Vocabulary Superheroes
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Prepare children for the most difficult aspects of their reading test with comprehension exercises that concentrate on developing the key skills of inference and deduction.
Prepare children for the most difficult aspects of their reading test with comprehension exercises that concentrate on developing the key skills of inference and deduction.
* Set questions that gradually progress pupils' skills and deeper understanding of a text
* Increase vocabulary and reading stamina with extracts from a rich variety of fiction and non-fiction texts
* Evaluate your pupils' responses and help them apply their skills to other texts with guidance from top literacy consultant Rachel Clarke
Texts included:
The Gingerbread Man Anon.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Anon.
The Lion and the Mouse: An Aesop Fable retold by Jackie Walter and Anni Axworthy
The Big Fib by Ros Asquith
Mog and the Granny by Judith Kerr
The Hedgehog's Balloon by Nick Butterworth
Funnybones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Letter to Granny by Rachel Clarke
How to Make Beans on Toast by Rachel Clarke
Lifecycle of a Butterfly by Rachel Clarke
Big Cat Babies by Jonathan and Angela Scott
Red Foxes: Nocturnal Predators by Rebecca Rissman
I Had a Little Cat by Charles Causley
Five Little Owls Anon.
Cats by Eleanor Farjeon
The Adventures of Odysseus by Geraldine McCaughrean
How Birds Got Bright Feathers: A Story from South America by Heather Amery
Stone Soup Anon. adapted by Rachel Clarke
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Grace and Family by Mary Hoffman
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
Can You Believe It? by Rachel Clarke
The Titanic by Anna Claybourne
Diary of a Farmer by Angela Royston
Lifecycle of a Frog by Rachel Clarke
How to Make Coconut Pyramids by Rachel Clarke
How to Make Birdseed Cake by Rachel Clarke
Ready, Steady - Moo! by June Crebbin
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear
Frost on the Flower by Charles Causley