Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts
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This biography unit was developed to help students research interesting people while learning about the form of biography, and information r...
This presentation introduces students to biographies, and gets them set up for the biography unit for year 6. This unit was developed to hel...
This presentation is a copy of Prime Minister Paul Keating's historic 'Redfern Park Speech'. As one of more significant pieces of public spe...
This presentation is designed to help later years primary students develop their writing skills for information texts. It is part of a la...
This presentation is a great resource for teachers to use when introducing the reading strategy of making inferences. The presentation is pr...
Each activity is individually numbered and linked to Howard Gardner's 8 Multiple Intelligences. They are suited to ANY STORY and ALL YEAR LE...
The 'Super 6 Comprehension Strategies' classroom display includes the following strategies: Predict Make Connections Visualise Questio...
The 'Easter Cloze Activity - Middle & Upper Primary' activity is suitable for Year 3 -6 students. It tells the Easter Story in simple, easy...
Students will understand how to use literal, evaluative and inferential comprehension skills to understand what they are reading.
This set of 'Animal Reading Strategy Charts' was designed to help students identify the correct comprehension strategies to use to build lit...
When summarising a narrative (or story), follow these simple steps to ensure you have an accurate and appropriately detailed summary.
Students will roll dice to select comprehension questions to answer on various fiction or non-fiction texts they have read.
Students will roll dice to select comprehension questions to answer on various fiction or non-fiction texts they have read.
This reading comprehension activity has students complete a short reading on the reproductive rates of different living things so students c...
This worksheet lets them compare their plant experiment’s measurements with the control group, as well as the other plants so that they can...
This worksheet is designed to get students to contrast and compare books they’ve read with their filmed counterparts. Students not only revi...
This student reference card was created as a part of the Biography unit plan. It can be stuck in their books and referred to throughout the...
This poster suggests a number of diverse biography subjects for your students to reserach and write on. The poster is a part of a larger uni...
This is a biography of primatologist and environmentalist Jane Goodall. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students...
This comprehension activity is written to work together with the Jane Goodall Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...
This worksheet is designed to get students interested in researching and writing biographies, by finding a subject who shares their birthday...
This is a biography of Fred Hollows, a prominent Australian and New Zealand eye surgeon and humanitarian. This Biography is part of a larger...
This is a biography of Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students resea...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Cathy Freeman Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to hel...
This is a biography of Australian Cricketer Donald Bradman. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research in...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Roald Dahl Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to help s...
This is a biography of Australian researcher, Ian Frazer. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students research inte...
This worksheet is designed to further scaffold students in biography writing, by prompting their research of a person in preparation for sha...
This is a biography of the legendary Australian racehorse, Phar Lap. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students re...
This is a biography of Australian Aboriginal civil-rights leaders. This Biography is a part of a larger unit developed to help students rese...
This extension activity is written to work together with the Bellear Brothers Biography. This sheet is a part of a larger unit developed to...
While students begin to research their biography subject, this dice rolling activity will help them see their subjects in a different light....
This card is meant to serve as an individual reference for students to use while writing information reports. It is part of a larger unit...
This worksheet can help students develop their abilities sorting facts from opinions. It is part of a larger unit on information reports...
In this worksheet, students work through series of brain storming steps to help them choose a topic that they’re not only interested in, but...
In this worksheet, students are forced to come up with some specific search criteria to use online to reduce the amount of time wasted while...
In this worksheet, students lay out the facts they discover during their research into categories to help them sort it later for draft writi...
This worksheet is an information report planning template to help scaffold your students as they write their reports. It is part of a lar...
This worksheet helps scaffold students as they lay out an information report paragraph. It is part of a larger unit on information report...
These bookmarks, directly tied to the suggested unit rubric, can be given to students as they work on their information report to help them...
This is an example of a rubric which could be used to assess information reports for Year 6. It is part of a larger unit on information r...
This research resource provides students with a series of questions to guide them during their research of John Simpson Kirkpatrick. Student...
This poster was designed to provide students with an explanation of what it means to infer meaning when reading and how to make inferences....
These student reference cards are designed two to a page and can be glued into student’s books as a reference. They provide students with an...
This worksheet has been designed to assist students to make accurate inferences when reading texts. The worksheet provides sentence starters...
This useful worksheet has been designed to assist students to make accurate inferences when reading texts. The two page worksheet, contains...
This worksheet has been designed to assist students to make accurate inferences when reading texts. The two page worksheet includes two fict...
This worksheet has been designed to assist students to make accurate inferences when reading texts. The two page worksheet includes two non-...
These useful task cards have been designed to support students to make inferences using visual texts. The questions are prompts, to assist s...
This worksheet has been designed as an assessment tool at the completion of the Making Inferences Unit. The assessment includes a visual fo...
This resource can be used to show recognition to students who have been learning to make inferences and become reading ‘detectives’. These c...
Enhance reading comprehension with these versatile question cards, suitable for any book. With 24 thought-provoking questions, students enga...
This set of Reciprocal Reading Cards provides a valuable student reference for the Reciprocal Reading Roles, including Director, Predictor,...
This set of Reciprocal Reading Charts creates a great display to work through before starting the Reciprocal Reading group process. The set...
This set of graphic organisers supports the comprehension reading strategy of summarising. It includes various organisers to help students r...
Enhance students' summarising skills with this engaging literacy activity, perfect for literacy rotations, fast finishers, or extensions. Af...
A set of vibrant posters designed to support Year 5 students in monitoring comprehension. Includes skimming, scanning, and clarifying techni...
This newsletter, designed to complement ‘Introduction to Skimming’ and ‘Introduction to Scanning’, provides a familiar resource for students...
This worksheet introduces your students to the fast-reading technique of skimming. It explains skimming, provides clear steps, and offers pr...
This engaging reading resource introduces students to solids, liquids, and gases, highlighting their observable properties and the arrangeme...
This series of posters outlines the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) and clearly explains the four question types. Perfect for classroom d...
These graphic organisers support the reading comprehension strategy of questioning, guiding students to ask questions before, during, and af...
This engaging activity is perfect for literacy rotations, fast finishers, or as an extension. Students use a paper clip and pencil to spin u...
This engaging activity is perfect for literacy rotations, fast finishers, or as an extension task. Students use a dice to roll a question st...
This resource introduces visualising as a comprehension strategy, guiding students to create mental images using their senses. It includes a...
These differentiated worksheets help students visualise and transform non-fiction texts into diagrams. It includes three versions: the water...
Our ‘Visualise & Draw Relay’ is designed to help students build literal meaning through visualisation. It includes instructions for team-bas...
Use the ‘Don’t Say It!’ Visualising Card Game to engage students in practising visualising skills and reading comprehension. Players describ...
This set of graphic organisers supports students in making predictions during reading. It includes tools like Prediction Pathways, Pause and...
Students will read character profiles, which include key traits and past decisions, and predict how these characters might respond in variou...
Prediction Paths is an engaging board game that reinforces comprehension skills through interactive prediction exercises. Students move forw...
Engage students in practising prediction skills with ‘Prediction Pictures’. Use the picture cards for a class competition or as an independe...
Use this comprehensive set of graphic organisers to enhance reading comprehension by helping students make connections. Includes Connection...
This resource explores Bennelong's role as a cultural mediator between First Nations Australians and early English settlers. It includes a n...
Engage middle and upper primary students in making meaningful connections with this board game. Featuring 36 diverse text passages, a gamebo...
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...
This set of graphic organisers supports students in monitoring comprehension. Tools like 3-2-1 Check-In, Challenge and Conquer, SQ3R, and Th...
This resource helps upper primary students develop comprehension monitoring skills by identifying and addressing reading difficulties. It in...
This interactive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the ‘Comprehension Detective’ game, where they work in teams to solve compr...
These worksheets provide a set of comprehension passages, both fictional and non-fictional, accompanied by questions that encourage the use...
This interactive Reading Comprehension Dice & Template Pack is designed to guide students through Before, During, and After Reading strategi...
A set of differentiated worksheets introducing argument, persuasion and authority, using examples from Yahoo Creek and well-known figures. S...
A set of differentiated worksheets to help students learn about ethos, pathos and logos- three powerful persuasive techniques. Students expl...
A set of differentiated worksheets exploring whose stories are heard in history, using real excerpts from Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery...
A set of differentiated worksheets supporting students to distinguish between fact, opinion and bias in historical sources about the Hairy M...
This worksheet introduces students to the structure of persuasive writing using the Hamburger model. Students read examples of a strong and...
This worksheet introduces students to the PEEL structure for persuasive writing. Students read and label the parts of a strong persuasive pa...
This worksheet guides students to plan a simple persuasive paragraph about the Hairy Man using the Hamburger model. Students choose their op...
This worksheet helps students plan a persuasive paragraph about the Hairy Man using the PEEL structure. Students choose their viewpoint, com...
This worksheet introduces students to using quotes as evidence in persuasive writing. Students read simple excerpts from Yahoo Creek: An Aus...
This worksheet helps students evaluate the credibility of sources and use evidence effectively in persuasive writing. Using quotes from Yaho...
These worksheets guide students in analysing historical sources from Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle. Year 3–4 students i...
This set of debate prompt cards helps students develop persuasive speaking and critical thinking skills. Each card presents a topic related...
This set of discussion prompts supports students to explore ideas about evidence, belief and historical perspectives. The prompts encourage...
The Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants unit title page introduces students to the theme of visual storytelling through rich imagery, symbolis...
The Teaching Notes page supports the implementation of the Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Imagery and Symbolism Unit for Years 3-6. It ou...
The Migrant Messages toolkit equips students in Years 3-6 to analyse how the short film Migrants uses visual symbolism to convey emotion, mo...
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