What's included in the Year 5 Rise and Read Set 2 resource and why is it useful?

Year 5 Rise and Read Set 2 is a set of five short reading sessions covering a mix of subjects, from a spooky school to Mexico. Each session explores a different text, so children meet a wide range of topics while practising key reading skills.

Session 1: a spooky story set in an empty school, with retrieval and purpose questions

Session 2: a travel text about Mexico, with vocabulary and inference questions

Session 3: a photograph of a family by their car in a field, with prediction and inference questions

Session 4: a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson, with prediction and inference questions

Session 5: a news report about an escaped horse, with an assessment-style true or false question

How do our Year 5 Rise and Read resources work?

Rise and Read gives children a quick and purposeful way to settle, refocus and get ready to learn through reading. Use a session as morning work, after break or following lunch to give pupils an immediate focus as they come into the classroom.

Display each session on your whiteboard for whole-class reading practice, guided reading or small-group intervention. The questions give children regular opportunities to explain, justify and discuss their ideas.

Across the five sessions, children meet a variety of text types and images while practising skills such as retrieval, vocabulary, inference and prediction. Assessment-style questions sit alongside less formal activities, giving regular practice without needing a full comprehension test.

We have a full range of Rise and Read resources for KS1 and KS2, covering famous people, significant historical events, festivals and celebrations, sporting events and other topical occasions throughout the year.