This comprehension crusher reading scheme pack includes two newspaper reports, one reporting the discovery of a new animal on the Galapagos Islands and the other on the 1969 Moon landings. The first newspaper report, that accompanies the teaching slides, is a detailed text which describes the new animal (the Galapagos flying lizard) and reports interviews with specialists as well as local residents. It has been written to meet the Year 6 expected standard and comes with three sets of comprehension questions, based on three curriculum content domains (vocabulary, retrieval and inference). 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 newspaper report about the Moon landings. This text has been written to meet the Year 6 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 6: Pupils should be taught to answer a variety of comprehension questions across a mixture of genres. This text focuses on developing vocabulary, retrieval and inference.

Level of this pack:
Age: 10-11...