Reading Comprehension Level 1: Short Texts

Printable beginner reading comprehension pack: short animal stories, describe-and-colour characters and sentence-to-picture matching. For early readers and SEN.

What’s included (17 printable A4 pages)

• Animal stories (5 pages) – Toby the Dog, Luna the Cat, Rita the Turtle, Bruno the Rabbit and Nico the Little Bird, each with picture-based questions
• "Read and colour" character pages (5 pages) – read the sentences and colour each child’s hair, clothes and shoes correctly
• Sentence-and-picture matching (7 pages) – read a sentence and colour the right picture

How to use it

• Guided reading groups, literacy centres and homework
• Read together, answer orally, then colour or circle
• Picture clues help early and struggling readers succeed

Skills covered

Reading short texts, answering questions with pictures, following instructions, colour words and descriptive vocabulary, sentence-to-picture comprehension.

Perfect for

Ages 2-8, including special educational needs (SEN), autism support, early years and inclusion classrooms.

Translated and adapted into English for English-speaking classrooms.