Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources
Students will apply a range of comprehension strategies to locate key information and link ideas when reading a variety of texts. Use this collection of comprehension texts in the classroom for independent and group literacy tasks when teaching different comprehension strategies. Also included are PowerPoints, question cards and comprehension task cards for each of the main comprehension strategies.
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Free Printable Wanted Poster Template Pack
Use a 'Wanted' poster template pack to encourage your students to research and write about historic figures and more!
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Book Review Worksheet
A book review and summary card for comprehension learning.
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Chinese New Year Comprehension Worksheet
Read and learn about Chinese New Year with a reading comprehension passage and worksheet.
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Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Worksheets
A collection of worksheets to enable students to apply reading comprehension strategies.
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The 7-in-1 Craft Contraption – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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Liquid Ice – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 3).
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Common Consonant Digraphs (Set 2)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Procedure Text Sequencing Activity - How to Wash Your Hands
A hands-on learning activity to consolidate students' understanding of the structure of procedure texts.
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Procedure Text Sequencing Activity - How to Make Pancakes
A hands-on learning activity to consolidate students' understanding of the structure of procedure texts.
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Procedure Text Sequencing Activity - How to Make a Milkshake
A hands-on learning activity to consolidate students' understanding of the structure of procedure texts.
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Letter to the Editor (Pet Ownership) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 4 magazine (Issue 3).
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Earth Watch – Drowning in Plastic Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about plastic pollution in our oceans.
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Procedure Worksheet – How to Make a Paper Aeroplane
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine procedure article about making a paper aeroplane.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Common Consonant Digraphs (Set 1)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Decodable Text Worksheets - Single Graphemes (Set 1)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint - Predicting
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.
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Novel Study - Chapter Summary Worksheet
A worksheet to help students reflect on their thoughts after reading a chapter in a class novel.
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Comprehension - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
A comprehension activity about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Figurative Language Posters – Onomatopoeia
Help young readers and writers recognise onomatopoeias with a set of onomatopoeia classroom posters.
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Bat Facts and Opinions Worksheet
Identify facts and opinions with a Halloween worksheet activity about bats.
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The History of Halloween – Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the history of Halloween with a printable reading comprehension passage and questions.
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Halloween Display – Wrapped Up in a Good Book
Download a printable Halloween display set for your classroom that showcases your pupils’ insightful book reviews with our Halloween-themed classroom display.
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Year 5 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 5 magazine.
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Year 6 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 6 magazine.
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Monster Magic - Reading Comprehension Activity
A fun reading comprehension activity in which students follow a set of instructions to create their own magic monster.
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Community Helpers: Fire Fighter – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Reception magazine (Issue 3).
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Main Idea or Supporting Detail? – Sorting Activity
An activity for students to determine which of 2 related facts is a main idea and which is a supporting detail.
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Foldable Inferencing Template
A template for students to use when making inferences.
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A Thinker Like Me - Read and Respond Worksheet
A comprehension activity related to a poem.
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Reading Response Double Entry – Template
A comprehension template for students to practise writing double entries.
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Reading Response Inferring and Predicting – Template
A comprehension template for students to practise inferring and predicting.
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Reading Response Making Connections – Template
A comprehension template for students to learn how to make connections.