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Year 6 · English

Retrieve And Record Information

Year 6 learners practise scanning and skimming to find information.

The activities include Find Facts from a Text, Practise Retrieval Skills, Retrieve Information from a Piece of Descriptive Text, and related practice. The checked support below includes worksheet, video, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Find Facts from a Text
  • Practise Retrieval Skills
  • Retrieve Information from a Piece of Descriptive Text
  • Understand Terms Used in Poetry
  • Use Scanning and Skimming Skills to Retrieve Information

Checked learning resources

  • GOV.UK: Key stage 2 English reading sample materials

    GOV.UK Standards and Testing Agency · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Official KS2 English reading test materials for retrieval, inference, vocabulary and evidence-based answers.

  • Who Is Rex Retriever? | KS2 English Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Models how to retrieve explicit information from a text and answer KS2 SATs-style retrieval questions. The video models retrieval from a text and SATs-style retrieval questions, matching the non-fiction information task.

  • Year 6 Reading Skills KS2 Bumper Resource Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Verified Year 6 fiction, non-fiction and poetry pack teaching and practising SATs vocabulary questions and word meaning questions alongside retrieval, summarising, inference, prediction, authorial choice and comparison.

  • Poetry Tier 3 Vocabulary Word List

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Verified sixth-grade-compatible poetry terminology resource defining and exemplifying terms including stanza, rhyme scheme, alliteration, ballad, figurative language, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification an

  • KS2 Skimming and Scanning with Rex Retriever Activity Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Verified KS2 presentation and activities explicitly teaching pupils to skim and scan fiction and non-fiction texts to locate and retrieve key information.

  • Comprehension

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 English resource matched to scanning and skimming to find information.

  • The Elements of a Poem

    YouTube · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Khan Academy teaching video explains lines, stanzas, rhythm, rhyme and other poetry terminology used when discussing poems.

  • KS2 Understanding Poetry Teaching Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Verified KS2 resource suitable for Year 6, with a teaching PowerPoint and independent activities explaining poetry terminology and devices including alliteration, rhyme, imagery and structure, then applying them in poetr