Explore the contribution of images and words to meaning in stories and informative texts
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Comprehensive Informative Texts is a unit plan for Foundation. Students will recognise that texts can be interpreted differently when only t...
This unit is great to use in conjunction with reading the text ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy’. The unit includes numerous resources, to practise sequenci...
This unit is great to use in conjunction with reading the text ‘Wombat Stew’. The unit includes numerous resources to practise sequencing, w...
The Comprehensive Informative Texts Presentation walks students through examples of how words and images connect with each other to shape me...
The presentation is designed to be used along with a class reading of ‘The Gruffalo’. It introduces the author (Julia Donaldson), the plot o...
The Comprehensive Informative Texts Display is clear and easy to understand. It explains the connection between words and images in texts an...
This handy reference card is a great way for students to refer back to the connection between words and images and how they shape meaning in...
The Pictures for Procedures worksheets require students to read a set of instructions and draw corresponding pictures. There are 6 worksheet...
This worksheet requires students to cut and paste labels to correctly complete a diagram. There are 4 different animals to choose from and a...
The Roll a Funny Procedure worksheets require students to read, write and draw a series of steps. There are 4 different versions to choose f...
This quiz will test your students’ knowledge on how words and images connect to create meaning. It contains 10 questions based on the conten...
This assessment task is a great summative activity to identify student progress in the Comprehensive Informative Texts Unit. Students comple...
There are 95 CVC words in total. On each card the CVC word is printed on the left side while a full colour, easily recognisable picture is p...
The CVC Words in Boxes activity was created for Foundation students. These cards provide practise in handwriting and constructing consonant-...
Through the use of the 'Emergent Readers - Sentence Matching Strips', students will recognise that words and groups of words make meaning. S...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for The Three Little Pigs. This resou...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for Goldilocks and the Three Bears. T...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for Goldilocks and the Three Bears. T...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for Little Red Riding Hood. This reso...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for Little Red Riding Hood. This reso...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for The Three Billy Goats Gruff. This...
These visual sequencing cards are a great resource for building on oral language and sequencing skills for The Three Billy Goats Gruff. This...
Goldilocks and the Three bears MasksThese masks are great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for Goldilocks and...
These masks are great for building on oral language and retell comprehension skills for The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Print this resource ont...
These sequencing cards are great for practising the retell strategy after reading. Use these sequencing cards as a class, in rotation groups...
These ‘Read and Trace’ worksheets are great to practise reading words from the story in a sentence, tracing and writing small words.
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy Puppets’ are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create p...
These ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy Puppets’ are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create p...
This resource is great for reinforcing knowledge of characters from the story, by drawing them. Students will have to think about what the c...
This resource is a great early inferencing activity, whereby students will need to use their prior knowledge and information from the story...
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource is a great for finding, reading and practising to say the main key words from the story, ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy
This resource is great for using the knowledge from the story to graph to then record data. Students will have the opportunity to practise t...
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
These sequencing cards are great for practising the retell strategy after reading. Use these sequencing cards as a class, in rotation groups...
These sequencing cards are great for practising the retell strategy after reading. Use these sequencing cards as a class, in rotation groups...
These ‘Read and Trace’ worksheets are great to practise reading words from the story in a sentence, tracing and writing small words.
These ‘Sentence Builder’ worksheets are great for reading and ordering words to create sentences that reflect events from the story. The wor...
These ‘Wombat Stew’ puppets are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create puppe...
These ‘Wombat Stew’ puppets are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create puppe...
This resource is great for reinforcing knowledge of characters from the story, by drawing them. Students will have to think about what the c...
This resource is a great early inferencing activity, whereby students will need to use their prior knowledge and information from the story...
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
This resource is a great for finding, reading and practising to say the main key words from the story, ‘Wombat Stew’.
This resource is great for using the knowledge from the story to graph to then record data. Students will have the opportunity to practise t...
This resource is a great resource for reflecting on the story and assisting with the retell strategy.
Encourage writing in your classroom with these word cards. These can be used in a variety of ways, ranging from a visual dictionary, as writ...
This card reintroduces students to the characters in the storybook, and lets them colour and paste it into their books. This resource is...
This title page is a fun inclusion if you choose to reproduce this unit as a workbook for your students. This resource is part of a large...
This colouring page will keep them busy for a while. Use it for fast finishers or for some quiet focus coming out of a break. This resour...
In this worksheet, students cut the character names from the bottom sheets and match them with the characters above. Let them colour the cha...
In this worksheet, students begin flexing their retell and comprehension muscles by putting the story’s character introductions in order....
This worksheet overlays the chronology of The Gruffalo on the mouse’s trip through the woods, helping kids visualise the retell. This res...
In this worksheet, students sequence a series of scenes from the Gruffalo. This resource is part of a larger Gruffalo unit, which focuses...
In this worksheet, now that students have focused on the sequence of the story, they create their own retell of the beginning, middle and en...
In this worksheet, students extend the story even further, writing and drawing what happens to Gruffalo after he flees the little brown mous...
In this worksheet, students reflect on their favourite part of the story, retelling it through writing and drawing. This resource is part...
In this worksheet, students match up words that formed rhyming couplets in the story. For a simpler version of a rhyming worksheet for pre-r...
In this worksheet, students match pictures of characters with rhyming words. This can be used on its own, or as a simpler alternative to ‘Gr...
This fantastic game is a great little fast finisher or rations activity for your students. Get Away From the Gruffalo is a straightforward d...
In this worksheet, students translate ‘The Gruffalo’ from a British forest filled with woodland creatures, to a more familiar setting. Th...
In this worksheet, students trace the getaways of the characters from the Gruffalo, helping with their fine motor and handwriting. This r...
In this worksheet, students trace the interwoven paths of the characters from the Gruffalo, helping with their fine motor and handwriting....
In this worksheet, students match up the descriptions of the Gruffalo from the story with a picture through cutting and pasting. This res...
In the story of the Gruffalo, the little brown mouse creates the Gruffalo to scare away the other characters. In this worksheet, your studen...
This page can be used for any written work. This resource is part of a larger Gruffalo unit, which focuses on retell skills, rhyming and...
These Gruffalo pieces can be cut and pasted on a paper bag, paper plate, or piece of construction paper for your students to complete their...
Have your students cut and colour these Gruffalo characters and glue them on skewers or paddle pop sticks to create Gruffalo puppets. They c...
This worksheet is a fun little puzzle to finish off your unit or use for fast finishers along the way. This resource is part of a larger...
This worksheet is a fun little puzzle to finish off your unit or use for fast finishers along the way. This resource is part of a larger...
This cut and paste worksheet makes great practise for word recognition and sentence structure. Students simply cut out the missing words and...
This worksheet requires students to recall the details from the story to correctly match up the animals and the ingredients they convinced D...
This worksheet can be coupled with the story mapping worksheets to assist students in writing a retell of the events in ‘Wombat Stew’. Stude...
This cut and paste worksheet makes great practise for word recognition and sentence structure. Students simply cut out the missing words and...
This worksheet is a fun way to explore the verbs in the story of ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy’. Students identify the action of each character, and writ...
This worksheet can be coupled with the story mapping worksheets to assist students in writing a retell of the events in ‘Mrs Wishy-Washy’. S...
This worksheet builds students’ ability to use descriptive language in narratives. Kindergarten students identify adjectives, Year 1 student...
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