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title: "Year 6 Independent Guided Reading  - Focusing on Retrieval Question Types"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-22-year-6-independent-guided-reading-focusing-on-retrieval-question-types"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Year 6 Independent Guided Reading - Focusing on Retrieval Question Types

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2024-11-22_10_14_30.jpg)   22 November 2024

After a week of rehearsing answering retrieval question types, on Fridays Year 6 answer questions independently. The focus is to apply the skill that has been taught throughout the week. We are particularly enjoying the novel Skandar and the Unicorn Thief!

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