Excel Advanced Skills Workbook: Reading and Comprehension Workbook Year 5

The Excel Advanced Skills Reading and Comprehension Workbook Year 5 will help students improve theirreading 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 toencounter 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 bookSection 1: Reading strategies1 Skimming2 Vis ualising3 Connecting4 Predicting5 Inferring6 Mon itoring7 Judging8 ScanningSection 2: Types of questionsFact-finding questionsSynthesis questions