**Sink or Swim Story Drama: **determination, perseverance, resilience, never giving up. Character education, PSHE, PSED, Social emotional development. Literacy, Writing, English, Language Arts cross curricular links. Complete lesson plan with guided instruction, teacher talk, games, activities, and assessment marking rubric. Summary: Valerie Coulman’s picture book (illustrations by Roge) Sink or Swim is about a cow named Ralph who wants to learn how to swim, so that he can get away from the summer heat. He asks several different animals to teach him how to swim and buys swimming equipment from the store to help him in his quest. Overall, this is a story about determination in trying something new. Useful sources of tension in the story: Ralph is trying to do something a cow is not conventionally thought to be able to or want to do. Because his aspiration is novel, he is first identifiable with as an outsider, trying to fit into the swimming world. Where, later, he becomes a trail-blazer or trend-setter. Rationale: This text has a definite theme of determination, perseverance and resilience. Children need to be encouraged to show determination and confidence in trying something new. Additionally, when the main character, Ralph, goes on his quest to learn to swim, the other animals he asks for help are sometimes very self-centered and even mock and tease him. Overcoming social pressure is a pertinent issue to address for our children. Key Questions: • What is determination? • How can friends support you in achieving your goals? Bibliographic information: Coulman, V. (2003). Sink or swim. Montreal, Quebec: Lobster Press.

This simple ditty story follows the sound order from RWI phonics and contains black and white hand drawn pictures for beginning readers. (Read Write Inc. Style and sound progression). Phase 2 Reading Print, colour and laminate to read again and again! This book contains no tricky words and is fully decodable. There is a practice page at the beginning of the book, and questions and game at the end of the book. If you enjoy this resource, please encourage your friends to buy it too!

Game pieces to accompant the RWI fully decodable Original “Dad Sits,” Book. Purchase the book separately or buy the bundle!

Game pieces to go with the RWI fully decodable Original book “Mat on Dad.” Purchase the book separately or buy the bundle!

This simple ditty story follows the sound order from RWI phonics and contains black and white hand drawn pictures for beginning readers. Print, colour and laminate to read again and again! (Read Write Inc. Style and sound progression). Phase 2 Reading This book contains no Tricky words and is fully decodable. Cover is at the end of the file. There is a practice page at the beginning of the book, and questions and game at the end of the book. If you enjoy this resource, please encourage your friends to buy it too!

This simple ditty story follows the sound order from RWI phonics and contains black and white hand drawn pictures for beginning readers. (Read Write Inc. Style and sound progression). Phase 2 Reading Print, colour and laminate to read again and again! This book contains no tricky words and is fully decodable. There is a practice page at the beginning of the book, and questions and game at the end of the book. If you enjoy this resource, please encourage your friends to buy it too!