Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
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This unit is one of 6 detailed comprehension strategy units that you can use to introduce and teach each strategy to your students. There is...
This unit is one of 6 detailed comprehension strategy units that you can use to introduce and teach each strategy to your students. There is...
This unit is one of 6 detailed comprehension strategy units that you can use to introduce and teach each strategy to your students. There is...
This unit is one of 6 detailed comprehension strategy units that you can use to introduce and teach each strategy to your students. There is...
This unit is one of 6 detailed comprehension strategy units that you can use to introduce and teach each strategy to your students. There is...
This unit is one of 6 detailed comprehension strategy units that you can use to introduce and teach each strategy to your students. There is...
This workbook is designed to support multi-age classrooms (Kindergarten, Year 1, and Year 2) in exploring narrative structure, language feat...
This Context Workbook supports K-2 students in understanding how context shapes stories, experiences, and environments. It includes differen...
This Representation Workbook supports Kβ2 students in exploring how ideas, people, places, animals, and events are portrayed across differen...
This Character Workbook supports Kβ2 students in exploring how characters are developed, change and influence stories. Through differentiate...
This set of worksheets helps students develop an understanding of imagery by exploring descriptive language that uses the senses to bring wr...
This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the visualisation comprehension strategy to your students. The presentation g...
This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the inference comprehension strategy to your students. The presentation teach...
This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the making connections comprehension strategy to your students. The presentat...
This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the making predictions comprehension strategy to your students. The presentat...
This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the questioning comprehension strategy to your students. The presentation tea...
This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the summarising comprehension strategy to your students. The presentation tea...
A presentation to support the Teach This Word Cline lesson plan.Β Use the presentation to support a lesson with your class about word cli...
This useful resource is part of the comprehensive unit plan, Asking Questions. The questions stars, which can be printed in coloured cardboa...
This set of 6 reading comprehension posters will make a terrific addition to your classroom. The clear explanations and visual examples of e...
These Visualising Student Reference Cards give students a basic understanding that when we visualise, we can create a picture in our mind us...
These comprehension strategy bookmarks will help your students practise the strategy and skills you have been working on. They act as perfec...
This simple worksheet is a terrific way to demonstrate to students that each personβs visualisations will be different, based on their own p...
This is a fun activity that can be used as a whole class warm-up activity or as a literacy task. Students will learn about the importance of...
If you are looking for a fun and engaging way to teach visualisation and assist with reading comprehension, then this is the game for you! T...
This worksheet gives students the opportunity to use the clues in the text to help create a mental image. As they read the text, students wi...
This visualisation worksheet can be used with any whole class or independently read text.Β Students simply draw 2 different visualisation...
This visualisation assessment asks students to read (or listen to) a simple story and then draw their visualisation. Students will highlight...
These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of making inferences....
If you are looking for a fun activity to introduce inferencing to your class, then this is the one for you. All you need are these cards and...
These colourful inference cards give students the opportunity to practise making inferences by using picture clues. Students must look at th...
In this simple worksheet, students will use picture clues and their prior knowledge to infer which plane each suitcase needs to be put onto....
These worksheets are a simple way for your students to demonstrate their ability to make basic inferences using picture and text clues. Ther...
These useful task cards have been designed to support students to make inferences using visual texts. There are Β 2 sets of cards, one withou...
This simple yet open-ended worksheet can be used with a variety of inference activities. It has space for students to paste an inference pic...
These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the Inferencing comprehension strategy. They are a qu...
This inference assessment is available in 2 different levels. It allows students to use the clues in the pictures or text to make an inferen...
These Text Connection posters provide a clear and easy to understand explanation of the 3 types of text connections. They are a terrific res...
These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of making connections....
In this simple worksheet, students can choose which connection they can make to any text before drawing and labelling how they made that con...
If you are looking for a fun, versatile resource to introduce making connections to your class, then this is the one for you. This resource...
These Venn Diagrams are a simple graphic organisers for students to demonstrate connections and differences with a text. There are 3 differe...
This simple worksheet can be used to help students not only make connections, but also to identify which type of connection they are able to...
This lift the flap worksheet is a fun way for students to demonstrate their making connection skills.Β Use this worksheet after you have...
These paper chain strips can be used to make a whole class display of the different connection skills. They pair perfectly with the Text Con...
These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the Making Connections comprehension strategy. They a...
This text connections assessment is available in 2 different levels, with 2 different texts to choose from. The first option asks students t...
These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.Cards can...
These prediction worksheets can be used with any whole class or independently read text. Students will use clues in the text to make their p...
If you are looking for a fun and versatile predicting resource, then this download is for you! This download can be used in a variety of way...
These lift the flap worksheets are a fun way for your students to demonstrate their predicting skills. 2 variations have been made available...
These worksheets are a terrific way for students to practise their visualising skills and can also be used as an assessment tool to check st...
These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the predicting comprehension strategy. They are a qui...
This prediction assessment asks students to read (or listen to) a simple story and then draw their prediction. Students will highlight the t...
These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of questioning. Cards...
Guessing Games are a fun and interactive way to introduce the skill of questioning to your students. This fun headband game can be played in...
This simple worksheet is a terrific way to introduce basic questioning to your students as they use the prompts to ask a variety of question...
Give your students the opportunity to develop and practise their questioning skills with this fun board game! As students move around the bo...
As your students are learning about the questioning strategy, use this worksheet to prompt them to use a variety of questions and record the...
This lift the flap worksheet is a fun way for students to demonstrate their questioning skills. Students will record their questions about a...
This worksheet is a simple way for students to record their questions as well as any answers they find β before, during and after reading a...
This worksheet is designed to introduce your students to the concept of using evidence in the text to answer literal questions. Students wil...
This worksheet is designed to introduce your students to the concept of using evidence in the text to answer literal questions. Students wil...
Scoot is such a fun way to review a topic or practise new skills at the end of a unit! Students race around the room to answer each of the q...
These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the Questioning comprehension strategy. They are a qu...
This questioning assessment is available in both fiction and non-fiction formats. Each assessment task asks students to read a short text be...
These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of summarising. Cards...
In this simple worksheet, students will learn a basic introduction to summarising by sequencing the key information from the text.Β Read...
This simple worksheet can be used for students to complete a basic summary of any whole class or independently read text. It requires studen...
If you are looking for a fun way for students to practise their summarising skills independently, then these worksheets are for you. Student...
These worksheets provide a simple scaffold for your students to learn to record only the key information from a text when they are summarisi...
These lift the flap worksheets are a fun way for students to demonstrate their summarising skills. There are 3 options to choose from, depen...
These spinners are the perfect addition to the Summarising comprehension unit as they allow students to verbally discuss and summarise the k...
This worksheet helps students to identify the key information when summarising a fiction or non-fiction text. They will then use this inform...
These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the Summarising comprehension strategy. They are a qu...
This summarising assessment is available in both fiction and non-fiction formats. There are 2 different options to choose from for fiction,...
Each activity is individually numbered and linked to Howard Gardner's 8 Multiple Intelligences. They are suited to ANY STORY and ALL YEAR LE...
These visual sequencing cards create a fantastic oral language or sequencing activity for Little Red Riding Hood. This is a great resource f...
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing.Β This is a perf...
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing.Β This is a perf...
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing.Β This is a perf...
This game is designed to help students learn which shop to visit when searching for common items. This game looks at four different shops: S...
This set of sequencing cards provides a visual reference for Jack and the Beanstalk. This set would also make a terrific oral language activ...
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing. This is a perf...
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.
This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing. This is a perf...
The Reading Strategies Chart was designed for parents of early readers, showing them a number of useful reading strategies to encourage in e...
The 'Easter Cloze Activity - Lower Primary' is suitable for Year 1 & Year 2 students. It tells the Easter Story in simple, easy to understan...
This poster was designed to provide a simple definition for students to understand what is required of them when they are asked to makeΒ infe...
Students will understand how to use literal, evaluative and inferential comprehension skillsΒ to understand what they are reading.
The 'Remarkable Readers' poster provides students with a quick reference chart for comprehension skills including: Inferential Comrpehension...
This set of 'Animal Reading Strategy Charts' was designed to help students identify the correct comprehension strategies to use to build lit...
The 'Close Readers Poster' poster is designed to inform students about the habits of successful readers.
Students will use comprehension strategies to understand narrative texts and knowledge of text structures to sort pieces into the correct na...
These bookmarks provide prompts for students to understand how to approach literal, inferential and evaluative questions that they encounter...
The Gingerbread Man cloze passage. Use the word bank to complete the sentences. Can be used in conjunction with the TeachThis βThe Ginger...
Jumbled pictures from The Gingerbread Man story.Β Students colour, cut and sequence the pictures to retell The Gingerbread Man story.Β
Reading comprehension questions to be used along with the TeachThis storybook, The Gingerbread Man
Colour, cut, match and paste sentences to pictures. To be used along with the TeachThis storybook, The Gingerbread Man. Build comprehensi...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff cloze passage. Use the word bank to complete the sentences. Can be used in conjunction with the TeachThis βTh...
Jumbled pictures from Β The Three Billy Goats Gruff story.Β Students colour, cut and sequence the pictures to retell Β The Three Billy Goat...
Reading comprehension questions to be used along with the TeachThis storybook, The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Colour, cut, match and paste sentences to pictures. To be used along with the TeachThis storybook, The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Build com...
Students colour, cut, sequence and paste the pictures from The Story of Easter to match the sentences. Β Β
A lesson plan designed to teach your class about word clines.Β Use the lesson plan to support a lesson with your class about word clines....
Worksheets to support the Teach This Word Cline lesson plan.Β Use these worksheets to have a go at creating word clines. Students will le...
This story map is useful for practising the retell comprehension strategy and understanding that all stories should have characters, a setti...
This cloze passage provides interesting facts about Japan and requires students to use their comprehension abilities to determine the missin...
This cloze passage provides facts about the city of Tokyo in Japan and requires students to use their comprehension abilities to determine t...
Enhance reading comprehension with these versatile question cards, suitable for any book. With 24 thought-provoking questions, students enga...
This set of worksheets introduces students to suspense in storytelling using A Dark, Dark Tale and Hattie and the Fox. Students will explore...
This worksheet helps students explore how settings contribute to suspense in A Dark, Dark Tale and Hattie and the Fox. Students will identif...
This worksheet helps students develop prediction skills by using clues from illustrations, text, and foreshadowing in A Dark, Dark Tale and...
These worksheets helps students understand how different characters experience the same events in a story. Students will explore the perspec...
This activity encourages students to think creatively by changing elements of the stories A Dark, Dark Tale and Hattie and the Fox. They wil...
These worksheets introduce students to the poetic structure of Triantiwontigongolope, helping them recognise and explore rhyming words, soun...
This activity helps students understand the differences between poetry and narrative texts. They will explore the structure, language, and f...
This activity encourages students to experiment with poetic language and structure. Students will use descriptive words and rhyme to create...
This activity guides students through the themes and settings of 'The Secret Sky Garden' and 'Florette'. Students will identify and analyse...
This activity helps students explore how Funni and Mae change throughout the stories. Students will examine how challenges shape the charact...
This activity helps students identify and use descriptive language in The Secret Sky Garden and Florette. Students will explore how sensory...
This activity encourages students to connect their own experiences with The Secret Sky Garden and Florette. Students will reflect on places...
This activity encourages students to use their imagination to create their own special garden. Inspired by The Secret Sky Garden and Florett...
This activity helps students recognise Australian identity in stories by exploring the animals, places, and culture represented in Possum Ma...
This activity helps students understand cultural perspectives by exploring cultural symbols in illustrations, comparing family traditions fr...
This activity helps students develop their understanding of story structure by retelling key events from Possum Magic and Whoever You Are. Y...
This activity helps students compare the different storytelling styles used in Possum Magic and Whoever You Are. Younger students will focus...
This activity encourages students to use their imagination to create their own stories inspired by Possum Magic and Whoever You Are. Younger...
This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Narrative Workbook.Β
These worksheets help students explore how context influences meaning. Kindergarten students match images to different settings, Year 1 stud...
These worksheets This worksheet helps students explore personal context by reflecting on their home and favourite places. They will think ab...
These worksheets help students explore how the setting of a story influences its events and meaning. Students will identify, sort, and descr...
These worksheets help students explore how things change over time. They will compare objects, places, and ways of living from the past and...
These worksheets introduce students to different social and cultural traditions. They will explore how people celebrate, dress, and share tr...
This set of worksheets helps students recognise school essentials, practise list-writing, and compare school experiences. Activities develop...
This set of worksheets teaches students the importance of classroom rules and expectations. Through matching, writing, and guide creation, s...
This set of worksheets introduces students to how school experiences differ worldwide. Through matching, comparison, and research, students...
This set of worksheets helps students explore cultural symbols, traditions, and celebrations from around the world. Through drawing, writing...
This set of worksheets encourages students to reflect on their school experiences and how schools contribute to the community. Activities in...
This set of worksheets encourages students to explore environmental protection, connecting with themes from The Little Corroboree Frog and B...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how First Nations peoples care for the land, reflecting on traditional knowledge and environme...
These worksheets help students explore how stories teach us important lessons. Using The Little Corroboree Frog and Benny Bungarraβs Big Bus...
This set of worksheets encourages students to explore their personal connection to nature and understand why protecting the environment is i...
This set of worksheets helps students explore what it means to be a responsible member of their community. Activities encourage students to...
This set of worksheets helps students explore and understand the settings of stories, focusing on how environments influence narratives and...
This set of worksheets encourages students to explore how characters in 'The Patchwork Bike' and 'Molly the Pirate' use everyday objects cre...
This set of worksheets encourages students to explore and compare different lifestyles, fostering an understanding of diversity and personal...
This set of worksheets encourages students to make personal connections to the stories 'The Patchwork Bike' and 'Molly the Pirate' by reflec...
This set of worksheets aims to help students understand and explore the author's perspective in the stories "The Patchwork Bike" by Maxine B...
This set of worksheets introduces students to the world of flowers, helping them explore their shapes, colours, and roles in nature. Through...
These worksheets encourage students to observe flowers like scientists. They will practice drawing, describing, and experimenting with plant...
These worksheets help students explore how different plants grow in different environments. They will identify, compare, and research plants...
This set of worksheets helps students understand how pollinators like bees and butterflies help plants grow. Through engaging activities, st...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how they can care for nature. Through fun and meaningful activities, students will learn how s...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Representation Workbook.
This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Representation Workbook.Β
This set of worksheets introduces students to the idea that the same thing can be shown in different ways, depending on who is telling the s...
In this set of worksheets, students will explore how the same story or concept can be represented differently across various forms of media,...
This set of worksheets helps students understand how words and pictures can work together to represent characters, settings, and ideas. By l...
This set of worksheets introduces students to the idea of symbols and how they carry meanings beyond their literal representation. Students...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how the background or setting can change the way we understand a character, scene, or story. T...
This worksheet set helps students explore the differences between realistic and illustrated representations of animals in the text A is for...
This set of differentiated worksheets helps Kβ2 students explore how Australian animals are described using words and pictures. Students pra...
This worksheet set helps students explore the differences between realistic and illustrated representations of animals in the text A is for...
This worksheet set helps students explore how animals and their habitats are represented in the book A is for Australian Animals. Students l...
This worksheet set invites students to reflect on how animals are represented in the book A is for Australian Animals and to apply their und...
This worksheet set explores how illustrations are used to reflect cultural identity and setting in Go Home, Cheeky Animals!. Students learn...
This worksheet set focuses on how animals are represented in Go Home, Cheeky Animals! and how their cheeky personalities contribute to the h...
This worksheet set helps students understand the role of setting in Go Home, Cheeky Animals! by exploring the link between places, events, a...
This worksheet set focuses on the people and community depicted in Go Home, Cheeky Animals!. Students will examine how characters are repres...
This worksheet set encourages students to use their imagination to create a story inspired by Go Home, Cheeky Animals!. By drawing on the bo...
This worksheet set introduces students to the role of architects using the book Iggy Peck, Architect as a springboard. Students explore how...
This worksheet set helps students explore how buildings are more than just structures β they tell stories about the people, cultures, and hi...
This worksheet set invites students to explore the work of architects by creating their own building designs. Inspired by Iggy Peck, Archite...
This worksheet set helps students explore how architecture responds to place. Using Iggy Peck, Architect as inspiration, students compare bu...
This worksheet set encourages students to unleash their creativity by inventing buildings that solve problems or meet unique needs. Inspired...
This worksheet set introduces students to the concept of a play, using The Gruffalo Play as a reference text. Students explore the differenc...
This worksheet set explores how characters are represented on stage in The Gruffalo Play. Students investigate the role of characters, inter...
This worksheet set supports students in understanding how scenes from a play can be expressed through dialogue and visual representation. Us...
This worksheet set introduces students to the importance of costumes and props in bringing stories to life on stage. Using The Gruffalo Play...
This worksheet set encourages students to engage in performance and reflect on their experiences. By acting out lines from The Gruffalo Play...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.
This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Character Workbook.Β
This worksheet set introduces students to the concept of fictional characters and how we understand them through words and pictures. Student...
This worksheet set helps students identify and understand how characters feel during a story. Through visual cues, story events and characte...
This worksheet set helps students explore what characters say and think, building an understanding of how dialogue and inner thoughts reveal...
This set of differentiated worksheets helps students explore how and why characters change over time. Through drawing, writing and comparing...
This set of differentiated worksheets helps students explore how and why characters change over time. Through drawing, writing and comparing...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.
This worksheet set helps students identify and describe the physical and personality traits of Pig the Pug. Students will explore what makes...
This worksheet set explores Pig the Pug's character arc. Students will observe and reflect on how Pig changes throughout the story- if at al...
This worksheet set encourages students to reflect on the idea of βgoodβ and βbadβ characters in The Bad Guys. Through sorting, writing and d...
This worksheet set encourages students to invent their own mischievous or naughty character. Students will describe what their character doe...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.
This worksheet set helps students explore the character of Billy in Silly Billy and understand the concept of worry. Students identify what...
This worksheet set encourages students to explore and understand the emotions of the character Billy from Silly Billy. Through drawing, writ...
This worksheet set explores how Billy changes throughout Silly Billy, focusing on emotional growth and shifting perspectives. Students will...
This worksheet set encourages students to think critically about how different characters experience and respond to worry. Students compare...
This worksheet set encourages students to respond to Billyβs situation with empathy and insight. Students will give advice, explore strategi...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.
This worksheet set introduces students to the characters Rose and Mr Wintergarten. Students will explore their physical appearances and pers...
This worksheet set explores the transformation of Mr Wintergarten throughout the story. Students will sequence events, identify the causes o...
This set helps students understand characters through what they say and how they interact. Students will practise matching and creating dial...
This worksheet set explores the powerful symbolism of books in The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Students will use colour,...
This set encourages students to imagine what could happen after the stories of Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten or The Fantastic Flying Books of M...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.
This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.Β
This set of worksheets helps students develop an understanding of imagery by exploring descriptive language that uses the senses to bring wr...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how everyday symbols carry meaning. Through matching, drawing and writing activities, students...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how colours can represent feelings. Through colouring, matching and writing activities, studen...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how words can have positive or negative feelings attached to them. Through matching, sorting a...
This set of worksheets helps students develop imagery skills through drawing and writing activities. Students learn how to represent words v...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.
These worksheets help students compare characters to objects using funny similes β just like in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks! Through...
These worksheets help students describe objects using their senses, just like in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks, where the author uses f...
These worksheets help students play with words β just like in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks β by matching rhymes, using funny descripti...
This set of worksheets uses the playful language and fun comparisons from My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks to help students explore how em...
These worksheets help students create their own funny similes, inspired by the playful language in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks. Activ...
This set of worksheets helps students develop storytelling skills using the wordless picture book Chalk. Activities include matching picture...
These worksheets help students explore how colours can show feelings in the wordless picture book Chalk. Through activities like colouring,...
These worksheets help students explore how objects in Chalk act as symbols that tell parts of the story. Through identifying, matching and e...
These worksheets help students use their imagination to predict what might happen after the last page of Chalk. Activities include drawing,...
This set of worksheets helps students explore how stories can be told through pictures alone- just like in Chalk. Students will practise dra...
Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.
This worksheet set supports students in connecting emotions with animals to build emotional vocabulary and symbolic thinking. Inspired by th...
This worksheet set helps students explore how everyday objects can represent feelings or ideas- just like in the mentor texts. Students are...
These worksheets support students in exploring how colour communicates emotion in picture books. Students will use images, drawings and writ...
This worksheet set introduces alliteration and sound-based writing, helping students use repeated sounds to describe feelings, animals and a...
This set of worksheets guides students to create their own mini emotion pages, inspired by how Sometimes I Feel... uses animals and imagery...
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