Year 1 reading comprehension based on the Tiger Who Came to Tea

This reading comprehension is based on Chapter 1 of the book ‘Lost Boy’ by Linda Newbery. The questions focus on retrieval. Suggested answers are also included. The text is not included.

Morning Starter activity powerpoint, Year 5 Autumn 1 week 2 This morning activity powerpoint includes a slide for each day of morning activities including 10 mental maths style questions, spelling practise and either a short reading or grammar activity once per week. Each day also has a slide with the answers to the maths questions on.

This is a spag loop card game suitable for Year 6 as a revision game.

The purpose of these free write activities are to give children the opportunity to explore their creativity and imaginations in a less structured way. A planning sheet has been provided that some children may want to complete prior to their free write to help them structure their ideas. Other children may want to use this as a prompt to remember what a good story needs to include. This includes 10 different images with question prompts to promote create thinking and imaginative writing. Ideal for Year 5 and 6.

This pack includes 2 activity mats based on the topic Ancient Egypt. 14 activities are included and links out to suitable websites to access the activity are included. Suitable for any Primary School aged child. Ideal to set as homework to support the topic or as home learning activities. Children could be instructed to choose a number of activities from each mat to complete. Activities range from art, design technology, English, History and science.

The Bear and the Piano reading comprehension questions vocabulary focus based on pages 1 and 2. Ideal for Year 1 and 2. Suggested answers also included.

SATs style questions based upon chapter 12 of the book ‘Sky Pirates Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond’ by Alex English. questions and suggested answers included. Free extract of text can be dwnloaded from lovereading4kids.

SATs style reading questions based on extract from ‘Just Call Me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy’ Mixed questions including ordering events and true or false style questions. Suitable for Year 6.

Quick fire retrieval questions to build up speed based on ‘Bad Mermaids Meet the Sushi Sisters by Sibeal Pounder

These quick fire retrieval style questions will help children to increase speed and accuracy when answering 1 mark questions. They are ideal for KS2. They are based on the free extract from the book ‘Survival in Space - The Apoollo 13 mission’ by David Long available on lovereading4kids website.

Comprehension style questions linked to the song ‘Can you feel it’ by Jackson 5. It would be a good link to help teach BLM. Suggested answers are included. Suitable for Year 6.

SATs style reading comprehension questions and answers based on The Austen girls by Lucy Worsley chapter 1. Free extract available on lovereading4kids.

I used this alongside the Jungle Book to support my year 5 class in writing their non-chron report about plastic pollution. The unit includes a wagoll and overviews for 6 lessons. It also includes an example plan.

This Fact File worksheet is ideal for KS1. You could present the facts on a Powerpoint or I printed off the facts and stuck them around the room. The children had to hunt around the room to find the fact that matched with each question. This really helped them with developing their reading comprehension skills. These facts have been included and can be trimmed. Extra facts are included as decoy facts. Answer sheet and Powerpoint presentation also included.

This supported the book ‘Peter Pan’ although it could be used as a general example of a biography. This was used with a year 5 class.

Year 1 a weeks worth of English worksheets based on the book ‘Dogger’ by Shirley Hughes

6 days worth of worksheets for the book ‘Moving Molly’. Suitable for Year 1.