The Very Cranky Bear - Character Headbands

The Very Cranky Bear - Character Headbands

These ‘The Very Cranky Bear’ Character Headbands are part of a larger ‘The Very Cranky Bear’ literature unit. These headbands are great for practising the retell comprehension skill. Students will enjoy colouring them and becoming the character from the story and roleplaying what happened in the story. This is also great for practising group work.

Complete this ‘The Very Cranky Bear’ unit after reading the text. This unit has a large focus on important areas of a text that assist with early comprehension skills, including characters, setting, problems within a story, the resolution, as well as sequencing and retelling main and important events from the story. The unit also includes a comprehension assessment to gauge student understanding at the completion of the unit. After completing this unit, students will have a great understanding of the text and feel more confident comprehending the text.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to make connections to personal experiences when discussing texts.
  • We are learning to make connections to personal experiences when explaining characters and main events in short texts.
  • We are learning to describe plot, characters and settings in stories.
  • We are learning to describe characters, settings and events in different types of literature.

Curriculum alignment

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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