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UPDATED Due to popular demand, resources now cover the whole text. Whole Class Guided Reading Comprehension resources based on 'Race to the Frozen North’ by Catherine Johnson. Tells the story of Matthew Henson, an African-American explorer who played a key role in the first successful expedition to the North Pole in 1909. Story content may be best suited to upper UKS2 class due to the violence depicted in the story. 89-page PowerPoint 38-page PDF comprehension questions and activities Pre-teaching vocabulary cards Mixed comprehension questions Skills-focused activities Extract not included Recommended age 9+

Get a snapshot of what books your children are enjoying. Space for children to draw a cover design and explain why they enjoyed three recent books.

Design a bookmark activity sheet for your favourite book. Free. KS2.

based on Chapter 1, ‘Planet Omar’, by Zanib Mian World Book Day whole class reading comprehension lesson Years 4 & 5 Whole book recommended 8+ 9 page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint delving deeper into the text, exploring the main characters and thinking about how their personality and relationship will affect their upcoming journey.  Includes an inference activity and a fun task creating word illustration. Extract not included but available on the World Book Day website. Book is currently £1 as part of World Book Day 2021. Offer your children the opportunity to read diverse, inspirational books as part of the Planet Omar series.

KS2 Refugee Week Assembly 2021 PowerPoint, age 7+ 14th -20th June Introduce year’s theme is ‘we cannot walk alone’. PowerPoint supporting discussion on and teaching of: What is a refugee? What is an asylum seeker? If you had to leave home with 1 small bag, what would you take with you? The Refugee Week 2021 theme, ‘we cannot walk alone’ an introduction to 3 award-winning KS2 appropriate texts: ‘The Island’ by Francesca Sanna ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’ by Elizabeth Laird ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ by Onjali Rauf Supporting whole class guided reading resources for ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ by Onjali Rauf looking at the main character Ahmed’s journey to the UK also available.

Reading journal activities worksheet Repeat tasks or encourage children to colour in each task as it is completed. Stick in the front of a child’s reading journal exercise book. Upper KS2 Example tasks: Design and draw your own front cover for a book you are reading. Write 5 interview questions for the author of your book or for a character in the story. Make a list of words from a text that you would like to learn and/or use in your own writing. Write a diary entry for one of the characters in the story. Write a blurb for your story. Don’t give too many details away!

Book review template. Free. KS2. Space for star rating, an illustration, short synopsis and review. More free resources on our website. What should I include in a book review? Provide a summary of the most important events and characters, but be careful not to give too much away! Let the reader know what genre the book would fall under. It could be more than one. Opportunities to hit National Curriculum objectives. Give your opinion on the story and remember to explain your viewpoint. Recommend the story to a particular audience. Is it for thrill-seekers? Lovers of history? Is it a page turning mystery for budding detectives? Mention similar books that might mean somebody would like this one too. Draw an illustration to show a character, setting, important object or even your own front cover design. Would make a nice display for children to share their favourite books.

100+ fun, hands-on KS2 comprehension lessons centred around books your kids will love. Includes: 100+ lessons based on extracts from 34 inspirational children’s books. Ready to go teaching Powerpoints, PDF activities and (most) extracts. Reading skills information posters based on the National Curriculum and display materials. Interactive reading record for children with lots of independent activity ideas Easy to follow PowerPoint guide to introduce our whole class reading resources to your colleagues.

KS2 Book comprehension resources Recommended for Year 3/4 Whole Class Reading Lessons Based on extracts from: Werewolf Club Rules, by Joseph Coelho- POETRY A Dangerous Game, by Malorie Blackman - ADVENTURE Hilda and the Troll, by Luke Pearson- GRAPHIC NOVEL Escape from Pompeii, by Christina Balit- HISTORICAL FICTION/PICTURE BOOK Knights & Bikes, by Gabrielle Kent - ADVENTURE The Boy Who Grew Dragons, by Andy Shepherd - FANTASY The Selfish Giant, by Oscar Wilde - CLASSIC Viking Voyagers, by Jack Tite - NON FICTION Each pack contains a detailed teaching PowerPoint and PDF printable activities. Most extracts also included. £35 yearly personal membership - ACCESS TO ALL YEARGROUPS £240 yearly school membership. Support us in growing our resource library and make comprehension lessons FUN!

Independent comprehension activity When you finish reading a chapter of your book, roll the die and try the activities you land on. Use what you have just read to help you. Suitable for all of KS2. Activities: Use bullet points to make a list of all of the key facts in the story so far. How many can you record in 1 minute? Come up with a newspaper headline that summarises an important event that has happened in the story so far. Rewrite a sentence from the text, which contains adverbs. Change the adverbs. How does this change the meaning? Draw and label something that is described in detail in the text, for example, a character, setting or even an object. Think of an adjective that best describes the main character’s feelings. List 2 pieces of evidence that support your idea. Predict Make 3 predictions about what could happen next. Put a star next to the idea you think is most likely to happen.

FREE Get to know your pupils and find out about their reading habits. How many sustained the habit of reading regularly this summer? How often did they read? What different genres and authors are they reading? How do they feel about reading? Did they get the chance to visit a library or a bookshop? Where is their favourite place to read? Use our free ‘Summer Reading Habits’ worksheet to find out! SPace is also provided for children to design three front covers for their favourite recent reads to help you gain a picture as to what their reading preferences are. Why not blow it up to A3 and keep them in a class folder for sharing?

KS2 & KS3 - Book Review Proforma What did you think of the ending and why? What unanswered questions does the story leave you with? What life lessons did this book teach you? If you could change or improve one thing about the story what would it be? What was the most exciting moment in the story? More free resources when you sign up for free at myteachinghive.

KS2 Poetry Performance Checklist or Scorecard

KS2 Reading Comprehension Resources for Grimwood by Nadia Shireen Resources for the whole book 16 chapters/16 lessons 113-page PowerPoint 57 PDF document including: Vocabulary for each chapter Mixed comprehension questions Skill-focused activities Recommended for age 7+ Extracts not included A laugh-out-loud adventure featuring two loveable foxes. Available for £5 on our website or as part of a £35 annual personal subscription at myteachinghive.

A character profile proforma. Useful for KS2 reading comprehension. Space to make notes about: First impressions Picture Relationships Backstory Personality Questions Could enlarge to A3. More free resources on our website. myteachinghive Please leave a review if you like the resource. Support us in making more resources. :)

Vanishing Trick - Poetry - Reading Comprehension Resources - age 7+ Reading comprehension resources based on a selection of poems from Vanishing Trick by Ros Asquith More at MY TEACHING HIVE 49-page PowerPoint presentation A range of PDF comprehension activities and questions Comprehension Questions in line with the KS2 National Curriculum Extracts included. Suitable for age 7+ A flexible set of resources which could be used for whole class reading, guided reading, individual and group work as well as for home learning. Discuss what it’s like to have dyslexia, look for idioms, perform a poem out loud, judge performances, explore metaphorical language, write your own poem in the poet’s style, make predictions by looking at illustrations, make inferences and judgements, summarise and clarify.

3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on Viking Voyagers by Jack Tite. Vocabulary, whole class reading, paired reading Reading Skills foci: retrieve, infer, summarise 24-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 3 x printable PDF activities Extract not included. Suitable for age 7+ Available for £3 on our website

3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on 3 poems from ‘Werewolf Club Rules’ by Joseph Coelho. Extracts included. Whole class reading, paired reading, pre-teaching vocabulary Reading Skills foci: feature’splore, summarise, word’splore, infer, clarify 37-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 4 x printable PDF activities. Suitable for ages 7+ Lesson 1 – feature’splore, summarise pages 8-9, ‘Hamster! Hamster!’ Opportunity to write their own poem Lesson 2 – word’splore Pages 86-89, ‘If all the world were paper’ Opportunity to write their own poem Lesson 3 – infer, clarify Pages 13-15, ‘Miss Flotsam’ Available for £3 on our website.

3 whole class reading comprehension lessons based on ‘The Selfish Giant’ by Oscar Wilde. Vocabulary, about the author, whole class reading, paired reading Reading Skills foci: visualise, clarify, fluency, summarise 34-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 2 x printable PDF activities. Extract included. Suitable for age 7+

4 whole class reading lessons for KS2 based on the poem Happiness from ‘Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers’, by Daniel Thompson. A thought-provoking poem encouraging children to consider whether buying things can truly bring you happiness. Whole class reading, paired reading, additional opportunity for children to write their own poem about plastic pollution, Q&A with the author Reading Skills foci: summarising the main message of the poem, looking at the impact of rhythm, rhyme and word choices on delivering the message of the poem, word’splore (exploring word choices), performing the poem, imitating the poet’s style by recreating their own poem. 37-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 3 x printable PDFs, plus a PDF copy of the poem. Poem included. Recommended for age 8+ Lesson 1 Firstly, learn more about Daniel Thompson or skip to the Q and A’s at the end of the PowerPoint to learn more about what inspires him to write poetry. Then pre-teach some key vocabulary to increase pupil engagement with the text. Next, read the text together so children can discuss their responses to key questions and work together to summarise each verse. Lesson 2 This lesson focuses on the poet’s style. Using practical challenges, children work together to discuss how to use words and phrases effectively to reinforce key ideas. Lesson 3 As children have previously explored the poem on a deeper level, this lesson gives children the opportunity to perform the poem, focusing on intonation, tone, volume and actions. Lesson 4 Finally, children can use a similar structure to create their own poem about plastic pollution. For more poetry lessons explore our website, My Teaching Hive.