Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming

Content descriptor

Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming.

Code

AC9E5LY04

Year level

Year 5

Subject

English

Strand

Literacy

Sub-strand

Analysing, interpreting and evaluating

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Learning intention

We are learning to navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and confirming.

Cloze sentence

Navigate and read texts for specific purposes, monitoring meaning using strategies such as skimming, scanning and  .

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