Updated: 07 Jun 2018
A comprehension activity using a narrative text.
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 4 Pages
Years: 4 - 6
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience and oth...
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanningElaborationsbringing subject and technical vocabulary and concept knowledge...
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience or oth...
Responds to and composes a range of texts that express viewpoints of the world similar to and different from their own
Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts
Navigate and read imaginative, informative and persuasive texts by interpreting structural features, including tables of content, glossaries, chapters, headings and subheadings and applying appropriate text processing strategies, including monitoring...
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources
A comprehension activity using a narrative text.
A comprehension activity with provided information sheet, questions and suggested answers.
“Get out!” Tia screamed at her little sister, Tessa. “I’m sick of you always coming into my room and going through my things. I wish you’d never been born! Go away and just leave me alone, will you!”
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience and oth...
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes applying appropriate text processing strategies, for example predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanningElaborationsbringing subject and technical vocabulary and concept knowledge...
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience or oth...
Responds to and composes a range of texts that express viewpoints of the world similar to and different from their own
Uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts
Navigate and read imaginative, informative and persuasive texts by interpreting structural features, including tables of content, glossaries, chapters, headings and subheadings and applying appropriate text processing strategies, including monitoring...
Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts
Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources
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I am having trouble opening quite a few of the Year 5 comprehension tasks - it takes me to another page saying there is an error. Have tried quite a few times, shut down computer etc. Not working for PDF, B&W or Microsoft Word
Hi Sarah, I'm sorry to hear you are having issues opening the comprehension tasks. I have just tried from our end and it all seems to be working fine. Can you please give it another go this morning? If you are still having troubles - please email our tech support on [email protected]. We are always happy to help! Kind regards, Holly
This is a brilliant comprehension activity! But there is a typo that my students picked up. "Her special art pencils, now blunt from HIS sister's careless usage...." Thanks!
Hi Melissa, Thanks for letting us know about that error. We have now updated the resource. Kind Regards, Holly