Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for Year 6
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Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Summarising Nonfiction Task Cards
Guide students along their summarising journey with this set of Non-Fiction texts on task cards for students to summarise.
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Year 6 Magazine – What's Buzzing? (Issue 3)
Issue 3 of our beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 6 students.
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The History of Codes - Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the history and development of Morse code with a comprehension worksheet.
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Interpreting Figurative Language - Worksheets
Explore figurative language in poetry with this age-appropriate poem and accompanying vocabulary questions.
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Three Bears in the Hot-Seat – Role Play Activity
A role-playing activity where students play the role of a character from the fairy tale, The Three Bears.
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Book Review Chatterbox Template
Help your students review a book using this hands-on chatterbox.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Individual Idiom Posters
A set of posters showing idioms and their meaning.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion
A set of comprehension task cards to help students distinguish between fact and opinion when reading.
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The Escape Key - Story and Task Cards
An exciting short story about escaping a maze with a set of task cards to explore after the text has been read.
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Recall Facts and Details Poster
A poster highlighting how to recall facts and details when reading a piece of text.
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Comprehension - Tia's Tantrum
A comprehension activity using a narrative text.
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Reciprocal Teaching Role Cards
Assign reciprocal style teaching roles to your students during small-group reading sessions with this set of 4 reciprocal teaching role cards.
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The Olympic Games - Comprehension Task
Encourage students to apply a range of comprehension and writing skills when finding out interesting fun facts about the Olympics with a printable reading comprehension task.
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Inferring and Drawing Conclusions Poster
A poster highlighting how to draw conclusions and make inferences when reading a piece of text.
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Year 4 Reading Comprehension - The Day of the Dead Reading Passage
Read and learn about the Mexican holiday, Dia De Los Muertos, with a reading passage and Year 4 reading prose comprehension test.
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Year 6 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 2)
Issue 2 of our beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 6 students.
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Reading Response Making Connections – Template
A comprehension template for students to learn how to make connections.
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Life Without Tacos – Comprehension Task
A comprehension passage and accompanying worksheet about cultural diffusion.
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Healthy Mind, Healthy Body: The Value of Vegetables – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Year 5 magazine (Issue 2).
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Alliteration Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of alliteration.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Structure, Rhyme and Rhythm
A worksheet to help students understand structure, rhyme and rhythm in poetry.
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the cause and effect comprehension strategy.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Recalling Facts And Details
A set of comprehension task cards to help students recall facts and details when reading.
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Comprehension - Treasure Map
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Recognise Cause and Effect Poster
A poster highlighting how to recognise cause and effect when reading a piece of text.
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Identify Author's Purpose Poster
A poster highlighting how to identify the author's purpose when reading a piece of text.
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What are Bushfires? Cloze Worksheet
A cloze worksheet about bushfires.
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Australian Conservationists: John Walmsley – Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about Dr John Walmsley and his conservation work with this 2-page reading passage and accompanying comprehension questions.
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Foldable Inferencing Template
Practise making inferences with this foldable template.
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Summarising Nonfiction Teaching Slides
Build summarising skills with nonfiction texts using these teaching slides.