Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension, Year 2 (2nd Ed) : Engaging Stories and Activities to Develop Comprehension Skills Paperback / softback

Brilliant Activities for Reading Comprehension Year 2 is linked to the comprehension strand of the 2014 National Curriculum for England.

It provides children with a variety of engaging, enjoyable texts that will grab their attention, and indeed their teacher's attention as well.

The types of comprehension passages range from dialogues and plays to stories and poems.

They gradually increase in difficulty as you progress through the book, and through the series, encouraging children to develop their ability to read for meaning and use a range of strategies to engage with the text.

The passages are ideal for guided reading. Tasks. range from simple factual recall and vocabulary work to more open-ended questions enabling the reader to provide a more personal response.

There are detailed suggestions for integrating writing, speaking and other literacy tasks with the passages.

The cross-curricular activities provide a wealth of ideas for extending the passages further and are ideal for fast-finishers.