B6 English Language · Term 2 Week 3: Comprehension

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.2.7.1.1 - Construct meaning from texts

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Predict what a text will be about by looking at the title, pictures, and their own background knowledge before reading.
Adjust their predictions as they read when new information in the text does not match what they expected.
Connect their own experiences and prior knowledge to the events and characters in a text to deepen their understanding.
Answer literal and inferential questions during and after reading a text, using clues from the text to support their answers.
Use the words and sentences around an unfamiliar word as clues to figure out its meaning.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Comprehension (2.7)
Content standard: B6.2.7.1 - Process and comprehend level appropriate texts
Indicator: B6.2.7.1.1 - Construct meaning from texts
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 3 (Week 15 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 175
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Select level-appropriate texts for learners.
- Based on background knowledge and other factors, have learners predict what a text will be about and actively adjust comprehension while reading/viewing or listening.
- Learners connect their background knowledge to help them make meaning of the text as they read.
- Assist learners with a variety of questions to make meaning during and after reading the text.
- Lay emphasis on the need to use the environment of a word to get its meaning.