Locating facts stated directly in the text: scanning for names, numbers and details, checking answer options against the text, and putting events in the order they happened.
Where your child meets this in real life: Finding the time on a bus timetable, checking the details of a school letter, or looking up a fact for a project
SEAGReady breaks finding information in the text into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Scan the text for a key word from the question (a name, number, place or detail) and lift the answer directly from the sentence where it appears.
Answer multiple-choice retrieval questions by testing each option against the text, rejecting distractors that use words from the passage but do not answer the question.
Work out the order in which events happened, using time words like 'before', 'after', 'while' and 'later' - even when the text does not tell events in that order.
Three free sample questions from our finding information in the text course. Every question comes with a full explanation, and hints that guide without giving the answer away.
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Read lines 1–3 from a story. (1) At 10.20, Maya began repairing a model boat. (2) The repair took thirty-five minutes. (3) She replaced two wooden strips and used six small nails.
How long did the repair take?
The key idea is 'repair', and 'How long' means the answer must be a length of time.
Step 1 of 4
Read lines 1–3 from a story. (1) At 10.20, Maya began repairing a model boat. (2) The repair took thirty-five minutes. (3) She replaced two wooden strips and used six small nails.
How long did the repair take?
The repair took thirty-five minutes, as line 2 states directly.
The key insight: The question phrase tells you what kind of detail to select. For 'How long', keep a duration and reject clock times or counts.
Common mix-up: Answering '10.20'. 10.20 tells when the repair began, not how long it lasted. This confuses a clock time with a duration; check the answer type before lifting a nearby number.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in finding information in the text, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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