Texts to Use for Teaching Comprehension Strategies
Texts to Use for Teaching Comprehension Strategies
Contributed by Anita Holding Campbell Street School, Hobart, Tasmania
Activating and Connecting
Browne, A (1986). The Piggy Book. London : Walker Books
Forward, T. & Cohen, I. (2005). The Wolf Story. London : Walker Books
Perret, D. (2006). The Big Bad Wolf. New York : Sterling Publishing
Pilkey, D. (1994). Dog Breath. U.S.A. : Scholastic
Jeffers, O. (2006) The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Great Britain : Harper Collins
Rylant, C. (1985). When the Relatives Came. New York : Aladdin.
Thompson, C. (2011). The Naughty Corner. N.S.W. : Hachette Australia
Shireen, N. (2011). Good Little Wolf. Great Britain : Random House
Henkes, K. (1990). Julius, Baby of the World. New York : Harper Collins
Questioning
Bland, N. (2007). When Henry Caught Imaginitis. NSW : Scholastic.
Fox, M. (1984). Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partidge. NSW : Scholastic.
Jeffers, O. (2005). How to Catch a Star. Great Britain ; Harper Collins.
Jeffers, O. (2005). Lost and Found. Great Britain : Harper Collins.
Jeffers, O. (2006) The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Great Britain : Harper Collins
Lester, A. (1993). Yikes!. N.S.W. : Allen and Unwin
Thompson, C. (2000). Unknown. NSW : Hodder Headline Australia
Willens, M. (2010). City Dog, Country Frog. New York : Hyperion Books.
Hume, L. (2006). Clancy the Courageous Cow. NSW : Scholastic
Kasza, K. (2003). My Lucky Day. New York : Puffin.
Visualising and Inferring
Baker, J. (2002). Window. London : Walker Books
Carnavas, P. (2010). The Important Things. Australia : New Frontier
Kasza, K. (2003). My Lucky Day. New York : Puffin.
Dahl, R. (1991). Minpins. London : Puffin
Ludy, M. (2008). The Flower Man. Austrlaia : New Holland
Blabley, A. (2011). The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon. Australia : Penguin
Lenman, B. (2004). The Red Book. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
Carmi, G. (2003). A Circle of Friends. New York : Star Bright Books
Jeffers, O. (2006) The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Great Britain : Harper Collins
Rylant, C. (1991). In The Night Country. New York : Aladdin.
Shoshan, B. (2004). Memory Bottles. London : Meadowside Childrens Books
Van Allsburg, C. (1998). The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. N.S.W. : Random House
Determining Importance
Davies, N. (2003). Surprising Sharks. London : Walker Books
Davies, N. (2001). One Tiny Turtle. London : Walker Books
Davies, N. (2008). Big Blue Whale. London : Walker Books
Davies, N. (2001). Bat Loves the Night. London : Walker Books
Tonkin, R. (2006). Leaf Litter. Australia : Harper Collins
Seuss, D. (1972). The Lorax. New York : Harper Collins
French, J. (2007). The Shaggy Gully Times. Sydney : Harper Collins
Jenkins, M. (2011). Can We Save The Tiger. U.S.A. : Candlewick Press
Jenkins, S. (2004). Actual Size. New York : Houghton Mifflin
Summarising and Synthesising
Carnavas, P. (2009). Sarah’s Heavy Heart. NSW : New Frontier
Jeffers, O. (2006) The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Great Britain : Harper Collins
Seuss, D. (1972). The Lorax. New York : Harper Collins
Jeffers, O. (2010). The Heart and the Bottle. Great Britain : Harper Collins
Robinson, F. (2009). Wanted – The Perfect Pet. Australia : Penguin
Robinson, F. (2011). The Perfect Present. Australia : Penguin
Multimodal Texts
Blabey, A. (2011). The Ghost of Miss Annabell Spoon. Australia : Penguin
Hodgkinson, L. (2010). Limelight Larry. Sydney : Orchard Books
McKinlay, M. (2011). No Bears. N.S.W. : Walker Books
Seuss, D., & Prelutsky, J. (1998). Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! USA : Random House
Scieszka, J & Smith, L. (1992). The Stinky Cheese Man. U.S.A. : Penguin
Snicket, L. (2010). 13 Words. New York : Harper Collins (also a You Tube clip)
Tan, S. (2000). The Lost Thing. Sydney : Hachette Australia
Thompson, C. 1995). How to Live Forever. Great Britain : Random House
Weisner, D. (2006). Flotsam. New York : Clarion Books
Weisner , D. (2001). The Three Little Pigs. New York : Clarion Books
Base, G. (2011). The Jewel Fish of Karnak. Australia : Penguin
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exts for Activities
Cameron, S. (2009). Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies. New Zealand : Pearson
Hoyt, L. (2009). Revisit, Relfect, Retell. Portsmouth : Heinemann Publishing