The Back to Basics provides children with the opportunity to practise and consolidate the skills needed to achieve mastery over the Year 5 Comprehension strategies elaborated in the Australian Curriculum.

The 20 units in this book contain activities designed to review and practise the essential Year 5 Comprehension and Vocabulary skills.

The 10 comprehension units feature:

• 5 fiction and 5 non-fiction text extracts written for the Year 5 reading age
• 10 questions for each extract requiring literal, interpretive and applied comprehension of the text (explanations for these terms are provided at the front of the book)
• 10 top tips to assist with answering the questions

The 10 vocabulary units feature:

• 5 units with activities using 100 high-frequency words relevant to Year 5 students
• 5 quick quizzes using vocabulary from the text extracts

Author: Victoria Hazell