This comprehension crusher reading scheme pack includes two texts based on oceans of the world. The first text, that accompanies the teaching slides, is a non-chronological report about the Arctic Ocean. 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 summarise). The teaching slides provided, along with the questions sets, allow for in depth practice of each individual question type.
The second model text is a non-chronological report about the Atlantic Ocean. 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 practiced. This provides an ‘unseen’ text and additional questions to practice these same skills more 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 vocabulary, retrieval and summarisation skills.

National curriculum objectives:

Age: 7-8...