This comprehension crusher reading scheme pack includes two geography-based texts on the counties and regions the United Kingdom and its capital cities. The first text, that accompanies the teaching slides, is a non-chronological report about the different regions of the United Kingdom, exploring the differences between hamlets, villages, towns and cities. It has been written to meet the Year 3 expected standard and comes with three sets of comprehension questions, based on three curriculum content domains (vocabulary, retrieval and summary). The teaching slides provided, along with the questions sets, allow for in depth practice of each individual question type. The second model text is also a non-chronological report, focusing on the four different capital cities of the United Kingdom. This text has been written to meet the Year 3 expected standard and is accompanied by one set of comprehension questions, which includes the three styles of question, previously practised. This provides an ‘unseen’ text and additional questions to practise these same skills independently. The answers to all questions are included.National curriculum objectives:Year 3: Pupils should be taught to answer a variety of comprehension questions across a mixture of genres. This text focuses on developing retrieval, summarising and inference skills.Level of this pack:Age: 7-8
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