Filter by
Subjects
Subject categories
- (-) All subject categories (593)
- History (153)
- Thematic studies (51)
- Health/medicine (44)
- Depth/Period studies (40)
- Modern World c. 1900-present (36)
- World studies (34)
- Germany (30)
- British studies (18)
- Cold war in Asia (17)
- Elizabethan England (14)
- Nazi Germany (13)
- German history (12)
- Inter-war (12)
- First World War and peace settlements (8)
- Russia (7)
- 19th century America (6)
- Henry VIII (6)
- Cold war in Europe (5)
- Early Modern Period c. 1450-1750 (5)
- Industry and Empire c. 1750-1900 (5)
- Power/democracy (5)
- Cold War (4)
- Crime and punishment (4)
- First World War and its origins (4)
- Middle Ages c.410-1450 (4)
- Russian history (4)
- American history (3)
- English Reformation (3)
- Inter-war: the Great Depression and rise of dictators (3)
- Norman England (3)
- Russian empires (3)
- Victorian life and culture (3)
- What is History? (3)
- Women’s suffrage (3)
- 20th century America (2)
- Ancient World (2)
- Black Death (2)
- Cold War era (2)
- Explorers (2)
- Historical terminology (2)
- Spain and the New World (2)
- Tudor monarchs (2)
- World history (2)
- British Empire (1)
- Holocaust (1)
- Islamic civilisations (1)
- Life in Medieval Britain (1)
- Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament (1)
- Migration (1)
- Restoration England (1)
- Second World War (1)
- The Middle East (1)
- Vietnam War (1)
Global tag
Resource type
- (-) Worksheet (187)
- Student activity (107)
- Teaching ideas (42)
- Revision (18)
- Complete lesson (11)
- Starter/Plenary (11)
- Exam preparation (8)
- Templates (8)
- Knowledge organisers (7)
- Role play/debate/discussion (7)
- Game/quiz (6)
- Differentiated (5)
- Homework (5)
- Lesson plan (2)
- Form tutor (1)
- Self-assessment (1)
- Video (1)
Exam board
Retrieval
Here you'll find all our reading comprehension resources with a particular focus on retrieval skills.
What are retrieval skills?
Retrieval refers to the reading skill needed to find and record information in non-fiction and fiction texts, using it to answer comprehension questions or summarise key details. This important skill needs to be taught and practised regularly at key stage 1 (and throughout key stage 2) before children can begin to develop their inference skills.
Teaching resources to support retrieval practice
These retrieval activities include worksheets, texts and questions to support younger learners and older children to to find key information to answer retrieval questions, developing this reading comprehension skill.
All you need for information retrieval practice at primary school!
For more resources to develop reading comprehension strategies, see our main comprehension page. You might also like our comprehension teaching packs: Reading at KS1, Comprehension at lower KS2, Comprehension at upper KS2, Reading SATs practice for KS2 and Raising reading skills.