Comprehension
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Year 5 Reading Practice Statement trackers
A simple tracker for your class. Practice Statements down the left, ten student-name spaces across the top, and blank cells to use your way.
Choose a strand below. Write in the names, then add your own ticks, dates, codes or notes. For a class of 25, print three copies of the tracker.
Choose a tracker by strand
Each preview shows the first page of that PDF. Longer strands continue over several pages, with space for the same ten names on every page.
Prefer to work online? Choose Copy to Google Sheets to make your own editable copy in your Google account. The original is view-only. Add student names and notes to your own copy, and add more student columns if needed.
Practice Statements included
These trackers cover all 15 stored Year 5 Reading Practice Statements, organised into their curriculum strands and skill groups.
Comprehension
Comprehension strategies
- Making inferences, using explicit and implicit evidence from the text (including quotes or references to images) and prior knowledge, to extend the understanding of a text and the author's purpose
- Summarising a text by organising key details to show how the ideas and messages are introduced and connected across the text
- Identifying and interpreting key details and implied information to draw a supported conclusion about the meaning of the text or the author's intended message
Text form, structure, style, and features
- Exploring how authors use structure, language, and text features to communicate ideas clearly and support their purpose
- Explaining how authors use language to create impact, including how literal language communicates facts or direct meaning, and how figurative language adds depth, emotion, or imagery to a text
Vocabulary
- Inferring from the context and using an increasing knowledge of morphemes to independently determine the meaning of words with more than one affix
- Using knowledge from other Year 5 learning areas and topics to determine the meaning of root and base words, whole words, and phrases in a text
Critical Analysis
Context and purpose
- Comparing how people, places, or ideas are represented in different texts and explaining how these representations influence the audience
Interpretations and connections
- Making connections within and between texts, describing how the ideas in texts connect with their own topic knowledge, lived experiences, cultural knowledge, and practices
- Contributing to text discussions by building on others' ideas and comparing different interpretations
Word Recognition and Reading Enrichment
Decoding
- Decoding multi-syllable words by applying their knowledge of English and te reo Māori phonics, syllables, morphemes, and word origins
Developing confident readers
- Using strategies for identifying and selecting texts based on their interests
- Identifying their strengths and successes
- Reading for longer periods by choosing familiar or interesting texts and using strategies to stay focused, such as finding a quiet space and setting reading goals
Fluency
- Reading year-level texts accurately and expressively, including correct pronunciation of kupu Māori, reflecting understanding of the text while maintaining a natural pace of reading, at oral fluency rates appropriate for Year 5 students
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