Reading Skills Resources
Staff Introductory Materials
National Curriculum Correlation
National Curriculum Reading Skills
The Education Endowment Foundation recommends teaching specific reading comprehension strategies. With over 30 years of teaching expertise, we have devised 14 National Curriculum reading skills areas for children to explore and master. Find out more about these below and scroll for lots of handy resources to use in your school…
Reading at a natural speed, with accuracy and expression.
Discussing books you read and that are read to yo, taking turns to talk and listen to what others say. Building on your own and others’ ideas and challenging views courteously.
Briefly outlining the main ideas or events from one or more paragraphs in a text. Identifying key details that support the main ideas.
Stopping and checking your understanding of a text and any vocabulary you are unsure of.
Seeking information or exploring possibilities.
Exploring the main features of a text including language, presentation and structure.
Finding and recording information from a text.
Seeing a picture in your mind based on what you have read, your background knowledge and your imagination.
Looking at the techniques a writer uses to engage the reader.
Forming an opinion about what you have read using clues from the text and your prior knowledge.
Identifying themes in stories and building your understanding of what to expect from books. Making comparisons within and across books.
Sharing your opinion and justifying views to others. Giving reasons for your choices.
Making a statement about what could happen next.
Exploring the author’s choice of words and exploring how they enhance meaning and capture the reader’s interest and imagination.
Using role-play and other drama techniques to explore characters. Preparing and reading aloud poems and plays.
