Interpreting,+Analysing+and+Evaluating

__**Interpreting, analysing, evaluating**:__ Students learn to comprehend what they [|read] and [|view] by applying growing contextual, semantic, grammatical and [|phonic] knowledge. They develop more sophisticated processes for interpreting, analysing, evaluating and critiquing ideas, information and issues from a variety of sources. They explore the ways [|conventions] and structures are used in written, digital, multimedia and cinematic [|texts] to entertain, inform and persuade [|audiences], and they use their growing knowledge of textual features to explain how [|texts] make an impact on different [|audiences] [|(see ACARA).] Concepts about print PPT || || A comprehensive PPT that outlines what the concepts of print are, as well as strategies to teach and assess knowledge and understanding of the concepts of print. || 
 * Site Na﻿me || Li﻿nk || C﻿omment ||
 * ﻿ READING and READING STRATEGIES ||
 * ﻿Literary and Non-Literary ||
 * **EarObics** Real or make believe || [[image:earobics_real_or_make_believe.png width="263" height="150" link="http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/tina/tina.html"]] || After hearing a brief story scenario, childen need to decide if the story could be real or is make believe. ||
 * **Arts Edge** || [[image:artsedge.png width="264" height="120" link="http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-k-2/Animal_Habitats.aspx"]] || Arts Edge is a site where teachers can create, store and share digital units/ resources/ artworks to use in their classroom. ||
 * ﻿Concepts About Print ||
 * **Utah State University**
 * **PPPST** Concepts about print PPT || [[image:concepts_about_print_ppps.png width="268" height="145" link="http://reading.pppst.com/printconcepts.html"]] || Various teaching resources and free PPTs to support teachers to effectively teach print awareness and concepts about print. ||
 * **Scholastic** Word and sentence level || [[image:scholastic_icanread2.png width="271" height="154" link="http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/edition1/swfs/icanread/index.htm"]] || After hearing and viewing a short sentence, children are asked identify various words. ||
 * ﻿COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES ||
 * **Harcourt** What's the main idea || [[image:harcourt_comprehension2.png width="269" height="114" link="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/big_idea.html"]] || After reading a short paragraph, children need to identify the main idea of the story. Children select the most appropriate of three sentences. There are four paragraphs to read. On the completion of each one, children are given a 'puzzle piece' to solve on completion. ||
 * **BGFL** Peter Rabbit reading comprehension || [[image:BGFL_peter_rabbit.png width="260" height="137" link="http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/beatrix/index.htm"]] || Broken into different sections, this site encourages children to answer a set of questions about what is happening in various pictures. It allows children to sequence pictures and to sequence words from a short sentence so that it makes sense. ||
 * EDITING and PROOF READING ﻿ ||
 * **Houghton Mifflin English** Evaluation station || [[image:houghton_mifflin_english6.png width="265" height="153" link="http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/evalstation/"]] || Children are prompted to identify their year level, then with their writing beside them, a series of questions around editing and proof reading are asked and children need to answer them. ||
 * **Houghton Mifflin English** Power proofreading || [[image:houghton_mifflin_english_power_proof_reading.png width="265" height="145" link="http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm"]] || A good site for consolidating grammer and punctuation rules. Children have to read a short paragraph and fix up the mistakes. There is a choice of different year levels and of different texts in each year level. (UK) ||