ACELY1713
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts
Elaborations
- making connections between the text and students' own experience or other texts (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
- making connections between information in print and images (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- finding specific literal information (Skills: Literacy)
- using prior knowledge and textual information to make inferences and predictions (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- asking and answering questions (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- finding the main idea of a text (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- summarising a text or part of a text (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
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Inference vs Prediction Poster
A poster outlining the similarities and differences between inference and prediction.
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QAR Generic Question Cards
A set of 28 generic QAR question cards for students to use as a comprehension task after reading.
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Year 6 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 26-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 6 students.
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A comprehension worksheet for a scientific report from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 3).
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Inference vs Prediction - Presentation
A teaching presentation outlining the similarities and differences between inference and prediction.
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Reading Detectives Bookmarks
8 colourful reading detective bookmarks to use during guided reading sessions in the classroom.
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Identify Author's Purpose Poster
A poster highlighting how to identify the author's purpose when reading a piece of text.
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A comprehension worksheet for an article including ten facts about the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia.
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A worksheet for students to practise making connections with a piece of text.
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Reading Detectives Resource Pack
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A fun reading comprehension strategy game to play in the classroom during literacy groups.
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Making Predictions - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Reciprocal Teaching Role Cards
A set of 4 colourful reciprocal teaching role cards to assign to students during guided reading groups.
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Reading Response Journal – Comprehension Templates
A journal with comprehension sheets designed for students to study texts.
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A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).
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Make Connections Poster
A poster highlighting how to make connections when reading a piece of text.
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A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Make Predictions Poster
A poster highlighting how to make predictions when reading a piece of text.
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Foldable Inferencing Template
Practise making inferences with this foldable template.
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Year 6 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 2)
Issue 2 of our beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 6 students.