Reading Teaching Resources for Year 6
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Visual Comprehension Slide Deck
Bring visual comprehension to life in your classroom with this engaging slide deck designed to spark critical thinking and boost student engagement.
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Style of an Author Inquiry Project
Explore the style of an author with this engaging classroom project that helps students analyse, understand and present what makes an author’s writing unique.
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Writing Style Graphic Organiser
Get your class exploring writing style with this two-page graphic organiser, which enables students to track an author’s choices throughout a text.
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Author Style Teaching Slides
Teach your students about author style with this engaging slide deck that helps students understand the different elements that make up an author’s unique voice.
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Triple Venn Diagram Template
Download a printable Triple Venn Diagram Template to use when comparing and contrasting three topics.
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Literary Context Task Cards
Explore literary context using this set of 36 engaging task cards designed to help students analyse the historical, social and cultural influences behind the texts they read.
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Reader Response Journal for Literature
Help students think critically about key story elements such as character, plot and theme with this 22-page reader response journal set.
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Cultural Context in Literature Graphic Organiser
Explore cultural context in literature with this two-page graphic organiser that helps students examine how cultural traditions, values and norms influence texts.
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Social Context in Literature Graphic Organiser
Support students to explore social context in literature with this two-page graphic organiser that helps them explore societal norms in a piece of literature.
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Historical Context in Literature Graphic Organiser
Support students to explore historical context in literature with this two-page graphic organiser that helps them record key historical details from a piece of literature.
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Using Context Clues Worksheet
Try a ‘Using Context Clues’ Worksheet to help your students determine the meaning of unfamiliar words based on the surrounding text.
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Using Context Clues to Determine Word Meaning Worksheet
Practise defining unfamiliar words by looking for context clues within a sentence.
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Finding Word Meaning In Text - Context Clues Activity Sheet
Use context clues to determine word meaning in text with a printable Context Clues Activity Sheet.
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Worksheet
A 2 page worksheet focusing on the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.
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Comprehension Monitoring Strategies PowerPoint
Use this Comprehension Monitoring Strategies PowerPoint to guide students through the learning of self monitoring while reading.
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Click or Clunk Strategy Poster and Desk Mat
Explore the click and clunk reading strategy with your students using this poster and desk mat set.
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Word of the Week PowerPoint – Year 6 Vocabulary Words
A 40 slide PowerPoint template for introducing new vocabulary to Year 6 students.
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Digital Vocab Log - Interactive Slides
Use a Digital Vocab log to record, track, and review new vocabulary words learned in the classroom.
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Reciprocal Teaching Role Cards
Assign reciprocal style teaching roles to your students during small-group reading sessions with this set of 4 reciprocal teaching role cards.
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Australian Conservationists: John Walmsley – Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about Dr John Walmsley and his conservation work with this 2-page reading passage and accompanying comprehension questions.
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Australian Conservationists: Ian Kiernan – Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about Ian Kiernan and his conservation work with this 2-page reading passage and accompanying comprehension questions.
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Australian Conservationists: Tim Flannery – Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about Tim Flannery and his conservation work with this 2-page reading passage and accompanying comprehension questions.
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Reading Is Magic! Worksheet Pack
Use this pack of worksheets based on the 2024 Book Week theme, “Reading Is Magic”, to explore the wonders of books and reading with your students.
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Harmony Day Cloze and Comprehension Worksheets
Educate students about the meaning behind Harmony Day with these cloze and comprehension worksheets for upper year students.
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How to Summarise Fiction Mini Book
Explore the important factors of summarising a fiction text with this student mini-book.
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How to Summarise Nonfiction Mini Book
Explore the elements needed for a good summary of nonfiction texts with this How to Summarise Nonfiction mini-book.
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My Strange Shrinking Parents – Literature Task Cards
Deep dive into the characters and themes of Zeno Sworder’s highly acclaimed book, My Strange Shrinking Parents, with this set of 12 literature task cards.
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Henry Ford Mini Book - Famous Inventor Activity Book
Provide students with cross-curricular history, science and reading instruction with a printable Henry Ford mini book.
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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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50-Book Challenge Tracker – Printable Bookmark
Inspire your students to read fifty books during the school year with a printable 50-book Challenge Bookmark Tracker.
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Debating and Scrutinising Bills - Comprehension Worksheets
Explore how bills are debated and scrutinised in the Australian Federal Parliament with this differentiated reading comprehension activity.
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Inspiring Author Flipbook
Research and celebrate an inspiring author with this hands-on flipbook.