Are your students learning about Australian Animals, the needs of living things, or writing information reports? Then you need to grab this FREEBIE that includes a koala fact file and fact-sorting activity, a koala reading comprehension passage, and a range of simple activities that make learning about koalas fun and easy!
This KOALA FREEBIE pack is perfect for:
- Learning about Australian animals
- Writing information reports
- Inquiry of living things
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In the complete bundle, your students will love learning about six Australian animals (some bonus animals included in some resources!). There are fun facts to explore, mini-books for recording and classifying information, interesting reading passages to read (also great for information report text structure!) and exclusive bonus information about predators included!
Here’s what is previewed in this sample:
⭐ Australian Animal Information Posters and Sorting Activities
⭐ Australian Animal Reading Passages – Years 1/2
⭐ Australian Animal Headbands
⭐ Australian Animal Information Report Foldable Mini-Books
✔PLUS *BUNDLE-ONLY* BONUS – Predators poster + sorting activity (including a new sorting sheet with additional space for predators).
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The COMPLETE bundle will help you to:
- Teach information report writing using colourful and engaging resources
- Easily source ready-to-use information about six different Australian Animals in poster format, and easy-to-read passages
- Deconstruct the structure of an information report
- Deliver no-prep activities in information sorting (habitat, diet, lifecycle, appearance, special features, interesting facts)
- Scaffold your student note-taking
- Run fun, hands-on activities for students to consolidate their knowledge about Australian Animals, the needs of living things, and the information report text structure.
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This resource would work for grades 1-2
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Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
✿ Use posters as information stations for students to collect information (students this age need scaffolded note-taking)
✿ Use sorting activity in reading groups – one for each animal included
✿ display posters on bump it up walls
✿ reading focus for small group work
✿ Use reading passages in reading groups or deconstruct as a whole class
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Paige M said: LOVE LOVE LOVE! This fit in perfectly with my information reports unit for 1/2 composite! My students have enjoyed using this resource for reading groups, our English lessons and for fun!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gemma S said: Excellent resource for introducing information report writing. The information was interesting but at a level that the students could understand easily. Thank you!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Emily G said: This resource was amazing! It worked so well with my writing unit.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Michelle B says, “The perfect resource for teaching informative writing. I used this during our literacy groups. The kids were so engaged!”