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Supporting reading in Year 6 (Age 10-11)

By Year 6 (in England) or Primary 7 (in Scotland), your child will hopefully be reading independently at home and school for lots of different reasons. Some children may still be reluctant to read adventurously and can get stuck on one author, series, or type of book. Having favourites is great, but Year 6 is also a good time to push the boundaries and read new genres and forms.

If you live in England, your child will take their Key Stage 2 SATs in May. The tests include maths and English sections, as well as a reading test. To find out about the SATs and how you can help your child prepare, visit our Key Stage 2 SATs page.

It’s important at this age that your child is encouraged to develop a love of reading. This will help to build a strong foundation for learning when they go to secondary school and for later life.

How to help at home

There are plenty of simple and effective ways you can help your child with reading in Year 5/Primary 6.

Read a wide variety of books

Encourage your child to choose texts with a variety of formats and layouts. Lots of children have favourite authors and genres, but it can be helpful to expand into new types of books every so often – including non-fiction texts.

This will give them experience reading in a real-world context, and will also prepare them for national assessments where they are expected to engage with a wide variety of text types. Talk together about how the texts are presented – the writing will look different depending on what type of text it is from.

Your child may now be reading more independently, but reading to your child can still be useful, especially if the books you read are a bit above their current reading level. Take a look at our free eBook library for ideas for older readers.

...but value your child's choices too!

Your child might want to read something that everyone is reading at school, an old favourite they’ve read a hundred times before, or something you wouldn’t pick yourself: another book about ponies or the biography of a footballer you’ve never heard of. Giving your child free choice of books is a great way of building excitement about reading.

If your child tends to want to read the same books over and over again, it can be difficult to balance encouraging your child to read outside the box with letting them choose their own books. The best course is to aim for a mix of old favourites and exciting new ideas. Don’t tell your child they can’t read a book they have read several times before – but do be sure to point out new titles that might appeal.

Listen to audiobooks

Listening to an audiobook together can work well (even better when it is played from the hallowed tablet or smart phone). This could be curled up at bedtime, but it could also be in the car or at home while you’re getting ready for school. Take a look at the free audiobooks in our eBook library for inspiration.

Carry on reading aloud

Your child may already be a fluent reader, but there are still lots of advantages to reading aloud to your child. Reading to your child gives them the chance to listen to books that they might not be able to read independently. This includes books that are too long for their current level of reading stamina, books with tricky vocabulary, or books that introduce concepts that benefit from discussion with an adult.

It also gives you lots of chances to talk about books with your child and safeguards some shared time together. Read more about reading aloud to older children here .

If your child is a reluctant reader , try meeting them halfway. Perhaps you read a page to them and then they read a page to you. Or, you read one chapter, then they read the next few to themselves, and then you read another.

Use pictures to talk about stories

For younger children, pictures provide an excellent opportunity to practise comprehension skills. This can also be true of children as they grow older and become more confident readers. Use picture books aimed at older readers or graphic novels to practise comprehension skills that are not text-based.

Explore our Picture books for older readers reccomendations for more tips.

Read between the lines

Talking about stories, poems, and information can help your child understand books in different ways. It’s not just about what’s happened or who did what. Talk about what a book means to your child and whether they think there are any less obvious meanings that the author wants us to spot.

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Sixth Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

These grade 6 reading comprehension worksheets are taken from a series of leveled reading workbooks . The series ranges in difficulty from A to Z and is correlated to grade levels; each successive level provides greater challenge .  The full workbooks are available for download from our bookstore for only $2.99 / book.

These children's stories are leveled based on text complexity (vocabulary, word size, sentence length, amount of repetitiveness, subject matter complexity). Each workbook contains fiction and non-fiction texts, followed by reading comprehension exercises.  Topics vary; we try to make reading interesting and/or fun. Answer sheets are provided.

Grade 6 leveled reading workbooks - part of our A-Z series of leveled readers; levels V-Z are at a grade 6 level.  

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Y6 15 minute reading activities - 9 activities for 9 days!

Subject: English

Age range: 7-11

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A resources created for morning activities, reading starters, homework or just to do with your class!

Brilliant resource for the lead up to SATS with a grammar focus too. Also good for encouraging a love of reading with the children!

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A great resource for remote learning grid tasks - very self-directed for year 6 students and can be differentiated (Q1-4 support/all) Q4-8/9 At level) and the wonderful Extension section of 2-3 questions for going further (Aug 2021).

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Way too difficult for year 6. Paranthesis example? Where? A word which means ‘risky manoeuvre ‘’ I cant find one and have been in education for over 40 years.Are there answers for these please?! Thank you

Fantastic resource, especially for home learning. Thank you for saving me so much time!

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Key stage 2 tests: 2024 English reading test materials

English reading test materials administered to eligible pupils at the end of key stage 2 in May 2024.

2024 key stage 2 English reading booklet

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83507-026-0, STA/24/8811/e

PDF , 12.6 MB , 12 pages

2024 key stage 2 English reading answer booklet

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83507-025-3, STA/24/8810/e

PDF , 437 KB , 20 pages

2024 key stage 2 English reading – administering the reading booklet and reading answer booklet

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83507-142-7, STA/24/8827/e

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2024 key stage 2 English reading mark schemes

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83507-027-7, STA/24/8812/e

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2024 copyright ownership: key stage 2 national curriculum tests

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