Purple Group Activities
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Green Group Activities
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Click here for your Week 5 activity - Unseen Volcanoes
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Blue Group Activities
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Finding Main Idea
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Recalling facts and details
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Understanding Sequence
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Recognising Cause and effect
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Comparing and Contrasting
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Making predictions
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Finding word meaning in context
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Drawing conclusions and making inferences
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Distinguishing between fact and opinion
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Identifying author's purpose
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Interpreting Figurative Language
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Summarising
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Strategy 1: Activating Prior Knowledge
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Click here for 'before and after web';
Click here for 'brainstorm it - sort it!;
Click here for 'KWL';
Click here for 'anticipation guide';
Click here for 'before and after web';
Click here for 'brainstorm it - sort it!;
Click here for 'KWL';
Click here for 'anticipation guide';
Strategy 2: Self-monitoring
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Click here for 'word attack strategies';
Click here for 'fix-up' strategies;
Click here for 'adjust your reading rate';
Click here for 'reading strategy log';
Click here for 'word attack strategies';
Click here for 'fix-up' strategies;
Click here for 'adjust your reading rate';
Click here for 'reading strategy log';
Strategy 3: Predicting
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Click here to go to the literacy shed;
Click here to go to corbis images;
Click here for 'prediction flowchart';
Click here to go to the literacy shed;
Click here to go to corbis images;
Click here for 'prediction flowchart';
Strategy 4: Questioning
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Click here to see the 'QAR' poster;
Click here for 'teacher modelling sheet';
Click here for 'student practice sheet';
Click here for 'question web';
Click here for 'before, during, after' chart;
Click here for 'double entry journal';
Click here to see the 'QAR' poster;
Click here for 'teacher modelling sheet';
Click here for 'student practice sheet';
Click here for 'question web';
Click here for 'before, during, after' chart;
Click here for 'double entry journal';
Strategy 5: Making Connections
Click here for 'text to self' chart;
Click here for 'text to text' chart;
Click here for 'text to world' chart;
Click here for 'double entry journal - text to self' chart;
Click here for 'double entry journal - text to text' chart;
Click here for 'double entry journal - text to world' chart;
Click here for 'text to text' chart;
Click here for 'text to world' chart;
Click here for 'double entry journal - text to self' chart;
Click here for 'double entry journal - text to text' chart;
Click here for 'double entry journal - text to world' chart;
Strategy 6: Visualising
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Click here for 'picture quilt';
Click here for 'photo album';
Click here for 'nogard drawing activity;
Click here for 'senses' chart:
Click here for 'weekend news' template;
Click here for 'picture quilt';
Click here for 'photo album';
Click here for 'nogard drawing activity;
Click here for 'senses' chart:
Click here for 'weekend news' template;
Strategy 7: Inferring
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Click here for 'modelling' chart;
Click here and here for 'looking for clues' sheet;
Click here for 'jigsaw' chart;
Click here for 'I think' T-chart;
Click here for 'character inference' chart;
Click here for 'modelling' chart;
Click here and here for 'looking for clues' sheet;
Click here for 'jigsaw' chart;
Click here for 'I think' T-chart;
Click here for 'character inference' chart;
Strategy 8: Summarising
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Click here for 'key word starter' chart;
Click here for 'key word practice' chart;
Click here for 'topic sentence starter' chart;
Click here for 'note-taking starter' chart;
Click here for 'student checklist' for summarising chart;
Click here for 'key word hunt' chart;
Click here for 'tic-tac-toe' chart;
Click here for 'whats the big idea' chart;
Click here, here and here for 'flimstrip summary boxes and strips';
Click here for 'key word starter' chart;
Click here for 'key word practice' chart;
Click here for 'topic sentence starter' chart;
Click here for 'note-taking starter' chart;
Click here for 'student checklist' for summarising chart;
Click here for 'key word hunt' chart;
Click here for 'tic-tac-toe' chart;
Click here for 'whats the big idea' chart;
Click here, here and here for 'flimstrip summary boxes and strips';
Strategy 9: Synthesising
Strategy 10: Skimming
Strategy 11: Scanning
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Click here for 'newspaper scavenger hunt';
Click here for 'scanning grid';
Click here for 'newspaper scavenger hunt';
Click here for 'scanning grid';