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Wombat Stew - Puppets and Scenery BW
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Wombat Stew - Puppets and Scenery BW

These ‘Wombat Stew’ puppets are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create puppets and retell the story of ‘Wombat Stew’ in groups. The puppets may be laminated in order to be reused.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to recognise that different types of texts can use words, groups of words and images to make meaning.
  • We are learning that in narrative and informative texts, the words and pictures work together to create meaning.
  • We are learning that in narrative and informative texts, the words and pictures work together to create meaning.
  • We are learning to respond to stories and share our feelings and thoughts about events and characters.
  • We are learning to respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators.
  • We are learning to recognise characteristics of different types of texts, e.g. traditional beginnings and endings of fairy tales and rhyme in poetry.
  • We are learning to identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text.
  • We are learning to retell and adapt familiar texts through role play, performance, images or writing.
  • We are learning to imitate favourite characters in texts through role play.

Curriculum alignment

ENe-9B old Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts ENe-8B old Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter ENe-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults ENE-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts ENE-RECOM-01 new Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them
VCELT171 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts VCELT170 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators VCELT150 Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text VCELT149 Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts VCELA145 Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts VCELT159 Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images VCELA144 Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning

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

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