Comprehension Strategies Teaching Resources
A comprehensive collection of comprehension strategies resources. Use the display resources within this collection to visually represent the different comprehension strategies to your students. There are also a large number of hands-on activities, including before, during and after reading dice and wheel prompts, comprehension strategies, board games, sequencing activities and 'I can' statements to use as goal-setting resources. Also provided are comprehension strategy packs that have everything in them you need to teach finding word meaning in context, distinguishing between real and make-believe, author's purpose, summarising, understanding sequence, making predictions, drawing conclusions and making inferences, interpreting figurative language, finding the main idea, recalling facts and details, distinguishing between fact and opinion, comparing and contrasting and cause and effect.
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What's Missing? – Interactive PowerPoint
An interactive presentation where students try to guess what object is missing from the picture.
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the cause and effect comprehension strategy.
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Year 4 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 4 magazine.
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10 Fascinating Facts About Mauna Kea – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about ten facts about Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
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Year 6 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) - Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Year 6 magazine.
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The Robot Chant – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet accompanying a rhyming chant about robots.
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The Changing Seasons – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about different seasons from the Year 1 magazine (Issue 2).
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Year 1 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 1 magazine.
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Year 5 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter's Year 5 magazine.
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Human Histories: Helpful Heroes – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about people around the world who have dedicated their lives to helping others.
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Year 2 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 2 magazine.
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Digital Warriors: Social Footprints – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic about being safe when sharing photos on digital platforms.
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Spring Is Here Poem – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a poem about the season spring.
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Poetry Comprehension Worksheet
A generic poetry comprehension worksheet.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint - Monitoring
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.
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Reception Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 2)
Issue 2 of our beautifully designed, 16-page reading magazine specifically designed for Reception students.
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Monitoring Comprehension Worksheet
A 2 page worksheet focusing on the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Flashcards
A set of flashcards displaying symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Display Posters
A set of posters displaying symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Poster
A poster of symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint – Making Connections
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of making connections.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint - Predicting
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.
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Super Stamina Reading Posters
A set of 6 reading stamina posters that highlight strategies students can use to read for longer periods of time.
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The Fishes' Market Inference Scenario Poster
Part of a series of inference scenario posters to use when teaching your students how to infer information from images.
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'I take it you already know' - Poster
A poster displaying 'I take it you already know', a poem describing the difficulties in the English language.
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Year 3 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 3 magazine.
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Year 6 Magazine – “What’s Buzzing?” (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 6 magazine.
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Year 6 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 2)
Issue 2 of our beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 6 students.
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Inferring Practice – Worksheet
A worksheet to practise making inferences.
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Colossal Cinemas: Movie of the Times – Project
An inquiry project where students compare and contrast movies from today to a chosen decade.
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Making Connections with Text Poster
A poster showing the concepts of text to self, text to text and text to world.
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Pencil Themed - Book Report Template and Poster
A fun pencil themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.