Reading comprehension for Y2/Y3 - does anybody have any copies/good books?

[cluckyagain]

Hi - I'm trying to get hold of either some copies of reading comprehension exercises, or recommendations for a good book of them (preferably not too expensive!) for KS1 (Y2/3) My ds has a speech 'comprehension and expression' problem which basically means that whilst he is fine at spelling and reading, his lack of understanding of the whole thing (as demonstrated by utterly woeful comprehension tests) is really holding him back. Thanks in advance.

Anyone?x

Bond Assessment papers include English Comprehension exercises. You can download an example from their website.

Thanks LIZS!

How about this one

www.acblack.com/children/details.asp?sku=1425145&dept%5Fid=9&category%5Fid=&sec=&subna v=&mscssid=9BPUQ4VSQKGL9JQM5JJ3W7V36V99BRW4

It's by Andrew Brodie, called Improving Comprehensions and there different books for different ages, and for each text there are three different worksheets with questions at various difficulty levels. So you can progress

Thanks irisha!

I've used this series of books in my teaching, and although now a bit old-fashioned they are great at promoting different comprehension skills. As you can see from the blurb the series covers 'deduction, orientation, drawing from text, classification, sequencing, cloze, picture completion, true or false, interpreting text and summarising.' They are expensive, but you may well find copies on ebay. HTH

Thanks gladbag - 3 and 4 would probably do him beautifully so I'll have a look on ebay. You're all great!!

cluckyagain - you can buy KS1 SATs practice paper packs that have lots of comprehension in.

The other thing to do is actually get him to do his reading book out loud to you and you ask him questions about it.

We've been doing this with ds1 because comprehension is his weak point too.

Thanks Novicecamper - I'll look those up too. Good idea about the reading books - I tend to let him just get on with it as he enjoys them already (Horrid Henry!)
xx

That's the 'mistake', if you like, we've made - he's been a fluent reader from very early in reception - he can read broadsheet newspapers etc. His spelling is phenomenal - for the last 2 years he's had an almost 'clean sheet'. His comprehension is not awful - he's still predicted a good SATs score but he is lacking in some areas and I think it's because he's been able to read alone for so long and we've 'neglected' the checking of his understanding

Apparently, in his class he was the only one in a recent test to get a higher score in his non-fiction comprehension than in his fiction one. He's like me - he's logical and likes numbers, facts etc.

My ds isn't quite as fluent as yours! I tried the comprehension questions yesterday - he was surprisingly good so perhaps we'll get somewhere fast!

We've done a practice today as well - he was much better than when we first started them so we are making headway!