Reading Detectives
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Year 5 Reading Detectives: topic texts with free download
by Keen Kite Books
Solve the mystery of criminally hard comprehension by gathering evidence across the curriculum! This addition to the bestselling Reading Detectives series uses the same approach to teaching primary comprehension, but with texts linked to your History, Geography and Science topics.
Snoop out tricky texts right across the curriculum!
- Different genres and text types covering History, Geography and Science topics
- Editable comprehension questions with a focus on inference and deduction
- Guidance on assessing the expected standard
Included texts:
Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages (Explore!) by Sonya Newland
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
Anglo-Saxon Boy by Tony Bradman
The Last Viking by Terry Deary
The Georgians 1714-1837 (British History) by Kingfisher Books
The Spitting Cobra: Egyptian Chronicles by Gill Harvey
A Visitor's Guide to Ancient Greece by Lesley Sims
The History Detective Investigates: Mayan Civilization by Clare Hibbert
Where on Earth? Geography Without the Boring Bits by James Doyle
The Cities Book by Lonely Planet Kids
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Acorn, Conker and Key by Michael Rosen
Gangsta Granny by David Walliams
Science Experiments: Loads of Explosively Fun Activities to Do! by Robert Winston
Full Moon by Walter de la Mare
Little Star by James McGonigal
Fatal Forces (Horrible Science) by Nick Arnold
Year 6 Reading Detectives: topic texts with free download
by Keen Kite Books
Solve the mystery of criminally hard comprehension by gathering evidence across the curriculum! This addition to the bestselling Reading Detectives series uses the same approach to teaching primary comprehension, but with texts linked to your History, Geography and Science topics.
Snoop out tricky texts right across the curriculum!
- Different genres and text types covering History, Geography and Science topics
- Editable comprehension questions with a focus on inference and deduction
- Guidance on assessing the expected standard
Included texts:
Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
What Makes Your Body Work? by Gill Arbutnott
Inside the Beagle with Charles Darwin by Nick Arnold
The Science Book by Dan Green
The Cold Book by Dr Mike Goldsmith and Miranda Smith
Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks by Lonely Planet
River Song by Judith Nicholls
Where Go the Boats? by Robert Louis Stevenson
The River by Valerie Bloom
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
The Roman Centurion's Song by Rudyard Kipling
Anglo-Saxons in Britain by Moira Butterfield
Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo
Street Child by Berlie Doherty
The Shang Dynasty by Anna Claybourne
Aesop's Fables retold by Jacqueline Morley
The Golden Age of Baghdad by Richard Platt
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
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
Included texts:
Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
Street Child by Berlie Doherty
Outlaw: The Story of Robin Hood by Michael Morpurgo
Eliza Rose by Lucy Worsley
Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
Sport for everyone DK Publishing
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
The Roman Record by Paul Dowswell
Cinderella by Roald Dahl
The Naming of Cats by T.S. Eliot
Savitri and Satyavan by Madhur Jaffrey
Lily and the Lion by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp
Skellig by David Almond
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
Included texts:
Romulus and Remus: Twin Boys who Founded Rome by Geraldine McCaughrean
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
The Purple Lady by Jamila Gavin
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick
The Visitor by Ian Serraillier
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine
Arthur: High King of Britain by Michael Morpurgo
The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
Oddiputs by Nicholas Fisk
Africa: Eye to Eye with the Unknown by Michael Bright
Fenn Halflin and the Fearzero by Francesca Armour-Chelu
Cowboy Song by Charles Causley
The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
The Engineer's Thumb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Tempest by William Shakespeare