teaching resource

Reading Detectives Resource Pack

Updated: 20 Jul 2019

A 16 page resource pack including 8 detective roles to assign to students during guided reading sessions.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 16 Pages
Years: F - 6

Curriculum

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Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independentlyElaborationstalking about the meanings in texts listened to, viewed and read (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)visualising elements ...
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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 featuresElaborationsusing ...
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Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structuresElaborationsmaking connections between the ...
ACELY1680

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresElaborationsmaking connections between the text and students own experie...
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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...
ACELY1703

Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcesElaborationsusing research skills including identifying research purpose, locating texts, gathering and organising informati...
ACELY1713

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...

VCELY153

Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
VCELY222

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures
VCELY257

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
VCELY288

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts
VCELY319

Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources
VCELY347

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts

teaching resource

Reading Detectives Resource Pack

Updated: 20 Jul 2019

A 16 page resource pack including 8 detective roles to assign to students during guided reading sessions.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 16 Pages
Years: F - 6

A 16 page resource pack including 8 detective roles to assign to students during guided reading sessions.

Use this teaching resource as a fun way for students to stay on task and apply a range of reading comprehension strategies during guided reading.

Assign each student with one of the following reading detective roles:

predictor
clarifier
questioner
summariser
visualiser
connector
word finder
chief detective.

This resource pack includes:

a display banner
8 reading detective display posters
8 reading detective checklist bookmarks
8 reading detective name tags.

Check out our blog for hints and tips on how to set up guided reading in the classroom.

Curriculum

ACELY1650

Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independentlyElaborationstalking about the meanings in texts listened to, viewed and read (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)visualising elements ...
ACELY1660

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 featuresElaborationsusing ...
ACELY1670

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structuresElaborationsmaking connections between the ...
ACELY1680

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresElaborationsmaking connections between the text and students own experie...
ACELY1692

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...
ACELY1703

Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcesElaborationsusing research skills including identifying research purpose, locating texts, gathering and organising informati...
ACELY1713

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...

VCELY153

Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
VCELY222

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures
VCELY257

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
VCELY288

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts
VCELY319

Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources
VCELY347

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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Anna Nguyen · 2 years ago

I love this "detective" theme for reading reciprocal / literature circles. I hope there will be worksheets soon to match this theme.
- Stephanie (Teach Starter) · 2 years ago
  
  Thank you for your positive feedback, Anna! We'll keep your suggestion in mind, too, when making future resources. Have a great day!