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CB2-COM-SUM-IMG-ML--National Simultaneous Storytime - WOOP Goals-L2

CB2-COM-CON-IMG-ML--National Simultaneous Storytime - Winning and Losing-L4

CB2-COM-CON-IMG-KR--National Simultaneous Storytime - Ordinal Numbers-L2

CB2-COM-CON-IMG-KR--National Simultaneous Storytime - Encouraging Others-L1

National Simultaneous Story time - The Speedy Sloth Medal Craft

Medal Craft

Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters



Discuss literary texts and share responses by making connections with students’ own experiences



Identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences



Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning



Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose



Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect



Encouraging Others

National Simultaneous Storytime - Encouraging Others

compare features of a range of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and share personal preferences

discuss plots, characters and settings through a range of literary texts

respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters depicted 

National Simultaneous Storytime - handprint craft

Handprint Craft

Handprint Sloth Craft

Ordinal Numbers

National Simultaneous Storytime - Ordinal Numbers

National Simultaneous Storytime - Mindset, Mind set, mindset posters, growth mindset, growth mindset posters, growth mindset cards, mindset cards

Growth Mindset Posters

2024 Paris Olympics - Winning and Losing

Become a Speedy Sloth character with these awesome headbands. 

National Simultaneous Storytime - headbands craft

Speedy Sloth Headbands

Character Headbands 

Recognise and develop awareness of vocabulary used in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school



Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)



CB2-BOOK-FNF-IMG-Annie--Build a Poem with The Speedy Sloth-square

Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure



Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts



Build a Poem

National Simultaneous Storytime - Build a Poem

understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives), relationships in time and space (prepositions) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)

recognise and develop awareness of vocabulary used in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school

Discuss connections between personal experiences and character experiences in literary texts and share personal preferences



Describe the effects of text structures and language features in literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions



Identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, social and cultural contexts in literature by First Nations Australian, and wide-ranging Australian and world authors



CB2-COM-CON-IMG-ML--National Simultaneous Storytime - Growth Mindset-L1

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts

National Simultaneous Storytime - Growth Mindset

identify aspects of literary texts that represent details or information about historical, cultural and social contexts in literature by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and a wide range of Australian and world authors

describe the effects of text structures and language features in a range of literary texts when responding to and sharing opinions

discuss connections between personal experiences and character experiences in a range of literary texts and give reasons for personal preferences

WOOP Goals

National Simultaneous Storytime - WOOP Goals

Engage your students in a fun and hands-on activity that allows them to showcase their understanding of sloths' structural adaptations. There are lots of ways students can be creative such as creating dioramas, paper mache sloths, cardboard roll sloths, claymation stories, and more. Within our resource, you and your students have the flexibility to choose from three potential craft options to demonstrate their creativity and present their knowledge. 

Sloth Outlines

Use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning, and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features



Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts



Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning to evaluate information and ideas



Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources



CB2-VOC-TL-IMG-ML--National Simultaneous Storytime - Sloth Adaptations-L3

Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

Sloth Adaptations

National Simultaneous Storytime - Sloth Adaptations

use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, and connect and compare ideas from a variety of sources to build literal and inferred meanings

use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to evaluate information and ideas to build literal and inferred meanings

Create and edit imaginative texts, using or adapting language features, characters, settings, plot structures and ideas encountered in literary texts



Examine the use of literary devices and deliberate word play in literary texts, including poetry, to shape meaning



Create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices



CB2-BOOK-FNF-DOC-Annie--Question Poems with The Speedy Sloth-square

Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience

Plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language

Question Poem

National Simultaneous Storytime - Question Poem

create texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from literary texts they have encountered, and experiment with vocabulary and literary devices

explore the use of literary devices and deliberate wordplay, including grammar, in prose and poetry, and the ways that they shape meaning

create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, using topic-specific and precise vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate

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