This comprehension crusher reading scheme pack includes two non-chronological reports. The first text is a about the geography of North America and has been written to meet the Year 5 expected standard. It comes with three sets of comprehension questions, based on two curriculum content domains (vocabulary and retrieval). The teaching slides provided, along with the questions sets, allow for in-depth practice of each individual question type. 

The second model text is about biomes of North America. This text has been written to meet the Year 5 expected standard and comes with 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 more independently. The answers to all questions are included.

National curriculum objectives: 

Year 5: Pupils should understand what they read by retrieving information from non-fiction and exploring the meaning of words in context. This text focuses on developing vocabulary and retrieval skills.  

Level of this Pack:Age: 9 - 10
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