Reading Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Independent Reading Rubric (Middle Primary)
A rubric to ascertain students reading phases.
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Comprehension - The Great Wall of China
A comprehension activity about The Great Wall of China.
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Advertisement Worksheet – K-9ine the Robot Dog
A comprehension worksheet for a persuasive magazine advertisement about a robotic dog.
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Visualise Poster
A poster highlighting how to visualise when reading a piece of text.
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Activate Prior Knowledge Poster
A poster highlighting how to activate prior knowledge when reading 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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Monitor Understanding Poster
A poster highlighting how to monitor understanding when reading a piece of text.
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Ask Questions Poster
A poster highlighting how to ask questions when reading a piece of text.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Upper Years Classroom Game - Set 3
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Upper Years Classroom Game - Set 2
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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A–Z Word Wall – Pictures
Use these posters around your classroom by adding new words as children learn them.
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Letter to the Editor (School Crossing Concerns) – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a letter to the editor from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).
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Book Week Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use for Book Week.
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Human Histories – Amazing Artists – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about some amazing artists.
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Blast Off with Space Rex 2000 – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a fake advertisement from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).
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Book Wish List
A book wish list for students to compile over time.
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Back to School Today! Poem
Ease back-to-school jitters and launch your pupils into a love of poetry with a short poem written just for the first day of school!
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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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Our Class is Reading - Template
A poster template advertising and communicating the books that you are reading in the classroom.
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Inferring Written Scenario Task Cards
Task cards that help students use their knowledge and ideas to help them decode ideas in texts
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Out of the Book - Comprehension Board Game
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
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Comprehension - A Brief History of Electricity
A comprehension activity about the history of electricity.
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I Read Because ... Template
A template for students to write about why they love to read.
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Elements of Poetry Workbook
A workbook to help students explore common elements of poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Figurative Language
A worksheet to help students understand figurative language in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Sound Devices
A worksheet to help students understand sound devices in poetry.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Structure, Rhyme and Rhythm
A worksheet to help students understand structure, rhyme and rhythm in poetry.
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What are Bushfires? Cloze Worksheet
A cloze worksheet about bushfires.
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What are Bushfires? Comprehension Task
A comprehension task to use when learning about bushfires.
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Talking About Books Prompts
A prompt for students to use when orally discussing books.
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Roll and Read – Editable Version
An editable Word version and a blank PDF version of our Roll and Read game.
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The Poet's Lament - Comprehension
A comprehension activity using a poem.