classic children's literature is accompanied by eight sets of questions based
on the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Reading Content Domains and National Curriculum. This
reading workbook for Years 3 and 4 provides opportunities to study more complex
vocabulary and so build their own. They can also explore how the authors
language effects their readers whilst developing endurance for longer passages.
Inference activities show the depth of children's understanding of the extracts.
The clear structure and the author's passion for literature make
Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 3-4: Classic
Children's Literature invaluable for everyone working on literacy
development with 7-8 and 9-10 year olds.
Support for teachers, and
parentswho are homeschooling, is built in with guidance for how to teach the
different question types, plus suggestions for embedding these texts in the
wider KS2 English curriculum. This series is suitable for new and recently qualified
teachers as well as those who are more experienced and wanting to expand the
range of texts they use as classroom practice materials and guided
reading.
If you are a teacher, tutor or
parent looking for a comprehensive resource to enhance reflective reading and
support teaching in your classroom or home education, this is exactly what you
need. Look for other books in the
Developing Reading Comprehension Skills series.
This book contains extracts
from the following classic novels:
- The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
by Beatrix Potter - The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank
Baum - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll - The
Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh
Lofting - Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls
Wilder - The Velveteen Rabbit by
Margery Williams - The
Magic Bedknob by Mary Norton - The
Railway Children by E. Nesbit - Peter
Pan by J.M.Barrie - The
Nutcracker and the Mouse-King by E.T.A.
Hoffmann - The Wind in the Willows by
Kenneth Grahame - The
Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain - Answers References
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