Use these companion activity packs to help guide your students through an exploration of fictional literature. Your students will learn the skills of critical thinking through QAR (Question and Response) comprehension activities, retells and story sequencing, masks for oral retells, small world printables and much more.
 
This bundle includes the following packs:
 
I'm Australian Too by Mem Fox Activity Pack
Inside this pack you will find:
4 structured lesson plans exploring Australian identity, belonging and culture using I’m Australian Too
10 reading comprehension worksheets plus 10 sentence cut and paste literacy activities
Writing tasks, including a thong wall display activity, About Me sheet and blank writing templates
Creative activities with 8 student thong colouring templates and 10 Australian-themed colouring pages
Mapping and family heritage activities, including maps and family tree worksheets
Advance Australia Fair activities with lyric explanations, vocabulary support and reflection tasks
 
 
Where the Forest Meets the Sea Literacy Activities
In this easy to use pack you will find:
Rainforest poster
Sequence the story sheet
Vocabulary Cards
Colouring pages with cut and paste elements
Venn Diagram (Rainforest then and now in the story)
Rainforest Senses Sheet
Butterfly senses vocab sheets
Sea Senses Sheet
10 QAR Reading Comprehension Sheets levelled from easy to hard
Story Slider Retell Activity
 
The Very Hungry Bear by Nick Bland Story Retell Activities
Inside this easy-to-use pack you will find:
5 structured literacy lessons
Story retell resources – puppets, masks, sequencing cards, story slider and story maps
Tuff tray and small world setup ideas
Writing activities – cut and paste sentences, book review, draw and write tasks
Grammar and vocabulary activities – nouns, verbs, adjectives, rhyming and word sorts
Reading comprehension worksheets with answer sheets
Author information sheet and teacher assessment checklist
Colour and black-and-white printing options
 
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins Story Retell Activities
Inside this easy-to-use pack you will find:
Comprehensive Rosie’s Walk picture book study with hands-on retell, sequencing and comprehension activities
Includes 4 structured lesson plans, teacher assessment tools and author study Grammar and literacy activities covering prepositions, nouns, verbs, adjectives and sentence building
Dramatic play and storytelling resources, including puppets, masks, crafts, sequencing and small world play
Reading response, writing tasks, comprehension worksheets and story mapping templates
Home–school connection mini retell book with parent support instructions