Your students will love digging deeper into The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright while developing their retelling, sequencing and summarizing skills. The activities are open-ended so that they can work at their level and you can assess their understanding.
The retelling activities involve identifying essential parts of the story in order, including characters, setting, and the problem and solution.
The sequencing activities help your students break down events in The Koala Who Could into simple steps in a specific order.
The summarizing activities involve determining key text and dismissing irrelevant information.
These three reading strategies help your students understand the characters, setting, plot events and problem and solution.
The benefits of retelling, sequencing, and summarizing include:
Increased understanding of the book improves prediction and inference skills
Developing descriptive vocabulary, thinking skills, and visualization techniques.
Organizing ideas when writing independently.
Understanding text structure.
Improving memory for what has been read.
This resource was also created so your students can reflect that it can be difficult to admit your fears and anxieties, but change can bring new and wonderful experiences.
Prep is quick and easy… Just print the student pages you need, and you are ready to deliver fun and engaging lessons! All you need to prepare is the book!
This literacy resource is made for elementary and primary-age students. You can use the activities for:
reading and writing workshops
guiding reading
literacy centres
substitute plans
small group instruction
independent work
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NOTES
This book companion is a supplemental product. You can choose the most relevant pages for your needs and the ability and understanding of your students.
The purple text on the ‘Teacher Notes’ pages is specific to the book. These ideas are my interpretation, but they will give you a head start.
The questions and activities are opinion based, so there are NO answer keys. The activities were designed to be open-ended for easy differentiation.
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