Writing a persuasive text needs structure and guidance to include well researched evidence to back up an opinion. Use our posters, planners and rubrics to guide your students through formulating opinions and producing a persuasive text. Persuasive/Opinion Posters What can we write about? What does this text need? Three options with differentiated options Individual posters for the components of the text that can be printed in three sizes – Title, State your Opinion, List your Reasons, Supporting Evidence, Re State Your Opinion Tools to use – Alliteration, Analogy, Emotive Language, Exaggeration, Facts, Modality, Opinions, Personal Pronouns, Repetition, Rhetorical Questions, Rule of Three and Statistics Persuasive/Opinion Planners with 3 options Persuasive/Opinion Rubrics with three options The first option is one page with three levels for Persuasive and Opinion The second option is a checklist The third option is smaller and outlines the structure only Lined Pages and Templates ………………………………………………………………………………………………… COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without the consent of the author.

Some children at writing time get stuck for ideas. These Narrative Writing Prompts will help motivate your writers and you will never hear – “I don’t know what to write about.” Copy these in color and laminate before adding to your display board. There is a save your ink version. This pack contains • label choices for tag containers • a poster to print off in color and use as part of your display board • tags for plot ideas • tags for setting ideas • tags for character ideas • writing papers to allow for differentiation between your writers I have placed some of the tags on a pin board in buckets. They can be placed on a shelf too. The students choose a tag from each bucket – character, setting and plot and then weave the ideas into a narrative. Links to related products Persuasive Writing Prompts Writing Prompts and Ideas 100 Writing Prompt Pages Text Type Posters Text Type Posters, Planners and Trackers COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Writing a narrative takes lots of support. This Narrative Pack includes planners, posters and rubrics that will assist in providing all the support you will need. It includes - Instructions on how to use the writing pages with the rubrics Narrative Posters - What can we write about? - What does a narrative need? (Three versions for differentiation) Posters for How, What, When, Where, Why, How in full size and a poster that includes all 9 posters together Narrative Planners with 7 options Narrative Rubrics with three options - First option is one page with three levels- Second option is a mini version based on structure - Third option has six levels based on structure and language features Narrative Planners with rubrics based on the six levels in the rubric section – with and without lines Narrative Lined Pages and Templates COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Koala Lou is a beautifully written book that children just love to study. Australian literature is often about some amazing animal that has a lesson to learn. This book study for Koala Lou contains the following tasks - Getting to know the text Alphabet Key Parts of speech – classify the words and make a display What I know, want to know and new learning Alphabet Wall for a class display Working through the text Beginning, middle and end Text Connections Problems and solutions Write a summary Story Elements I see, I think, I wonder A Koala is, can, has Use adjectives to describe Beyond the text Main Idea and sub plots Conversations Venn Diagrams compare koalas to Koala Lou Change the ending A training schedule Alternative coping methods Personality Traits Use adjectives List Australian animals Amazing illustration Visual Illustrations New Book Cover Book Reports Author Tools Interview Questions Conversation between Koala Lou and her mother Innovation on the text Sequel to text Make your own book **Non Fiction Responses – Informational Report ** Photos of koalas to use as display and conversation prompts Vocabulary cards for information text, plus a spare page to add your own Fact cards to share in colour and black/white Planners for the informational text Pages to use for writing text Information Text rubric Map of the world Interactive Note Page for planning COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Experience “The Pocket Dogs” through reading and writing printables that will make your students think about connections, author’s purpose and complications within a narrative. This is a print and go book companion for ‘The Pocket Dogs”. Look at the cover and predict what the story is about Read part of the story and make a prediction and then add what actually happened using the INB or the Making Predictions page Word wall to add vocab – this helps in reading and writing tasks Word Sorting for nouns, proper nouns, verbs and adverbs Vocabulary Detective task Descriptions – traits task for Biff, Buff and Mr Pockets Beginning, middle and end Planning template for a narrative that will help to scaffold writing your own version Write your own blurb – two versions Write a visual representation in a small booklet Venn Diagrams to compare Biff and Buff Sequence task with text from the book Cause – Effect – Complication –Resolution task. Use this as a whole grade our small group to sort the parts of the story Problems and Solutions – you record the solutions. There are two versions to choose from Emotions and connections to our own I see, I think, I wonder Three facts about the story Record 3 facts, 2 opinions, 1 question Plus, minus and interesting parts of the story Text to self, text and world Main idea and sub points What does the author do to keep us reading? Interview questions you would ask Design a new cover Conversation between characters What is the author trying to say? Write a sequel Write a different ending Change the characters or the ending Book report Craft task COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This is a ‘How to catch an Elf’ book companion pack with a design brief to make a trap to catch an elf. There are writing prompts and Literacy Center Tasks to keep your students working hard around Christmas time. Word Wall There are two versions for printing. These posters are an excellent way to brainstorm words together for reading and writing. Display in a prominent place in your room and watch your writers go! Visual Representation This section includes a page for each trap in the text. Students can draw what they think about each trap. As you read aloud stop before you show the illustrations from the book. Record a summary for each change. Then predict a new trap design. Print and Go This sections includes Word splashes for each the Elf, Santa and the children Plus, Minus and Interesting facts Alphabet Key I see, I think, I wonder Record three facts 3/2/1 – Facts, options, questions Text to text, self and world Compare and contrast Design a book cover Book Review The Book Review templates allow for illustrations and a text response. The first page is great for setting up beginning, middle and ending so that the second page is easier to complete. Writing About the Reading Is-has-can tasks Writing letters- convince to keep the Elf safe Main Idea and sub points Author tools – what does the author do to keep us reading and interested? Interview questions Dialogue between characters Make an advertisement for the feast Write a different ending Write an innovation on the text Draw and label a story map Make a list of important facts from the text List the complications and resolutions Write a sequel Recount Summary Design a new Elf Trap Discuss three good traps Draw one great trap Design the trap Make the trap Get feedback and make modifications COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Wombat Stew is a much loved story about some adorable Australian animals. Follow Dingo as he tries to make a stew to eat while the other animals try to trick him. This book study for ‘Wombat Stew’ contains the following printables Getting to know the text Alphabet Key Parts of speech – classify the words and make a display What I know, want to know and new learning Alphabet Wall for a class display Working through the text tasks include - Beginning, middle, end Text Connections Problems and solutions Write a summary Story Elements I see, I think, I wonder A Dingo-Wombat-Emu-Echidna-Kookaburra-Lizard-Koala-Platypus is, can, has Use adjectives to describe Beyond the text tasks include - Main Idea and sub plots Conversations Venn Diagrams compare animal characters in Wombat Stew Change the ending A recipe to use Alternative coping methods Personality Traits Use adjectives List Australian animals Amazing illustration Visual Illustrations New Book Cover Book Reports Author Tools Interview questions Conversation between Wombat Stew characters Innovation on the text Sequel to text Make your own book Non-Fiction Responses for an Information Report include - Photos to use as display and conversation prompts Fact cards to share in colour and black/white Planners (USA and Non-USA spelling) Pages to use for writing text Information Text rubric (USA and Non-USA spelling) Map of the world Interactive Note Pages for planning (USA and Non-USA spelling) COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Wizard Of Oz – Book Companion Pack is an excellent way to explore language, have shared experiences and look at character, setting and plot development. It contains the following tasks Word Wall – add to this as you move through the unit. It is great for early writers to check the spelling of words. Vocabulary Cards– to sort into various categories or use as a word wall KWHL– record what you know, want to know, how you will find this out and new learning that takes places Word Splashes– record words or phrases about each character. Great for display to motivate writers to write Comprehension tasks– Sequencing tasks, Labels, Cloze, Read and color, Beginning- Middle – End, Record Facts. Story Map, True or False, Text connections, Opinions Language Vocabulary tasks– has – is- can for each character, Word focus tasks Writing Tasks– If I were Dorothy, Recount Templates, Breaking News, Compare two Characters, Sequencing, Summary, Compare, Change the Ending, Add a Character, I see – I think - I wonder, Persuade others to Read it, Be a Designer, INB pages, DeBono’s Hats, Characters Traits, Conversations between Characters Puppet Tasks– use as unstructured play or write scripts and perform a play. A Little Reader– to share with your grade. You may make multiple ones to share. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Teen Numbers Fairy Tale Theme - The teen numbers are the hardest to understand and they are an important part of knowing place value concepts. These printables and learning centers will guide your students through these crazy teen numbers! Tasks include – Print and go! Number Bonds – record what makes each teen number (Base ten or MAB printable provided) Thinkboards to explore each teen number Count and color for each number Draw the correct number of objects in each shape Missing Numbers Choose the full color or black and white version to copy and laminate. The b/w copy can be printed on colored card for another option Use whiteboard markers to write in the missing numbers – these can be erased easily Great for learning centers Select and draw How many Golden Eggs did the goose lay? How many Magic beans did Jack have? Copy the cards and select one at a time On the recording sheet write the numeral and draw the collection There is a color version that you can laminate and use whiteboard markers to record answers then rub off – great for centers (Copy x6) How many tens and ones? How many tens and ones do our teen numbers have? Use these interactive notebook pages to show that the tens come first and then the ones – even though we hear six – seven – eight – nine first in 16, 17, 18 and 19! Learning Centers Use these cards for sequencing and matching Each set has a black and white version that can be copied as is or on colored card partial color version, full color version Sets include Jack Giant Cow Jack’s Mother Harp Golden Goose COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

These tasks are for the delightful book – The Speedy Sloth by Young and McKenzie. Use these printables to explore this text in depth and build on reading responses. Pre Reading Tasks •Predictions from the cover •Predict what will happen after two pages •Interactive Flap page for recording predictions Vocabulary Tasks •Alphabet Key •Word Wall •Is-have-can for a sloth •Noun, Proper Noun, Verb and Adverb sorting task •Vocabulary Detective task •Rhyming word task Traits •Words to describe the characters Summary •Important facts •Beginning. Middle, End with two options •Somebody, wanted, but, so, then •First, next, then, after that, last or finally •Recount •Main Idea and sub points Print and go section •Venn Diagram •Problems and Solutions •Complications •Compare two characters •I see, I think, I wonder •Three facts and opinions •3-2-1 facts-opinions-questions •Plus, minus, and interesting parts •Text to Text, Self, World •What does the author do to keep us interested? •Interview questions •Design a new cover •Speech bubbles •Author’s Purpose •Write a sequel •Different ending •Change the characters •Write a letter •Draw and label a Story Map •Story Elements Book Reports •Fiction Text Craft Idea •Make a running sloth with split pins •Use paper chipping to colour the sloth from the cover Rubrics and planners included are •Descriptive •Informational •Narrative •Recount •Opinion •Persuasive •Procedural Use these planners and rubrics to write about topics related to Mothers. The above suggestions are just ideas and there are multiple ideas to write about. Brainstorm the possibilities as a grade. •4 choices of paper to write on ………………………………………………………………………………………………… COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent of the author.

Genius Hour or Passion Project time is a great motivator to share independent learning. This learning comes from an interest that is motivated by trying to dig deeper, change thinking or share knowledge that our students have. There are two files in the zipped folder. One is a Genius Hour Teacher Pack and the other is a Genius Hour PowerPoint to share with students. This Genius Hour pack suits all Inquiries as each one requires a big question to explore and your students may need help in framing the question. The steps apply equally to science, math, Humanities (for eg SOSE, HASS, history, geography). Genius Hour – Teacher pack This pack supports you to introduce Genius Hour with templates and charts to use. Contents of this Genius Hour PDF include - Learning Intention Genius Hour Steps Learning Tasks – Ideas I can explore, what do I know, want to know and have Discovered, Topic Word Splash, Interactive Note Page to accompany the PowerPoint included in the zip file, what facts have I found? Genius Hour Posters – to display while working through the unit of work – • Questioning and Predicting – Planning and Conducting – Recording and Processing – Analyzing and Evaluating – Communicating Genius Hour– Booklet to be filled out during the Investigation Rubric for Assessment Digital Recording alternative with instructions Genius Hour – Student PowerPoint This powerpoint is for your students – it will guide them through the Genius Hour. It covers - What is Genius Hour? Learning Intention What is Genius Hour all about? Genius Hour Steps to take – Step One to Step Seven Brainstorm Ideas Outline of posters that will help Support for your question – prior learning, word splash for your topic, INB, Fact recording sheet Recording Booklet – if you choose to use it Rubric for assessment Book Creator Task for tracking your question Click here to follow my store COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on the 5th May each year. While Cinco de Mayo has become more about the Mexican culture it is about the bravery and perseverance of a culture to over throw the French. Explore the Cinco de Mayo facts, photos, vocabulary and put together your very own Cinco de Mayo Interactive Notebook. Our Cinco De Mayo Lapbook contents include Interactive NoteBook Includes a color cover and black/white cover There are photos with the instructions There are spaces to record – what you know, want to know and any new learning. Record food facts, musical instruments, the flag colors, new words, national dress, facts about Cinco de Mayo, an acrostic poem, locate Mexico on a map and What’s in a piñata? Vocabulary Cards Use these to help with the writing tasks and build word knowledge Fact Cards Use these as discussion starters Can be used to sort or put on display Photos for display Use as writing prompts Can be attached to your bulletin boards Writing tasks Cinco de Mayo prompts with two versions of lines Add a picture to your text What’s in your piñata? My favorite Mexican food to eat A map Where is Mexico? COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Lemonade Stand - Make a Model and create a Financial Plan. This Project Based Learning (PBL) task is to design a Lemonade Stand model to scale and produce a business plan to sell lemonade to customers. I use these steps for Project Based Learning in my teaching and learning space. Setting the stage for the learning that is about to happen and make a link back to a real life scenario The teacher negotiates the criteria for evaluating the projects Students become project designers Students discuss information needed for their designs Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project Students create their projects Students prepare to present their projects Students present their projects Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the agreed criteria Students can work individually, in pairs or in groups. They work through a task to design an outcome using their creative abilities. The task is usually interdisciplinary and can involve Numeracy, Literacy, Science, Design and Technology. The teacher’s role is to guide, check in and help to uncover content to be covered. Focus – Design Technology, Economics and Mathematics Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Who doesn’t love ice cream? This Ice Cream Math pack is engaging, colorful and full of addition ideas. Use this Ice Cream Shop to create your own ice creams and work out the cost for each one. It is your choice if you show your students how to record money. My extension students do, but my other students do not. Use bundling sticks or Base 10 blocks to work out the cost. Check on a calculator – they love doing this. Prompts for Ice Cream Shop This is a sample of the prompts to use for display. They will motivate your students to draw, record their ice cream and then cost each one. Number Bonds There are two types of mats in this pack. (plus two printing options). You can choose what dice to use – 6-10-20 sided! Set One – roll two dice and add both collections together. Set Two – Roll two dice and place the largest collection in the large ice cream. Now work out what you need to add to the smaller number rolled to make the larger number. Copy and laminate them use whiteboard marker to write your equations. Check with a buddy before rubbing out. Student Workbook This is a sample of the pages available. Select the pages you want in your students’ book. Work through the Number Bonds first – Answer Key at the end of this pack. Use the costing pages to work through the examples and then let the students design their own. The work with the previous number bonds will help you to work out which ones to include in the booklet for each child. Adding Ice Cream Scoops This section has two tasks. Set One – add to 10. You can use two or more scoops of ice cream. Set Two – add between 11-26 with two or more scoops of ice cream. Interactive Note Book Pages These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work. Draw the ice cream on the front and under the flap work out how much the ice cream would cost. Answer key provided at the back of this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Time Lap Book - Learning to tell the time can be hard for some students. Use this colourful learning tool to engage and challenge students. This Time Lap Book is set up to record learning goals and show learning. The pack includes - Detailed photos to help you to put the Lap Book together with specific instructions. Pages can be copied onto white paper or on coloured paper as I have done. I have provided a colour version as a third printing option. Goals are clear and the Lap Book will show evidence for o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. The goals beyond this are to extend your students. Cards to help sequence days of the week, months of the year and seasons. These can be printed as is or on coloured card and laminated. You may wish to use them to glue into your everyday Math Book and then copy them into the Lap Book. They can be used as sorting cards too. Additional goals are given but they are not part of this Lap Book, they are for extension tasks. A tracking page to see where your students are and what their point of need for teaching is. An Excel spreadsheet is in the zipped file for you to keep track of digitally too. Just add your student names, the file is formatted so that it will colour according to skill level. A section that includes tasks to do with a focus group if they need work to consolidate the following tasks - a) Make your own clock before you add one to the Lap Book b) Work on days of the week, months of the year and sequencing the seasons. Goal tags to glue into the lap book. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Poetry Templates and Word Wall Writing Pack - poetry is a great way to explore language and increase vocabulary. Use the templates to model examples and devices to use in poetry. This pack has been updated to include a FlipBook Use this booklet to encourage students to independently write their own poetry by making choices about what to include. Word Wall cards are available for • 5W • Acrostic • Autobiographical • Cinquain • Color Diamante • Free verse • Haiku • Limerick • Ode • Riddle • Shape Poem • Sonnet Word Wall Cards in two versions - a full color set and a ‘save my ink version’ Types of Poetry • Narrative • Lyrical • Humorous • Free Verse • Cinquain • Diamante • Haiku • Tanka • Biographical • 5W • Pensee • Acrostic • Quinzaine • Septet • Proposition • Alliteration • Repeat It • Clerihew • Limerick Poetry Tools- • Metaphor • Imagery • Repetition • Rhythm • Simile • Personification • Idiom • Rhyme • Shape • Synonym - Antonym • Palindrome • Pun • Analogy • Hyperbole • Oxymoron • Figurative Language • Refrain • Symbolism • Irony • Tone • Mood Devices • Alliteration • Assonance • Consonance • Euphony • Onomatopoeia • Cacophony Types of Poetry • Couplet • Triplet • Quatrain • Cinquain • Octet • Stanza Punctuation • semicolon • period • full stop • colon • exclamation mark • dash • comma • capitals • hyphen • brackets • quotation marks • ellipses COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Chicken Life Cycle pack explores the life cycle of chickens through increasing vocabulary as students read and write about chickens. Record of Learning • This will be a record of learning as you move through the information about chickens. • Complete the first page before you start the unit. • As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. • The students may go back and add information as they learn new things Posters • These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed. • There are two sets – the second set has information. • The third set has the life cycle. Reader • This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half. • Re read and place in your class library. Jigsaw Task • Print and laminate for long term use. • These jigsaws – break up cards will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement. • Two spellings for fertiliser/fertilizer Recording of Learning • These templates will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about chickens. • Please make choices about which tasks are suitable for each student in your grade. Print and go section • Interactive Note page, • Egg life, What do chickens eat? Label parts of a chicken, • Eggs/Hatchling/Hens can/have/are • Venn Diagram – chick/hen • Research and answer facts • Order the life cycle • What is an Omnivore? Informational Report • The following pages will assist in writing a report. • Spinner - Color copy and laminate. Add a split pin to attach the arrow. Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must give some facts about that part of the chicken cycle. • What I know about chickens, chicken planner – with and without lines. • Information Report Planner - Two spellings for fertiliser/fertilizer Photo Prompts • Battery Hens • Day In the life of a chicken • How many ways can we eat eggs? • Describe how to crack an egg? • These can be printed off or shown on your interactive screen as a prompt. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Butterfly Life Cycle pack explores the life cycle of butterflies through increasing vocabulary using reading and writing about butterflies. Recording Book • This is a record of learning as you move through the information. • Put the book together – instructions are included. • Complete the first page before you start the unit. • As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. • The students may go back and add information as they learn new things. Posters • Print and go! • These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed. • There are two sets – the second set has detailed information. • The third set has the life cycle. A Reader • Print and go! • This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half. • Re read and place in your class library. Jigsaw task • Print and laminate for long term use. • These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement. Print and Go • The following pages will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about butterflies. Please make choices about which task are suitable for each student in your grade. • Label parts of a butterfly • Butterflies can/have/are • Chrysalis can/have/are • Pupa can/is/are • Venn Diagram – butterfly/chrysalis Information Report • These pages will assist in writing a report. • Spinner • Color copy and laminate. • Add a split pin to attach the arrow. • Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the frog cycle. • What I know about butterflies • Butterflies planner – with and without lines • Information Report Planner COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Spider Life Cycle - Spiders we love them or we hate them! Some kids are fascinated by them and we need to share which ones are safe and which ones are not. This Spider Life Cycle Pack will support your grade through various tasks and increase their knowledge about arachnids. ✎ Word Wall and Vocabulary Cards ✎ Learning Journal This will be a record of learning as you move through the information about spiders ✎ Posters Showing each stage of the cycle. Print and go! Two versions and two printing color options ✎ A Reader - Print and go! ✎ Jigsaw task – to help improve vocab and can be used for sequencing ✎ Print and Go tasks Interactive Note page Spiderling life What do spiders eat? Label parts of a spider Spiders/Eggs/Hatchling Spiders can/have/are Venn Diagram – spider, spiderlings Research and answer Order the Cycle - Arachnids ✎ Information Report – planners and templates ✎ Picture Writing Prompts These can be printed off or shown on your interactive screen as a prompt. Words to describe spiders What I like and don’t like about spider webs A Day in the Life of a Spider Up Close and Personal How do you feel when you see a spider? What do you think I found in my spider web? I think Spiders are… Themes – spiders, arachnids, science COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

These tasks can be used with any ANZAC DAY themed book. They can be used by completing them individually or in a small group and then make presentations to the grade. Some ANZAC DAY books are challenging for some students as they can be quite emotional. Make sure they are supported and have many discussions about the content of books shared about ANZAC DAY. Word Wall for ANZAC Day Books What I know – What I want to know – How will I find it out – My new learning – three formats Word Focus – record new words and find out what they mean Compare two books Sequencing – two versions Text Connections - two versions Word splash – on a book Character Traits – three prompts My ANZAC Day story– add pictures to the side The saddest part of the story Summary Recount – main idea – two versions Create a story Compare beginning and end Interactive page for beginning, middle and end Change the ending Add a new character Devise questions A Visual Representation PMI Alphabet Key I see, I think, I wonder Facts 3-2-1 Text Connections Book Review Main idea and Sub Points Author Tools Persuade people to read the book Making lists Design a new cover Suggestions please Setting, characters, complications and resolutions DeBono’s Hats Character Traits Conversations Point of view COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author (that would be me! pjshaw2@gmail.com.)