Reading

Here are some fun games designed to build reading comprehension. Solve riddles. []

This one is not a game - it is a selection of short texts with comprehension questions. The answers are marked instantly by the computer.

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[|**Into the Book:**] This site is about Reading Teaching Strategie. It has some really helpful videos that help explain; Prior Knowledge, Making Connections,Questioning,Visualising, Inferring, Summarising, Evaluating,Synthesizing AND Using Strategies Together.
 * Into the Book **
 * Reading Strategies from the USA**


 * YOUR Task: To click on the links in this site (above) and summarise what each strategy involves on the worksheet provided. These strategies will help you develop comprehension skills so they're really useful.**

=Strategies to assist with comprehension (from the BBC site).=


 * [|**Fact and Opinion**]Need to find out the difference between [|**fact and opinion**?] This module is here to help. ||  || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/summarising/images/homepage_index_summarising.jpg width="118" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/summarising/index.shtml"]][|Summarising]Need to note important points from lengthy pieces of text? [|**Summarising**] is useful for researching, gathering or presenting information. ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/images/game_index.gif width="118" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/index.shtml"]][|Types of text]Information about [|**types of text**]. How can you tell if a text is descriptive, informative, instructional or persuasive? ||  ||   ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/scanning/images/game_index.gif width="118" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/scanning/index.shtml"]][|Scanning]Looking for some specific information? Improve your reading by learning how to [|**scan**] texts quickly. ||  || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming/images/game_index.gif width="118" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming/index.shtml"]][|Skimming]Improve your reading by learning how to [|**skim**] texts quickly to see what they're about. ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/scanning/images/game_index.gif width="118" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/scanning/index.shtml"]][|Scanning]Looking for some specific information? Improve your reading by learning how to [|**scan**] texts quickly. ||  || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming/images/game_index.gif width="118" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming/index.shtml"]][|Skimming]Improve your reading by learning how to [|**skim**] texts quickly to see what they're about. ||
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/scanning/images/game_index.gif width="118" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/scanning/index.shtml"]][|Scanning]Looking for some specific information? Improve your reading by learning how to [|**scan**] texts quickly. ||  || [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming/images/game_index.gif width="118" height="92" align="right" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/techniques/skimming/index.shtml"]][|Skimming]Improve your reading by learning how to [|**skim**] texts quickly to see what they're about. ||