The Comprehension Box 1 - Age 7-8+

• pupils could be grouped according to reading level, work on the cards in a particular colour and then discuss and summarise what they have learned with their peers
• capable, independent readers can work through the cards at their own pace, freeing up the teacher’s time to work intensively with different groups in the class.

What’s in the box?

• 150 colourfully illustrated cards with texts covering a variety of genres and text types.
• 15 colour-coded sections.
• Questions on the back of each card.
• Answer cards.
• A comprehensive Teachers guide providing suggestions on how to explicitly teach comprehension strategies along with answers and pupil and teacher recording sheets.
• Scope-and-sequence chart.

Develops 12 specific comprehension strategies using different text types and genres:  

 How to use the box

The coloured sections enable the teachers to differentiate the cards and match them to the wide-ranging reading abilities of their pupils.

High-interest reading pieces balance fiction and non-fiction texts incorporating a variety of genres with attractive illustrations.

Helping you decide

Develops comprehension and higher-order thinking skills by using different question levels such as literal, inferential and applied.

Closely integrated with other curricular areas such as science, geography and history providing opportunities for cross-curricular links.

Teachers can devise and implement their comprehension programme and use this flexible resource, which they can put into operation quickly and eefficiently, to support their teaching.

Self-correcting feature of the cards promotes pupil autonomy and independence (separate answer cards are provided), while the recording sheets allow easy monitoring and management of pupil progress.