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Traditional TalesIf the children are struggling to suggest some traditional tales, here are some examples:

Main characters are animals:The Three Billy Goats Gruff,Goldilocks and the Bears,The Gingerbread Man,Little Red Riding Hood,Three Little Pigs,Chicken Licken,Little Red Hen,The Ugly Duckling,The Frog Prince,The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse,Puss in Boots.

Main characters are not animals:Cinderella,Rapunzel,Snow-white and the Seven Dwarfs,The Princess and the Pea,Rumpelstiltskin,Piped Piper of Hamlin,Hansel and Gretel,The Elves and the Shoemaker.Enormous Turnip,Jack and the Beanstalk (hen that lays golden eggs).

Week 1 Monday: Comprehension 1

© Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users. Y1/2 Sum F 1B Traditional tales from other cultures

Australian Animals

Do you know who this is?


Who is this?

1. Look at each picture.

Do you know the name of this animal?2. Describe the animal. What will it feel like,

sound like and smell like?3.

Write the name of the animal. Can you use the wordbank to help you write the name?


Week 1: Monday: Comprehension 1


kangaroo crocodile frog

emu koala bear kookaburra

Sequencing The Rainbow Bird


Long ago in the Time of Dreams, there lived a rough, tough Crocodile Man. He was huge and mean and scary. He had fire! He held it with his feet, balanced it on his head and breathed it from his throat.

Time passed. Bird Woman watched Crocodile Man and waited. One afternoon he opened his mouth very wide to yawn and Bird Woman flew down and snatched a firestick, and flew back into the air.

Crocodile Man wouldn’t share the fire with anyone! Bird Woman pleaded with him to let her have fire, but he told her to eat her food raw. She asked about sharing fire with the people, but he said no!

Feeling proud of herself she decided to give fire to people. She flew around the country putting Fire into the heart of every tree. From that day on people could make Fire using dry sticks and logs from a tree.

To this day Crocodile lives down in the swamp. His Fire is gone now. Rainbow Bird still lives in the air and sometimes you can see her taking fire to the trees, in a blaze of feathers rainbow bright.

Then Bird Woman did a dance and put the firesticks into her tail. She became the beautiful Rainbow Bird. She told Crocodile Man that he must stay down in the wet water, while she flew high and dry in the air.

Week 1: Tuesday: Comprehension 2

What makes a good performance?

The Rainbow Bird

The best performance will include:

Clear speaking which everyone can

hear.

Fluent reading.

Eye-contact with the audience.

Agreement on how you will perform.

Week 1 Tuesday: Spoken Language 1


Why Frog can only croak(adapted from Stories from the Billabong page 17-19)

Every morning, Lyrebird came down to the stream to sing. He had the most beautiful voice. He could imitate the sound of all the other birds.

One day, while Lyrebird was singing he noticed something unusual in the stream. The water was flowing fast, and there were lots of bubbles in it. Most of the bubbles were white. But, one bubble looked dark and there seemed to be something inside it.

Lyrebird watched, the dark bubble burst and out fell a little green frog.

Little Green Frog swam to one of the water-lilies. He climbed on to it and looked this way and that.

Lyrebird flew down to talk to Little Green Frog. He asked if he could sing or talk, but the frog shook his head. He was just about to fly away when he heard the voice of the Spirit of the Creator say to him “This little frog is your brother. Teach him to sing!”

Lyrebird started to give frog singing lessons. Frog was a quick learner. He could sing so well that Lyrebird thought he was a better singer than him! Lyrebird asked the other animals to come and listen. They were very impressed by how well he could sing, imitate the other animals and even make noises like the sounds from nature.

That night, when all the animals had gone home, the frog climbed on to his favourite lily-pad. He puffed out his chest and shouted “I can sing better than the Lyrebird! I am the greatest singer in the world!”

The other frogs told him not to be so boastful. But he wouldn’t listen and kept on shouting. “I am so great a singer, I could make the moon come tumbling out of the sky to listen to me” he shouted.

So, he took a deep breath and started to sing. He sang so beautifully that all the other frogs came out of the water to listen to him. But, the moon took no notice at all.

The next night he tried again. He sang louder and longer and even more beautifully. But still the moon took no notice.

Frog couldn’t believe it! Next night, he tried again. He sang on and on. He sang louder and louder and louder. But the moon just kept sailing along among the clouds.

Suddenly, to his horror, his voice gave out. He had strained his vocal cords to breaking point. He opened his mouth, but all that came out was a croak. And from that day to this, when the moon is bright, you will find frogs coming out of the water, and gathering together. But when they try to sing, all they can manage is “Croak! Croak! Croak!”

Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1


Decoding StrategiesWhen you come across a word you don’t know,

use these strategies to help you read it!

Use the pictures Look for s maller words within words

c-atBreak words into

syllablese.g. cat-er-piller

Sound out the word

Skip the word and read the rest of the sentence to try and

work out what it says

Did the sentence you read make

sense?



Why Frog can only croakIs this story a traditional tale?

What is your evidence?

What animals are included in the story?

Who is the hero of the story?

What does this story teach us about being good?

Where did Lyrebird go every morning?

Why did she go there?

What unusual thing did Lyrebird see one morning?

Why was Lyrebird surprised to see Little Green Frog?

Do you think Little Green Frog wanted to learn to sing?

Why did Lyrebird teach Little Green Frog to sing?

Why did the other animals tell Little Green Frog to stop boasting?

What was the consequence of Little Green Frog boasting?Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1


What made Tiddalick laugh?Is this story a traditional tale?





How did Tiddalick feel when he woke up and what did he do?

What was the consequence of Tiddalick drinking all the water?

Why do the animals want to make Tiddalick laugh?

What makes you laugh?

How did Platypus feel when she heard that Tiddalick had drunk all the water and what did she do?

What made Tiddalick laugh?

Why do you think Tiddalick decided not to drink all the water again?



How Kangaroo got her pouchIs this story a traditional tale?





Why did Mother Kangaroo help the old wombat?

What did she do to help him?

How did Mother Kangaroo distract the hunter?

How did Mother Kangaroo feel when she returned to find wombat and Joey?

Who did wombat turn out to be?

What was left to Mother Kangaroo?

Why was Mother Kangaroo chosen to have a gift?

How did she feel?Week 1 Wednesday: Word Reading 1


The two moths and the flowers of the mountain

Is this story a traditional tale?





What do you think being beautiful means?

Why did Bogong love Myee?

Myee was curious about snow, what are you curious about?

Why did Bogong try to stop Myee from flying to the mountains?

What happened to Myee’s wings while she was asleep?

What did she think would be a consequence of this?

Why will her beauty last forever?



Why Frog can only croak?Lyrebird was excellent at singing. He didn’t know anyone who could sing as well as him. He’d sing in the morning by the cool running water of the stream. Lyrebird looked into the water. He couldn’t stop looking at it. “Isn’t it beautiful,” he said.

Just then he saw something that shouldn’t be there, in the bubbles of the stream. “I haven’t seen that before,” he whispered. He jumped down to the edge of and stream and took a closer look. He mightn’t have seen it except that it was a different colour to the other bubbles.

It was a Little Green Frog. “Do you sing?” he asked. But Little Green Frog didn’t. “If you can’t sing, then I’m going to teach you!” said Lyrebird.

Eventually Little Green Frog sang so beautifully that Lyrebird couldn’t sing as well as him. “I shan’t be able to sing as well as Little Green Frog,” said Lyrebird. He was sad.

“There’s nothing in the world that can sing as well as me!” boasted Little Green Frog. “I haven’t found any animal as clever as me, even Lyrebird can’t sing as well. One day I’ll sing so well that even the moon won’t be able to stay away!” said Little Green Frog.

Little Green Frog sang. But the moon wasn’t interested and stayed in the sky. “It isn’t working,” he said. He tried again. “It’s no good!” he sobbed. The moon stayed in the sky. Eventually he tried so hard, all that came out of his mouth was a croak! And until this very day, that is the only thing that frogs can sing!

Week 1 Thursday: Word Reading 2


Apostrophe Pairs Cut out each word.

Place the words upside down and spread them out in front of you.

Turn over two words and see if they match. If they do you match, keep them and have another turn. If they don’t match put them back.

can’t don’t I’ll shouldn’t didn’t

we’ll hasn’t it’s haven’t isn’t

isn’t haven’t it’s hasn’t we’ll

didn’t shouldn’t I’ll don’t can’t

I’m I’ve they’d I’ve I’m

they’d hasn’t hasn’t shan’t shan’t

Week 1 Thursday Word Reading 2


Apostrophe Bingo

Cut out these contractions and place them in a bag. Pull out one word at a time. If a child has the word on their bingo card, they put a counter on top to cover it. The first child who has all their words covered is the winner.



can’t don’t I’ll shouldn’t didn’t

we’ll hasn’t it’s haven’t isn’t

shan’t isn’t I’m I’ve we’d

they’d there’s hadn’t who’s where’s

how’ll how’s mightn’t mustn’t couldn’t

Bingo Boards

There are enough different Bingo boards for a group of eight children.

shall not it is should not I willcan not we will have not they had

did not have not has not do notcan not is not I am I have



I have I will I am shall notcan not did not it is they had



it is should not can not I willdid not we will shall not they had

there is he will I will I hadshould not shall not they had we had

who is where is how will how iscan not we will there is they had





might not must not how will who ishow is we will have not they had

shall not must not should not shall nothave not it is might not how is

Apostrophe Snap

Read each contraction.

Draw a line between the contraction and words which form it.


What made Tiddalick laugh?


Contraction Full word/words

can’t

won’t

didn’t

couldn’t

shouldn’t

hasn’t

it’s

I’ll

haven’t

isn’t

let’s

I’m

I’ve

we’d

they’d

hasn’t

can not

has not

should not

will not

let us

I will

will not

could not

is not

I am

we had

did not

I have

it is

have not

they had

Tiddalick woke up from a long sleep and was thirsty. He didn’t know what to do! “I’m thirsty,” he said. “Where’s the closest pond, and I will have a drink!” he thought. He didn’t just drink the pond, he drank the water in the streams and river as well. He couldn’t stop drinking.

How Kangaroo got her pouch

Kangaroo didn’t know how to keep her baby safe. “I’m worried he will get lost,” she said to herself. She’d tried everything to keep him close by, but she couldn’t think of anything that worked. “How’ll I ever be able to keep him safe?” she thought. “He’s always hopping away to explore!” she moaned.

One morning when she was feeding Joey she met a very old wombat. “I’m sick and blind,” he said. “I’m hungry and thirsty. And I haven’t a friend in the world.”

Mother Kangaroo felt sorry for him. “’I ’ll be your friend!” she said.

Week 1 Friday Transcription 3



Long ago, two moths lived in the plains at the foot of the mountains. In those days the plains didn’t have flowers on them and they weren’t a pretty place to live.

The two moths hadn’t got the same pattern on their wings. Bogong had dull wings while Myee had bright wings. They loved each other and couldn’t think of being apart.

One day Myee asked Bongong if he’d any idea why the tops of the mountain were white but he hadn’t got a clue! “There’s always white on the top of the mountain,” he said. “We’d better fly there and see what it is,” begged Myee. Bongong said “It’s not a good plan! We mightn’t be able to make it all the way there!”

Week 1 Friday Transcription 3


Is this a traditional tale or not? Use pictures, words, phrases and sentences to record your ideas. Your group must agree on the ideas you record. You must use evidence from the story to support your ideas.

The Rainbow Bird

The Rainbow Serpent

Why Frogs can only croak

What made Taddalik laugh?

How Kangaroo got her pouch


Why is the Platypus such a special creature?

Animal characters

Hero

Villain

Moral

What good behaviour does this story teach?

Is this a traditional tale or not?

Week 2 Monday Comprehension 3


Oral Story of How the Crow Became Black.

The Hawk and the Crow make a pact. They will each go out hunting for the day and whatever they catch, they will bring it back and share it. That way they will be certain to have a good supper together.

Crow goes out. First he decided to catch some ducks. He goes to a water hole.

He breaks off some water reed so that it makes a tube through which he can breath when hiding under the water. He also ties a bag around his waist.

He creeps into the water and submerges himself. He breaths through the water reed tube.

The duck swim over him. He reaches up and grabs one and drags it into the bag. He does this three times so he has caught three ducks.

Crow leaves the water hole and goes to the river. There he uses a sharp stick of thorn to spear several fish. He adds these to the bag.

Then Crow goes home. The Hawk is still out and so Crow quickly builds a fire and cooks his duck and fish. What he can’t eat, he hides away in a dip in the ground.

Hawk finally arrives home. He has hunted all day and caught nothing. He tracked a kangaroo but it escaped. He hovered over possums but they hid from him. He is tired and hungry.

Hawk can smell the cooked duck. He asks Crow where the food is that Crow had agreed to share.

Crow says that he has eaten it and laughs at Hawk. He says that Hawk is lazy and a rubbish hunter.

Hawk asks if there is any more food. Crow lies and says no. Hawk is so angry that he holds Crow in his beak and rolls him in the ashes

of the fire. Crow gets all covered in charcoal and turns black. Ever afterwards Crow is black as a sign to everyone that he broke his promise.

Also Crow eats mouldy dead things that lie on roads or in the hollows of the land as a punishment for being greedy and hiding the food he hadn’t eaten from Hawk.

Week 2 Tuesday Spoken Langugae 2


Oral Story of How the Crow Became Black.(prompts for children)

Hawk and Crow make a promise to share the food they catch.Hawk and Crow go hunting.Crow hides in the reeds, with water-reed in his mouth and a bag around his waist.Crow goes under the water, breathing through the water reed.Ducks swim over to him and he grabs one and puts it in his bag. He has three ducks in his bag.Crow goes to the river and catches fish with a spear. He has fish and ducks in his bag.Crow goes home and builds a fire. Hawk is not there.Crow eats the ducks and fish.Hawk comes home empty handed. He has tried to catch food, but was not able to.Hawk is cross that Crow ate all of the food and broke their promise.Crow teases Hawk.Hawk is cross and rolls Crow in the ashes of the fire. His feathers are black.He is now black as a sign to everyone that he broke his promise.



Oral Story for The Lizard-Man and the Creation of Uluru

Alinga, the Lizard-Man was a mighty warrior. His favourite weapon was the boomerang. He could throw a boomerang so far that it sometimes took days to return.

One day he made a special boomerang, and threw it as far as he could to see how long it took to return.

He collected the branches of eucalypt trees and tied them together with the sinews of kangaroo tails. He made glue with seeds of spinifex grass and sealed the cracks in the boomerang. Finally he polished it with the wax of wild bees.

Alinga used all his strength and threw the mighty boomerang into the sky.

He waited for hours, days, weeks, months and year… but the boomerang did not return!

He went looking for it and asked everyone he met if they had seen it. No one had. He journeyed on and on, through desert, forest and mountain but he couldn’t find his boomerang.

Finally he saw a great red dome rising out of the desert. It was shaped like an enormous boomerang. As he got closer, he saw it was his boomerang. It had crashed into the desert and over time it had been covered with layers of red dust and sand until it turned into a huge red block of rock.

Alinga was happy; he had found his boomerang. He tried to lift it. But, it was too heavy. He struggled for days but the boomerang was too deep in the ground.

Alinga didn’t want to be parted from his boomerang so he settled down to live beside it.

It is said the lizards who now live in the caves at the foot of the red rock known as Uluru are his spiritual descendants.


Oral Story of The Lizard-Man and the Creation of Uluru.


(prompts for children)

Alinga, the Lizard-Man, was a mighty warrior, who often threw his boomerang so far it took days to return.One day he made a special boomerang and threw it very far into the sky. He waited until it came back. It did not come back!He asked if anyone had seen it. No one had.Alinga journeyed far and wide over the mountains, plains and forest looking for his boomerang.Finally he saw a great red dome rising out of the ground. It was his boomerang. It had crashed into the ground and the sand had covered it completely.The Lizard-Man was happy he had found his boomerang. He tried to lift it, but it was stuck. He struggled to lift it, but he couldn’t!Eventually he decided that as it had settled in the ground, so would he. He would live at the base of the great red dome.It is said that the lizards that live in the cracks around Uluru are his descendants!



Past and present tense Pairs Cut out each word.

Place the words upside down and spread them out in front of you.

Turn over two words. Read the words and see if they match. If they don’t put them back.

If they do match, read them aloud to the group. Which is the past tense? Keep them and have another turn.

threw tied ran tie

gather turn throws collected

collect ask asked gathered

climb passed run turned

journeyed showed pass climbed

journey show decide decided

Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 1

Past-tense tales Read each sentence.


Identify the past-tense verbs and highlight them. Find the past-tense verbs in a thesaurus and select a better word. Write the sentence again, and include the new verb.

1. Lizard-Man made a boomerang.

2. He found branches on the dusty floor.

3. Alinga tied them together.

4. He threw the boomerang into the air.

5. Lizard-Man waited for the boomerang to fall to the ground.

6. Alinga went looking for the boomerang.

7. He went over mountains and plains but couldn’t find the boomerang.

8. Lizard-Man saw a big red rock, the same shape as his boomerang.

9. He tried to pick the boomerang up but it was too heavy.

10. Alinga decided to live next to his boomerang.

Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 1


Story map for How the Crow Became Black

Week 2 Thursday Comprehension 4 (example of a Story Map)


The Same and DifferentNotes for teachers on completing a Venn diagram.

On the left hand side put information just about Wombat goes Walkabout (i.e. what is different from Dingo Dog)On the right hand side put information just about Dingo Dog (i.e. what is different from Wombat goes Walkabout)In the middle put information that is common to both stories (i.e. what is the same about both stories). For example…


Dingo DogWombat goes Walkabout

Set in Australia

Australian animals are central characters

Have hero and villain

There is a moral in each story

Animal is the hero but fire is the villain.

Hero works independently to solve the problem

Group of animals are the heroes.

Animal is the villain

The heroes work together to solve the problem.


The Same and Different

My favourite story is


Dingo DogWombat goes Walkabout


Example Stories

1. Introduce the main characters.Emu is the best animal at finding leaves to eat. He has strong legs and can run quickly to eat the juiciest plants that grow on the ground. Koala Bear is slow, and is often not able to find any leaves. Snake and Spider make a promise to share all of the food that they catch. Spider builds a beautiful web and snake lies in the long grass with his mouth wide open. On the plains and in the desert water is very scarce. What water there is collects in Billabongs. Camel lives on the plains and Crocodile lives by the Billabong.

2. Set up the problem.Koala asks Emu if he will help him to find tasty food. He would like to share Emu’s leaves. Emu says that he runs so fast, that he couldn’t possibly wait for Koala Bear as he is too slow. Emu says that if he ever sees Koala Bear again he will peck his tail, instead of the leaves. Spider has caught grasshoppers, flies, bees and wasps in her web. Snake hasn’t caught anything. Camel wants a drink, but Crocodile wont let him close to the Billabong. Crocodile chases Camel away, back into the plains.

3. Solve the problem.Koala Bear decides to climb a tree and hide from Emu, so that when he sees him passing, he can climb down the tree and eat the leaves that Emu has left. This also means he can’t have his tail pecked!Spider waits for Snake, ready to share the food, but Snake doesn’t appear. So Spider cooks and eats all of the food. When Snake appears he is very cross with Spider and says she broke her promise. Camel ties a large bag to his back. He charges at Crocodile and knocks him flying into the air. While he can, Camel drinks and drinks from the Billabong and he also fills the bag on his back, so that when he is thirsty again he can drink the water in the bag.

4. Ending.Koala Bear discovers that when he is in the tree he can reach all of the very best and tastiest leaves imaginable, so doesn’t need to share with Emu. Emu still runs about to this day, looking for Koala Bear and the tasty leaves that fall to the floor. Snake rolls Spider in the embers of the fire and makes her all black, except for a strip of red fire on her back. From then and until now Spider lives on her own. The strip of red on her back is a sign to everyone that she breaks her promises! We now call her the Black Widow Spider. Crocodile returns to the Billabong but hides away from the other animals, staying underwater so no one will see him. Camel comes down to the water and drinks all the water he can, safe in the knowledge that Crocodile won’t stop him. And to this day he still carries the bag on his bag.

Week 3 Wednesday: Composition 2 / Spoken Language 4


How to fill an 8-page book

This is a suggested format for each child to follow, to transform their illustrations into a storybook. Chn in Easy group will not need a copy of this, but the adult should be directed to include these elements on each page.Chn in Medium group will not need a copy of this, but Teacher should direct them to include these elements on each page.Chn in Hard group may use this independently as Success Criteria to structure their own writing.

Page What to includeFront Cover

Page 1Write: title of the book e.g. Koala can climb!Name of author/illustrator (child’s name)Draw: Illustration of the main characters.

Page 2 Write: Introduce the main character e.g. One day… A long time ago… Just after the time of dreams…. On a hot sunny morning…

Page 2 Write: Set up the problem.Suddenly… As if by magic… Just then… However… But…Page 3

Page 5 Write: Solve the problemAfter that… Next... In the meantime… Soon after that…Page 6

Page 7 Write: EndingFinally… In the end… When this was over…

Back CoverPage 8

Write: A blurb to entice readers to want to read and enjoy your story. Give them clues about what it is about, but make sure you keep some surprises!

The Best Story will include: Sentences that include the word and, to join two ideas together. Some question and exclamation (end sentences with ? or !) sentences. Characters speaking (use speech marks around what they say)

Week 3 Thursday: Composition 3


Book Review

Week 3 Friday: Comprehension 6: Easy

Week 3 Friday: Comprehension 6


Why would you recommend the book?

RATING:

What happens in the book? Draw your favourite part of the story!

Book review by: ______________________________________

Title: _______________________________________________

Author: _____________________________________________

Book ReviewTitle of the story Author

Hero Villain Other characters

What happens in the story?

Who is your favourite character?

What is your favourite part of the story?

Why did you choose this book?



Book ReviewTitle of the story Author

Hero Villain Other characters

Where is the story set?

What is the problem in the story?

How is the problem solved?

What is the moral of the story?

Can you think of a time when you will need to remember this moral?

Why did you choose this book?



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