The Koala Who Could | Book Companion Unit | Lesson Plans & Activities
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Description
Are you looking for a book-based unit that is perfect for the first few weeks at school? "The Koala Who Could" is a beautiful story which explores the themes of developing the confidence to try new things. This unit has a strong vocabulary focus, while also exploring the narrative text structure.
As this is a book companion resource, you will need to purchase your own copy of the text.
With "The Koala Who Could", everything is done for you! This three-week unit comes complete with 15 lesson plans, printable resources and activity sheets! The resources provided can be used as stand-alone activities, or can be paired with the attached lesson plans. The lesson plans consist of a variety of activities, varying between 30 minutes to an hour. Shorter activities can be paired together, or longer activities can be spread out over multiple sessions.
Over 30 pages include:
- 15 detailed lesson plans.
- Comprehension questions.
- Low-prep, engaging activities.
- Koala craft and puppets.
- Vocabulary cards (perfect for a word wall!).
- Story structure cards and display headings.
- Poster board display.
Skills covered:
- Strong vocabulary focus.
- Story re-tell.
- Compare and contrast.
- Character traits.
- Comprehension (literal, inferential and evaluative).
- Narrative structure.
- Making connections.
- ...and more!
Details
- File types2 Zip file
- Page count35 pages
- Curriculum alignment
Curriculum alignment details
This resource is intended for the following use:
Curriculum:
Australian CurriculumContent Descriptors:
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