Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources
Students will apply a range of comprehension strategies to locate key information and link ideas when reading a variety of texts. Use this collection of comprehension texts in the classroom for independent and group literacy tasks when teaching different comprehension strategies. Also included are PowerPoints, question cards and comprehension task cards for each of the main comprehension strategies.
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Species Snapshot Worksheet - Honey Bees
A comprehension worksheet for a species snapshot magazine article about honey bees.
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10 Fascinating Facts About Beaches – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about beaches.
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Days of the Week – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Reception 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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Inferring Written Scenario Task Cards
Task cards that help students use their knowledge and ideas to help them decode ideas in texts
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Gingerbread Man Sequencing Activity Cards
Use these fairy tale activity cards to help your students understand sequencing.
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Jack and the Beanstalk Sequencing Activity Cards
Use these fairy tale activity cards to help your students understand sequencing.
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Three Little Pigs Sequencing Activity Cards
Use these fairy tale activity cards to help your students understand sequencing.
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Fact and Opinion Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to practise identifying and writing facts and opinions.
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Comic – Peer Politics: In Sync – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic about encouraging people and their passions regardless of their gender.
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The Cautious Carnival – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Word Meaning Cards
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Word Detective Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Prove Your Thinking Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Real Or Make-Believe - Sentence And Picture Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students the difference between real and make-believe.
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The Mysterious Medallion's Paradox – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 2).
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Author's Purpose - Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Author's Purpose - Puzzle Activity
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Author's Purpose Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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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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Summarising A Story Activity and Bookmark
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to summarise a story.
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Using Context Clues – Worksheet
A worksheet to practise using context clues when reading.
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Making Inferences - Blank Template
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to draw conclusions and make inferences when reading.
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Finding the Main Idea - Blank Template
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to find the main idea of a text.
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Figurative Language - Self Portrait Activity
A worksheet using figurative language to describe a student's self portrait.
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Fact or Opinion - Sentence Sort Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to distinguish between fact or opinion.
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What's Missing? – Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive presentation where students try to guess what object is missing from the picture.
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the cause and effect comprehension strategy.
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Year 4 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 4 magazine.
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Earth Watch: Protecting Native Plants and Animals – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about ways to keep our native animals and plants safe.
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Year 4 Magazine – What’s Buzzing? (Issue 2)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 4 students.
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10 Fascinating Facts About Mauna Kea – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about ten facts about Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
- Reading Comprehension Worksheets
- Reading Comprehension Templates
- Reading Comprehension Posters
- Reading Comprehension Teaching Presentations
- Reading Comprehension for Foundation Stage
- Reading Comprehension for Key Stage 1
- Reading Comprehension for Key Stage 2 - Lower
- Reading Comprehension for Key Stage 2 - Upper