Droughts Reading Comprehension | KS2 Years 4 & 5

This KS2 reading comprehension pack for Years 4–5 helps pupils develop non-fiction reading skills while learning about droughts, water shortage, dry conditions, water supply, and human response.

Across the pack, pupils read four different non-fiction passage styles — an informational text, a magazine-style feature, a big question investigation, and a real-world case study — before completing comprehension questions, vocabulary tasks, a written response with** rubric, and full answer keys** for all questions and activities.

Designed for teachers who want a structured, ready-to-use, and printable literacy resource, this pack combines curriculum-linked topic knowledge with a clear reading sequence that is easy to teach and easy to reuse. It offers more than a simple worksheet pack by giving pupils variety, consistency, and meaningful written-response practice in one organised resource.

What’s included:

• 1 cover page
• teacher notes / contents page
• 1 vocabulary page
• 4 non-fiction reading passages
• 4 comprehension question pages
• 1 compare or synthesise activity
• 1 written response page
• 1 written response rubric
• 1 crossword
• 1 word search
• full answer keys for all questions and activities

Skills covered:

• reading comprehension
• retrieval
• vocabulary
• inference
• summarising
• written response
• non-fiction text features
• cross-curricular reading

Ideal for:

• guided reading
• independent reading tasks
• literacy rotations
• homework
• intervention groups
• cover lessons
• topic-based literacy lessons

Looking for more on this topic? Try the Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Reading Bundle | KS2 Years 4–5 for a better-value set of related packs, or explore the Natural Disasters Reading Comprehension Bundle | KS2 Years 4–5 for the complete series.

You might also like: Animal Adaptations Reading Comprehension Bundle | KS2 Years 4–5 and Endangered Animals Reading Comprehension Bundle | KS2 Years 4–5 for more KS2 Years 4–5 non-fiction reading comprehension bundles.

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