Reading for meaning
I can find answers in a text, use clues, work out new words and sum up a paragraph.
For grown-ups: this lesson in words
Ages 7 to 11 · Language
Reading for meaning: I can find answers in a text, use clues, work out new words and sum up a paragraph.
Here is a story about a puppet show. Read along with me.
Some answers are written right there in the text. Others, we work out from clues.
Let's be reading detectives!
Picture: A short text called "The puppet show" with a picture of a sock: "Ana's class put on a puppet show for their families. Ana made a dragon puppet from an old green sock. Kofi painted the stage blue. When the curtain opened, Ana's hands were shaking. She took a deep breath."
Question: what did Ana make her puppet from? The key words are make and puppet. Let's read again.
The key words are in this part: Ana made a dragon puppet. The answer comes next: an old green sock.
The answer was right there in the text. We just had to find it.
Picture: A short text called "The puppet show" with a picture of a sock: "Ana's class put on a puppet show for their families. Ana made a dragon puppet from an old green sock. Kofi painted the stage blue. When the curtain opened, Ana's hands were shaking. She took a deep breath." "Ana made a dragon puppet" and "an old green sock" are underlined.
Your turn: The answer is in the text. What colour did Kofi paint the stage?
Picture: A short text called "The puppet show" with a picture of a sock: "Ana's class put on a puppet show for their families. Ana made a dragon puppet from an old green sock. Kofi painted the stage blue. When the curtain opened, Ana's hands were shaking. She took a deep breath."
Choose one:
- green
- blue
- yellow