Reading Comprehension Question Prompt Cards

Engage your pupils in their wider reading books or a class novel by using these reading comprehension prompt cards.

Ideal for pupils to work on during a carousel activity or use just as part of a discussion at the end of a session. Alternatively, these cards could be printed, laminated and bound together with a keyring to be sent home to engage parents in their children’s reading. The question prompts are differentiated so pupils can quickly identify questions that may challenge their comprehension skills.

This resource consists of one overview card and six prompt cards containing at least four questions on each card. The 6 prompt cards include questions based on:

• Vocabulary
• Inference
• Predict
• Explain
• Retrieve
• Sequence