Aussie Inklings

Created by Aussie Inklings. This task needs Internet access and puts a new spin on simple 'read and respond' tasks. Utilising the kids news website www.dogonews.com, students select a news article to read. To assist with their complete understanding of the text, they draw on known reading strategies to help them. Reading strategies used within this task are: * Monitoring Meaning * Predicting * Making Connections * Inferring * Determining Importance * Synthesising * Questioning * Visu

Created by Aussie inklings. This bundle contains: Brain Waves and Music – A musical task to learn how we learn best! Brain Food / Water and Learning - A reading comprehension task involving determining main points via key words to text map a summary. My Amazing Brain – A second reading comprehension task involving determining main points via key words to text map a summary.

Created by Aussie Inklings. This task requires computer and internet access. During the task, students will need be able to: - Work as a pair - Navigate online shopping - List ingredients - Add money amounts - Estimate - Check calculations The task lends itself to practicing rounding to the nearest 10 cents or dollar as an extension activity. The websites referred to, are Australian sites using the Australian dollar. I am more than happy to adjust websites to suit. Note: In my class, eac

Created by Aussie Inklings this is a reading comprehension task aimed at small ability groups. It is not intended to be used as a whole class activity, although it can be. The student outcome will be to write an authentic summary after reading the provided text. Whilst reading, they highlight key words, fill in the text map with the most important points, look up unknown words and then rewrite their own ‘brain food and learning’ article.

Created by Aussie Inklings. This is a reading comprehension task aimed at small ability groups. It is not intended to be used as a whole class activity, although it can be. Student outcomes will be to write an authentic summary after reading the provided text. Whilst reading, they highlight key words, fill in the text map with the most important points, look up unknown words and then rewrite their own ‘my amazing brain’ article.

Created by Aussie Inklings. A visual tool that assists students in building their vocabulary by linking root words to prefixes and suffixes. The vocabulary tree is made up of a trunk, branches and leaves. The trunk holds the root word, the branches hold words that contain the root word and the leaves are definitions of each word. Best used as a mini lesson first with the teacher and then in independent reading task time.

Created by 'Aussie Inklings' and designed to be used within a buddy program, which provides support between junior and senior students. The younger students feel safe and cared for, and older students feel valued and respected. It promotes social skills, communication and friendship between students and includes a compare and contrast graphic orgniser.