Reading for Meaning 1-4

Reading Age 5 - 8.5 years Interest Level 5 - 12 years

These photocopy masters were produced in order to meet a real need to find something at a very simple level that would encourage children to seek meaning in text, to classify, to sequence, to evaluate and to extend their language development generally.
Activities include: deduction, orientation, drawing from text, classification, sequencing, cloze, picture completion, true or false, interpreting text and summarising.
The books progress in levels of difficulty.

More Reading for Meaning - By Gill Nettle

Interest Level 6 - 12 years. Reading Age 5 - 8.5 years.

This series of 4 books has been produced in response to teachers' requests for materials of a similar format to 'Reading for Meaning'. These books slot in between the 4 levels of the original series. The cost of each title is £14.70. The set of 4 books can be bought for £55.96.


They should be a useful asset for teachers needing a vastly increased range of activities for 'The Group and Independent Work' period in the literacy hour. Activities include deduction, scanning, orientation, drawing from text, classification, sequencing, cloze and true or false.

Logical Sequencing

Reading Age 5-8.5 - Interest Age 5-12

This series of photocopiable books presents pupils with sequencing exercises, ranging from 3 section stories (book 1) to 6 section stories (book 4).
The text is written mainly using words from the NLS high frequency word lists. Teachers and assistants will find the exercises useful in helping mainstream KS1 pupils and also KS 2 and 3 pupils who are struggling with literal and inferential comprehension.
Book 1 - 3 section stories
Book 2 - 4 section stories
Book 3 - 5 section stories
Book 4 - 6 section stories

Finish the Story

Reading Age 7-9 - Interest Age 7-14

Books for Individual or group activities in which the reader is presented with a picture, the begining if a story and some stimulating questions to lead the pupils into their own writing.

Books 1-5

Understanding Everyday Writing

Reading Age 6-9 - Interest Age 7-12

This series has been written to provide support for children with special educational needs at KS2 and into the early terms of KS3. The series is designed to help the development of the comprehension skills needed to understand the everyday texts with which children are confronted. The books may be used as part of independent or group work.
Each exercise is spread over two pages, providing differentiated material at 2 levels.
Book 1 Cards and Letters (KS 2)
Book 2 Messages and lists (KS 2)
Book 3 Writing in School (KS 2/3)
Book 4 Writing All Around Us (KS 2/3)

Writing for a Purpose

Reading Age Up to 7 years - Interest Level 4 - 9 years

This exciting new series can not only be used with children in Reception classes but also with older children who are struggling to achieve. The work is closely linked to the National Literacy Strategy at the simplest level to encourage pupils to seek meaning in text and extend their language development generally. As such, they provide a useful asset for teachers needing to produce a range of activities for the Literacy Hour.