This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of 'what' and 'how' questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. This comprehension is all about the WWI nurse, Edith Cavell. Answers are also included. I hope you find it useful. PDF file format. This comprehension is also included as part of our 5 lesson Year 2 literacy unit on Edith Cavell: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-2-literacy-5-lesson-plan-edith-cavell-history-11541732

This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the autumn term. The booklet tells the story of The Gunpowder Plot which is the story behind the Bonfire Night celebrations. There are three differentiated booklets. Each booklet has a title page with useful words followed by four pages of information with questions on each page. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘when,’ ‘how,’ ‘where’ and ‘who’ questions. There are also multiple choice questions and some that require more detailed answers. The higher and middle ability booklets each have 13 questions in total. The lower ability has 12 questions. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level. Answers are also included. PDF file format. You might also be interested in: Year 2 Bonfire Night Comprehension Bundle / Guy Fawkes The Gunpowder Plot Comprehension / Bonfire Night / Year 3 and 4 Bonfire Night Comprehensions / Guy Fawkes : Year 1

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2, with a focus on the science topic of ‘materials.’ It includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘which’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. Each level includes four pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. PDF file format.

A 24 page animated PowerPoint telling the story of the Twelfth Night. The story is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, suitable for ages 5 to 11. It could be used as part of a lesson or for an assembly for children aged 5 -11. Also perfect for using during Shakespeare Week in March.

A 20 page Easter themed phonics booklet, containing a wide range of activities to help children revise phases 3 - 5. Perfect for children to work on independently during phonics lessons, as a start of day activity, or as a filler for the busy end-of-term period. Alternatively, send home for parents to work on with children as a homework task. Activities range from filling in initial sounds, to sorting real and fake words, to filling in missing words. There is a colour and black & white PDF version of the booklet (both are in a zip file). Just print and staple!

This interactive PowerPoint quiz is perfect for using in the 2024 Australian CBCA Book Week. It contains 54 questions. The first 48 questions cover famous books from Australia and around the world. The theme this year is ‘Reading is Magic’ and so I have chosen books that have a magical element or are from the fantasy genre. These are followed by one question on each of the books in the CBCA 2024 short list for ages 7-12. You can use this as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice and focus on popular modern books as well as classics. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click ‘read only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations. Example questions include: What is Matilda’s third and final miracle? Making a glass tip over, Writing on the chalkboard or Making a child fly What are Mildred Hubble’s best friends called? Ethel and Margot, Maud and Enid or Esmerelda and Mirabelle In Enid Blyton’s book, what do you climb to find different worlds at the top? The Distant Bush, The Magical Moon or The Faraway Tree Who are the Pudding Thieves who are trying to steal The Magic Pudding? A kangaroo and an alligator, A possum and a wombat or A platypus and a dingo A separate answer sheet is also included. The quiz and the answers are in the zip file. No further preparation needed.

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is all about the human body, with a focus on organs, blood and skin! The PDF booklet is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘how,’ and ‘where’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures with written extracts to read and several questions per page. The higher and middle levels contain 18 questions each and the lower level contains 14 questions. All of the documents are in the zip file. There is a colour and black & white booklet for each level and answers are also included.

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. There are three differentiated fact booklets on the history of Halloween, perfect for using in the autumn term. There is a colour and black & white version of each booklet. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘why,’ ‘when’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions, true and false questions and some that require more detailed answers. There are four pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 3-5 questions per page. The higher ability booklet has 18 questions in total. The middle ability has 15 questions and the lower ability has 12 questions. Answers are included. All of the booklets are in the zip file. PDF file format. You might also be interested in: How to carve a pumpkin (Halloween) Comprehension - Year 2 Year 2 SPaG booklets - Halloween theme

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of 'what' and 'how' questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. This comprehension is all about Queen Victoria. Perfect to use as part of a KS1 history topic or just for general interest for comprehension practice. Answers are also included. PDF file format.

This resource is designed to use with year 2 children in preparation for the SPaG SATs. The activity allows children to practise word class problems; a topic which has appeared a number of times in past SPaG papers. There are 5 different activities, all based on the SATs questions: One activity asks children to tick whether they think the underlined word in a sentence is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. There are 5 worksheets with six questions on each. One activity asks children to circle nouns in a sentence, progressing from one noun up to three, with six sets of ten questions. One activity asks children to circle adjectives in a sentence, progressing from one adjective up to two, with four sets of ten questions. One activity asks children to circle adverbs in a sentence. There are two sheets of ten questions. One activity asks children to circle verbs in a sentence, progressing from one verb up to two, with four sets of ten questions. Answers are included.

This resource contains 5 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1 or early year 2. They each contain a short piece of text (about 5 sentences) with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 questions, containing 'what' 'who' and 'when' questions and some multiple choice questions. Answers are also included. The theme in this pack is the Victorians. The five topics are: Florence Nightingale Mary Seacole Victorian Children (working) Victorian Children (at school) Queen Victoria There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. PDF file format.

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘oo.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘oo’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘oo’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘oo’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘oo’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘oo’ sound - Revision of common exception words

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what’ and ‘how’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. This comprehension is all about planes. It covers the history of planes, world records and some fascinating facts. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘st.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘st’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘st’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘st’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘st’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘st’ sound - Revision of tricky words

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘nd.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘nd’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘nd’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘nd’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘nd’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘nd’ sound - Revision of tricky words

A collection of 3 SPaG activity booklets for year 2 with the theme of summer. All three activities are based on the 2016/2017 SPaG SATs papers, but with colourful images and a summer theme. Each activity contains 18 questions focussing on a range of punctuation and grammar. This includes tenses, sentence types, commas, question marks, full stops, apostrophes, nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. The children are asked to circle, tick, fill in the missing gap, match up words and write full sentences, with all questions based around summer activities. PDF file format

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘ar.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘ar’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ar’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ar’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘ar’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘ar’ sound - Revision of common exception words

This is a lesson plan and resources to teach children about Lent and why Christians perform good deeds during Lent. It is suitable for ages 7-11. The 4 page plan (pdf) includes details of a starter, an introduction to a parable, a writing task and a philosophical discussion for the plenary. It contains learning objectives for three levels of abilities. A 21 slide animated PowerPoint (non-editable - click 'Read Only' to open) containing the starter, information about Lent, suggested good deeds and an illustrated version of the parable is also included, as is an optional template for the written task. No further preparation required! You might also be interested in our KS1 lesson plan and assembly on doing good deeds during Lent: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks1-lent-lesson-plan-and-resources-doing-good-deeds-11802118 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lent-assembly-doing-good-deeds-11511539

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper and includes 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of 'what' and 'how' questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. Answers are also included. This comprehension is all about Florence Nightingale. PDF file format. These comprehensions are also available as part of the year 2 five lesson literacy unit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/florence-nightingale-year-2-literacy-5-day-plan-history-12199874