YR1 English Dinosaur Comprehensions | Narrative Non-Fiction Poetry

Year 1 English Dinosaur Themed Comprehensions | Narrative, Non-Fiction & Poetry Pack

🦖 Transport your Year 1 children back to the age of the dinosaurs with our wonderful Year 1 English Dinosaur Themed Comprehensions! This engaging printable resource is perfect for KS1 children, providing a fantastic way to support reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and an understanding of different text types through a fun and captivating topic.

Ideal for classroom use, guided reading sessions, or as homework, this pack is a brilliant tool for building core English skills.

This fantastic pack features:

• Three engaging texts, each with a corresponding set of Year 1-appropriate comprehension questions.

• Narrative Text: "The Little Dino Who Lost His Roar" - A delightful story about a friendly Triceratops and his journey to find his voice…“Tyler the Triceratops was a happy dinosaur. He lived with his family in a big green forest, where he loved to eat yummy plants. Tyler had three special…”

• Non-Fiction Text: "The Dinosaurs of Long Ago" - An informative text explaining what dinosaurs were and where they lived…“Millions of years ago, before there were any people, the Earth was filled with incredible creatures called dinosaurs. The word "dinosaur" means…”

• Poetry Text: "My Dinosaur" - A fun and simple poem about a child's very own dinosaur friend…“My dinosaur is big and green, The biggest one you've ever seen. She has a tail that's long and…”

• Multiple page formats for flexible teaching:

  • Page 1: A single sheet with both the text and questions, perfect for laminating or use in a child's book.

  • Page 2: A text-only sheet with a larger font size, ideal for whole-class or group reading where an adult reads aloud.

  • Page 3: A questions-only worksheet for children to write on independently.

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• 💡 How to use this resource in your classroom/setting

  Our Year 1 English Dinosaur Themed Comprehensions pack is incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various KS1 environments:

  • Guided Reading Groups:

    • Use the large-font text sheets for a focused reading session with a small group. You can read the text together, and then children can use the questions to practise retrieving information and making simple inferences.

  • Independent Work:

    • The single-sheet text and questions are perfect for children to work on independently in a quiet reading area.

  • Differentiated Learning:

    • The three different formats allow for easy differentiation. Less confident readers can follow the large-font sheet as an adult reads. Children who need a scaffold can use the text and questions on a single page, while more confident readers can use the separate question sheet to write their answers.

  • Whole-Class Activity:

    • Use the non-fiction text to introduce your science topic on dinosaurs. Read the text together and have a class discussion about what children already know about these incredible creatures.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐤 KS1 Curriculum

  Reading – Comprehension (Year 1)

  Pupils should be taught to:

  ❖ develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by:

  • listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently

  • being encouraged to link what they read or hear read to their own experiences

  • becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics

  • recognising and joining in with predictable phrases

  • learning to appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart

  • discussing word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known

  ❖ understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by:

  • drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher

  • checking that the text makes sense to them as they read and correcting inaccurate reading

  • discussing the significance of the title and events

  • making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done

  • predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far

  ❖ participate in discussion about what is read to them, taking turns and listening to what others say

  ❖ explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them.

Download our Year 1 English Dinosaur Themed Comprehensions pack today and bring history to life in your reading lessons! 🦕

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