Reading comprehension: The Magic Lamp

This Year 2, KS1 reading comprehension PDF was created by an experienced teacher to help your primary school child develop their English skills.

Read this story about a magic land and then see if you can answer the questions afterwards.

Why are reading comprehension activities important for KS1 children?

Reading comprehension activities are important for KS1 children because they:

• Build understanding
  They help children understand what they read, making stories and information more meaningful and fun.
• Boost vocabulary
  These activities introduce new words, which expands their language skills and makes them better communicators.
• Encourage thinking
  They develop critical thinking skills, as children learn to ask questions, make predictions and connect ideas.
   

What is an example of a reading comprehension activity in KS1?

Reading comprehension is the ability to understand and make sense of what you read. It involves not just reading the words, but also grasping the meaning behind them, recognising the main ideas, making inferences and connecting the text to your own knowledge and experiences.

Your child will be given an excerpt, a short story or an article to read and then they will be asked questions that will reveal how much of the text they comprehend (or understand). 

Here is a very simple example: 

Excerpt: Tommy the cat loved to play in the garden. He would chase butterflies and climb trees all day long.

Question: What did Tommy the cat love to do in the garden?

Answer: Tommy loved to chase butterflies and climb trees.

How will this KS1 reading comprehension worksheet help my child?

This reading comprehension PDF was created by a primary school teacher and mimics a common activity that your child will come across at school. They will need to read the text, The Magic Lamp, and use their reading comprehension skills to answer the questions on the following page. 

For more help with reading comprehension, check out our hub page, or try a new challenge such as our Year 2 English challenge pack.