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Year 5 Reading Skills – Did You Say Six?

Year 5 Reading Skills - Did You Say Six?

Year 5 Reading Skills - Did You Say Six?

This Year 5 Reading Skills - Did You Say Six resource contains a short story about an interview with the ghost of King Henry VIII about his six wives along with a range of questions covering each content domain and questions for more in-depth written answer practice.

Please note that this text contains references to sensitive issues such as miscarriage and infant mortality.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Year 5 Reading Skills - Did You Say Six story
  • Reading comprehension questions organised by skill
  • Reading comprehension questions organised by page
  • Written answer practice questions
  • Answer reference matrix for easy marking

 

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 5 & Year 6: Maintain positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what is read.
English Year 5 & Year 6​: Understand what they read by exploring the meaning of words in context; drawing inferences and justifying inferences with evidence; predicting what might happen from details stated and implied; summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and identifying key details that support the main ideas; and identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
English Year 5 & Year 6​: Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.

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