Year 5 English | Homework Helper

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Reading Comprehension

How it’s taught in school

Students develop comprehension skills by exploring a variety of texts, including fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. They practise summarising, inferring meaning, comparing different texts, and identifying themes.

What it looks like in class: Children compare books, looking at settings, characters and themes. A Venn diagram is a simple way to sort what’s the same and what’s different.

Try it at home

Choose a book to read together and discuss the main ideas and details after each chapter.
Ask questions about characters' motivations and make predictions about what might happen next in the story.
Compare characters, themes, or settings between different stories or genres, discussing similarities and differences.