Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 3-4: Classic Children's Literature Paperback / softback

Each of the 12 extracts fromclassic children's literature is accompanied by eight sets of questions basedon the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Reading Content Domains and National Curriculum. Thisreading workbook for Years 3 and 4 provides opportunities to study more complexvocabulary and so build their own. They can also explore how the authorslanguage 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 makeDeveloping Reading Comprehension Skills Years 3-4: ClassicChildren's Literature invaluable for everyone working on literacydevelopment with 7-8 and 9-10 year olds.

Support for teachers, andparentswho are homeschooling, is built in with guidance for how to teach thedifferent question types, plus suggestions for embedding these texts in thewider KS2 English curriculum. This series is suitable for new and recently qualifiedteachers as well as those who are more experienced and wanting to expand therange of texts they use as classroom practice materials and guidedreading.

If you are a teacher, tutor orparent looking for a comprehensive resource to enhance reflective reading andsupport teaching in your classroom or home education, this is exactly what youneed. Look for other books in theDeveloping Reading Comprehension Skills series.

This book contains extractsfrom the following classic novels:

• The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duckby Beatrix Potter
• TheWonderful Wizard of Oz by L. FrankBaum
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll
• TheStory of Dr. Dolittle by HughLofting
• Little House on the Prairieby Laura IngallsWilder
• The Velveteen Rabbit byMargery Williams
• TheMagic Bedknob by Mary Norton
• TheRailway Children by E. Nesbit
• PeterPan by J.M.Barrie
• TheNutcracker and the Mouse-King by E.T.A. Hoffmann
• The Wind in the Willows byKenneth Grahame
• ThePrince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
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