{"product_id":"reading-conventions-year-1","title":"Reading Conventions - Year 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeveloping inferential reading skills and Australian Curriculum focuses!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Conventions \u003c\/em\u003eis an engaging series designed to assist teachers with improving students’ reading and comprehension skills. It has a specific focus on inferencing. The aim of \u003cem\u003eReading Conventions\u003c\/em\u003e is to systematically provide all students with interesting and achievable activities, based on fulfilling national comprehension and reading requirements. Every unit has a central focus built around persuasive, imaginative or informative texts. These focuses add another dimension to the series by specifically targeting Australian Curriculum content.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMetacognitive Strategies and Curriculum Focuses\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003ePredicting - making predictions about texts\/text endings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eVisualising - creating mental images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eSummarising - reviewing meaning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMaking connections - students' own experiences\/prior knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eQuestioning - literal, inferential, interpretive and critical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMaking connections between print and images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMonitoring - commenting on things learned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMonitoring - re-reading and reading on to make decisions about unknown words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eFinding the main idea and supporting details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eStory elements - characters, setting and plot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eIdentifying the author's purpose\/point of view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eNAPLAN skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eAnalytical images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMultimodal texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003ePull-out answer section\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eTypes of texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eimaginative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003epersuasive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003einformative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy Teach Comprehension?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReading is fun, it's relaxing, and it is the building block of education. Comprehension is the essential goal of each and every reading task. Reading and comprehending exercises lay the foundation of comprehension skills that are essential for a lifetime of learning and pleasure. The more students practise, the more confident and capable they become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAustralian Curriculum\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Conventions \u003c\/em\u003efocuses on addressing the content descriptions and elaborations as specified in the Australian Curriculum. The inside front cover of each book features the descriptions and elaborations that are developed throughout the book, as each unit works towards the achievement of Australian Curriculum standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthorship\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLauren O'Brien is a qualified primary teacher and the author of this series. She is also the respected major author of the Reading Box Yellow and the best-selling Grammar Conventions series of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSample Pages - Year 1\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"fancybox\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[year1]\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7786\/8817\/files\/Reading-Conventions-Year-1-Sample1.jpg?v=1781101136\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Reading Conventions Year 1 -Sample1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-73522\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7786\/8817\/files\/Reading-Conventions-Year-1-Sample1.jpg?v=1781101136\" width=\"212\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"fancybox\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[year1]\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7786\/8817\/files\/Reading-Conventions-Year-1-Sample-2.jpg?v=1781101135\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Reading Conventions Year 1 - Sample 2\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-73521\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7786\/8817\/files\/Reading-Conventions-Year-1-Sample-2-212x300.jpg?v=1781101135\" width=\"212\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"clear\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Teachers 4 Teachers","offers":[{"title":"Year 1","offer_id":53558764208401,"sku":"9780987127143","price":19.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7786\/8817\/files\/9780987127143.jpg?v=1778750701","url":"https:\/\/www.teachersuperstore.com.au\/products\/reading-conventions-year-1","provider":"Teacher Superstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}