Reading Comprehension Skills Knowledge Organiser
A reference for the reading skills tested at KS2 — retrieval, inference, vocabulary in context, summary, comparison, and authorial intent — with question stems and strategies for each.
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Learning objective
Identify and apply the six reading comprehension skills tested at KS2, using strategies and question stems for each.
About this resource
- Subject: English / Language Arts
- Type: Knowledge Organiser
- Grade levels: Grade 3 (ages 8-9, ≈ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, ≈ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6), Grade 6 (ages 11-12, ≈ Year 7)
- Pages: 3
- Date added: 2026-05-13
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Books on reading comprehension for primary
Convenience links if you'd like to look any of these up. We've recommended these books in the resource above.
For teachers
- C Closing the Reading Gap — Alex Quigley
- T The Whole-School Reading Community — Nicola Davies, Emma Trimble
- M Making Good Progress: The Future of Assessment for Learning — Daisy Christodoulou
- R Reading Reconsidered: A Practical Guide to Rigorous Literacy Instruction — Doug Lemov et al.
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