The Back to Basics provides children with the opportunity to practise and consolidate the skills needed to achieve mastery over the Year 6 Co mprehension strategies elaborated in the Australian Curriculum.

T he 20 units in this book contain activities designed to review and practise the essential Year 6 Comprehension and Vocabulary s kills.

The 10 comprehension units feature:

• 5 fiction and 5 non-fiction text extracts writt en for the Year 6 reading age
• 10 questions for each extract req uiring literal, interpretive and applied comprehension of the text (expl anations for these terms are provided at the front of the book)
• 10 top iips to assist with answering the questions

The 10 vocabulary units feature:

• 5 units with ac tivities using 100 high-frequency words relevant to Year 6 students
• 5 quick quizzes using vocabulary from the text extracts