This is a much loved book by Roald Dahl. Fantastic Mr Fox is the perfect book to start serial reading as a class novel. Engage in the text by selecting from the many options this pack provides for you and your students. Vocabulary Cards can be used as Flashcards Sorting cards by using the Parts of speech labels Writing prompts by displaying around the room Word study prompts for class or individual lists They can be copied as they are or on colored card Word Wall There are two versions for printing These posters are an excellent way to brainstorm words together for reading and writing Display in a prominent place in your room and watch your writers go! Visual Representation This section includes a page for each chapter where students can draw what they think about each chapter as you read it aloud Record a summary for each chapter Print and Go Word splashes for Mr Fox, Mrs Fox, the Fox children, Badger, The Feats and each of the three farmers Plus, Minus and Interesting facts Alphabet Key I see, I think, I wonder Record three facts 3/2/1 – Facts, options, questions Text to text, self and world Compare and contrast the movie and the book, fiction and real foxes Design a book cover Responding through the senses Writing about the Reading Writing letters- convince the farmers to leave the foxes alone Quote and respond to change the story Main Idea and sub points Author tools – what does Roald Dahl do to keep us reading and interested? Interview questions – for the foxes and the farmers Dialogue between characters Make an advertisement for the feast Newsletter article about saving the foxes/getting the foxes Biographical sketch about Mr Fox Write a different ending Write an innovation on the text Draw and label the tunnels they made Make a list of important facts from the text List the complications and resolutions Write a sequel COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Koala Lou is a beautifully written book that children just love to study. Australian literature is often about some amazing animal that has a lesson to learn. This book study for Koala Lou contains the following tasks - Getting to know the text Alphabet Key Parts of speech – classify the words and make a display What I know, want to know and new learning Alphabet Wall for a class display Working through the text Beginning, middle and end Text Connections Problems and solutions Write a summary Story Elements I see, I think, I wonder A Koala is, can, has Use adjectives to describe Beyond the text Main Idea and sub plots Conversations Venn Diagrams compare koalas to Koala Lou Change the ending A training schedule Alternative coping methods Personality Traits Use adjectives List Australian animals Amazing illustration Visual Illustrations New Book Cover Book Reports Author Tools Interview Questions Conversation between Koala Lou and her mother Innovation on the text Sequel to text Make your own book **Non Fiction Responses – Informational Report ** Photos of koalas to use as display and conversation prompts Vocabulary cards for information text, plus a spare page to add your own Fact cards to share in colour and black/white Planners for the informational text Pages to use for writing text Information Text rubric Map of the world Interactive Note Page for planning COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Experience “The Pocket Dogs” through reading and writing printables that will make your students think about connections, author’s purpose and complications within a narrative. This is a print and go book companion for ‘The Pocket Dogs”. Look at the cover and predict what the story is about Read part of the story and make a prediction and then add what actually happened using the INB or the Making Predictions page Word wall to add vocab – this helps in reading and writing tasks Word Sorting for nouns, proper nouns, verbs and adverbs Vocabulary Detective task Descriptions – traits task for Biff, Buff and Mr Pockets Beginning, middle and end Planning template for a narrative that will help to scaffold writing your own version Write your own blurb – two versions Write a visual representation in a small booklet Venn Diagrams to compare Biff and Buff Sequence task with text from the book Cause – Effect – Complication –Resolution task. Use this as a whole grade our small group to sort the parts of the story Problems and Solutions – you record the solutions. There are two versions to choose from Emotions and connections to our own I see, I think, I wonder Three facts about the story Record 3 facts, 2 opinions, 1 question Plus, minus and interesting parts of the story Text to self, text and world Main idea and sub points What does the author do to keep us reading? Interview questions you would ask Design a new cover Conversation between characters What is the author trying to say? Write a sequel Write a different ending Change the characters or the ending Book report Craft task COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This is a ‘How to catch an Elf’ book companion pack with a design brief to make a trap to catch an elf. There are writing prompts and Literacy Center Tasks to keep your students working hard around Christmas time. Word Wall There are two versions for printing. These posters are an excellent way to brainstorm words together for reading and writing. Display in a prominent place in your room and watch your writers go! Visual Representation This section includes a page for each trap in the text. Students can draw what they think about each trap. As you read aloud stop before you show the illustrations from the book. Record a summary for each change. Then predict a new trap design. Print and Go This sections includes Word splashes for each the Elf, Santa and the children Plus, Minus and Interesting facts Alphabet Key I see, I think, I wonder Record three facts 3/2/1 – Facts, options, questions Text to text, self and world Compare and contrast Design a book cover Book Review The Book Review templates allow for illustrations and a text response. The first page is great for setting up beginning, middle and ending so that the second page is easier to complete. Writing About the Reading Is-has-can tasks Writing letters- convince to keep the Elf safe Main Idea and sub points Author tools – what does the author do to keep us reading and interested? Interview questions Dialogue between characters Make an advertisement for the feast Write a different ending Write an innovation on the text Draw and label a story map Make a list of important facts from the text List the complications and resolutions Write a sequel Recount Summary Design a new Elf Trap Discuss three good traps Draw one great trap Design the trap Make the trap Get feedback and make modifications COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Wombat Stew is a much loved story about some adorable Australian animals. Follow Dingo as he tries to make a stew to eat while the other animals try to trick him. This book study for ‘Wombat Stew’ contains the following printables Getting to know the text Alphabet Key Parts of speech – classify the words and make a display What I know, want to know and new learning Alphabet Wall for a class display Working through the text tasks include - Beginning, middle, end Text Connections Problems and solutions Write a summary Story Elements I see, I think, I wonder A Dingo-Wombat-Emu-Echidna-Kookaburra-Lizard-Koala-Platypus is, can, has Use adjectives to describe Beyond the text tasks include - Main Idea and sub plots Conversations Venn Diagrams compare animal characters in Wombat Stew Change the ending A recipe to use Alternative coping methods Personality Traits Use adjectives List Australian animals Amazing illustration Visual Illustrations New Book Cover Book Reports Author Tools Interview questions Conversation between Wombat Stew characters Innovation on the text Sequel to text Make your own book Non-Fiction Responses for an Information Report include - Photos to use as display and conversation prompts Fact cards to share in colour and black/white Planners (USA and Non-USA spelling) Pages to use for writing text Information Text rubric (USA and Non-USA spelling) Map of the world Interactive Note Pages for planning (USA and Non-USA spelling) COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Wizard Of Oz – Book Companion Pack is an excellent way to explore language, have shared experiences and look at character, setting and plot development. It contains the following tasks Word Wall – add to this as you move through the unit. It is great for early writers to check the spelling of words. Vocabulary Cards– to sort into various categories or use as a word wall KWHL– record what you know, want to know, how you will find this out and new learning that takes places Word Splashes– record words or phrases about each character. Great for display to motivate writers to write Comprehension tasks– Sequencing tasks, Labels, Cloze, Read and color, Beginning- Middle – End, Record Facts. Story Map, True or False, Text connections, Opinions Language Vocabulary tasks– has – is- can for each character, Word focus tasks Writing Tasks– If I were Dorothy, Recount Templates, Breaking News, Compare two Characters, Sequencing, Summary, Compare, Change the Ending, Add a Character, I see – I think - I wonder, Persuade others to Read it, Be a Designer, INB pages, DeBono’s Hats, Characters Traits, Conversations between Characters Puppet Tasks– use as unstructured play or write scripts and perform a play. A Little Reader– to share with your grade. You may make multiple ones to share. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Writing a persuasive text needs structure and guidance to include well researched evidence to back up an opinion. Use our posters, planners and rubrics to guide your students through formulating opinions and producing a persuasive text. Persuasive/Opinion Posters What can we write about? What does this text need? Three options with differentiated options Individual posters for the components of the text that can be printed in three sizes – Title, State your Opinion, List your Reasons, Supporting Evidence, Re State Your Opinion Tools to use – Alliteration, Analogy, Emotive Language, Exaggeration, Facts, Modality, Opinions, Personal Pronouns, Repetition, Rhetorical Questions, Rule of Three and Statistics Persuasive/Opinion Planners with 3 options Persuasive/Opinion Rubrics with three options The first option is one page with three levels for Persuasive and Opinion The second option is a checklist The third option is smaller and outlines the structure only Lined Pages and Templates ………………………………………………………………………………………………… COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without the consent of the author.

Some children at writing time get stuck for ideas. These Narrative Writing Prompts will help motivate your writers and you will never hear – “I don’t know what to write about.” Copy these in color and laminate before adding to your display board. There is a save your ink version. This pack contains • label choices for tag containers • a poster to print off in color and use as part of your display board • tags for plot ideas • tags for setting ideas • tags for character ideas • writing papers to allow for differentiation between your writers I have placed some of the tags on a pin board in buckets. They can be placed on a shelf too. The students choose a tag from each bucket – character, setting and plot and then weave the ideas into a narrative. Links to related products Persuasive Writing Prompts Writing Prompts and Ideas 100 Writing Prompt Pages Text Type Posters Text Type Posters, Planners and Trackers COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Writing a narrative takes lots of support. This Narrative Pack includes planners, posters and rubrics that will assist in providing all the support you will need. It includes - Instructions on how to use the writing pages with the rubrics Narrative Posters - What can we write about? - What does a narrative need? (Three versions for differentiation) Posters for How, What, When, Where, Why, How in full size and a poster that includes all 9 posters together Narrative Planners with 7 options Narrative Rubrics with three options - First option is one page with three levels- Second option is a mini version based on structure - Third option has six levels based on structure and language features Narrative Planners with rubrics based on the six levels in the rubric section – with and without lines Narrative Lined Pages and Templates COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

These tasks are for the delightful book – The Speedy Sloth by Young and McKenzie. Use these printables to explore this text in depth and build on reading responses. Pre Reading Tasks •Predictions from the cover •Predict what will happen after two pages •Interactive Flap page for recording predictions Vocabulary Tasks •Alphabet Key •Word Wall •Is-have-can for a sloth •Noun, Proper Noun, Verb and Adverb sorting task •Vocabulary Detective task •Rhyming word task Traits •Words to describe the characters Summary •Important facts •Beginning. Middle, End with two options •Somebody, wanted, but, so, then •First, next, then, after that, last or finally •Recount •Main Idea and sub points Print and go section •Venn Diagram •Problems and Solutions •Complications •Compare two characters •I see, I think, I wonder •Three facts and opinions •3-2-1 facts-opinions-questions •Plus, minus, and interesting parts •Text to Text, Self, World •What does the author do to keep us interested? •Interview questions •Design a new cover •Speech bubbles •Author’s Purpose •Write a sequel •Different ending •Change the characters •Write a letter •Draw and label a Story Map •Story Elements Book Reports •Fiction Text Craft Idea •Make a running sloth with split pins •Use paper chipping to colour the sloth from the cover Rubrics and planners included are •Descriptive •Informational •Narrative •Recount •Opinion •Persuasive •Procedural Use these planners and rubrics to write about topics related to Mothers. The above suggestions are just ideas and there are multiple ideas to write about. Brainstorm the possibilities as a grade. •4 choices of paper to write on ………………………………………………………………………………………………… COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent of the author.

These tasks can be used with any ANZAC DAY themed book. They can be used by completing them individually or in a small group and then make presentations to the grade. Some ANZAC DAY books are challenging for some students as they can be quite emotional. Make sure they are supported and have many discussions about the content of books shared about ANZAC DAY. Word Wall for ANZAC Day Books What I know – What I want to know – How will I find it out – My new learning – three formats Word Focus – record new words and find out what they mean Compare two books Sequencing – two versions Text Connections - two versions Word splash – on a book Character Traits – three prompts My ANZAC Day story– add pictures to the side The saddest part of the story Summary Recount – main idea – two versions Create a story Compare beginning and end Interactive page for beginning, middle and end Change the ending Add a new character Devise questions A Visual Representation PMI Alphabet Key I see, I think, I wonder Facts 3-2-1 Text Connections Book Review Main idea and Sub Points Author Tools Persuade people to read the book Making lists Design a new cover Suggestions please Setting, characters, complications and resolutions DeBono’s Hats Character Traits Conversations Point of view COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author (that would be me! pjshaw2@gmail.com.)

Poetry Templates and Word Wall Writing Pack - poetry is a great way to explore language and increase vocabulary. Use the templates to model examples and devices to use in poetry. This pack has been updated to include a FlipBook Use this booklet to encourage students to independently write their own poetry by making choices about what to include. Word Wall cards are available for • 5W • Acrostic • Autobiographical • Cinquain • Color Diamante • Free verse • Haiku • Limerick • Ode • Riddle • Shape Poem • Sonnet Word Wall Cards in two versions - a full color set and a ‘save my ink version’ Types of Poetry • Narrative • Lyrical • Humorous • Free Verse • Cinquain • Diamante • Haiku • Tanka • Biographical • 5W • Pensee • Acrostic • Quinzaine • Septet • Proposition • Alliteration • Repeat It • Clerihew • Limerick Poetry Tools- • Metaphor • Imagery • Repetition • Rhythm • Simile • Personification • Idiom • Rhyme • Shape • Synonym - Antonym • Palindrome • Pun • Analogy • Hyperbole • Oxymoron • Figurative Language • Refrain • Symbolism • Irony • Tone • Mood Devices • Alliteration • Assonance • Consonance • Euphony • Onomatopoeia • Cacophony Types of Poetry • Couplet • Triplet • Quatrain • Cinquain • Octet • Stanza Punctuation • semicolon • period • full stop • colon • exclamation mark • dash • comma • capitals • hyphen • brackets • quotation marks • ellipses COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Letter writing is an art! We love to receive letters and what better way than write one first. This pack will show you why and how we should write letters. There are posters, templates and ideas to use to get your students to write letters. This pack includes - • Posters for - Why do we write letters? Why write a letter, Parts of a letter • Rubric for letter Writing • What do we know about letter writing? • Why do we write letters? • What steps are needed after we write a letter? • What does a letter look like? • What does an envelope need on it? • Address an envelope to your family? • What other items do we post? • What are the busiest times at the post office? • Draw the logo for our postal service • Design and make your own mailbox • Design your own stamp • How to make an envelope #1 • How to make an envelope #2 • Add a graphic to a letter to say ‘Thank you to the Tooth Fairy" and ‘We Should Have More Recess • 12 different pages to use to write a letter COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Mother’s Day – Writing and Craftivity. A gorgeous coupon hand bag with a card is the end result of this task. There are many opportunities to write and discuss what Mother’s Day means and how we celebrate it as families. Word Wall Copy and then as a grade add words to the pages and display. Add words as you need to and then use these words in all reading and writing tasks Word Tasks Mothers can-do-have Why do we celebrate Mother’s Day? Wordfind with answer key Persuasive/Opinion Text A way of planning is provided. Display or copy the writing prompt. Plan – draft and edit and publish. Paper provided for draft and publishing. Assessment sheet provided. Recount Five prompts for writing plus a page with lines for longer stories My book about mom/mum These pages can be used to make a book for each child. You may choose to do all pages or some pages. Copy the pages and then staple together. Staple where the two marks are then cut in half for two books. Add your information and then decorate. A great addition to a gift for Mom. Card and poetry – A Haiku Poem Make a card for Mother’s Day and add a poem in the middle Handbag Craftivity with coupons Have fun making this coupon bag for Mother’s Day Related product Our Mother’s Day Bundle has these Packs - Mother’s Day Craft and Writing Tasks Mother’s Day PowerPoint of facts Mother’s Day – Make a Bouquet Mother’s Day an Interactive Card COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Saint Patrick’s Day Informational Text - This pack provides information about Saint Patrick’s Day. This information will assist in the writing of your own Informational Text about Saint Patrick’s Day guided by a rubric. Word Wall and KWHL - for Saint Patrick’s Day. • There are color, plus black/white versions and a one page version • This will assist in assessing what your grade knows and will help when writing the Informational Text - This is what we know about… - This is what we want to know … - This is how we will find out what we want to know…… - This is our new learning about …. Vocabulary • Color and black/white versions provided. • Spare tags for extra words. • Display these words and discuss what they mean Fact Cards • These cards can be used as discussion starters or display these facts about St Patrick’s Day and discuss what they mean. • They can be used as starters for the Informational Text to help build the paragraphs Photos Prompts • These photos are to be used to assist in writing the text. • Print off and display around the finished Informational Text Writing Prompts • Use the photos provided in the photo section to assist in writing the text. • Print off and display around the finished Informational Text. • The rubrics are helpful in assessing the text. • A planner is included for the Informational Text. • There is a map to use to find Ireland and where other major celebrations occur. • There are a variety of papers and planners provided. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place

These tasks can be used with any Mother’s Day Book you have access to. As teachers we have so many Mother’s Day Books and always want tasks to do with them. You will be able to use this over and over again and never run out of ideas. Pre Reading Tasks • Predictions from the cover • Predict what will happen after two pages • Interactive Flap page for recording predictions • KWHL Vocabulary Tasks • Alphabet Key • Word Wall • Is-have-can for Mum and Mom • Noun, Proper Noun, Verb and Adverb sorting task • Vocabulary Detective task Traits • Words to describe Mum/Mom • Inside and Outside traits of your Mum/Mom and the character within a book Summary • Important facts • Beginning. Middle, End with two options • Somebody, wanted, but, so, then • First, next, then, after that, last or finally • Recount • Main Idea and sub points • Booklet for Beginning. Middle and End Print and go section • Venn Diagram • Problems and Solutions • Complications • Compare two plots • I see, I think, I wonder • Three facts and opinions • 3-2-1 facts-opinions-questions • Plus, minus, and interesting parts • Text to Text, Self, World • What does the author do to keep us interested? • Interview questions • Design a new cover • Speech bubbles • Author’s Purpose • Write a sequel • Different ending • Change the characters • Write a letter • Draw and label a Story Map • Story Elements Book Reports • Fiction Text • Non Fiction Texts Craft Idea • Make a card Rubrics and planners included are • Biography • Descriptive • Informational • Narrative • Recount • Opinion • Persuasive • Procedural • Use these planners and rubrics to write about topics related to Mothers. The above suggestions are just ideas and there are multiple ideas to write about. Brainstorm the possibilities as a grade. • 4 choices of paper to write on ………………………………………………………………………………………………… COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent of the author.

There are two packs included in this bundle **Persuasive Prompts ** Teaching persuasive and opinion writing is made easier with these prompts. Persuasive - Opinion Writing is exciting to teach. Children have strong opinions and enjoy sharing what they believe. This pack encourages them to provide reasons for their point of view. Explore with your students - • options for Persuasive and Opinion Writing • 100 writing prompts • planning templates • rubrics • checklists that will improve writing this genre for every student Instructions for use - Copy, laminate and cut out the cards. I have used a sticky note holder to keep my writing prompt cards in. This way they stay together and our writers have easy access to them. There are three planners to use with spaces for one, two or three reasons to support each point of view. There are options for the checklist and the rubric for Persuasive and Opinion Writing. Use the checklist for assessment or goal setting at teacher conference time. Persuasive Opinion Writing Prompts This Persuasive Opinion Writing Pack has 22 prompts for writing about opinions that will motivate your writers. Your students will present a point of view with supporting arguments. The Persuasive/Opinion prompts can be printed or displayed on your whiteboard or TV screen. This pack includes Simple planning tool - You can use this to plan to help your students plan using a blank piece of paper. Persuasive prompts - These 22 prompts can be printed off and shared. I would suggest that they are displayed on your Smartboard or IWB and used as discussion starters. Print and go sheets - The ‘print and go’ copies are for your students to write on and check off as they include parts of the text in their writing. Assessment - Choose between one for each child or a class recording sheet. Writing pages - You can use this as a draft or published piece. The empty box can be used as a plan or for a supporting illustration or diagram. Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Our Pirate Bundle contains our Pets Theme Printables and Templates, Book Study for Pirate’s Perfect Pet, Parts of Speech/Pirate Theme and Talk Like a Pirate Day Pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Our Pet Bundle contains our Pets Theme Printables and Templates and Book Study for Pirate’s Perfect Pet.

Pack One - Writing a narrative takes lots of support. This Narrative Pack includes planners, posters and rubrics that will assist in providing all the support you will need. It includes - Instructions on how to use the writing pages with the rubrics Narrative Posters - What can we write about? - What does a narrative need? (Three versions for differentiation) Posters for How, What, When, Where, Why, How in full size and a poster that includes all 9 posters together Narrative Planners with 7 options Narrative Rubrics with three options - First option is one page with three levels- Second option is a mini version based on structure - Third option has six levels based on structure and language features Narrative Planners with rubrics based on the six levels in the rubric section – with and without lines – USA and non USA spelling Narrative Lined Pages and Templates Pack Two - Some children at writing time get stuck for ideas. These Narrative Writing Prompts will help motivate your writers and you will never hear – “I don’t know what to write about.” Copy these in color and laminate before adding to your display board. There is a save your ink version. This pack contains • label choices for tag containers • a poster to print off in color and use as part of your display board • tags for plot ideas • tags for setting ideas • tags for character ideas • writing papers to allow for differentiation between your writers I have placed some of the tags on a pin board in buckets. They can be placed on a shelf too. The students choose a tag from each bucket – character, setting and plot and then weave the ideas into a narrative. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.