Year 5 Reading Intervention – Achieving Expected

Year 5 reading intervention designed to help pupils to achieve the expected standard by developing core reading skills through carefully structured texts and lessons. Ideal for small-group intervention or targeted support, this pack builds confidence, comprehension stamina, and accuracy with assessment-style reading tasks.

✔ Each pack contains three texts, with three lessons per text
✔ Lessons focus on fact retrieval, understanding vocabulary in context, and other domain-specific skills (inference, summarising and sequencing)
✔ Includes structured input slides (PowerPoint) to allow live modelling
✔ Independent practice questions (pdf)
✔ Full answer book included for quick marking
✔ Carefully pitched to move pupils towards the expected standard
✔ Ready-to-use intervention sessions requiring minimal preparation
✔ Supports pupils to achieve the expected standard (EXS)
✔ Texts are taken from the Boost Comprehension scheme

Texts included

Artificial Intelligence (Balanced Argument)
Lesson 1: Fact retrieval
Lesson 2: Understanding vocabulary in context
Lesson 3: Summarising

The Lost Antiquarian (Fiction)
Lesson 1: Fact retrieval
Lesson 2: Understanding vocabulary in context
Lesson 3: Sequencing

Glamour and Genius: The Hedy Lamarr Story (Biography)
Lesson 1: Fact retrieval
Lesson 2: Understanding vocabulary in context
Lesson 3: Making inferences

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Further Year Five Intervention Packs:
Reading: Achieving Greater Depth