I have worked across the primary range as a teacher for over 20 years and have developed these activities alongside my husband, who has been teaching in Year 6 for 15 years.
I have worked across the primary range as a teacher for over 20 years and have developed these activities alongside my husband, who has been teaching in Year 6 for 15 years.
Reading comprehension and activities on ‘The Final Year’ by Matt Goodfellow.
A PowerPoint of questions and answers based on this text.
Takes you through the book, broken into sections to allow for whole class reading and discussion or a guided reading activity.
A set of 4 subject orienteering question cards, with 20 questions on each of the 5 areas
A - Animal life cycle and living organisms
B - Forces
C - Solids, liquids and gases
D - Investigations and communicating results
Display the 20 question cards, inside or out, for an active activity that can be done individually or in small teams. Each group gets an answer sheet (see the files section) and records their answers to the 20 multiple choice questions before checking their answers. A great test of learning recall that everyone can access.
Information for setting up the courses can be found in the files too.
More courses are available, for other curriculum subjects and also on comprehension around a variety of books. I hope you enjoy them.
A set of 5 reading orienteering question cards, with 20 questions on each of the 5 books
A – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
B – Stig of the Dump
C – The Lion, The witch and The Wardrobe (Part 2)
D – Letter from the Lighthouse (Part 2)
E – Harry Potter (Part 2)
The first part of these can be found in the free resource, Red 1A
Display the 20 question cards, inside or out, for an active activity that can be done individually or in small teams. Each group gets an answer sheet (see the files section) and records their answers to the 20 multiple choice questions before checking their answers. A great test of comprehension that everyone can access.
Information for setting up the courses can be found in the files too.
More courses are available, for different books and also other curriculum subjects, I hope you enjoy them.
A set of 5 subject orienteering question cards, with 10 questions on each of the 5 areas
A - Structures
B - Design and Planning
C - Health and Safety
D - Moving Parts
E - Circuits
Display the 10 question cards, inside or out, for an active activity that can be done individually or in small teams. Each group gets an answer sheet (see the files section) and records their answers to the 10 multiple choice questions before checking their answers. A great test of learning recall that everyone can access.
Information for setting up the courses can be found in the files too.
More courses are available, for other curriculum subjects and also on comprehension around a variety of books. I hope you enjoy them.
A set of 5 reading orienteering question cards, with 20 questions on each of the 5 books
A – Lost Happy Endings
B – Robin Hood
C – The Iron Man
D – Kensuke’s Kingdom
E – The Final Year
Display the 20 question cards, inside or out, for an active activity that can be done individually or in small teams. Each group gets an answer sheet (see the files section) and records their answers to the 20 multiple choice questions before checking their answers. A great test of comprehension that everyone can access.
Information for setting up the courses can be found in the files too.
More courses are available, for different books and also other curriculum subjects, I hope you enjoy them.
A set of 5 subject orienteering question cards, with 20 questions on each of the 5 areas
A - Tudors and Stuarts
B - Victorians
C - Vikings
D - Aztecs
E - Mayans
Display the 20 question cards, inside or out, for an active activity that can be done individually or in small teams. Each group gets an answer sheet (see the files section) and records their answers to the 20 multiple choice questions before checking their answers. A great test of learning recall that everyone can access.
Information for setting up the courses can be found in the files too.
More courses are available, for other curriculum subjects and also on comprehension around a variety of books. I hope you enjoy them.
A set of 5 reading orienteering question cards, with 20 questions on each of the 5 books
A – The Butterfly Lion
B – Egyptian Cinderella
C – Charlotte’s Web
D – Street Child
E – Pig Heart Boy
Display the 20 question cards, inside or out, for an active activity that can be done individually or in small teams. Each group gets an answer sheet (see the files section) and records their answers to the 20 multiple choice questions before checking their answers. A great test of comprehension that everyone can access.
Information for setting up the courses can be found in the files too.
More courses are available, for different books and also other curriculum subjects, I hope you enjoy them.
A set of 3 texts each with 15 SATs stle questions and a set of answers, including suitable answers and what cannot be accepted for the mark.
Texts include:
The Mysterious Life of the Dumbo Octopus
The Whispering Tree
The Last Flight of the Skylark
If you like these, look out for more coming soon, including poetry.
A set of 4 reading orienteering question cards, with 20 questions on each of the 5 books
A - Voices in the Park
B - Escape from Pompeii
C - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
D - Letters from the Lighthouse
E - Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Display the 20 question cards, inside or out, for an active activity that can be done individually or in small teams. Each group gets an answer sheet (see the files section) and records their answers to the 20 multiple choice questions before checking their answers. A great test of comprehension that everyone can access.
Information for setting up the courses can be found in the files too.
More courses are available, for different books and also other curriculum subjects, I hope you enjoy them.
This orienteering course has 5 separate sets of 20 questions.
Each course is on a different subject
A - Ancient Egypt
B - Ancient Greeks
C - Romans
D - WW2
E - Timelines and Investigating History
Display the question sheets, this can be inside or outside, for a great active activity. All children can work individually or in teams to find the questions (they can find them in any order) and record the answers on their answer sheet. The answers are then available for them to check for themselves or for an adult to check.
A great activity to check prior knowledge or access knowledge at the end of a unit.
A set of 5 subject orienteering question cards, with 10 questions on each of the 5 areas
A - Art techniques
B - Drawing
C - Painting
D - Sculpture
E - Materials
Display the 10 question cards, inside or out, for an active activity that can be done individually or in small teams. Each group gets an answer sheet (see the files section) and records their answers to the 10 multiple choice questions before checking their answers. A great test of learning recall that everyone can access.
Information for setting up the courses can be found in the files too.
More courses are available, for other curriculum subjects and also on comprehension around a variety of books. I hope you enjoy them.
A reading comprehension text and question set for each of King Henry VIII’s 6 wives.
These can be used in Y6, or in other KS2 or KS3 classes as required. A range of questions are included in the SATs style, allowing children to become familiar with the style.
Each text can be used separately or as a linked set.
A pack of 8 reading comprehensions based on characters from 3 of Shakespeare’s plays - Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and The Tempest.
Each comprehension has a text written about a character and then a set of questions.
Suitable for upper KS2 and lower KS3
A set of questions for a variety of texts to focus on and develop a specific question type. These are suitable for Years 5 and 6
In these questions, number the fats from 1-5 using the information in the text.
There are more files to download, each focusing on a different question type
A set of questions for a variety of texts to focus on and develop a specific question type. These are suitable for Years 5 and 6
In these questions, what does the author suggest from what you have read in the text?
There are more files to download, each focusing on a different question type
A set of questions for a variety of texts to focus on and develop a specific question type. These are suitable for Years 5 and 6
In these questions,from a quote from the text, what does this mean?
There are more files to download, each focusing on a different question type
In each of the 25 powerpoints, there are a series of slides exploring the root word, the number of syllables in each word, missing word challenges, word family exploration, mnemonics, unscramble challenges as well as links to songs to help reinforce the words. These have all been very useful in preparation for the Year 6 SATs
A set of questions for a variety of texts to focus on and develop a specific question type. These are suitable for Years 5 and 6
In these questions, can you identify three things that you are told about in the text?
There are more files to download, each focusing on a different question type
A set of questions for a variety of texts to focus on and develop a specific question type. These are suitable for Years 5 and 6
In these questions, which of the statements are true and which are false, using the text?
There are more files to download, each focusing on a different question type
A set of questions for a variety of texts to focus on and develop a specific question type. These are suitable for Years 5 and 6
In these questions, can you explain why?
There are more files to download, each focusing on a different question type