Explore this creative short poem to help your year 2 children understand poem reading comprehension text.

This Year 2 A Perfect Gift poem resource contains a short poem about finding the perfect gift for a queen, along with a choice of questions covering five reading content domains and questions for more in-depth written answer practice. We've also included some more in-depth questions for more detailed written answers.

National Curriculum Objectives:

• English Year 2: Understand both the books that they can already read accurately and fluently and those that they listen to by answering and asking questions; making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done; and predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.
• English Year 2: Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by discussing and clarifying the meanings of words, linking new meanings to known vocabulary.