The Back to Basics provides children with the opportunity to practise and consolidate the skills needed to achieve mastery over the Year 6 Co mprehension strategies elaborated in the Australian Curriculum.
T he 20 units in this book contain activities designed to review and practise the essential Year 6 Comprehension and Vocabulary s kills.
The 10 comprehension units feature:
- 5 fiction and 5 non-fiction text extracts writt en for the Year 6 reading age
- 10 questions for each extract req uiring literal, interpretive and applied comprehension of the text (expl anations for these terms are provided at the front of the book)
- 10 top iips to assist with answering the questions
The 10 vocabulary units feature:
- 5 units with ac tivities using 100 high-frequency words relevant to Year 6 students
- 5 quick quizzes using vocabulary from the text extracts