Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for Year 2
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Tongue Twisters – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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Search-a-Rooney 1 – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a image stimulus poster where students need to locate objects and characters.
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Letter to the Editor (No-School Birthdays) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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Human Histories: Helpful Heroes – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about people around the world who have dedicated their lives to helping others.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Author's Purpose - Sentence Writing Game
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Compare and Contrast - Objects Worksheets
A pack of 5 worksheets comparing and contrasting pictures of similar objects.
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The Escape Key - Story and Task Cards
An exciting short story about escaping a maze with a set of task cards to explore after the text has been read.
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Reading Conference Recording Sheet
An editable recording sheet to use during reading conferences across all grades.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Fiction vs Non-Fiction Posters
Teach students the difference between fiction and non-fiction with this set of two classroom posters perfect for early years classrooms.
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Character Adjective Concertina Template – The Gingerbread Man
Learn how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality with a hands-on craft activity aligned to the English curriculum.
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I Have, Who Has? Fact vs Opinion Game
Engage your students with this fact vs opinion game that makes learning collaborative and fun while reinforcing critical thinking skills.
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Text Purpose Maze Worksheet Set
Use these Text Purpose Mazes to guide students through fun, colour‑coded pathways where they read short text titles and decide whether each one aims to inform, to entertain or to persuade.
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Text Purpose Matching Activity
Use this Text Purpose Matching Up Activity to help students explore how different text types serve different purposes.
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Sophia the Superdog - Comprehension Text and Question Cards
A superdog themed text and set of questions to help develop comprehension strategies in the classroom.
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Who’s the Audience? Digital Activity
Use this Who’s the Audience? Activity when discussing and identifying the purpose and audience of a variety of different community signs and texts.
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Main Idea Cut and Paste Worksheet Set
Use these Main Idea cut and paste worksheets with your year 2 students to learn about the main idea and details in a paragraph.
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Year 2 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 2 magazine.
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Different Types of Texts Booklet - Butterfly Lifecycle
Identify how similar topics and information can be presented in different types of texts with this Butterfly Lifecycle Text Comparison booklet.
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Why? Because Question Scene Cards
Support both oral language development and English visual text comprehension with these Why? Because Question Scene Cards.
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Author’s Purpose to Persuade Flipbook
Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Persuade with this engaging and interactive flipbook.
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Author’s Purpose to Inform Flipbook
Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Inform with this engaging and interactive flipbook!
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Author’s Purpose to Entertain Flipbook Template
Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Entertain with this engaging and interactive flipbook.
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Author’s Purpose Pie Worksheet Set
Practise Author’s Purpose knowledge with this set of Author’s Purpose Worksheets.
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Author's Purpose Quiz – Self-Checking Task Cards
Engage students with their learning on author's purpose with this Author's Purpose Quiz.
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Author’s Purpose Graphic Organiser Pack
Explore the purpose of an author's writing with these Author's Purpose Graphic Organisers.
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What is the Author's Purpose? Escape Room
Get your students excited to practise understanding what is the author’s purpose with this engaging escape room activity.
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Year Two Reading Comprehension Questions - Bloom's Taxonomy
Grow comprehension skills with our Year Two Reading Comprehension Bloom’s Taxonomy Task Cards.
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Monitoring Comprehension Task Cards
Use these Monitoring Comprehension Task Cards to enhance reading comprehension skills.
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Free Click or Clunk Worksheet
Support students in monitoring their reading comprehension with this Click and Clunk Reading Strategy Recording Sheet!
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Fact or Opinion Activity – Match Them Up!
Download this fact or opinion activity, a hands-on matching game that strengthens critical thinking skills while making learning collaborative and engaging.