Rt/E1.1

Rt/E1.1 Follow a short narrative on a familiar topic
(a) know that text on page goes from left to right and form top to bottom and be able to track a simple text as they read it aloud for themselves
(b) know and use a range of text level strategies to get at meaning: their own background knowledge of content, the context of the text as a whole, presentational devices
(c) know that it is not always necessary to read every word in order to comprehend or get information from a text
(d) understand that texts can be sources of information and enjoyment
(e) know some basic meta-language that distinguish written text from spoken texts e.g. text, page, format, layout, print, image, caption, line, title, sentence, word, letter

High frequency words

An amazing series of 16 worksheets that focus on the 100 most frequent words as used in the school-based Letters & Sounds reading scheme (available free – for details see teaching notes within the resource or visit http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/ and type Letters and Sounds in the search box).

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English

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

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Dee gets Fit

A lovely Entry 1 story with comprehension questions, cloze exercise, word search, phonics work and more. Written in order to adapt the school-based Letters & Sounds reading scheme (available free – for details see attached teaching notes) for adults. The story and tasks cover the following phonemes: ng / sh/ ch/ th/ ow/ ear/ ee/ igh/ ur/ or/ ea/ oo/ ar/ er/ air/ ai/ oi/ ll.

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English

Fiction

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Keep your Hair On

Keep your Hair On is a series of comprehension questions based on the popular reader from Gatehouse Books. Includes word hunt, gap-fill and true/false questions and really encourages readers to keep returning to the book to find the answers – thus improving comprehension, scanning and detailed reading skills.

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English

Fiction

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

Rs/E2.2 Use sentence structure to decipher and predict meaning

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Rt/E2.1

Just My Luck

Just My Luck is a series of comprehension questions based on the popular reader from Gatehouse Books. Includes word hunt, gap-fill and yes/no questions and really encourages readers to keep returning to the book to find the answers – thus improving comprehension, scanning and detailed reading skills.

Level

English

Fiction

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

Rs/E2.2 Use sentence structure to decipher and predict meaning

Rt/E1.1

Rt/E2.1

My Red Face

My Red Face is a series of comprehension questions based on the popular reader from Gatehouse Books. Includes matching, gap-fill and yes/no questions and really encourages readers to keep returning to the book to find the answers – thus improving comprehension, scanning and detailed reading skills.

Level

English

Fiction

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

Rs/E2.2 Use sentence structure to decipher and predict meaning

Rt/E1.1

Rt/E2.1

At the Supermarket

At the Supermarket is a series of comprehension questions based on the popular reader from New Leaf Books. Includes unscrambling, gap-fill and true/false questions and really encourages readers to keep returning to the book to find the answers – thus improving comprehension, scanning and detailed reading skills.

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English

Fiction

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

Rs/E2.2 Use sentence structure to decipher and predict meaning

Rt/E1.1

Rt/E2.1

Barack Obama questions

Barack Obama questions provide extra comprehension practice for Rachel Emmett’s E1 comprehension text (see below)

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English

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

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Barack Obama - new US President

A simplified Entry 1 text with photos, comprehension questions, cloze exercise, word search and more. A fabulous topical resource!

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English

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

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AL Rw/E1.1

Health and Safety reading activities

A fabulous set of differentiated reading activities for E1-E3. Order sentences to make a gruesome story, read and answer questions on manual handling (inc. graphical information), enjoy an amusing story about a health and safety inspector or a topical news report.

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English

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Context

Health and safety

May Day for E1-2

A wonderful set of reading materials for Entry 1-2. Short illustrated text about May Day traditions followed by 2 pages of comprehension exercises. Plus May Day poster, letter and calendar for further reading and purpose of text work.

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English

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

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