Reading Comprehension Strategies Y5 and Y6

Why read? We covered this last year: 20 minutes a day Better results at GCSEs and A Levels; better universities; better job prospects Better mental health; less likely to be unemployed or turn to crime Why read?

Reading Vipers Vocabulary Infer Predict Explain Retrieve Sequence or Summarise Reading Vipers

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Nouns: Common/concrete Proper Abstract Collective Grammar Terms

Every day objects such as chair, boy, girl, jam, toy, dog, cat etc Concrete/common

Names of people and places; days of the week; months of the year; and names of companies/brands. Proper

Abstract Thinks you can’t touch but are feelings, ideas, qualities: champion, love, glory, victory, joy, happiness, danger etc Abstract

A group of something: family; class of children; cackle of hyenas; flock of sheep; bunch of flowers; council; or jury Collective:

Adverb Describes a verb: Jumped slowly Ran quickly Laughed loudly He never took the bread they offered Adverb

A doing or being word, e.g. I run, he went, you are Verb

Describe noun: Beautiful flower Sleepy child Huge tree Adjectives

A part of a sentence that contains a verb and someone or something doing the action. Clause

An important part of a sentence that would make sense on its own. e.g. I went out even though it was raining. I went out is the main clause because it makes sense on its own. Main Clause

Subordinate Clause A less important part of a sentence e.g. While you were out, I watched TV. While you were out is the subordinate clause because it doesn’t make sense on its own. which doesn’t make sense on its own. Subordinate Clause

That Which Who Whom Whose Relative Pronoun

A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause that describes or modifies a noun by using a relative pronoun E.g. Sarah, who was bookworm, read her new book in one evening. Relative Clause

Modal Verbs Words that show possibility: Should, could, would, may, might, must, will, won't, ought and shall Modal Verbs

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