Here at Classroom Secrets, we love reading! World Book Day on March 7th 2024 gives an excuse to talk about all the books we have enjoyed and allows us the opportunity to think about the characters we have met. Our resource creators love to create reading skills questions based on the texts they are enjoying. The questions will allow the children to summarise, infer, predict, and retrieve details from the text. We have shared some Reading Skills resources for some of our favourite books. We hope your class enjoy!

These include:

• The Day the Crayon’s Quit
• The Tiger who came to Tea
• Dinosaurs in the Supermarket
• The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
• The Owl who was afraid of the dark
• Escape from Pompeii
• Varjak Paw
• Holes
• Rooftopper
• Private Peaceful

EYFS

EYFS Nursery Rhymes Jack and Jill

Nursery rhymes offer so many learning opportunities and these activities are based around the well-known rhyme Jack and Jill.

Key Stage 1

The Day the Crayons Quit

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt.

Key Stage 1

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr.

Key Stage 1

Dinosaurs in the Supermarket

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘Dinosaurs in the Supermarket’ by Timothy Knapman and Sarah Warburton.

Key Stage 1

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about ‘The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch’ by Ronda and David Armitage.

Key Stage 2

World Book Day Skimming and Scanning Task

Find and highlight a given amount of high frequency words in the text. Text includes simple sentences, paragraphs and a range of basic punctuation.

Lower Key Stage 2

The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about Chapter 1 from ‘The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson.

Lower Key Stage 2

Escape From Pompeii

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about 'Escape From Pompeii’ by Christina Balit.

Lower Key Stage 2

Varjak Paw

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 1 from ‘Varjak Paw’ by S. F. Said.

Upper Key Stage 2

Holes

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapters 1 & 2 from ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar.

Upper Key Stage 2

Rooftoppers

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 1 from ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell.

Upper Key Stage 2

Private Peaceful

This Reading Skills resource contains a range of questions about chapter 1 from ‘Private Peaceful’ by Michael Morpurgo.