This graphic organiser, ‘A Web of Information’ supports students in planning writing through brainstorming topics for informational writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Asking Questions’ prompts students to create questions using one word from the left column and one word from the top row. It is a great resource that assists students in creating progressively more complex, higher-order questions when analysing texts. It can also be used by teachers to develop questions that are targeted …More
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Comparing Two Texts,’ helps to further extend students’ ability to think critically about text. It is aimed at teaching students how to evaluate the effectiveness of text organisers by thinking about how the colour, size, placement and content of the organiser helps or hinders their understanding of the text …More
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Predicting and Confirming,’ has students make predictions and review outcomes of a text. It is aimed at enhancing students’ comprehension of the text by having them create prediction statements and then find information that either confirmed or contradicted their predictions.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘SQ3R,’ supports students with surveying, questioning, reading, reciting, and reviewing a text. It is a good idea to use this strategy in a shared reading situation several times until students feel comfortable with it.
This graphic organiser, ‘Triple Venn Diagram’ consists of three overlapping circles and is a great resource to help students visualise the relationship between three concepts. It can be used to compare and contrast differences and similarities in characteristics between ideas (for example, characters, countries, stories or shapes etc.). It can be used to compare and …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Venn Diagram’ consists of two overlapping circles and is a great resource to help students visualise the relationship between concepts. It can be used to compare and contrast differences and similarities in characteristics between ideas (for example, characters, countries, stories or shapes etc.). It can also be used across all learning areas …More
This Writing Traits activity ‘Writing for a Particular Audience’ encourages students to use knowledge of the audience to appeal to its emotions and interests when writing.
This full-page ‘Weekly Meal Planner’ food and nutrition template asks students to record and analyse their meals over the previous week and to discuss ways they could improve their diet. It is a great tool for building students’ awareness of their own nutrition habits and encourages them to take responsibility for their own health and …More
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