teaching resource

Year 5 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)

Updated: 15 Aug 2023

A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 5 students.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 24 Pages
Year: 5

Curriculum

VC2E5LY06

Read different types of increasingly complex texts, integrating phonic, semantic and grammatical knowledge to read accurately and fluently for meaning, re-reading and self-correcting when needed <ul> <li>using subject and technical vocabulary and concept knowledge to navigate less familiar texts</li> <li>skimming and scanning to check the pertinence of particular information to their topic and task</li> <li>using signposting features such as headings and subheadings, and home pages and subpages to read texts</li> </ul>
VC2E5LY09

Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to evaluate information and ideas to build literal and inferred meanings <ul> <li>summarising ideas and information to determine the main idea of a text</li> <li>using research skills, including identifying research purpose; locating texts; gathering and organising information; evaluating relative value; evaluating the accuracy and currency of print and digital sources; and summarising information from several sources</li> <li>comparing texts on the same topic to identify similarities and differences in the ideas or information included</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Year 5 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)

Updated: 15 Aug 2023

A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 5 students.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 24 Pages
Year: 5

A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 5 students.

Liven up your literacy rotations with Teach Starter’s beautifully designed and highly informative magazine, What’s Buzzing?

The magazine’s content has been specifically curated for Year 5 students. It uses age-appropriate vocabulary and a variety of text types to address a wide range of relevant and engaging topics. The articles contained within the magazine directly relate to learning areas such as Science, History, Geography, The Arts, and Health and Physical Education.

Some of the highlights of this issue include:

“The Loudest Sound in the World” (narrative)
“How to Make a Twirling Spinner” (procedure)
“Species Snapshot – Narwhals” (information report)
“Earth Watch – From Fires to Flooding” (explanation)
“Healthy Mind, Healthy Body – What’s Your Sport? (comic).

Task Cards

Five sets of task cards addressing the areas of writing, language, comprehension, reading strategies, and higher-order thinking skills have been developed to support and complement the magazine’s content. Download the What’s Buzzing? Task Cards.

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For more information on this amazing teaching resource, read Ali’s blog (NEW) Year 5 Magazine – What’s Buzzing?

Curriculum

VC2E5LY06

Read different types of increasingly complex texts, integrating phonic, semantic and grammatical knowledge to read accurately and fluently for meaning, re-reading and self-correcting when needed <ul> <li>using subject and technical vocabulary and concept knowledge to navigate less familiar texts</li> <li>skimming and scanning to check the pertinence of particular information to their topic and task</li> <li>using signposting features such as headings and subheadings, and home pages and subpages to read texts</li> </ul>
VC2E5LY09

Use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to evaluate information and ideas to build literal and inferred meanings <ul> <li>summarising ideas and information to determine the main idea of a text</li> <li>using research skills, including identifying research purpose; locating texts; gathering and organising information; evaluating relative value; evaluating the accuracy and currency of print and digital sources; and summarising information from several sources</li> <li>comparing texts on the same topic to identify similarities and differences in the ideas or information included</li> </ul>

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