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FULL DESCRIPTION
Questioning Comprehension — Year 1 gives teachers a clear week-long sequence for turning children's natural curiosity into purposeful reading comprehension. The editable presentation models when and how to ask questions, introduces who, what, when, where, why and how, and distinguishes answers found directly in a text from answers built with clues and prior knowledge.

Children then practise through displays, differentiated worksheets, card sorts, a headband game, a board game, fiction and non-fiction scoot tasks, exit slips and a two-part assessment. The unit includes substantial supported and independent practice, with generous response space and classroom-ready visual scaffolds. Printable worksheets and assessments are black and white; displays, games and activities are in colour; matching teacher answer pages use red responses for fast checking.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
- 13-slide editable PowerPoint presentation: Comprehension Strategy: Questions
- 22-slide editable PowerPoint quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
- 48-page unit plan PDF with one clean contents page and 47 resource pages
- Wonder Words display
- Reader Question Cards for before, during and after reading
- Picture Question Studio supported and independent worksheets
- My Question Journey foldable, supported and independent worksheets
- Right There or Think More? sorting mat, two card sets and key
- Story Clue Search — The Runaway Kite passage, questions and answers
- Fact Clue Search — Little Penguins After Dark passage, questions and answers
- Mystery Headband — Ask and Guess instructions, prompt support and three card sets
- Question Trail board, two scene-card sets and recording sheet
- Clue Quest Scoot instructions; fiction and non-fiction texts; supported texts; task cards; recording sheets; and answers
- Quick Wonder exit slips
- Ask, Answer and Prove It fiction and non-fiction assessment with answer pages
- Comprehension Strategy: Questions — Year 1 rubric
- Standalone assessment PDF and standalone rubric PDF

LEARNING FOCUS
- Asking questions before, during and after reading
- Using who, what, when, where, why and how
- Building literal and inferred meaning
- Finding evidence in words and pictures
- Distinguishing Right There and Think More questions
- Responding to fiction and informative texts
- Explaining an answer in a complete thought

CLASSROOM USE
Use the presentation for whole-class modelling, then select supported or independent worksheets for guided reading, literacy rotations or individual practice. Mystery Headband and Question Trail suit partner or small-group work. Clue Quest Scoot can be run as a movement-based review, a task-card centre or a paced whole-class lesson. Finish with Quick Wonder exit slips and the two-part assessment; use the rubric for consistent marking.

YEAR / SUBJECT / TOPIC
Year level: Year 1
Subject: English
Topic: Reading comprehension — questioning

CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT
Australian Curriculum v9.0: AC9E1LY05
Australian Curriculum v8.4: ACELY1660
Victorian Curriculum 2.0: VC2E1LY12
NSW English K–10: EN1-VOCAB-01; EN1-RECOM-01
Western Australian Curriculum: WA1ELYA3
Additional mapping is included for Common Core, England, New Zealand, Texas and Ontario curricula.

FORMATS AND EXTENT
Formats: PDF and editable Microsoft PowerPoint PPTX
Extent: 48-page unit plan PDF; 13-slide presentation; 22-slide quiz
Answer-key status: Included — six matching answer pages plus the Right There or Think More? key
Suggested teaching duration: 5–8 lessons, with extra practice suitable for centres or extension

TEACHER BENEFITS
- A complete sequence from modelling to assessment
- Supported and independent versions for differentiation
- Both fiction and non-fiction practice
- Games and movement tasks for repeated rehearsal
- Clear teacher answer pages and an assessment rubric
- Editable presentation and quiz text for classroom delivery

DIGITAL PRODUCT AND LICENCE
This is a digital product; no physical item is supplied. Purchase grants a single-classroom licence for the purchaser. Redistribution, resale, public posting or sharing outside the licensed classroom is not permitted.