Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Bookmarks
A bookmark highlighting the different strategies involved with the QAR comprehension strategy.
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Before, During and After Reading Worksheet
A worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction Questions - Dice
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction Questions - Wheel
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction Questions - Wheel
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction Questions - Dice
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Comprehension - The Humble Hamburger
A comprehension activity about the humble hamburger.
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Reading Detectives Name Tags
8 colourful reading detective name tags to assign students during guided reading sessions.
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Reading Detectives Bookmarks
8 colourful reading detective bookmarks to use during guided reading sessions in the classroom.
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Reading Detectives Posters and Banner
8 colourful reading detective posters and a banner to display in the classroom.
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Reading Detectives Resource Pack
A 16 page resource pack including 8 detective roles to assign to students during guided reading sessions.
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Comprehension - MP3 Players and Your Hearing
A comprehension activity about "MP3 Players and Your Hearing".
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Cipher Worksheets - Levels 4, 5 and 6
3 cipher worksheets.
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'I take it you already know' - Poster
A poster displaying 'I take it you already know', a poem describing the difficulties in the English language.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to help students activate their prior knowledge before reading.
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Comprehension Chatterbox
A fun reading comprehension strategy activity for students to use after reading a text.
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Real Estate Listing Inference Worksheets
Support comprehension with inference worksheets that guide students in interpreting real estate descriptions and justifying their ideas with clear textual evidence.
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Rio de Janeiro - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task that encourages students to apply a range of comprehension skills when finding out interesting fun facts about Rio.
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Reading Detectives Worksheets
8 reading detective worksheets to use during guided reading sessions in the classroom.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Making Predictions
An extensive resource pack helping students to learn how to make predictions.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Recalling Facts and Details
A comprehensive resource pack helping students learn how to recall facts and details.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Finding Word Meaning in Context
A comprehensive resource pack to help students understand how to work out the meaning of words in context.
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Experimenting with Poetry Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the common elements of poetry and explores how these may be applied to shape poems, limericks, odes and simple ballads.
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Idioms
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore some commonly used idioms.
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Figurative Language
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate figurative language in poetry.
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Poetry Defined
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop an understanding of what constitutes poetry.
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The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 4: Questions and Answers
This chapter of the exciting Missing Mona Lisa Adventure provides the Adventure Agents with three police interviews from the five main suspects. What extra clues will they provide to help find the thief?
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The Missing Mona Lisa - Chapter 2: I Saw You!
Now it's time for the Adventure Agents to learn some of the main characters and look at their witness statements. They will have the first pieces of this fun puzzle!
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Forms of Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore some well-known and commonly used forms of fixed verse.
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Sound Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate sound devices in poetry.
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Structure, Rhyme and Rhythm
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate structure, rhyme and rhythm in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the common elements found in poetry.