How to Build the Best Snowman | Reading Comprehension | Year 5/6

A Christmas Snow Day | Reading Comprehension | Year 5/6

Celebrate the magic and science of winter with A Christmas Snow Day — a joyful and informative Reading Comprehension Bundle designed to build reading fluency, deepen understanding, and spark excitement during the festive season. This two-text bundle blends scientific curiosity with festive fun, offering pupils an engaging mix of explanation writing and instructional reading using Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction for structure, clarity, and impact. Perfect for Christmas literacy weeks, winter science topics, or cross-curricular English, this pack supports vocabulary, retrieval, inference, skimming, scanning, and structured written responses — with dyslexia-friendly formatting throughout. Texts Included: * The Science of Snow * Explore how snow forms, why every snowflake is unique, and how winter weather affects the environment and everyday life. This text develops children’s understanding of natural processes while strengthening reading comprehension. * How to Build the Best Snowman * A festive, instructional non-fiction text teaching pupils how to create the perfect snowman, from choosing the best snow to decorating your wintry creation. Packed with clear steps and winter imagery, this text is ideal for teaching instructions and sequencing. What’s Included: * 2 Pages of Informative Non-Fiction Text (Dyslexia-friendly font) * 2 Pages of Reading Comprehension Questions * “Just Tick It” Adaptive Reading Task – ideal for emerging or reluctant readers * Extension Activities for writing, research, and creative response * 5-Lesson Teaching Presentation (40+ slides, structured and easy-to-teach) * 5-Day Lesson Plan with pedagogy notes and teaching strategies * Audio Support of the text (ideal for EAL/SEND/ESL learners) * Answer Keys for all questions and tasks * Assessment Tracker to monitor reading objectives and progress If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me at: bitesizeeducation01@gmail.com Thank you for visiting The Bitesize Education Shop – I would love for you to become a follower. Followers receive new product alerts, exclusive freebies, and discounts on new releases!