Goldilocks and the Three Bears Comprehension
Year 1 Goldilocks comprehension: label story pictures, say how Baby Bear feels, predict what happens next and draw your own breakfast.
Year 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Understanding texts by drawing on what pupils already know and on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher.
Year 1 English6 worksheets
Reading Comprehension worksheets to download
Making Inferences from Stories
Year 1 inference worksheet: three short stories about Sam, Mia and Leo. Pupils work out feelings and reasons from clues. Answers included.
Predicting What Happens Next
Year 1 prediction worksheet: tick what happens next in three stories, draw Leo's runaway apple, write about Tom's kick. Model answers.
Rhymes and Poems Word Meanings
Year 1 word meaning worksheet: word cards for crown, mouse and wall with meaning, picture, rhyme and sentence. Nursery rhyme links.
Finding Answers in Non-Fiction
Year 1 non-fiction comprehension about hedgehogs, robins and red foxes: written answers, find and copy, true or false. Answers included.
Sequencing Traditional Tales
Year 1 traditional tales worksheet: sort 12 items into The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks. Answer key included.
Curriculum objectives covered
Reading - comprehension
“Listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently”
Reading - comprehension
“Being encouraged to link what they read or hear read to their own experiences”
Reading - comprehension
“Becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics”
Reading - comprehension
“Discussing word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known”
Reading - comprehension
“Drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher”
Reading - comprehension
“Checking that the text makes sense to them as they read and correcting inaccurate reading”
Reading - comprehension
“Discussing the significance of the title and events”
Reading - comprehension
“Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done”
Reading - comprehension
“Predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far”
Reading - comprehension
“Participate in discussion about what is read to them, taking turns and listening to what others say”
Reading - comprehension
“Explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them.”
Reading - comprehension
“Learning to appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart”
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Phonics
Applying phonic knowledge and skills to decode words, responding speedily with the correct sound to the graphemes taught across Year 1.
Writing
Sequencing sentences to form short narratives, the first step in the Key Stage 1 writing composition strand.
Spelling and Handwriting
Beginning to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place, while spelling words with taught sounds.
Grammar and Punctuation
Joining words and joining clauses using "and" to build longer sentences, an early vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objective.