Leaf - by Sandra Dieckmann

A collection of 15 activities & guided reading questions, designed to accompany a book study on Sandra Dieckmann’s Leaf.

This unit is perfect if you are looking to study books which have more acceptance, tolerance and inclusion as their theme. Will the animals learn not to ‘judge a book by its cover’?

Featuring a variety of reading and whole story activities, word-level activities, and text writing activities, as detailed below:

Section 1: Prediction
Adult Instructions
Prediction Sheet

Section 2: Sequence
Differentiated Sequencing Sheets (8, 6 and 4 parts)

Section 3: Reading Comprehension
Differentiated Reading Comprehension (written and tick the box)

Section 4: True or False
True or False Activity

Section 5: Leaf Character Description
Character Description Sheet

Section 6: Character Traits
Antonyms with Prefixes and Suffixes

Section 7: Spelling Dictation
Frequently misspelled words dictation (differentiated)

Section 8: Alphabetic Order
Differentiated alphabetical ordering

Section 9: Syllables
Syllable Clap and Count
Syllable Cube Count

Section 10: Vocabulary
Draw and write the meaning activity

Section 11: Research
Note taking sheet for researching polar bears

Section 12: Retell
Lined, bordered paper for retelling

Section 13: Wordsearch
Wordsearch and answers

Section 14: Crossword
Crossword puzzle and answers

Section 15: Cryptogram
Cryptogram message and answers

Separate bonus document containing guided reading questions, for the teacher to discuss with the class during a read aloud or whole class guided reading.

Please note - this unit does not include planning, only resource sheets to support a range of activities which can be supported by the book. You will need your own copy of the book to run this unit.