Reading Skills Year 4, 5 and 6 Skill
Explanation
Vocabulary
Vocabulary questions ask you to work out the meaning of words and phrases using context clues.
Retrieval
Retrieval questions ask you to delve into the text to retrieve key facts or to gather information - the answer is always stated in the text.
Summarise
Summarise questions ask you to sum up the main point(s) or main event(s) of a paragraph or text.
Inference
Inference questions ask you to find evidence to prove ideas and feelings in a text which are not always written in the text itself.
Predict
Predicting questions ask you to make a logical and reasonable guess about what might happen next using clues in the text.
Compare, Contrast, Comment
Compare, Contrast, Comment questions ask you to discuss the content of a paragraph/text; and compares how events and character are similar/different or how they change across the text.
Author’s Choice
Author’s Choice questions ask you to identify ambitious and figurative language; then explain how these words or phases add meaning to the text.