KS1 Reading Comprehension Intervention Pack - Year 1 and 2 Diagnostic Check, 6 Sessions, Answers

KS1 (Year 1 and 2) reading comprehension intervention: find out exactly which reading skill each child is missing, teach it in short focused sessions, then measure progress. Very short texts and simple questions build confidence with finding information, word meanings, feelings, predicting, explaining why and putting events in order.

What’s inside (25 pages)

• Start check: an original text with 7 questions, each labelled by reading skill
• Diagnostic map showing which session each child needs
• 6 focused sessions, each with a Learn it strategy, its own short original text, Try it together, Have a go, an exit ticket and a Use it in your own reading task:
  1. Finding information (Hedgehogs)
  2. Word meanings (The Storm)
  3. Working out feelings (Sam’s Birthday)
  4. Predicting (The Red Door)
  5. Explaining why (Why Do Some Trees Lose Their Leaves?)
  6. Putting events in order (Growing a Bean)
• End check (a new text with the same question types) to measure progress
• Reading skills guide, group tracker, certificate, teacher notes and full answers

How to use it

Each session takes 15 to 20 minutes with a small group. Give the start check, use the map to choose the sessions each child needs, then give the end check and record both scores on the tracker.

Curriculum links

Years 1 and 2: discussing the sequence of events, predicting what might happen, making inferences on the basis of what is said and done, answering questions and discussing word meanings.

Great for Year 2 reading assessment preparation, Year 1 and 2 interventions, guided reading and home learning. Printable A4 PDF. All texts are original. Every answer has been checked.