This analysing text worksheet ‘Forgotten Inventors from History’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about three American inventors. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This understanding text exemplar ‘Forming Opinions and Drawing Conclusions’ shows students how to use context clues and personal experience to understand a narrative text. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose, then put this together with what they already know about a topic …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Friends Aren’t Always Fair’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative about a girl who is being teased. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context, to examine how …More
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Geometric Logic’ allows for practice using logic and reasoning to make geometric conjectures. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Gila Monsters’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about these lizards. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to draw conclusions about specific details from the text and to look critically at words …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Gipsy Moth IV’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Francis Chichester’s circumnavigation of the globe. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Great Minds Think Alike’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about two best friends. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to look critically at …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘History of Figure Skating’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the origins of this sport. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically …More
This understanding text exemplar ‘Homophones’ shows students how to correctly use the words ‘wood’ and ‘would’. It is aimed at encouraging students to look critically at words and to use context clues in order to ascertain which spelling of a word that sounds the same should be used in which context.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Honour Our Earliest People’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing letters to the editor about creating a new public holiday. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘How Chewing Gum Was Developed’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about this invention. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘How to Become A US Citizen’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about becoming a permanent resident in America. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘How to Become an Inventor in Just Five Steps’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about inventing. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘How to Write an Evacuation Plan’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about coping with natural disasters. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to examine …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Impressionists’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about an excursion to an art gallery. It provides a practical example for students of how to deconstruct a text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, then put this together with what they already know …More
This analysing text exemplar ‘Jack in the Department Store’ shows students how to identify the explicit and implicit meaning in a narrative text. It encourages students to ask questions to find the directly stated meaning of the story, then to find the deeper, not-directly stated meaning of the story.
This analysing text worksheet ‘John Folinsbee’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about a painter who overcame disability to excel at his craft. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘John James Audubon’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text the famous artist. It is aimed at encouraging students to draw conclusions about what they have read and to recall specific details from the text as well as form opinions about the text as a whole in …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘John Muir’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the famous naturalist. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order …More
This author’s purpose exemplar ‘Labor Day’ shows students how to identify the author’s purpose for writing this passage. It encourages students to look critically at the text in order to ascertain whether the author wrote it to inform, persuade, teach or entertain the reader.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Lake Monsters’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing letters to the editor about whether these creatures exist. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at …More
This predicting outcomes exemplar ‘Laura and a Letter’ asks students questions about a narrative text to help them predict the outcome. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask questions and use their personal experience, along with clues provided in the story to guess what will happen next and write the end of the story …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Laura’s Quest for Wide-open Spaces’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about saving land from development. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Letter to the Editor’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a persuasive text about restricting building on floodplains. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Letter to the Editor about Extreme Sports’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing newspaper editorials. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in …More
This facts and opinions exemplar ‘Letter to the School Board’ shows students how to use facts to support their opinions. It is aimed at introducing students to forming and explaining their opinions, using ideas and information from texts to back them up, and illustrates this process by showing how the author decided her position on …More
This understanding text worksheet ‘Life as a Native American Child’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text American Indian culture. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text and to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context, as well as …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Lipizzaner Horses’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text the history of this horse breed. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to make judgements and …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Little-known Facts about Sharks’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informative text about these animals. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Looking Down’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about a family hike. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Louis Braille’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the famous inventor of Braille. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose and to recall specific details from the text, as well as draw …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Magic Show Memo’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative about a magic show. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text and encourages them to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context, as well as make …More
This author’s purpose worksheet ‘Making a Tipi (Tepee)’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about how to create a miniature Tipi. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Making an Aquarium’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text and to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context, as well as draw conclusions about the text as …More
This quick reference chart ‘Making Judgements’ shows students different questions to ask to make judgements about a text. It is aimed at encouraging students to use what they already know together with information from texts themselves to make a decision about what they are reading.
This quick reference chart ‘Making Judgements’ helps students to make judgements about what they have read. It is aimed at encouraging students to use what they already know together with information from texts themselves to make a decision about what they are reading. It then provides a practical example to illustrate this process.
This quick reference chart ‘Making Judgements’ shows students questions to ask themselves to help them make judgements about a text. It is aimed at encouraging students to use what they already know together with information from texts themselves to make a decision about what they are reading.
This quick reference chart ‘Making Judgements’ shows students questions to ask themselves to help them make judgements about a text. It is aimed at encouraging students to use what they already know together with information from texts themselves to make a decision about what they are reading.
This understanding text exemplar ‘Making Judgements/Drawing Conclusions’ shows students questions to ask and steps to follow to form decisions about a text. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose, then put this together with what they already know about a topic as well …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Making Potable Drinking Water’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about recycled water. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Making Your Own Code’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informative text about codes. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Manatee’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about these animals. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order to ascertain …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Modern Circus’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the history of the modern circus. It is aimed at encouraging students to identify specific details from the text and to make judgements about the text as a whole in order to answer questions about it. Answer …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘More Than Gold Medals’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about three ice skaters that overcame the odds to win gold. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from …More
This author’s purpose exemplar ‘Mother’s Day’ shows students how to identify the author’s purpose for writing a narrative text. It encourages students to look critically at the text in order to ascertain whether the author wrote it to inform, persuade or entertain the reader.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Mount St Helen Volcanic Eruption’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about this disaster. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘National Parks’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the history of American national parks. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to look critically …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Native Ways’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a story about the traditional lives of American Indians. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Navajo Culture Offers a Code’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about American Indian marines in WWII. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Navy Dolphins’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the use of these animals by US and Russian navies. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Not as Easy as You Think?’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text on keeping fish as pets. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to …More
This predicting outcomes exemplar ‘Not Just a Day at the Beach’ asks students questions about a narrative text to help them predict the outcome. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask questions and use their personal experience, along with clues provided in the story to guess what will happen next and consider how they …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Olympic Events’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Olympic horse events. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text, to make judgements and draw conclusions about the text, as well as form opinions about the text as a whole in …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘One Country’s Treasures’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Costa Rica. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘P.T. Barnum’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a biographical text about the famous showman. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text and to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context, as well as draw conclusions about …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘P.T. Barnum’, features a biographical text about the famous showman who promoted circus sideshow acts. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about character, comparison/contrast, sequence, making a judgment, detail, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Peer Tutor’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text and predict its outcome. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask questions and use their personal experience, along with clues provided in the story to guess subsequent details and write the end of the story in the …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Ponies’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about different kinds of ponies. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to draw conclusions about the text …More
This quick reference chart ‘Predicting Meaning in Texts’ gives students different tactics to predict the meaning of a story. It encourages students to use their personal experience and clues from tone and expression to guess the meaning of a sentence with little or no context and uses an example text to illustrate this approach.
This quick reference chart ‘Predicting Meaning’ shows students how to relate what they are reading to their own life to predict the meaning of a text. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask themselves questions as they read a text in order to predict what will happen next by using clues from the story, …More
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