VC2E6LY08
use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, and connect and compare ideas from a variety of sources to build literal and inferred meanings
- making connections between the text and their own experiences or other texts
- making connections between information in print and images
- using prior knowledge and textual information to make inferences
- asking and answering questions
- using graphic organisers to visualise connections, categories and hierarchies of information
- summarising a text or part of a text
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A Thinker Like Me - Read and Respond Worksheet
A comprehension activity related to a poem.
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10 Fascinating Facts About the Sydney Harbour Bridge – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article including ten facts about the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia.
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Liquid Ice – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 3).
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Peer Politics: Moving On (Comic) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 3).
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10 Fascinating Facts About Mount Fuji – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 3).
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The Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an information report from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 3).
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10 Fascinating Facts About the Nile River – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 3).
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The Aether – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 3).
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Making Connections Grid
A worksheet for students to practise making connections with a piece of text.
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10 Fascinating Facts Worksheet – The Global Seed Vault
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about the global seed vault.
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Welcome to America! – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a country profile from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).
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Comic – Peer Politics: In Sync – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic about encouraging people and their passions regardless of their gender.
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Letter to the Editor (Huckle Finn Park Disgrace) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 6 magazine (Issue 2).
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Human Histories: Amazing Achievements - Read and Respond Worksheet
A comprehension activity related to a biographical text.
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Inference vs Prediction - Presentation
A teaching presentation outlining the similarities and differences between inference and prediction.
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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Word Meaning Cards
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Word Detective Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Recalling Facts - Letter to the Editor Activity
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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Recalling Facts - Newspaper Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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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 - Compare And Contrast
A set of comprehension task cards to help students compare and contrast when reading.
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Comprehension - King Tutankhamun
A comprehension activity about King Tutankhamun.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Distinguishing Between Real And Make-Believe
A set of comprehension task cards to help students distinguish between real and make-believe when reading.
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Comprehension - MP3 Players and Your Hearing
A comprehension activity about "MP3 Players and Your Hearing".
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Comprehension Chatterbox
A fun reading comprehension strategy activity for students to use after reading a text.
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Compare and Contrast - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Viewing Response Template
A useful template to encourage students to make careful observations and interpretations while viewing visual prompts.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Finding Word Meaning in Context
A comprehensive resource pack to help students understand how to work out the meaning of words in context.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion
A comprehensive resource pack to help students learn to distinguish between fact and opinion.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Summarising
An extensive resource pack to help students understand the concept of summarising.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Distinguishing Between Real and Make-Believe
A comprehensive resource pack to help students distinguish between real and make-believe.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Compare and Contrast
An extensive resource pack helping students compare and contrast information.