English Year 1 Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating

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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  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

    English Unit: B Year- K-2 Booklet- Imagery, Symbol & Connotation

    This set of worksheets helps students develop an understanding of imagery by exploring descriptive language that uses the senses to bring wr...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

    English Unit: K-2 Booklet- Character

    This Character Workbook supports Kโ€“2 students in exploring how characters are developed, change and influence stories. Through differentiate...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

    English Unit: K-2 Booklet- Representation

    This Representation Workbook supports Kโ€“2 students in exploring how ideas, people, places, animals, and events are portrayed across differen...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

    English Unit: B Year- K-2- Context

    This Context Workbook supports K-2 students in understanding how context shapes stories, experiences, and environments. It includes differen...

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

    English Unit: B Year - K-2- Narrative

    This workbook is designed to support multi-age classrooms (Kindergarten, Year 1, and Year 2) in exploring narrative structure, language feat...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Comprehension Strategy - Summarising

    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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Comprehension Strategy - Questioning

    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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Comprehension Strategy - Predicting

    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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Comprehension Strategy - Making Connections

    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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Comprehension Strategy - Making Inferences

    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...

  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Comprehension Strategy - Visualising

    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...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Summarising โ€“ Presentation

    This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the summarising comprehension strategy to your students. The presentation tea...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Questioning โ€“ Presentation

    This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the questioning comprehension strategy to your students. The presentation tea...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Predicting - Presentation

    This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the making predictions comprehension strategy to your students. The presentat...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Making Connections - Presentation

    This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the making connections comprehension strategy to your students. The presentat...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Making Inferences - Presentation

    This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the inference comprehension strategy to your students. The presentation teach...

  • Presentation Year: 1

    Visualising - Presentation

    This interactive presentation is an excellent way to introduce the visualisation comprehension strategy to your students. The presentation g...

  • Presentation Year: F 1 2

    5 Senses Word Cline - Presentation

    A presentation to support the Teach This Word Cline lesson plan.ย  Use the presentation to support a lesson with your class about word cli...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    My Emotions

    This set of worksheets guides students to create their own mini emotion pages, inspired by how Sometimes I Feel... uses animals and imagery...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Silly Sounds!

    This worksheet set introduces alliteration and sound-based writing, helping students use repeated sounds to describe feelings, animals and a...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Colours and Feelings

    These worksheets support students in exploring how colour communicates emotion in picture books. Students will use images, drawings and writ...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    More Than Just a Thing

    This worksheet set helps students explore how everyday objects can represent feelings or ideas- just like in the mentor texts. Students are...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Sometimes I Feelโ€ฆ

    This worksheet set supports students in connecting emotions with animals to build emotional vocabulary and symbolic thinking. Inspired by th...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Sometimes I Feelโ€ฆ and The World Needs Who You Were Made To Be - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    No Words Needed!

    This set of worksheets helps students explore how stories can be told through pictures alone- just like in Chalk. Students will practise dra...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Story Continues

    These worksheets help students use their imagination to predict what might happen after the last page of Chalk. Activities include drawing,...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    What Does it Mean?

    These worksheets help students explore how objects in Chalk act as symbols that tell parts of the story. Through identifying, matching and e...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Feelings in Colour

    These worksheets help students explore how colours can show feelings in the wordless picture book Chalk. Through activities like colouring,...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    What is Happening?

    This set of worksheets helps students develop storytelling skills using the wordless picture book Chalk. Activities include matching picture...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Silly Similes

    These worksheets help students create their own funny similes, inspired by the playful language in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks. Activ...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Picture That Feeling

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Words at Play

    These worksheets help students play with words โ€” just like in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks โ€” by matching rhymes, using funny descripti...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Using Our Senses

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Letโ€™s Compare

    These worksheets help students compare characters to objects using funny similes โ€” just like in My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks! Through...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Drawing With Words

    This set of worksheets helps students develop imagery skills through drawing and writing activities. Students learn how to represent words v...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Mood of Words

    This set of worksheets helps students explore how words can have positive or negative feelings attached to them. Through matching, sorting a...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Feeling in Colour

    This set of worksheets helps students explore how colours can represent feelings. Through colouring, matching and writing activities, studen...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Symbols, Symbols Everywhere!

    This set of worksheets helps students explore how everyday symbols carry meaning. Through matching, drawing and writing activities, students...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    What is Imagery?

    This set of worksheets helps students develop an understanding of imagery by exploring descriptive language that uses the senses to bring wr...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Imagery, Symbol & Connotation- Teacher Notes

    This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.ย 

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Imagery, Symbol & Connotation - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Workbook.

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Beyond the Last Page

    This set encourages students to imagine what could happen after the stories of Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten or The Fantastic Flying Books of M...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Books With Meaning

    This worksheet set explores the powerful symbolism of books in The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Students will use colour,...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Character Chats

    This set helps students understand characters through what they say and how they interact. Students will practise matching and creating dial...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    From Grumpy to Great!

    This worksheet set explores the transformation of Mr Wintergarten throughout the story. Students will sequence events, identify the causes o...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Meet the Neighbours

    This worksheet set introduces students to the characters Rose and Mr Wintergarten. Students will explore their physical appearances and pers...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Character Transformation - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Advice for Billy

    This worksheet set encourages students to respond to Billyโ€™s situation with empathy and insight. Students will give advice, explore strategi...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Worries Big and Small

    This worksheet set encourages students to think critically about how different characters experience and respond to worry. Students compare...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Billy Learns to Be Brave

    This worksheet set explores how Billy changes throughout Silly Billy, focusing on emotional growth and shifting perspectives. Students will...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Billyโ€™s Big Feelings

    This worksheet set encourages students to explore and understand the emotions of the character Billy from Silly Billy. Through drawing, writ...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Silly Billyโ€™s Worries

    This worksheet set helps students explore the character of Billy in Silly Billy and understand the concept of worry. Students identify what...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Silly Billy - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Mischief Maker

    This worksheet set encourages students to invent their own mischievous or naughty character. Students will describe what their character doe...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Hero or Villain?

    This worksheet set encourages students to reflect on the idea of โ€˜goodโ€™ and โ€˜badโ€™ characters in The Bad Guys. Through sorting, writing and d...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    How Does Pig Change?

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Pigโ€™s Personality

    This worksheet set helps students identify and describe the physical and personality traits of Pig the Pug. Students will explore what makes...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Pig the Pug, Pig the Rebel and The Bad Guys - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    My Own Character

    This set of differentiated worksheets helps students explore how and why characters change over time. Through drawing, writing and comparing...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    How Characters Change

    This set of differentiated worksheets helps students explore how and why characters change over time. Through drawing, writing and comparing...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Say What?

    This worksheet set helps students explore what characters say and think, building an understanding of how dialogue and inner thoughts reveal...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Character Clues

    This worksheet set helps students identify and understand how characters feel during a story. Through visual cues, story events and characte...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Meet The Characters

    This worksheet set introduces students to the concept of fictional characters and how we understand them through words and pictures. Student...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Character - Teacher Notes

    This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Character Workbook.ย 

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Character - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Character Workbook.

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Perform and Reflect

    This worksheet set encourages students to engage in performance and reflect on their experiences. By acting out lines from The Gruffalo Play...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Costumes and Props

    This worksheet set introduces students to the importance of costumes and props in bringing stories to life on stage. Using The Gruffalo Play...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Acting Out a Scene

    This worksheet set supports students in understanding how scenes from a play can be expressed through dialogue and visual representation. Us...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Characters on Stage

    This worksheet set explores how characters are represented on stage in The Gruffalo Play. Students investigate the role of characters, inter...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    What is a Play?

    This worksheet set introduces students to the concept of a play, using The Gruffalo Play as a reference text. Students explore the differenc...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Build Your Imagination

    This worksheet set encourages students to unleash their creativity by inventing buildings that solve problems or meet unique needs. Inspired...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    City or Country?

    This worksheet set helps students explore how architecture responds to place. Using Iggy Peck, Architect as inspiration, students compare bu...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Build it Your Way

    This worksheet set invites students to explore the work of architects by creating their own building designs. Inspired by Iggy Peck, Archite...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Buildings Tell a Story

    This worksheet set helps students explore how buildings are more than just structures โ€” they tell stories about the people, cultures, and hi...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Architects at Work

    This worksheet set introduces students to the role of architects using the book Iggy Peck, Architect as a springboard. Students explore how...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Create a Cheeky Tale

    This worksheet set encourages students to use their imagination to create a story inspired by Go Home, Cheeky Animals!. By drawing on the bo...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    People and Place

    This worksheet set focuses on the people and community depicted in Go Home, Cheeky Animals!. Students will examine how characters are repres...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Mapping the Story

    This worksheet set helps students understand the role of setting in Go Home, Cheeky Animals! by exploring the link between places, events, a...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Animals With Attitude

    This worksheet set focuses on how animals are represented in Go Home, Cheeky Animals! and how their cheeky personalities contribute to the h...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Story Through Pictures

    This worksheet set explores how illustrations are used to reflect cultural identity and setting in Go Home, Cheeky Animals!. Students learn...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Showcase Your Species

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Where do They Live?

    This worksheet set helps students explore how animals and their habitats are represented in the book A is for Australian Animals. Students l...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Animal Fact Cards

    This worksheet set helps students explore the differences between realistic and illustrated representations of animals in the text A is for...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Amazing Aussie Animals

    This set of differentiated worksheets helps Kโ€“2 students explore how Australian animals are described using words and pictures. Students pra...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Real or Represented?

    This worksheet set helps students explore the differences between realistic and illustrated representations of animals in the text A is for...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Changing the Scene

    This set of worksheets helps students explore how the background or setting can change the way we understand a character, scene, or story. T...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Symbols Speak

    This set of worksheets introduces students to the idea of symbols and how they carry meanings beyond their literal representation. Students...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Words and Pictures

    This set of worksheets helps students understand how words and pictures can work together to represent characters, settings, and ideas. By l...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Media Magic

    In this set of worksheets, students will explore how the same story or concept can be represented differently across various forms of media,...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Seeing Things Differently

    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...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Representation - Notes Page

    This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Representation Workbook.ย 

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Representation - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Representation Workbook.

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Caring for Nature

    This set of worksheets helps students explore how they can care for nature. Through fun and meaningful activities, students will learn how s...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Helping Flowers Grow

    This set of worksheets helps students understand how pollinators like bees and butterflies help plants grow. Through engaging activities, st...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Plants Around the World

    These worksheets help students explore how different plants grow in different environments. They will identify, compare, and research plants...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Watching Flowers Grow

    These worksheets encourage students to observe flowers like scientists. They will practice drawing, describing, and experimenting with plant...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Natureโ€™s Colourful Helpers

    This set of worksheets introduces students to the world of flowers, helping them explore their shapes, colours, and roles in nature. Through...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Seeing Through the Authorโ€™s Eyes

    This set of worksheets aims to help students understand and explore the author's perspective in the stories "The Patchwork Bike" by Maxine B...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    My Special Things

    This set of worksheets encourages students to make personal connections to the stories 'The Patchwork Bike' and 'Molly the Pirate' by reflec...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Lifestyles Around the World

    This set of worksheets encourages students to explore and compare different lifestyles, fostering an understanding of diversity and personal...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Creative Adventures

    This set of worksheets encourages students to explore how characters in 'The Patchwork Bike' and 'Molly the Pirate' use everyday objects cre...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Exploring Story Settings

    This set of worksheets helps students explore and understand the settings of stories, focusing on how environments influence narratives and...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Caring for Our Community

    This set of worksheets helps students explore what it means to be a responsible member of their community. Activities encourage students to...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Nature and Me

    This set of worksheets encourages students to explore their personal connection to nature and understand why protecting the environment is i...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Learning Through Stories

    These worksheets help students explore how stories teach us important lessons. Using The Little Corroboree Frog and Benny Bungarraโ€™s Big Bus...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Caring for Country

    This set of worksheets helps students explore how First Nations peoples care for the land, reflecting on traditional knowledge and environme...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Protecting the Environment

    This set of worksheets encourages students to explore environmental protection, connecting with themes from The Little Corroboree Frog and B...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Our School Community

    This set of worksheets encourages students to reflect on their school experiences and how schools contribute to the community. Activities in...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Cultures and Traditions

    This set of worksheets helps students explore cultural symbols, traditions, and celebrations from around the world. Through drawing, writing...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Schools Around the World

    This set of worksheets introduces students to how school experiences differ worldwide. Through matching, comparison, and research, students...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Being our Best at School

    This set of worksheets teaches students the importance of classroom rules and expectations. Through matching, writing, and guide creation, s...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Getting Ready for School

    This set of worksheets helps students recognise school essentials, practise list-writing, and compare school experiences. Activities develop...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Celebrations Around Us

    These worksheets introduce students to different social and cultural traditions. They will explore how people celebrate, dress, and share tr...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Then and Now

    These worksheets help students explore how things change over time. They will compare objects, places, and ways of living from the past and...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Story Settings

    These worksheets help students explore how the setting of a story influences its events and meaning. Students will identify, sort, and descr...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Where I Belong

    These worksheets This worksheet helps students explore personal context by reflecting on their home and favourite places. They will think ab...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Our World and Stories

    These worksheets help students explore how context influences meaning. Kindergarten students match images to different settings, Year 1 stud...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Context - Teacher Notes

    This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Narrative Workbook.ย 

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Create Your Own Story!

    This activity encourages students to use their imagination to create their own stories inspired by Possum Magic and Whoever You Are. Younger...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Different Ways to Tell a Story!

    This activity helps students compare the different storytelling styles used in Possum Magic and Whoever You Are. Younger students will focus...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Retelling the Story

    This activity helps students develop their understanding of story structure by retelling key events from Possum Magic and Whoever You Are. Y...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Cultural Connections

    This activity helps students understand cultural perspectives by exploring cultural symbols in illustrations, comparing family traditions fr...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Australia in Stories

    This activity helps students recognise Australian identity in stories by exploring the animals, places, and culture represented in Possum Ma...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    A Garden of Your Own

    This activity encourages students to use their imagination to create their own special garden. Inspired by The Secret Sky Garden and Florett...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    My Special Place

    This activity encourages students to connect their own experiences with The Secret Sky Garden and Florette. Students will reflect on places...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Painting Pictures with Words

    This activity helps students identify and use descriptive language in The Secret Sky Garden and Florette. Students will explore how sensory...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Growing Through Change

    This activity helps students explore how Funni and Mae change throughout the stories. Students will examine how challenges shape the charact...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Discovering Hidden Gardens

    This activity guides students through the themes and settings of 'The Secret Sky Garden' and 'Florette'. Students will identify and analyse...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Create your ownโ€ฆ

    This activity encourages students to experiment with poetic language and structure. Students will use descriptive words and rhyme to create...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Story or Poem?

    This activity helps students understand the differences between poetry and narrative texts. They will explore the structure, language, and f...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Rhyme, Rhythm and Repetition

    These worksheets introduce students to the poetic structure of Triantiwontigongolope, helping them recognise and explore rhyming words, soun...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Change the Story

    This activity encourages students to think creatively by changing elements of the stories A Dark, Dark Tale and Hattie and the Fox. They wil...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Through Their Eyes

    These worksheets helps students understand how different characters experience the same events in a story. Students will explore the perspec...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    What Happens Next?

    This worksheet helps students develop prediction skills by using clues from illustrations, text, and foreshadowing in A Dark, Dark Tale and...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Spooky Settings

    This worksheet helps students explore how settings contribute to suspense in A Dark, Dark Tale and Hattie and the Fox. Students will identif...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Build the Suspense

    This set of worksheets introduces students to suspense in storytelling using A Dark, Dark Tale and Hattie and the Fox. Students will explore...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Reading Comprehension Cards

    Enhance reading comprehension with these versatile question cards, suitable for any book. With 24 thought-provoking questions, students enga...

  • Video Year: F 1 2

    Wonder Words

  • Resource Year: 1

    Summarising Assessment

    This summarising assessment is available in both fiction and non-fiction formats. There are 2 different options to choose from for fiction,...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Summarising Exit Tickets

    These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the Summarising comprehension strategy. They are a qu...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Summarise Spies

    This worksheet helps students to identify the key information when summarising a fiction or non-fiction text. They will then use this inform...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Spin and Summarise Spinners

    These spinners are the perfect addition to the Summarising comprehension unit as they allow students to verbally discuss and summarise the k...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Summarising Lift the Flap Worksheets

    These lift the flap worksheets are a fun way for students to demonstrate their summarising skills. There are 3 options to choose from, depen...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Simple Summarising

    These worksheets provide a simple scaffold for your students to learn to record only the key information from a text when they are summarisi...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Roll and Draw Retell

    If you are looking for a fun way for students to practise their summarising skills independently, then these worksheets are for you. Student...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Snapshot Summary

    This simple worksheet can be used for students to complete a basic summary of any whole class or independently read text. It requires studen...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Super Summarising

    In this simple worksheet, students will learn a basic introduction to summarising by sequencing the key information from the text.ย  Read...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Summarising โ€“ Student Reference Cards

    These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of summarising. Cards...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Questioning Assessment

    This questioning assessment is available in both fiction and non-fiction formats. Each assessment task asks students to read a short text be...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Questioning Exit Tickets

    These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the Questioning comprehension strategy. They are a qu...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Text Detectives Scoot Game

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Comprehension Clues โ€“ Non Fiction

    This worksheet is designed to introduce your students to the concept of using evidence in the text to answer literal questions. Students wil...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Comprehension Clues - Fiction

    This worksheet is designed to introduce your students to the concept of using evidence in the text to answer literal questions. Students wil...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    I Have a Question

    This worksheet is a simple way for students to record their questions as well as any answers they find โ€“ before, during and after reading a...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Before, During After Lift the Flap Worksheets

    This lift the flap worksheet is a fun way for students to demonstrate their questioning skills. Students will record their questions about a...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Questions with Clancy

    As your students are learning about the questioning strategy, use this worksheet to prompt them to use a variety of questions and record the...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Question Ninja Game

    Give your students the opportunity to develop and practise their questioning skills with this fun board game! As students move around the bo...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Oh Snap!

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Guess What โ€“ Questioning Game

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Questioning โ€“ Student Reference Cards

    These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of questioning. Cards...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Predicting Assessment โ€“ Samโ€™s Sticky Mess

    This prediction assessment asks students to read (or listen to) a simple story and then draw their prediction. Students will highlight the t...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Predicting Exit Tickets

    These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the predicting comprehension strategy. They are a qui...

  • Resource Year: 1

    What Happens Next Worksheets

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Predicting Lift the Flap Worksheets

    These lift the flap worksheets are a fun way for your students to demonstrate their predicting skills. 2 variations have been made available...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Predicting Penguins Game

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Making Predictions

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Predicting - Student Reference Cards

    These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.Cards can...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Making Connections Assessment

    This text connections assessment is available in 2 different levels, with 2 different texts to choose from. The first option asks students t...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Making Connections Exit Tickets

    These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the Making Connections comprehension strategy. They a...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Text Connection Paper Chains

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Making Connections Lift the Flap Worksheet

    This lift the flap worksheet is a fun way for students to demonstrate their making connection skills.ย  Use this worksheet after you have...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Cool Connections Worksheet

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Making Connections Venn Diagrams

    These Venn Diagrams are a simple graphic organisers for students to demonstrate connections and differences with a text. There are 3 differe...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    That Reminds Me - Making Connections Game

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Connections with Clancy

    In this simple worksheet, students can choose which connection they can make to any text before drawing and labelling how they made that con...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Making Connections - Student Reference Cards

    These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of making connections....

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    Text Connections Posters

    These Text Connection posters provide a clear and easy to understand explanation of the 3 types of text connections. They are a terrific res...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Inference Assessment - Timโ€™s Exciting Trip

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Inference Exit Tickets

    These exit tickets are a great formative assessment tool to use at the end of teaching the Inferencing comprehension strategy. They are a qu...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    I Can Infer Worksheet

    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...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Inference Photo Prompt Cards

    These useful task cards have been designed to support students to make inferences using visual texts. There are ย 2 sets of cards, one withou...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Inference Investigators

    These worksheets are a simple way for your students to demonstrate their ability to make basic inferences using picture and text clues. Ther...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Airport Mix Up

    In this simple worksheet, students will use picture clues and their prior knowledge to infer which plane each suitcase needs to be put onto....

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Peg an Inference Task Cards

    These colourful inference cards give students the opportunity to practise making inferences by using picture clues. Students must look at th...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Give Me a Clue - Inferencing Game

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Making Inferences - Student Reference Card

    These student cards are a great reference for students after being introduced to the reading comprehension strategy of making inferences....

  • Resource Year: 1

    Visualising Assessment โ€“ Fun at the Beach

    This visualisation assessment asks students to read (or listen to) a simple story and then draw their visualisation. Students will highlight...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Visualising Glasses Worksheet

    This visualisation worksheet can be used with any whole class or independently read text.ย  Students simply draw 2 different visualisation...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Monster Visualisation Worksheet

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    You Donโ€™t Say โ€“ Visualising Game

    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...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Visualising Clue Cards

    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...

  • Resource Year: 1

    Visualising My Feelings

    This simple worksheet is a terrific way to demonstrate to students that each personโ€™s visualisations will be different, based on their own p...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Comprehension Strategy - Bookmarks

    These comprehension strategy bookmarks will help your students practise the strategy and skills you have been working on. They act as perfec...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Visualising โ€“ Student Reference Cards

    These Visualising Student Reference Cards give students a basic understanding that when we visualise, we can create a picture in our mind us...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Comprehension Strategy Posters โ€“ Lower Primary

    This set of 6 reading comprehension posters will make a terrific addition to your classroom. The clear explanations and visual examples of e...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Talking About Tokyo โ€“ Cloze Passage

    This cloze passage provides facts about the city of Tokyo in Japan and requires students to use their comprehension abilities to determine t...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Talking About Japan โ€“ Cloze Passage

    This cloze passage provides interesting facts about Japan and requires students to use their comprehension abilities to determine the missin...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Question Stars โ€“ Before Reading , During Reading , After Reading

    This useful resource is part of the comprehensive unit plan, Asking Questions. The questions stars, which can be printed in coloured cardboa...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Fairy Tale Story Map

    This story map is useful for practising the retell comprehension strategy and understanding that all stories should have characters, a setti...

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Word Cline Worksheet

    Worksheets to support the Teach This Word Cline lesson plan.ย  Use these worksheets to have a go at creating word clines. Students will le...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    5 Senses Word Cline

    A lesson plan designed to teach your class about word clines.ย  Use the lesson plan to support a lesson with your class about word clines....

  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Easter Story - Cut and Paste

    Students colour, cut, sequence and paste the pictures from The Story of Easter to match the sentences. ย  ย 

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    Picture Sentence Match - 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...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    Reading Comprehension - Three Billy Goats Gruff

    Reading comprehension questions to be used along with the TeachThis storybook, The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Picture Sequence - Three Billy Goats Gruff

    Jumbled pictures from ย The Three Billy Goats Gruff story.ย  Students colour, cut and sequence the pictures to retell ย The Three Billy Goat...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    Cloze Passage - Three Billy Goats Gruff

    The Three Billy Goats Gruff cloze passage. Use the word bank to complete the sentences. Can be used in conjunction with the TeachThis โ€˜Th...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    Picture Sentence Match - Gingerbread Man Activities

    Colour, cut, match and paste sentences to pictures. To be used along with the TeachThis storybook, The Gingerbread Man. Build comprehensi...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    Reading Comprehension - Gingerbread Man Activities

    Reading comprehension questions to be used along with the TeachThis storybook, The Gingerbread Man

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Picture Sequence - Gingerbread Man Activities

    Jumbled pictures from The Gingerbread Man story.ย  Students colour, cut and sequence the pictures to retell The Gingerbread Man story.ย 

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    Cloze Passage - Gingerbread Man Activities

    The Gingerbread Man cloze passage. Use the word bank to complete the sentences. Can be used in conjunction with the TeachThis โ€˜The Ginger...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Bookmark - Levels of Comprehension

    These bookmarks provide prompts for students to understand how to approach literal, inferential and evaluative questions that they encounter...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Narrative Sequencing - Year 1 & 2

    Students will use comprehension strategies to understand narrative texts and knowledge of text structures to sort pieces into the correct na...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Close Readers Poster

    The 'Close Readers Poster' poster is designed to inform students about the habits of successful readers.

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Animal Reading Strategy Charts - Comprehension Skills

    This set of 'Animal Reading Strategy Charts' was designed to help students identify the correct comprehension strategies to use to build lit...

  • FREE! Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Remarkable Readers

    The 'Remarkable Readers' poster provides students with a quick reference chart for comprehension skills including: Inferential Comrpehension...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    Comprehension Strategies - Lower

    Students will understand how to use literal, evaluative and inferential comprehension skillsย to understand what they are reading.

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4

    An inference is

    This poster was designed to provide a simple definition for students to understand what is required of them when they are asked to makeย infe...

  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Easter Cloze Activity - Lower Primary

    The 'Easter Cloze Activity - Lower Primary' is suitable for Year 1 & Year 2 students. It tells the Easter Story in simple, easy to understan...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Reading Strategies Chart

    The Reading Strategies Chart was designed for parents of early readers, showing them a number of useful reading strategies to encourage in e...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Grand Old Duke of York - Visual Sequencing

    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...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Humpty Dumpty (without words)

    This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Humpty Dumpty - Visual Sequencing

    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...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Where do I buy it?

    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...

  • Resource Year: P F 1

    Jack and the Beanstalk - Sequencing

    This set of sequencing cards provides a visual reference for Jack and the Beanstalk. This set would also make a terrific oral language activ...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Jack and Jill

    This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing.ย This is a perf...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Jack and Jill (without words)

    This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Hickory Dickory Dock - Visual

    This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing.ย This is a perf...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Hickory Dickory Dock (without words)

    This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Hey Diddle Diddle - Visual

    This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format. The words are included and can be used for activities such as sequencing.ย This is a perf...

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Hey Diddle Diddle (without words)

    This nursery rhyme is presented in a visual format without words to encourage comprehension and sequencing skills.

  • Resource Year: F 1

    Red Riding Hood

    These visual sequencing cards create a fantastic oral language or sequencing activity for Little Red Riding Hood. This is a great resource f...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3 4 +2

    Reading Responses with Multiple Intelligences (48 cards)

    Each activity is individually numbered and linked to Howard Gardner's 8 Multiple Intelligences. They are suited to ANY STORY and ALL YEAR LE...

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