Adv Skills Reading and Comp Wk Yr 5

The Excel Advanced Skills Reading and Comprehension Workbook Year 5 will help students improve their reading a nd comprehension–in English and in other subjects–and become more competent, reflective and critical readers. The first p art of the book focuses on reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, visualising, connecting, predicting, inferring, monitoring and ju dging (reading reflectively and critically). The second part of the book shows students how to answer the five types of comprehension questions they are likely to encounter during their primary school years: fact-finding, synthesis, inferring, language and judgement quest ions. This book has been specifically written for the YEAR 5 AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM ENGLISH COURSE. CH APTERS: How to use this book Section 1: Reading strategies 1 Skimming 2 Vis ualising 3 Connecting 4 Predicting 5 Inferring 6 Mon itoring 7 Judging 8 Scanning Section 2: Types of questions Fact-finding questions Synthesis questions Inferring questions Language questions Judgement question s Section 3: Bringing it all together Mixed q uestions Answers Text overview grid