Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for Year 6
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What is NAIDOC Week? – Comprehension Task
A comprehension task to use in the classroom when learning about NAIDOC Week.
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Novel Study – Chapter Summary Worksheet
Reflect on a chapter in a class novel using this one-page worksheet.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Cause and Effect - Sentence Sort Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the cause and effect comprehension strategy.
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Making Connections with Text Poster
A poster showing the concepts of text to self, text to text and text to world.
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Tropical Cyclone Cloze Worksheet
A cloze worksheet about tropical cyclones.
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What are Bushfires? Cloze Worksheet
A cloze worksheet about bushfires.
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Summarising Poster Set
Learn about how to effectively summarise a piece of text with this classroom poster set.
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Australia's Voting System – Comprehension Worksheets
Explore the history and systems of voting in Australia with this differentiated reading comprehension activity.
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Five Wonders Theme Park: Induction Booklet – Project
A project where students study the Five Wonders Theme Park stimulus poster to understand and use real world learning skills.
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In My Eyes (Poem) - Comprehension
A comprehension activity using poetry.
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Year 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheets - Superstitions
Learn about common superstitions and beliefs with a printable reading comprehenion passage for Year 5.
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#SUMitUP Summarising Activity
Summarise fictional text through this whole-class station activity.
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Nonfiction Summary Checklist
Give your students a checklist when summarising nonfiction texts to make sure they include everything required.
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Reading Response Summarising – Template
A comprehension template for students to practise summarising.
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The Wonders of the Human Body – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 2).
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Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion Poster
A poster highlighting how to distinguish between fact and opinion when reading a piece of text.
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Inference Real Estate Advertisements - Worksheet
A series of real estate advertisement worksheets to use when teaching your students how to infer information from written texts.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheets - The History of Electricity
Read to learn about the history of electricity with printable reading comprehension worksheets.
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Letter to the Editor: Social Media – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a persuasive article about social media.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Posters - Individual
Four posters highlighting the different strategies involved with the QAR comprehension strategy.
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Reading Response Character Report – Template
A comprehension template for students to write a character report about the text they have been reading.
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Novel Study – Character Map Worksheet
Explore and analyse the characters in your class novel with this set of three worksheets.
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Fossicking for Fossils – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).
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Predicting a Text - Poster and Worksheet
3 pages of resources for students to practise predicting text.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Recalling Facts And Details
A set of comprehension task cards to help students recall facts and details when reading.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Making Predictions
A set of comprehension task cards to help students make predictions when reading.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint - Monitoring
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.
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Find Word Meaning in Context Poster
A poster highlighting how to find word meaning in context when reading a piece of text.
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Inference vs Prediction Poster
A poster outlining the similarities and differences between inference and prediction.