Year 2 · English · Reading
Reading for meaning
Read and understand short stories and information texts: retell, find facts and check that our reading makes sense.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Reading for meaning — Put a story in order, find who, where, when and how many, use clues to work out feelings, and fix words that do not make sense with Kiri.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 1 (Years 0–3), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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More Year 2 English topics
Long vowel sounds · Describing words · Joining sentences · Spelling word endings · Writing recounts