📚 Part 1: Understanding Comprehension Strategies

1. What does WALT stand for in our lesson today?

We Are Learning Together

We Are Learning To

We Always Like Texts

We Are Looking Through

2. Which of the following are key comprehension strategies? (Check all that apply)

Making connections

Questioning

Predicting

Visualising

Ignoring difficult words

3. Why is making connections important when reading?

🔗 Part 2: Types of Connections

4. Match each type of connection with its correct description:

1. Text-to-Self

2. Text-to-Text

3. Text-to-World

A. Connecting to other books or stories

B. Connecting to your own experiences

C. Connecting to world events or knowledge

5. Complete the sentence starters for making connections:

This reminds me of ________________________________

I wonder why ___________________________________

I think _________________ because __________________

🤔 Part 3: Applying Strategies

6. Think about a book you've read recently. Write about a connection you made while reading it:

7. When you come across a difficult part in a text, which strategy would you try first?

Skip it and keep reading

Ask questions about what I don't understand

Give up reading

Only look up every word in the dictionary

8. Draw or write about what you visualise when you read this sentence: "The ancient kauri tree stood majestically in the misty forest, its massive trunk covered in soft green moss."

📝 Part 4: Reflection and Goal Setting

9. Which comprehension strategy do you find most helpful? Explain why:

10. Complete this reflection:

I used to think reading comprehension was _________________________

Now I think reading comprehension is ____________________________

Next time I read, I will try to ________________________________

11. What questions do you have about using comprehension strategies?

12. How can making connections help you become a better reader?

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Reading Comprehension Strategies

📚 Part 1: Understanding Comprehension Strategies

🔗 Part 2: Types of Connections

🤔 Part 3: Applying Strategies

📝 Part 4: Reflection and Goal Setting

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