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The Lost Lunchbox

Help Year 1 students read a short fictional story and answer comprehension questions to build understanding.

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Learning Intention

Students will read a short story and answer simple questions about characters and events.

Australian Curriculum

AC9E1LY05

Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts.

Teacher Notes

Read the story together first. Discuss who, what, where before independent questions.

Skills Practised

Reading comprehension
Character and events
Literal questions
Story understanding

Reading for Meaning

Good readers do more than decode words. They think about what happened, identify important details and use information from the text to answer questions.

Before and After Reading

Look at the title and predict what the text may be about.

Read carefully and notice key events.

Retell the beginning, middle and end.

Return to the text when checking an answer.

Encourage children to answer in their own words and point to the part of the text that supports their thinking.