A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on predicting.

7 Lessons

Grade: 3-4

Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift

This unit will revise some of the key reading comprehension strategies using ‘The Gift’ by Michael Speechley. This book explores the themes of kindness, empathy and friendship. Students will develop their understanding of predicting, inferring, making connections, summarising, and how illustrations add meaning to a text. These lessons can also be completed as a stand alone lesson and with another text of choice.

A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on predicting.

7 Lessons

Grade: 3-4

Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift

This unit will revise some of the key reading comprehension strategies using ‘The Gift’ by Michael Speechley. This book explores the themes of kindness, empathy and friendship. Students will develop their understanding of predicting, inferring, making connections, summarising, and how illustrations add meaning to a text. These lessons can also be completed as a stand alone lesson and with another text of choice.

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Essential Question/s

What strategies does a good reader use to comprehend a book?

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Sustainability

General Capabilities

Literacy
Critical and Creative thinking
Personal and Social Capability

Lessons

7 Lessons

Lesson 1

A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on predicting.

Lesson
Reading

Review Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift - Zoom In Predictions

Grades: 3-4

Use clues to make predictions, to build literal and inferred meaning.

Lesson 2

A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on predicting.

Lesson
Reading

Review Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift - During and After Predictions

Grades: 3-4

Make predictions before, during and after reading.

Lesson 3

A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on inferring.

Lesson
Reading

Review Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift - Inferring

Grades: 3-4

Makes considered inferences using prior knowledge and evidence from the text.

Lesson 4

A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on making deep connections.

Lesson
Reading

Review Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift - Surface and Deep Connections

Grades: 3-4

Extend students' ability to make deeper connections to a text.

Lesson 5

A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on summarising.

Lesson
Reading

Review Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift - Headline Summarising

Grades: 3-4

Summarise the main idea of a text.

Lesson 6

A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on symbolism.

Lesson
Reading

Review Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift - Symbolism

Grades: 3-4

Analyse the way illustrations help to construct meaning.

Lesson 7

A fun reading lesson for grades 3 and 4 students that revises the main comprehension strategies. This lesson uses The Gift by Michael Speechley and focuses on theme.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

Review Comprehension Strategies Using The Gift - Writing Response

Grades: 3-4

Understand the theme of a book.

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