-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.
-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.
Whole Class Guided Reading Comprehension resources based on Survivors by David Long
Story content may be best suited to an UKS2 class due to the extreme nature of each survival story.
Resources for 4 Survivor’s stories:
Juliane Koepcke
Tami Oldham
Aron Ralston
Ernest Shackleton
55-page PowerPoint
25-page PDF document
Pre-teach vocabulary
Mixed comprehension questions
Skills-focused activities
Extract not included
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3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on the picture book ‘House Held Up By Trees’ by Ted Kooser
Whole class reading, discussion cards, exploring themes.
Reading Skills foci: predict, discuss, connect (exploring themes in the story
21-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x PDF downloadable activities.
Picture book comprehension
Extract not included.
Recommended for age 7+
Lesson 1
Firstly pre-teach vocabulary. Children then participate in a discussion about the text considering key question cards. Finally, ask the children to reflect on what kind of story it is and what it makes them think about.
Lesson 2
Encourage the children to make wider connections with the the book, exploring the main ideas, topics and issues raised. Children then sort cards they think best represents the key themes in the book in order of importance. If they had to pick just one card, which would they choose?
Lesson 2
Children consider what inspired the author to write this story. Then children reflect on their own lives and places which are important to them. Finally, the children explore the work of the award-winning illustrator Jon Klassen as inspiration for their own artwork.
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on Aaron Becker, ‘A Stone for Sascha’ .
About the author, whole class reading, group discussion
Reading Skills foci: predict, infer, retrieve, question, group discussion, exploring themes
23-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 4 x printable PDF activities
Extract not included.
Suitable for age 9+
Available on our website for £3 or as part of our school subscription.
5 KS2 reading comprehension whole class lessons
Based on the prologue and chapter one of ‘The House with Chicken Legs’ by Sophie Anderson.
Vocabulary, whole class reading, paired reading, making connections
Reading Skills foci: clarify, infer and connect.
40-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDFs
Extract included.
Suitable for ages 9+
Available on our website for £3 or as part of our school subscription.
Years 4, 5 & 6
Book recommended age 7+
30-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint
3 lessons
4 x PDF activities
exploring the poet’s word choices, discussing understanding of a poem, exploring figurative language, prediction, sharing personal responses to a poem.
Extract included.
Available on our website for £3 or as part of our school subscription.
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on ‘Curiositree: Natural World: A Visual Compendium of Wonders from Nature’ by A J Wood & Mike Jolley.
Ideal for lessons on nature for KS2
Whole class reading, paired reading, pre-teaching vocabulary
Reading Skills foci: predict, retrieve and clarify
24-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDF activities.
Extract included.
Suitable for ages 9+
Lesson 1
Firstly, warm up the lesson with a prediction activity and then pre-teach children key vocabulary to maximise pupil engagement with the text. Children then retrieve more key information about ‘Chameleon – Master of Colour’ and end the lesson with a fun chameleon challenge!
Lesson 2
Children discuss their understanding of the text, exploring the meaning of unfamiliar words in context. After, children learn more key words before they begin a fun activity, using quick challenge cards whilst learning more about ‘Extraordinary Hunters’.
Lesson 3
Finally, children have the opportunity to create their own compendium page, create a factual report about chameleons, or complete a camouflage art task
2 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on chapter one of ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell.
Vocabulary, about the author, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: reading fluency, clarifying your understanding, inference
19-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDF activities
Extract included.
Suitable for age 9+
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on Chapter One of ‘A Secret of Birds and Bone’ by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
Vocabulary, whole class reading, exploration of figurative language.
Reading Skills foci: exploring the meaning of words and the effect of figurative language, making judgements and inferring, summarising, identifying themes in a chapter.
26-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDFs
Extract not included.
Suitable for ages 10+
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.
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on page 5, and pages 18-19 ‘Exploring the Rio Negro’ and the ‘Collector’s Equipment’ of ‘Darwin’s Rival’ by Christiane Dorion.
Whole class reading, paired reading, memory game
Reading Skills foci: infer, retrieve and summarise
25-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 3 x printable PDF activities.
Extract not included separately from PowerPoint.
Suitable for ages 9+
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.
3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on Chapter 1 and the first letter in Chapter 2 of ‘Daddy Long-Legs’ by Jean Webster.
About the author and the book, vocabulary, whole class reading, paired reading
Reading Skills foci: imitating the writer’s style, summarise, retrieve, infer and clarify
42-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 1 x printable PDF activities.
Extract included.
Suitable for ages 10+
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+
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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Whole Class Guided Reading Comprehension resources based on The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
An adventurous story to compliment KS2 rainforests topic work.
Recommended Year 5
Appropriate for age 9+
71-page PowerPoint
40-page PDF document
Pre-teach vocabulary
Mixed comprehension questions
Skills-based comprehension activities
Extract not included
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Bright Bursts of Colour Reading Comprehension by Matt Goodfellow
50-page PowerPoint
26-page PDF activities
preteach vocabulary
mixed comprehension questions
skills-focused activities
Recommended for Year 5 and 6
Lesson 1 – poems about being different
‘Chameleon Kids’, page 16
‘Difficult’, page 57
Lesson 2 – poem about school
‘Missing Lessons’, page 11 and 12
Lesson 3 – poems about relationships
‘David’, page 32 and 33
‘Broken’, page 72 to 73
‘The Sky is the Colour of Grandma’s Hair’, pages 74 to 75
Lesson 4 – funny poems
‘A Special Badger’, page 21
‘Nuts’, page 71
Lesson 5 – review chosen poem
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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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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Individual resources £3 each on our website…
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