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Year 6 · English · Reading for SATs · Lesson 1

Retrieval

SATs reading retrieval: skimming, scanning for key words, find-and-copy questions and matching points to marks, using an original text.

Whiteboard video lesson: Retrieval

14-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Explain retrieval questions
  • Skim and scan a text
  • Answer find-and-copy questions
  • Match answers to marks

The method

  1. Key word.
  2. Scan.
  3. Read carefully.
  4. Point per mark.

Key words: retrieval, skim, scan, find and copy, key word.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

‘Every October, the village of Ashby Cross held its Lantern Fair.’ What is the village called?

  1. Step 1: Capital letters

Answer: Ashby Cross

Question 2

‘At six o'clock, when the church bell rang...’ What time did it start?

  1. Step 1: o'clock

Answer: six o'clock

Question 3

‘...when the church bell rang...’ What rang?

  1. Step 1: bell

Answer: the church bell