Summarising:Retell themain ideas ina short andclear way.Text-to-WorldConnection: Whenthe story reminds youof somethinghappening in the realworld—like a newsstory or global issue.Text-to-SelfConnection: Whensomething in thebook reminds youof your own life orfeelings.Questioning: Askwho, what,where, when,why or how tobetter understandthe text.Characterisation:how the authorshows what acharacter is like—through what theysay, do, think, andhow others react tothem.Synthesising:Combine whatyou've read withyour own thinkingto create a newunderstanding.Metaphor:directly saysone thing isanother toshow meaningor emotion.Simile:compares twothings using“like” or “as” tocreate a strongimage.Free!Author’sConstruction: Noticehow the author’schoices (words,characters, structure)shape meaning andaffect the reader.Text-to-TextConnection: Whenthe book remindsyou of anotherbook, movie, or TVshow.MakingConnections: Linkthe text to yourown life, otherstories, or theworld around you.Predicting:Use clues toguess whatmighthappen next.Personification:gives humanqualities to non-human things.Inferring: Readbetween thelines to figureout what theauthor doesn’tsay directly.Summarising:Retell themain ideas ina short andclear way.Text-to-WorldConnection: Whenthe story reminds youof somethinghappening in the realworld—like a newsstory or global issue.Text-to-SelfConnection: Whensomething in thebook reminds youof your own life orfeelings.Questioning: Askwho, what,where, when,why or how tobetter understandthe text.Characterisation:how the authorshows what acharacter is like—through what theysay, do, think, andhow others react tothem.Synthesising:Combine whatyou've read withyour own thinkingto create a newunderstanding.Metaphor:directly saysone thing isanother toshow meaningor emotion.Simile:compares twothings using“like” or “as” tocreate a strongimage.Free!Author’sConstruction: Noticehow the author’schoices (words,characters, structure)shape meaning andaffect the reader.Text-to-TextConnection: Whenthe book remindsyou of anotherbook, movie, or TVshow.MakingConnections: Linkthe text to yourown life, otherstories, or theworld around you.Predicting:Use clues toguess whatmighthappen next.Personification:gives humanqualities to non-human things.Inferring: Readbetween thelines to figureout what theauthor doesn’tsay directly.

Reading strategies - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Summarising: Retell the main ideas in a short and clear way.
  2. Text-to-World Connection: When the story reminds you of something happening in the real world—like a news story or global issue.
  3. Text-to-Self Connection: When something in the book reminds you of your own life or feelings.
  4. Questioning: Ask who, what, where, when, why or how to better understand the text.
  5. Characterisation: how the author shows what a character is like—through what they say, do, think, and how others react to them.
  6. Synthesising: Combine what you've read with your own thinking to create a new understanding.
  7. Metaphor: directly says one thing is another to show meaning or emotion.
  8. Simile: compares two things using “like” or “as” to create a strong image.
  9. Free!
  10. Author’s Construction: Notice how the author’s choices (words, characters, structure) shape meaning and affect the reader.
  11. Text-to-Text Connection: When the book reminds you of another book, movie, or TV show.
  12. Making Connections: Link the text to your own life, other stories, or the world around you.
  13. Predicting: Use clues to guess what might happen next.
  14. Personification: gives human qualities to non-human things.
  15. Inferring: Read between the lines to figure out what the author doesn’t say directly.