-KS2 whole class reading comprehension lessons
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As Year 6 teachers, we found ourselves in need of comprehension resources that bring texts to life.
YES, we want our comprehension lessons to be rigorous in preparation for the SATs, BUT we also want them to be engaging and fun!
Our aim is to get children excited about comprehension lessons, eager to talk about books and confident in interrogating a text.
-KS2 whole class reading comprehension lessons
-reading templates, assemblies and inspiration -
As Year 6 teachers, we found ourselves in need of comprehension resources that bring texts to life.
YES, we want our comprehension lessons to be rigorous in preparation for the SATs, BUT we also want them to be engaging and fun!
Our aim is to get children excited about comprehension lessons, eager to talk about books and confident in interrogating a text.
UPDATED Due to popular demand, resources now cover the whole text.
Whole Class Guided Reading Comprehension resources based on 'Race to the Frozen North’ by Catherine Johnson.
Tells the story of Matthew Henson, an African-American explorer who played a key role in the first successful expedition to the North Pole in 1909.
Story content may be best suited to upper UKS2 class due to the violence depicted in the story.
89-page PowerPoint
38-page PDF comprehension questions and activities
Pre-teaching vocabulary cards
Mixed comprehension questions
Skills-focused activities
Extract not included
Recommended age 9+
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on an extract from the Blue Peter book award winner, ‘Podkin One-Ear’ by Kieran Larwood.
Whole class reading, paired reading, pre-teaching vocabulary
Reading Skills foci: visualise, infer, question
31-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDF activities.
Extract not included.
Suitable for ages 9+
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on 3 poems from ‘Werewolf Club Rules’ by Joseph Coelho.
Extracts included.
Whole class reading, paired reading, pre-teaching vocabulary
Reading Skills foci: feature’splore, summarise, word’splore, infer, clarify
37-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 4 x printable PDF activities.
Suitable for ages 7+
Lesson 1 – feature’splore, summarise
pages 8-9, ‘Hamster! Hamster!’
Opportunity to write their own poem
Lesson 2 – word’splore
Pages 86-89, ‘If all the world were paper’
Opportunity to write their own poem
Lesson 3 – infer, clarify
Pages 13-15, ‘Miss Flotsam’
Available for £3 on our website.
3 whole class reading lessons based on Chapter 1 and 2 from ‘A Library of Lemons’, by Jo Cotterill
Whole class reading, paired reading, lesson 3 – PSHE friendships
Reading Skills foci: infer
30-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDFs
Recommended for age 8+
Extract included
Available for £3 on our website.
Based on an extract from chapter 5 of ‘Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow’ by Benjamin Dean.
Year 5 & 6
Book recommended age 9+
10-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint
1 lesson
2 x PDF activities
Clarify word meanings
Making inferences about characters based on their actions
Extract included
WINNER OF THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2022
My name’s Archie Albright, and I know two things for certain:
My mum and dad kind of hate each other, and they’re not doing a great job of pretending that they don’t anymore.
They’re both keeping a secret from me, but I can’t figure out what.
Available for £2 on our website. My Teaching Hive.
4 whole class guided reading comprehension lessons based on chapter one of ‘A Dangerous Game’ by Malorie Blackman.
34-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 1 x printable PDF activity (other activities featured on the PowerPoint slides) Extract included.
Pre-teach vocabulary, about the author, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: predict, infer
**Lesson 1 **
To use clues in a text to predict what might happen next.
To recall any similarities or differences between books by the same author.
Lesson 2 - 4
To make inferences about a character.
To support your inferences with evidence from a text.
Suitable for age 7+
Recommended for Year 3 and 4.
Story Synopsis
Although Sam has a long-term illness, all he wants is the chance to lead a normal life. So he is thrilled when he finally gets his mum and dad to let him go on the school trip to the Scottish Highlands. Sam’s desperate for an adventure and wants to prove to everyone that he’s just as strong as his friends. But when some of the boys from his class take a reckless risk in order to win a challenge, the trip turns out to be more dangerous than Sam could have imagined. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers.
3 KS2 whole class reading lessons based on the introduction and dipping into the book at chapter 16
‘The Boy who Grew Dragons’, by Andy Shepherd
Vocabulary, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: predict, infer, clarify and connect (compare to other stories about dragons)
28-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 3 x printable PDF activities
Extract included
Recommended for age 7+
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2 x reading comprehension lessons based on the Prologue and Chapter One of ‘The Girl who Speaks Bear’ by Sophie Anderson.
Years 5 & 6
Book recommended age 9+
23-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint
2 lessons
1 x PDF activity
questioning, inference, looking at connections/themes within a text.
Extract included.
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KS2 Book comprehension resources
Recommended for Year 3/4
Whole Class Reading Lessons
Based on extracts from:
Werewolf Club Rules, by Joseph Coelho- POETRY
A Dangerous Game, by Malorie Blackman - ADVENTURE
Hilda and the Troll, by Luke Pearson- GRAPHIC NOVEL
Escape from Pompeii, by Christina Balit- HISTORICAL FICTION/PICTURE BOOK
Knights & Bikes, by Gabrielle Kent - ADVENTURE
The Boy Who Grew Dragons, by Andy Shepherd - FANTASY
The Selfish Giant, by Oscar Wilde - CLASSIC
Viking Voyagers, by Jack Tite - NON FICTION
Each pack contains a detailed teaching PowerPoint and PDF printable activities. Most extracts also included.
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Celebrate the women’s world cup with our football school resources!
15 x whole class reading lessons based on 5 biographies in the Ultimate Football Heroes series:
Ronaldo
Mbappe
Kirby
Neymar
Messi
Lessons suitable for any KS2 class and possibly KS3 Year 7 reluctant readers.
3 lessons per book, dipping in to 2 chapters each.
Ready to use PowerPoints, PDF activities and printable extracts.
Whole class reading, paired reading, lots of book talk and hands on activities to support children in practising their reading comprehension skills in line with the National Curriculum.
Reading skills practised:
predict, retrieve, summarise, infer, clarify, feature’splore (exploring the structure of the text), word’splore (exploring the effect of the author’s choice of words.
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Our ethos:
We make whole class reading lessons, dipping into high quality literature, encouraging enthusiastic collaborative comprehension lessons that are easy to use for teachers, improve children’s readiness for the SATs and create a culture of enthusiasm for reading in your school.
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on three chapters of ‘Ronaldo Ultimate Football Heroes’ by Matt and Tom Oldfield
Vocabulary, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: feature’splore, infer, retrieve, discuss, word’splore, clarify
31-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 4 x printable PDF activity (other activities featured on the PowerPoint slides) Extract included.
Suitable for age 7+
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3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on three chapters of ‘Neymar Ultimate Football Heroes’ by Matt and Tom Oldfield
About the footballer, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: retrieve, summarise, clarify
26-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 3 x printable PDF activity (other activities featured on the PowerPoint slides) Extract included.
Suitable for age 7+
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on two chapters of ‘Messi Ultimate Football Heroes’ by Matt and Tom Oldfield
About the footballer, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: predict, retrieve, summarise, infer, clarify
21-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDF activity (other activities featured on the PowerPoint slides) Extract included.
Suitable for age 7+
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on two chapters of ‘Mbappé Ultimate Football Heroes’ by Matt and Tom Oldfield
Vocabulary, about the footballer, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: retrieve, infer, discuss
28-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 1 x printable PDF activity (other activities featured on the PowerPoint slides) Extract included.
Suitable for age 7+
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on two chapters of ‘Kirby Ultimate Football Heroes’ by Charlotte Browne
Vocabulary, about the footballer, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: retrieve, infer, clarify, words’splore
24-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDF activity (other activities featured on the PowerPoint slides) Extract included.
Suitable for age 7+
100+ fun, hands-on KS2 comprehension lessons centred around books your kids will love.
Includes:
100+ lessons based on extracts from 34 inspirational children’s books.
Ready to go teaching Powerpoints, PDF activities and (most) extracts.
Reading skills information posters based on the National Curriculum and display materials.
Interactive reading record for children with lots of independent activity ideas
Easy to follow PowerPoint guide to introduce our whole class reading resources to your colleagues.
Independent comprehension activity
When you finish reading a chapter of your book, roll the die and try the activities you land on. Use what you have just read to help you.
Suitable for all of KS2.
Activities:
Use bullet points to make a list of all of the key facts in the story so far. How many can you record in 1 minute?
Come up with a newspaper headline that summarises an important event that has happened in the story so far.
Rewrite a sentence from the text, which contains adverbs. Change the adverbs. How does this change the meaning?
Draw and label something that is described in detail in the text, for example, a character, setting or even an object.
Think of an adjective that best describes the main character’s feelings. List 2 pieces of evidence that support your idea.
Predict Make 3 predictions about what could happen next. Put a star next to the idea you think is most likely to happen.
KS2 Refugee Week Assembly 2021 PowerPoint, age 7+
14th -20th June
Introduce year’s theme is ‘we cannot walk alone’.
PowerPoint supporting discussion on and teaching of:
What is a refugee? What is an asylum seeker?
If you had to leave home with 1 small bag, what would you take with you?
The Refugee Week 2021 theme, ‘we cannot walk alone’
an introduction to 3 award-winning KS2 appropriate texts:
‘The Island’ by Francesca Sanna
‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’ by Elizabeth Laird
‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ by Onjali Rauf
Supporting whole class guided reading resources for ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ by Onjali Rauf looking at the main character Ahmed’s journey to the UK also available.
Book review template.
Free. KS2.
Space for star rating, an illustration, short synopsis and review.
More free resources on our website.
What should I include in a book review?
Provide a summary of the most important events and characters, but be careful not to give too much away! Let the reader know what genre the book would fall under. It could be more than one. Opportunities to hit National Curriculum objectives. Give your opinion on the story and remember to explain your viewpoint. Recommend the story to a particular audience. Is it for thrill-seekers? Lovers of history? Is it a page turning mystery for budding detectives? Mention similar books that might mean somebody would like this one too. Draw an illustration to show a character, setting, important object or even your own front cover design.
Would make a nice display for children to share their favourite books.
