Australian Curriculum V8
ACELY1650
Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
Elaborations
- talking about the meanings in texts listened to, viewed and read (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- visualising elements in a text (for example drawing an event or character from a text read aloud) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- providing a simple, correctly-sequenced retelling of narrative texts (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- relating one or two key facts from informative texts (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- finding a key word in a text to answer a literal question (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- making links between events in a text and students' own experiences (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
- making an inference about a character's feelings (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
- discussing and sequencing events in stories (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
- drawing events in sequence, recognising that for some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories the sequence of events may be cyclical (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)
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teaching resources for those 'aha' moments
- Plus Plan

Nothing to Do – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Foundation magazine (Issue 3).
- Plus Plan

5 Fun Facts About Cats - Read and Respond Worksheet
A '5 fun facts ...' information sheet and worksheet.
- Free Plan

What Toy Am I? - Toy Definition Match Up Game
A set of 20 puzzle cards for students to match pictures of toys to their definition.
- Free Plan

Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.