These ‘Wombat Stew’ puppets are great for practising retell. Students may stick them to pencils, straws or paddle pop sticks to create puppets and retell the story of ‘Wombat Stew’ in groups. The colour puppets may be laminated in order to be reused.
Recognise that sentences are made up of groups of words that work together in particular ways to make meaning
Explore the contribution of images and words to meaning in stories and informative texts
Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters
Recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings
Retell and adapt familiar literary texts through play, performance, images or writing
Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning
Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts
Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text
Innovate on familiar texts through play
Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts
Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter
Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences
Understands and responds to literature read to them
Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning
Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts
Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators
Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts
Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text
Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of literary texts
Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images