Comprehension+Strategies

 Predicting/Using Prior Knowledge | Questioning | Using Text Structures & Features | Visualisation | Summarising | Think Aloud | Decoding | Fluency | Vocabulary NAPLAN & AIM Reading Texts | Reciprocol Teaching | SQ3R | Literature Circles Reading Curriculum - This website has a few ideas that can assist you for planning your reading program.
 * Independent Reading Criteria** - An example of an Independent Reading Criteria you could use in your classroom. It is better if you create your IR criteria with your students, nevertheless it is a good example.

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= PREDICTING/USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE=

Prediction at Word Level
Specialised Vocabulary Chart

How to Work out Words you Don't Know
Although this is suited for junior students, it is still a good resource to use with students who are reading at a decoding level below level 15.

Making Connections
Students make connections in three different ways (text to self, text to text and text to world).



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= QUESTIONING=

[[image:qar.png width="232" height="210" align="left"]]QAR - Question Answer Relationships
Strategy overview - outlines the different question types and shows you in the text how to find it. :) . practice questions - read an extract from Pinocchio and read the questions and decide which type of question it is. :)
 * Professional Reading & ideas on how to implement QAR**
 * Ideas for implementing QAR in the classroom**
 * Text with practice questions** for all question types


 * Think & Search Practise Questions**
 * Author & You Practice Questions** - These are taken from PROBE inference.
 * Other QAR Resources**

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= USING TEXT STRUCTURES & FEATURES=

Professional Reading
This document below is a great explanation written by Faye Bolton. A chart which clearly identifies the different top level structures with signaling words & graphic organisers.

Cause & Effect
This document can be used in pairs/group of 4 where they cut up the different statements (cause & effects) and match them correctly. Students are to verbalise why they thought the statements matched. They may also look for signalling words, or add a signalling word so show the cause & effect relationship.

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= SUMMARISING=

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= THINK ALOUD=

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= DECODING=
 * //How to Work Out Words You Don't Know//** This is a display of all the strategies students can use to help to work out words they don't know. Idea: Laminate and stick it to the table (or place it in the room where they can see it) so students can make reference to it while they are reading.

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= FLUENCY=

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= VOCABULARY= Reading Bookmark The attachment below is a bookmark which outlines strategies for students to improve their reading fluency, and strategies to help them to work out words they don't know. Lessons on Vocab (How to work out words you don't know) and fluency, should be done before the bookmark is given to students (otherwise students wont make reference to the strategies). Students can go to MORE WORDS.COM to find more words based on prefixes/suffixes... also good to find words for crossword puzzles. A list of all the prefixes, suffixes & base/root words. Another list of word roots & prefixes (I think this one is the better one) PRE (purposeful reading activity) - based on developing an understanding of root/base words.

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=NAPLAN & AIM Reading Texts=



Other Reading Texts


=Reciprocol Teaching=

=SQ3R= Reading Activities using SQ3R - has support sheets and other ideas to support the SQ3R concept. This is a good organiser to use either in a small focused teaching group, or as an individual/pair purposeful reading activity.

=LITERATURE CIRCLES= =coming soon=