Record Breaking Comprehension

Bring your reading comprehension sessions alive with engaging record-breaking stories

Rising Stars have teamed up with Guinness World Records to produce Record-Breaking Comprehension, an exciting series that uses fascinating world records to engage all pupils and develop reading comprehension skills.

• Lively, inspiring texts that your pupils will want to read
• Includes a range of text types
• Ideal for use in class or for homework
• Colour-coded pupil books allow for extra flexibility across abilities

Download your FREE booklet containing sample units for you to try out in your school.

Read a case study from Nicole Hodgson from St Margaret's Primary School in Lancashire and hear why they love the series:

We would unreservedly recommend Record-Breaking Comprehension to all those schools out there who want to get their children talking, reading and responding enthusiastically.  

Find out how Gerard Power from Torridon Junior School, London, has found using Record-Breaking Comprehension in his school:

I hear moans and groans when they find out we don’t have comprehension today.  I would totally recommend Record-Breaking Comprehension to schools. It turns non-fiction comprehension tasks – so often seen as a bit of a drag – into an exciting interactive process

What's included

• 24 units in each book which can be used with pupils across the ability spectrum.
• Accompanying Teacher’s Book with support for using the series plus answers, extension activities and ideas for further research.
• Differentiated practice questions enable pupils to move from literal interpretation of the texts to more complex meanings