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This free reading comprehension assessment is ideal for Year 3 or Year 4 students. It includes a mix of non-fiction and poetry texts with SATs-style questions, designed to assess key reading skills such as understanding, analysis, and retrieval. The resource features a non-chronological report on animal life cycles and a poem about spiders, followed by relevant comprehension questions.

What’s Included:
✔ Non-chronological report on animal life cycles
✔ Poem about spiders
✔ SATs-style reading comprehension questions
✔ Mark scheme for easy assessment

Lesson Overview / Structure:
★ Non-chronological Report – Read a report on animal life cycles and answer questions about the key details.
★ Poem – Read a poem about spiders, followed by comprehension questions to assess understanding and interpretation.
★ Comprehension Questions – Test understanding with a series of SATs-style questions, focusing on key reading skills such as retrieval, inference, and explanation.
★ Mark Scheme – Use the provided mark scheme to assess student responses accurately.

Why It’s Useful:
✔ Ideal for assessing reading comprehension at LKS2
✔ Covers both non-fiction and poetry, offering a broad range of reading skills
✔ Provides SATs-style questions for a familiar test format
✔ Includes a detailed mark scheme for quick and effective assessment

Suggested Use Cases:
Perfect for Year 3 and Year 4 reading assessments, revision for SATs-style tests, or as part of guided reading sessions.

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