Andrew Jennings has been teaching in primary schools for several years and is now an assistant headteacher. He launched Vocabulary Ninja in April 2017 to improve the levels of understanding and confidence of pupils as well as Key Stage 2 outcomes, and since then has gained thousands of fans. Having undertaken training from FFT and Power of Reading from CLPE, Andrew has also developed Comprehension Ninja/Dojo resources. Follow Andrew on Twitter at: @VocabularyNinja.

From the creator of the hugely popular Vocabulary Ninja comes an essential handbook of strategies and photocopiable resources to supercharge Year 4 pupils and transform them into little comprehension ninjas!

Comprehension Ninja for Ages 8-9 presents 24 high-quality non-fiction texts with strong links to the National Curriculum to help embed comprehension skills in the Year 4 classroom. With accompanying question sets that challenge pupils to effectively skim, scan and retrieve information and improve their subject knowledge, this practical guide features theory and teaching approaches that can be applied to any curriculum area. As well as improving their comprehension skills, Comprehension Ninja for Ages 8-9 provides excellent SATs practice for every child.

If you're searching for an exciting way to bring comprehension more firmly into your primary setting using strategies and question types such as true or false, labelling, matching, highlighting, filling in the gap, sequencing and multiple choice, look no further than Comprehension Ninja for Ages 8-9.

The Comprehension Ninja books are probably the best comprehension resource I've found in my career. [...] The texts are really high quality and the range of text activities make them fab for a guided reading carousel.