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THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
THE KOALA WHO COULD activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
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 This THE KOALA WHO COULD Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages. 

Following an interactive read-aloud of the picture book, THE KOALA WHO COULD by Rachel Bright and Jim Field, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!

 

THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:

 

◼️READING STRATEGIES

☐ COMPARING AND CONTRASTING

☐ ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS

☐ RHYME

◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS

☐ BOLD PRINT

☐ PRONOUNS

☐ CONTRACTIONS

◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS

☐ GROWTH MINDSET

☐ FRIENDSHIP

 

SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:

High up, above the trees, lived Kevin the koala. Kevin felt safe clinging onto his branch. Down below felt too noisy and too scary with all the other animals. One day, another animal came and asked Kevin to come and play. He shared that he never leaves his tree. While hearing the friends play, he realized he was missing out. The next morning, a woodpecker began pecking the tree until the branch, which Kevin still clung to, fell to the ground. When he got to the forest floor, he realized how fun it can be! He decided that even though he likes to follow his own plan, he can learn to be flexible and escape his comfort zone.

This text is an excellent mentor text to discuss the importance of flexibility and growth mindset. Kevin demonstrates many qualities that represent a child in a fixed mindset. Explore this book filled with onomatopoeia and rhyme to learn how Kevin pushed past his fear.

THIS COLLECTION OF ACTIVITIES and LESSON IDEAS INCLUDES:


➜ Comprehension Questions categorized by reading strategy; text-dependent
➜ Social Emotional Learning guidance lesson ideas & discussion topics based on the story
➜ Vocabulary Activities with kid-friendly definitions
➜ Grammar Topics selected to align with the text
➜ Focus Sentences use the book & author's craft as a mentor text to improve writing
➜ Lesson Planner summary, background info and planning space

➜ Story Mapping Printable identify character, setting, problem and solution

➜ Making Words Activity Page use any word from the book

➜ Focus Sentence copy work, identifying elements of the sentence, rewriting)

➜ Design a New Book Cover demonstrate understanding of the text by creating an illustration

➜ Predicting Activity primary-ruled and wider-ruled versions
➜ Summarizing Somebody → Wanted → But → Then → Finally

➜ Comparing and Contrasting using a Venn Diagram

➜ Cause and Effect analyze how events affect one another

➜ Visualization illustrate visualizations from the story and support thinking with text-based evidence

➜ Making Connections identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections

➜ Thematic Writing Paper Use with the Writing Prompts... Makes a Great Bulletin Board

➜ 2 Sequencing Activities First → Next → Then → Last and Beginning → Middle → End

➜ 2 Vocabulary Activities Vocabulary Booklet and Word Mapping

➜ 2 Character Trait Activities listing traits and supporting traits with text-based evidence
➜ 30 Text-Based Writing Prompts 3 prompts for each of the following types of writing:

  • narrative
  • persuasive / opinion
  • descriptive
  • expository / informative
  • creative / story writing
  • procedure / how-to
  • list making
  • letter / postcard writing
  • poem
  • book reviews

INCLUDED DIGITAL ACTIVITIES:

➜ 5 Teaching Slides to use for instruction (add questions, vocabulary, instructions, etc)

➜ 15 Student Pages for use in Google™️ Classroom or as editable files to create customized printables