The Super 6 Strategies are six comprehension strategies: the building blocks of deep thinking, rich reading, and confident communication. And when students are across a variety of ways to comprehend, they are given the best chance at understanding written and audio texts.
What are the Super 6 Strategies?
For those new to the Super 6 Strategies, here’s what's involved:
- Predicting
- Questioning
- Monitoring
- Visualising
- Making Connections
- Summarising
The Super 6 Strategy Posters are the original and best-selling teacher resource from Gifted and Talented Teacher, and for good reason.
Now available in every classroom decor collection colour way, these posters cover more than the aesthetics. They serve as a visual reminder and support during reading and writing opportunities.
How to use the Super 6 Strategies in your context:
Comprehension is about understanding, interpreting, and thinking beyond the text. The Super 6 strategies give students a mental toolkit to do just that — across every subject.
The Super 6 Strategies support and teach students to:
- Think before, during, and after reading
- Ask good questions (hello, critical thinking!)
- Visualise what's happening and engage their imagination
- Monitor their own understanding (game-changer!)
- Connect their learning to the real world
- Summarise with clarity (and save themselves from the dreaded waffle)
To put it simply: they assist students to make meaning from what they are reading and empower students to be active thinkers, not passive readers.
How to Embed the Super 6 Into Your Classroom
Let's go from display to daily use. Here's how to bring the Super 6 strategies to life in your classroom:
Use the Super 6 Strategies Bundle
Ready to take things next level? The Super 6 Strategies Bundle includes over 110 differentiated task cards — ready to print and use straight away.
Looking for the Super 6 Comprehension Activities (over 110 task cards)? Click here to view the bundle.
From predicting before reading to summarising with precision, these cards offer hands-on, discussion-rich ways to explicitly teach each strategy.
Perfect for:
– Literacy centres
– Small group instruction
– Whole-class warm-ups
– Fast finishers
– Homework with purpose
Shop the Super 6 Strategy Posters or the Super 6 Strategies Task Cards
Teacher resources that are ready to help you anchor deep thinking in your classroom — one strategy at a time.
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