Possum Magic Comprehension Pack for K–2

Struggling to find quality comprehension activities that actually engage young learners and save you time? You're not alone. Planning rich, evidence-based literacy lessons around picture books like Possum Magic by Mem Fox can be time-consuming—especially when catering to mixed abilities, EAL/D students, or when relief teaching.

This Possum Magic Comprehension Pack for K–2 solves that problem with 83 ready-to-use student activity pages, designed to develop comprehension, vocabulary, oral language and writing skills—all aligned to the Australian Curriculum V9.

Whether you're a classroom teacher, literacy intervention specialist, homeschooler, or speech therapist, this pack delivers structured, purposeful learning—without the overwhelm. Just print and go!

✅ What’s Included:

• Comprehension questions (literal & inferential)
• Visualising the story prior to reading
• Label a possum activity
• Map of Australia with featured foods
• Retell materials (colour + black-and-white)
• Story sequencing activities
• Opinion writing prompts
• Match characters to names
• Sentence stems (and, but, so, because)
• Sentence types (statement, question, exclamation, command)
• Text innovation & creative writing tasks
• Write a magic spell activity
• Cloze passages
• Differentiated options for support & extension
• One-page suggested lesson sequence
• Blank Level & Bloom’s Taxonomy questions
• Comprehension checklists for teachers and speech therapists
• Answer key
• Bonus: Book report page

🖨️ File Details:

• PDF format (non-editable)
• 188 pages total
• 83 student activity pages + support materials
• Tip: Set printer to "fit to printable area"

🧠 Aligned with Australian Curriculum v9

Foundation – Year 2

English – Reading and Viewing

• EN2-RU1: Understand how texts are structured for different purposes
• EN2-RECOM1: Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning
• EN2-RU4: Recognise language features in imaginative texts

English – Writing

• EN2-C2: Create short written texts for familiar and learned topics
• EN2-CCL1: Understand how sentences are constructed for meaning
• EN2-UAR1: Explore and experiment with vocabulary

General Capabilities

• Literacy
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Personal and Social Capability

📚 Save hours of prep and bring this beloved Aussie classic to life in your classroom with meaningful, curriculum-aligned tasks.

👉 Download the Possum Magic Comprehension Pack for K–2 today and make your next book study magical andmanageable.