Reading
Reading Test
The test will comprise of 3 texts to read (usually one non fiction text and either two fiction or one fiction and one poem) and an answer booklet for the children to record their responses.
There will be a variety of different questions to answer about each text – some one word answers, short answers, tick the box, matching, true/false questions and event ordering. There will be longer paragraph answers where pupils are required to explain a response with evidence linked to the text.
All of the questions are designed to test key skills such as information retrieval, vocabulary understanding, inference, summarising and comparing or contrasting.
Ways to help your child prepare for the reading test
•Building reading stamina – they need to read!
•Reading high quality Y6 fiction and non-fiction
•Talking through the papers your child has completed in class and has brought home. This can include looking at the different types of questions and discussing how the question could be answered.
•Practice tests - some short texts and sets of questions are below, including the answers.