Your literacy groups are ready to go; no planning, no prep, no laminating. Just print and drop into reading tubs. Ten complete sets of guided reading worksheets across narrative, informative and persuasive texts, each with a themed passage, strategic questions at three thinking levels, and a genre-matched retell prompt. Answer sheets included.
What's included: 10 complete sets (30 worksheets and 10 answer sheets), each containing a themed passage with multiple choice questions covering literal, inferential and critical thinking (Page 1), open-ended questions with a draw and respond prompt (Page 2), a genre-appropriate retell with writing lines (Page 3), and a full answer sheet for every set.
Skills covered: Literal comprehension, inferential reasoning, critical thinking, text summarising, making inferences, sequencing events, scanning for key ideas, genre-specific retelling and reading between the lines.
Texts Included:
*Tamara and the Great Island Escape (Narrative)
*Clara's Lesson In Balance (Narrative)
*Currency Around The World (Informative)
*Chameleon's Are The Coolest (Persuasive)
*The Beauty In Nature (Persuasive)
*Saturn (Informative)
*Scientist Ben (Narrative)
*Coral (Informative)
*Treasure Island Mystery (Narrative)
*Puffin Birds (Informative)
How do I use this pack?
Use for reading groups, whole-class lessons, homework, diagnostic assessment or post-testing. Staple into booklets for independent work or pop straight into literacy tubs. Students have everything they need to work independently while you run your other groups. Focus on one per week for a full term and break the three page set over the duration of the week, or use as one complete rotation; many options!
Australian Curriculum V9: AC9E3LY01, AC9E3LY05, AC9E3LA03, AC9E3LE02, AC9E3LE04
Please note: These texts are levelled for Year 3-4. The same texts appear in the Year 2 comprehension packet at an adjusted lower level.
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