🎯 WALT: Identify and understand key words in a story to enhance comprehension

I can listen carefully and find important words in a story

I can explain what key words mean using clues from the story

I can use key words to retell parts of the story

📚 Part 1: Key Word Detective

1. Listen to the story and write down 5 key words that help you understand what happens:

2. Choose your most important key word from above. What does it mean?

My key word: ___________________

3. How did you work out what this word means? Circle your strategy:

I looked at the words around it for clues

I thought about what was happening in the story

I already knew this word

I made a good guess from the context

4. Use 3 of your key words to retell the most important part of the story:

5. Pick one key word and draw a picture that shows its meaning:

My word: ___________________

6. Why do you think the author chose to use these key words in their story?