VC2E2LY10
use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, and begin to analyse texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context and text structures to build literal and inferred meanings
- listening for specific information and providing key facts or points from an informative or persuasive text
- listening and responding to detailed instructions
- integrating information from print, images and prior knowledge to make supportable inferences
- identifying the main idea of a text • predicting vocabulary that is likely to be in a text, based on the topic and the purpose of the text; for example, predicting that ‘station’ and ‘arrive’ would be in a text recounting a train journey
- using prior knowledge to make and confirm predictions when reading a text
- using graphic organisers to represent the connections between characters, order of events or sequence of information
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Predict What Will Happen Next – Picture Task Cards
Use our Predict What Will Happen Next – Picture Task Cards to practice making predictions with your young learners.
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Making Predictions Task Cards
Use these making predictions task cards in the classroom to help students with predicting skills during reading.
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Free Story Prediction Worksheet
Encourage students to think critically before reading with this Story Prediction Worksheet.
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Making Predictions Worksheets - Early Years
Build early comprehension skills with these Making Predictions Worksheets that include age-appropriate activities using pictures, sentence starters, and simple texts.
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Main Idea and Details Mini-Book
Practise identifying the main idea and supporting ideas in a variety of texts by completing this mini-book.
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Main Idea and Details - Interactive Peg Cards
Practise identifying the main idea with these interactive peg cards.
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Making Text Connections Graphic Organiser (F–2)
A graphic organiser to use with students when making connections with a text.
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Win a Trip to the Moon – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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Letter to the Editor (Longer Lunchtimes) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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The Waterfall – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a poem from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 2).
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Letter to the Editor (More Screen Time) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).
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10 Fascinating Facts About Beaches – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about beaches.
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Reading Detectives Name Tags
8 colourful reading detective name tags to assign students during guided reading sessions.
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Reading Detectives Resource Pack
A 16 page resource pack including 8 detective roles to assign to students during guided reading sessions.
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Comprehension - Plums For Mrs Smith
A comprehension activity using a recount for lower grades.
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Reading Detectives Worksheets
8 reading detective worksheets to use during guided reading sessions in the classroom.
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Author's Purpose Task Cards
Help your students master the skill of identifying the author’s purpose with this set of engaging Author’s Purpose task cards.
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Author’s Purpose to Inform Flipbook
Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Inform with this engaging and interactive flipbook!
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Author's Purpose Quiz – Self-Checking Task Cards
Engage students with their learning on author's purpose with this Author's Purpose Quiz.
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Story Prediction Activities Digital Quiz
Assess predicting skills with this Making Predictions Activities digital quiz.
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Pictures for Making Predictions – Clip Card Task Cards
Engage young learners in predicting with these Pictures for Making Predictions Clip Cards, no reading required.
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Arctic Animals Booklet - Science Reader
Learn about polar animals and build comprehension skills with a Year 2 Arctic animal book.
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Amazing Ants! – Comprehension Worksheet Year 2
Review reading skills with comprehension worksheet for an article about ants from the Year 2 magazine .
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Let's Infer! Reading Worksheet
Boost reading comprehension with our 2-page writing worksheet that helps students practice making inferences.
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Hansel and Gretel Retelling Activity Cards
Teach your students about retelling with this set of sequencing cards for Hansel and Gretel.
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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction - Interactive Activity
Help your students easily find the main idea and support details in a nonfiction text with this interactive activity.
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Main Idea Ice Cream Cones Sorting Activity
Practise distinguishing the main idea and the supporting detail with this fun ice cream sorting activity.
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Main Idea and Supporting Details Bookmarks
Learn about how to find the main idea and supporting detail in texts with these printable bookmarks.
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Finding the Main Idea Anchor Chart
Build skills in identifying main idea and details in nonfiction texts with a main idea poster chart for primary students.
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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Text - Teaching PowerPoint
Build skills in identifying the main idea and details in nonfiction texts with this teaching PowerPoint
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Playtime Before School – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 3).
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The 7-in-1 Craft Contraption – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 2 magazine (Issue 3).