Reading

Year 2 Reading Skills – The Diary of Tim Berners-Lee

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Diary of Tim Berners-Lee resource contains an extract from the diary of Tim Berners-Lee reflecting on his invention of the World Wide Web along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

Year 2 Reading Skills – A Perfect Gift

This Year 2 Reading Skills - A Perfect Gift resource contains a short poem about finding the perfect gift for a queen along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

Year 2 Reading Skills – Castle Attack

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Diary of Mary Seacole resource contains an extract from the diary of Mary Seacole during the Crimean War along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

Year 1 Reading Skills – Life of Lowry

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Life of Lowry resource contains a poem about the famous artist Lowry along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

Year 1 Reading Skills – Diary of Mary Anning

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Diary of Mary Anning resource contains extracts from Mary Anning's diary that discuss her discovery of fossils along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

Year 2 Reading Skills – Diary of Mary Seacole

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Diary of Mary Seacole resource contains an extract from the diary of Mary Seacole during the Crimean War along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

Year 1 Reading Skills – Dreamland

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Dreamland resource contains a short story about a young girl discovering a strange and mysterious world in her grandmother's attic along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

Year 1 Reading Skills – Diary of Queen Elizabeth I

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Diary of Queen Elizabeth I resource contains a short diary entry from Queen Elizabeth I about the day of her coronation along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

Year 2 Reading Skills – The Adventures of Cassie Norman

This Year 2 Reading Skills - The Adventures of Cassie Norman resource contains an extract from a story about a young girl following a strange map and exploring a mysterious jungle along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

Year 1 Reading Skills – Diary of Neil Armstrong

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Diary of Neil Armstrong resource contains a short diary entry from Neil Armstrong about his incredible journey into space and to the moon along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

Year 1 Reading Skills – Sam and the Sheep

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Sam and the Sheep resource contains a short story about a young sheepdog persevering when learning to herd sheep along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

Year 2 Snowball Street Christmas Poem

This Year 2 Snowball Street Christmas Poem resource contains a PowerPoint including an animated poem about a young girl's adventures on her snowy street after Christmas lunch along with a number of reading comprehension questions throughout the poem.

Year 1 Secret Santa Christmas Poem

Year 1 Secret Santa Christmas Poem resource contains a PowerPoint including an animated poem about a toy teddy bear and her encounter with a stealthy visitor on Christmas Eve.

Year 2 Reading Skills – Snowball Street

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Snowball Street resource contains a short poem about a young girl's adventures on her snowy street after Christmas lunch.

Year 1 Reading Skills – Secret Santa

This Year 1 Reading Skills - Secret Santa resource contains a poem about a toy teddy bear and her encounter with a stealthy visitor on Christmas Eve along with a range of questions covering each content domain and some questions for more in-depth answer practice.

Year 2 Reading Skills – George and the Supply Teacher

This Year 2 Reading Skills - George and the Supply Teacher resource contains a short story about a young child with a superpower and a mysterious supply teacher.

Year 1 Reading Skills – The Missing Crown

This Year 1 Reading Skills - The Missing Crown resource contains a short mystery story involving a puzzled king and a mischievous dog.

Year 2 Reading Skills – Diary of Florence Nightingale

This Year 2 Reading Skills - Diary of Florence Nightingale resource contains an extract from the diary of Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

Free KS1 Choose Your Own Story Reading Activity

This KS1 Choose Your Own Story activity has been designed with holistic development in mind. It is intended to help develop a love of reading in children by giving them the opportunity to take ownership of and engage with their reading by letting them choose the direction the rhyming story takes.

Free KS1 Diwali Reading Comprehension

This KS1 Diwali Reading Comprehension resource contains a PowerPoint of the Dawali story of Rama and Sita along with differentiated questions for each page of the story covering the reading content domains.

Free EYFS and KS1 Construction Area Reading Resource Pack

This reading pack is designed for provision-based classrooms with a construction area and can be used in both EYFS and KS1.

Free KS1 Fleet Guided Reading Activity

This KS1 Guided Reading Resource has the feel of a book with pages that turn and has been designed to provide children with the opportunity to read, talk and think their way through a text.

Free KS1 The Cave Guided Reading Activity

This KS1 Guided Reading Resource has the feel of a book with pages that turn and has been designed to provide children with the opportunity to read, talk and think their way through a text.

Free KS1 Non-Text Reading Skills Activity

This prototype Year 2 non-text reading resource has an image followed by questions grouped by reading skill. This resource is designed to be a short independent task, early morning task or a starter activity.