I am currently a year 5/6 teacher in Devon so I create a great many resources throughout the year - particularly when it comes to that dreaded SAT time of year. Hope you will find many helpful resources here to save you time during the hectic 2 term year that is Year 6!
I am currently a year 5/6 teacher in Devon so I create a great many resources throughout the year - particularly when it comes to that dreaded SAT time of year. Hope you will find many helpful resources here to save you time during the hectic 2 term year that is Year 6!
Report/documentary style reading comprehension (fictional!) on UFO and alien sightings in Fieldmarsh Forest. Two Spooky accounts, with fact boxes, documenting alien and UFO sightings since 1964. 20 mark question scheme for children to answer. Style of questions modelled on SAT reading papers.
Contains examples of:
True/false
Fact/opinion
Chronological sequencing
Inference
Recall/retrieval
Separate answer sheet file is included for ease of marking.
Hope your children enjoy!
A two page reading comprehension with photographs. The text is a first person recount of an author’s experiences of visiting a Devon landscape during his childhood. The text is followed by a 20 mark reading comprehension quiz and poses questions in the following categories:
retrieval
Fact and opinion
True and false
Inference
Word comprehension (synonyms)
The format is available in both word and PDF and also comes with the answers for ease of marking.
Short 1 page (A4) reading comprehension accompanied by 10 mark quiz. Questions based on:
inference
retrieval
synonyms
word comprehension
fact/opinion
File is loaded in both Word and PDF formats, making it ideal for a short classroom task or for online learning. Answers are included for ease of marking.
Simply titled ‘Bed’, this is a short poem (text on 1 side of A4) reading comprehension with 6 accompanying questions (10 marks available).
Ideal for a half hour reading exercise to hone skills in:
retrieval
inference
features of poetry
synonym
word comprehension
Answers are included for ease of marking and available in both Word and PDF formats for online learning.
Simply titled ‘Sweep’, this is a short (text on 1 side of A4) reading comprehension with 6 accompanying questions (10 marks available).
Ideal for a half hour reading exercise to hone skills:
retrieval
inference
word comprehension
synonym
Answers are included for ease of marking and available in both Word and PDF formats for online learning.
A full four operations workout that provides a workout of multiplication facts to begin with before helping to maintain pupils’ skills in both fluency and application. 6 questions based on arithmetic from basic addition and subtraction to long multiplication and division. 6 questions based on solving word problems with varying amounts of steps.
1 star, 2 star and 3 star sheets. Ideal for self-differentiation or directed. It is also ideal to send for online learning.
Answer sheets are included for ease of marking.
Available as Word and PDF so can easily be assigned electronically.
A full four operations workout that provides a workout of multiplication facts to begin with before helping to maintain pupils’ skills in both fluency and application. 6 questions based on arithmetic from basic addition and subtraction to long multiplication and division. 6 questions based on solving word problems with varying amounts of steps.
1 star, 2 star and 3 star sheets. Ideal for self-differentiation or directed. It is also ideal to send for online learning.
Answer sheets are included for ease of marking.
Available as Word and PDF so can easily be assigned electronically.
Simply entitled ‘Duty’, this is a short (text on 1 side of A4) reading comprehension with 6 accompanying questions (10 marks available).
Ideal for a half hour reading exercise to hone skills in:
retrieval
inference
word comprehension
comparative language (simile)
Answers are included for ease of marking and available in both Word documents and PDF formats for online learning.
Problem solving task to stretch children working at either expected levels or greater depth.
This can be done either as a group, partnered or individual exercise and gives a workout of the following skills:
area
perimeter
the four operations
money
application of skills - where and when to apply a certain operation
Some aspects of task may require some support from an adult or more able peer - particularly at the lower end of y5.
Answers (with formulas that work towards the answer) are included for ease of marking.
A reading comprehension exercise consisting of 4 passages of text and two 3 mark questions accompanying each.
The exercise is designed to help children infer from evidence given in the next when meaning is not always directly described. The task can be carried out independently, as a group guided session or whole class exercise.
Answers are provided for ease of marking for guidance - teachers can use their discretion upon marking.
Short Halloween poem that can be read just for comprehension or performed as a rap, either through guided reading, in groups or as a whole class.
Poem is accompanied by a 17 mark reading comprehension quiz that focuses on:
fact/opinion
retrieval
synonyms
true and false
chronological ordering
Separate answer sheet is included for ease of marking.
A mean average word problem task with two levels of differentiation. Basic finding the mean and a second sheet incorporating more challenging problems.
Basic word problems
Interpreting information from tables and find the mean
For the two short, a question is also included that includes fractions and giving a fractional answer (this will involve adding fractions with different denominators and finding the average of the result).
This worksheet is available in both Word and PDF formats and can be given out in class as part of a plenary, main activity or for online learning.
Four operations bundle that provides workouts in fluency and application. Differentiated 1 to 3 star sheet to suit WTS, EXP and GDP.
Bonus algebra - balancing the scales - resource included.
All answers included for ease of marking. Suitable assessment tool or general lesson
A free sample reading comprehension to demonstrate the range of year 5 and 6 reading resources I currently have on TES.
This is a short reading comprehension with a quiz aimed at focusing on the following points:
retrieval
true and false
fact and opinion
inference
word comprehension and synonym knowledge
This resource is available in both Word and PDF and includes an answer file for ease of marking.
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Collection of short texts that make up the one page reading comprehension collection. Each comprehension has a selection of questions based on:
retrieval
true or false
fact or opinion
word comprehension and synonyms
inference
All answers are included for ease of
Short reading comprehension about a wizard’s apprentice who is tempted by the forbidden top shelf of books in his master’s absence.
One A4 page of story text followed by an 8 question quiz (10 marks available).
Questions include:
retrieval
inference
antonyms
word comprehension
Answers are included for ease of marking. Exercise is ideal for online teaching as well as in the classroom.
A reading comprehension resource suitable for years 5 and 6. The story is a four page short spooky storyin keeping with the Halloween time of year. The reading paper is accompanied by a 2 page comprehension that has a mixture of questions ranging from inference, retrieval, true/false and fact/opinion.
The text can be used for either group guided reading, whole class guided reading or individual independent reading. It is also a good resource in that its questioning is aligned to the style found in year 6 reading SAT papers.
In terms of GPS and story preparation, the story text can also be used to identify different features as it uses a broad variety of the following:
subordination
coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
dialogue
simile
multi-clause sentences
instances where semicolons are used to demarcate main clauses
Answers are enclosed in the package for ease of marking.
Christmas reading comprehension written from the point of view of a Christmas Tree.
Just over one page of text with a 15 mark reading comprehension quiz.
Questions include:
retrieval
true and false
word comprehension
inference
Answers are included for ease of marking.
Greater depth task for Greater Depth able year sixes.
Three problems based on Santa’s Sleigh that include:
volume
surface area
lengths in metres
Four operations required to solve the problems:
multiplication (short and long)
long division
addition/subtraction
Answers are included for ease of marking.