Comprehension skills for the future

In today’s information-filled world, having highly developed comprehension skills is more important than ever before. The pathway to developing these skills requires reading across a variety of knowledge areas combined with the integration of purposeful, targeted strategies that help students understand each text at its literal, inferential and evaluative level.

Steps to reading proficiency

LiteracyPlanet works to develop reading fluency and comprehension, by building their word automaticity and language comprehension. These two fundamental building blocks enable students to recognise words and understand their contextual meaning.

LiteracyPlanet’s Steps to Reading Proficiency model uses the Science of Reading to scaffold reading skills, from developing word automaticity (phonological awareness and letter-sound knowledge) to building vocabulary and background knowledge for language comprehension.

Strategies for meaning making

Comprehension strategies are techniques students use to make sense of a text. These techniques encourage students to pay attention to details, find hidden meanings and look for the big picture. They also improve thinking, logic and creativity.

LiteracyPlanet’s comprehension content covers more than 20 comprehension strategies, from understanding the main idea or author’s purpose to evaluating the use of figurative language and rhyme schemes, plus many more.

Play Comprehension Activities

Play a selection of fun comprehension activities found in LiteracyPlanet. Each activity helps students build vocabulary and background knowledge for language comprehension. Upgrade to unlock access to hundreds more!