Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Booklovers' Buffet
A fun reading activity to help students discover books they enjoy.
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Peer Politics: Moving On (Comic) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 3).
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Human Histories: Amazing Artists – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about some amazing artists.
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Blast Off with Space Rex 2000 – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).
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Human Histories: Amazing Achievements - Read and Respond Worksheet
A comprehension activity related to a biographical text.
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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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Comprehension - The Humble Hamburger
A comprehension activity about the humble hamburger.
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Recalling Facts - Letter to the Editor Activity
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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Recalling Facts - Newspaper Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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Literature Task Cards
A set of 30 literature tasks to assist your students with examining and responding to literature.
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Comprehension - King Tutankhamun
A comprehension activity about King Tutankhamun.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Distinguishing Between Real And Make-Believe
A set of comprehension task cards to help students distinguish between real and make-believe when reading.
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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 Detectives Posters and Banner
8 colourful reading detective posters and a banner to display in the classroom.
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Comprehension - MP3 Players and Your Hearing
A comprehension activity about "MP3 Players and Your Hearing".
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Movie Versus Book Popcorn and Drink Review - Template
Templates that students can compare and review a movie and a book with the same title, then construct them into a 3D popcorn box and movie drink cup.
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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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Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Posters - Individual
Four posters highlighting the different strategies involved with the QAR comprehension strategy.
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Comprehension Keys Board Game
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
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NAPLAN Reading Magazine – Year 5 - PowerPoint
5 reading texts with multiple choice questions for NAPLAN Reading Year 5 on PowerPoint.
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Poetry Analysis Template
A 1 page template for students to use when analysing a poem.
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Read and Roll - Comprehension Dice Game
A fun reading comprehension strategy game to play in the classroom during literacy groups.
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What is Dreaming? Cloze Worksheet
A vocabulary cloze worksheet about dreaming.
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Recalling Facts - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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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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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Summarising
An extensive resource pack to help students understand the concept of summarising.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Recognising Cause and Effect
A comprehensive resource pack helping students to recognise cause and effect.
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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 - Compare and Contrast
An extensive resource pack helping students compare and contrast information.
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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 - Distinguishing Between Real and Make-Believe
A comprehensive resource pack to help students distinguish between real and make-believe.