Looking for an entertaining poem resource for your pupils, then this Year 3 Scarlet Macaw reading activity might just what you are looking for.

This resource will help your children understand Year 3 reading comprehension text, it contains an interesting poem about an unwise parrot that loves to spread gossip, along with a variety of questions covering eight 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 3 & Year 4: Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what is read.
• English Year 3 & Year 4: Understand what they read by explaining the meaning of words in context; drawing inferences and justifying inferences with evidence; predicting what might happen from details stated and implied; identifying main ideas and summarising these; and identifying how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning.