Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 3-4: Classic Children's Poetry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780857478535)

Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 3-4: Classic Poetry contains 12 high quality classic poems and is perfect for developing reading strategies as children move through Key Stage 2.

Each of the poems is accompanied by eight sets of questions based on the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Reading Content Domains and National Curriculum. This book provides opportunities to tackle more complex vocabulary, explore how authors use language to impact their readers and hone inference skills. The clear structure and the author's passion for literature are invaluable for everyone working with pupils aged 7-9.

Support for teachers and parents is built in with guidance for how to teach the different question types, plus suggestions for embedding these texts in the wider English curriculum. This series is suitable for new and recently qualified teachers as well as those who are more experienced.

The book contains the following classic poems:

• Boats Sail on the Rivers by Christina Rossetti
• My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Buckingham Palace by A.A. Milne
• The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear
• A Visit from St Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
• The Eagle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• The Bronze Legacy by Effie Lee Newsome
• Something Told the Wild Geese by Rachel Field
• A Bird Came Down the Walk by Emily Dickinson
• The Cloud-Mobile by May Swenson
• The Flower-Fed Buffaloes by Vachel Lindsay
Night by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Author: Kate Heap
ISBN-10: 0857478532
ISBN-13: 9780857478535
Publisher: Brilliant Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.34d