six short texts included in the resource. The structure of the activity is: How to avoid red herrings Short text and questions to practise avoiding red herrings Answers New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (can they catch them out using red herrings?). Answers - sample questions How to avoid misquotes Short text and questions to practise avoiding misquotes Answers New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (can they catch their partner out?). Answers - sample questions How to avoid avoidance Short text and questions to practise avoiding avoidance Answers New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (will their partner avoid the questions?). Answers - sample questions Recap - plenary Answers to plenary questions What’s included? A 22 slide PowerPoint

Are you looking for Christmas worksheets for reading for your class? This set of Christmas reading comprehension questions focuses on the Christmas story, with a Christmas reading passage and 12 task cards, plus KS2 reading challenge cards. The story, Starbright’s Important Mission, tells the Christmas story through the eyes of the star. There are then 12 task cards requiring the children to reflect on their understanding of the story. The task cards focus on skills such as: Be an emotion detective: describe the emotion of the characters at specific points of the story Draw ‘mood journeys’ for three of the main characters Find the evidence to support key information Longer answers, requiring students to quote accurately from the text There are answers provided for each of the reading comprehension task cards. The answers are detailed and thorough, with sample answers where necessary. After the main task cards, there is also an example card, so that the children know what the ‘mood journeys’ should look like. There are also three challenge cards, to extend pupils’ learning if needed. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to students as a pack. This would make it perfect for a Christmas supply teacher lesson. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to your class.

Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity Looking for a fun way to teach or revise inference in reading lessons with your KS2 students? In this activity, pupils must use their inference skills to guide TV presenter, Mya, through a maze. The PowerPoint revises the meaning of inference before guiding pupils through the process of finding Mya’s route through the maze. At each step, there are two objects to follow. Pupils must use infer which object to select from the clues given by Mya. At each step, answers are given so that pupils know if they are on the right track. Make reading lessons more fun and use this fun activity to reinforce the meaning of inference! Included: *50 slide PowerPoint (including answers) guiding students through the activity Printable PowerPoint handout with student copy of maze

Reading Ordering Events Mystery KS2 This order the events and solve the mystery reading comprehension activity is a fun way to help your students learn how to order events in a text. They have to order the events to solve the mystery of who threw the ice bucket of water over Mr Lee, everyone’s favourite Year 5 teacher! In this activity, students are given accounts written by each of the five suspects. They must order the events to check who is telling the truth. By the end of the activity, they will be able to see who is lying and therefore who threw the ice bucket! The activity teaches students how to use a colour-coded key to help order the events. With this in mind, there is a separate copy of the texts for pupils to use to practise this technique. What’s included? 14 slide solve the mystery activity (PowerPoint) 3 page pupil copy of texts

SPaG / GPaS Lesson Starters Mystery Name These downloads are SPaG starters. There are 15 grammar starters. Each with a theme e.g. nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, synonyms and antonyms . Each activity reveals one letter of the bear’s name. By the end of the week, the bear’s name is revealed. Answers for each day and the end of the week are included. Could be done as a whole class activity, or the slides could be printed so that pupils can complete individually or in pairs.

Y6 SATs SPAG Revision Quiz This download is a Year 6 SPaG SATs revision SPaGbot Quiz. Help your Year 6 class revise for their SPaG SATs paper with a fun, interactive quiz! On the menu page, pupils can choose to answer a SPaGbot question (SPaG revision focused), a Funbot question (a fun, pop-culture or sports question) or a lucky dip question (mix of SPaG and fun questions). There are: 15 SPaGbot questions 15 Funbot questions 10 lucky dip questons

This set of task cards and poems have an end of the school year theme. They focus on the reading strategy of inference. There are five engaging poems, each one with an accompanying task card and answer key. ENGAGING POEMS The poems have been written to engage students. They are all focused around the end of the school year. Because there are five poems included, there is plenty of scope for teachers writing their own additional questions or creating extra activities. A RANGE OF TASKS The five task cards all focus on the skill of inference. They encourage students to use the sentence stem, ‘I know this because in the text it says’ in order to give evidence for their answers. Each task card either has an answer key or suggested answer depending on the task given. WHAT’S INCLUDED? -5 poems - end of school year theme -5 task cards -5 answer cards -15 pages total

Mayan Gods Poems Comprehension This Mayan gods poems comprehension reading and history activity includes four poems about Ancient Mayan gods and goddesses. Each one then has a set of questions for pupils to revise their knowledge of each deity. This also gives pupils the chance to practise their reading comprehension skills. The deities covered are: Itzamna, Chaac, Ix Chel and Kinich Ahau. The cross-curricular nature of this activity means that children will be able to practise both their history skills (learning about Ancient Mayan gods) and reading comprehension skills at the same time. The comprehension questions include retrieval and inference questions and also author’s intent and vocabulary ones. There are a mix of circle the answer, one word, one sentence and longer answers. Some questions require evidence from the text. All answers are included (sample answers where more than one answer would be acceptable). What’s included? 4 poems about Ancient Mayan gods and goddesses 4 sets of questions (one about each god or goddess). Five questions per god / goddess 4 sets of answers

Female Football Heroes Biography Lesson Inspired to teach your pupils more about female footballing heroes? This female football heroes biography lesson teaches pupils about some of the greats in women’s football, whilst also teaching / revising biography writing skills. They learn about six of the best female football players of all time and choose one to write a biography about. Also included in this resource is a template that all / some of your students can use to structure their biography, a quotation-writing worksheet and a sheet of illustrations, which pupils can use to illustrate their biography. What’s included? Lesson PowerPoint packed full of facts/activities Three supporting printables

England Lionesses Euros Comprehensions Capture the excitement of the England Women’s Euro 2022 winning team with this set of four reading comprehension tasks. Each set focuses on a different team member (four in total). Each of these four England Euro 2022 activities feature a text for pupils to read all about the player. There are then five questions about each one. The comprehension questions are a mixture of retrieval, inference, author’s intent, support with evidence and agree/disagree questions (amongst others). There is an answer page for each activity too, featuring sample answers to help with assessing work. This resource contains: Four texts focusing on England women’s Euro 2022 team members A set of five questions for each team member An answer sheet for each member Image credits

Perfect Year 6 Easter Holiday Reading Homework! Do you need the perfect Easter themed reading comprehension? This one is interactive and would be perfect for your Year 6 students as Easter holiday reading homework. All answers to the 20 tasks are given to students, so no marking required. This interactive Easter reading comprehension is designed to be as inclusive as possible with no written answers required. Where appropriate, there are Explain It thought bubbles for students to explain their answers on paper. These could be set for all students, or just those requiring more of a challenge. us d Easter themes (new beginnings) are introduced, giving opportunity for RE links. I also like to explore different family types in my stories. This one features a boy, his step mum and baby brother. What’s Included? A 20 question interactive PowerPoint, also including correct/incorrect slides

Father’s Day Writing Lesson Emotive Language This download is a Father’s Day writing lesson to teach Key Stage 2 pupils how to improve their use of emotive language. Pupils can choose to write the emotive letter to their father (for Father’s Day) or a special person in their lives. Although their is a mention to Father’s Day at the beginning, the lesson is designed to be inclusive of all family types. Pupils learn to elicit emotion through: Using the power of three Using superlative adjectives Using abstract nouns Using examples to illustrate points Pupils are tasked with writing the letter to a special person in their lives (which could be their father) to tell them why they are special to them. There are three differentiated challenges to allow pupils to stretch themselves. The lesson guides pupils through the planning and writing process, with teacher examples and tasks given along the way. Included: PowerPoint teacher’s presentation and PDF version of the same presentation.