A comprehension activity using a narrative text for lower grades.
This comprehension task includes; text, matching questions and suggested answers.
A black and white version of the text is also available for download.
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Comprehension - Why Bears Have Stumpy Tails
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 5 Pages
Curriculum: AUS V9, AUS V8, NSW, VIC
Years: 3 - 4
Curriculum
AC9E3LY05
Use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning, and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
AC9E4LY05
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts
ACELY1680
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresElaborationsmaking connections between the text and students own experie...
ACELY1692
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience and oth...
EN2-11D
Responds to and composes a range of texts that express viewpoints of the world similar to and different from their own
VCELY257
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
VCELY288
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts
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