Make reading comprehension active and memorable with this hands-on Comprehension Flip Book — a fresh alternative to the traditional comprehension worksheet!
Students engage more deeply with texts when they interact with them, and this Comprehension Flip Book gives them a fun, structured way to do exactly that. With clear sections for key comprehension skills — retelling, vocabulary, connections, predictions, and more — students build both understanding and confidence as readers. Teachers love that it doubles as a meaningful formative assessment tool and an engaging take-home artefact that students are proud of.
Why teachers love it:
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Hands-on engagement — the flip format makes comprehension work feel special rather than routine
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Covers key comprehension skills — targets retelling, vocabulary, connections, questioning, predictions, and inference
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Works with any text — use with your class novel, picture books, shared reading passages, or anthology texts
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Formative assessment tool — quickly shows where individual students are in their comprehension development
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Students love taking it home — creates a proud showcase of reading work
Perfect for:
- Year 2–5 reading comprehension lessons and novel study units
- Small group guided reading sessions
- Reading rotations and independent literacy centres
- Picture book and read-aloud follow-up activities
- Assessment of reading comprehension skills
What's included:
A printable PDF Comprehension Flip Book template covering key reading comprehension skills, suitable for use with any text in primary classrooms.
Turn comprehension into something students want to do — this flip book makes every text worth engaging with!
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
OUR HAPPINESS GUARANTEE
We want you to love every Mrs Edgar resource. If something isn't right, contact us within 30 days and we'll make it right. Because this is a digital file we can't refund a download that has already been opened, but we will always help you get it working. See our Returns Policy.
FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
