Introduce students to this year’s gorgeous Book Week theme of ‘Read, grow, inspire’ with this creative and engaging lesson. Students will reflect on the books that have inspired them and helped them grow with a ‘Book Tree’! This hands-on activity will support students to respond to this year’s theme and get them excited for what’s to come in Book Week 2023, AND – it will make a classroom display that can be used as a fantastic conversation starter!

12 Lessons

Grade: K-6

CBCA Book Week 2023

Book Week kicks off on the 19th August, a gorgeous time for celebrating children's literature and the incredible authors and illustrators in Australia. Cleverbean has created a number of engaging lessons and resources, to support Book Week celebrations in your classrooms and build on your students' excitement for literacy. Our lessons draw upon a range of quality texts and link with this year's theme 'Read, Grow, Inspire.'

Introduce students to this year’s gorgeous Book Week theme of ‘Read, grow, inspire’ with this creative and engaging lesson. Students will reflect on the books that have inspired them and helped them grow with a ‘Book Tree’! This hands-on activity will support students to respond to this year’s theme and get them excited for what’s to come in Book Week 2023, AND – it will make a classroom display that can be used as a fantastic conversation starter!

12 Lessons

Grade: K-6

CBCA Book Week 2023

Book Week kicks off on the 19th August, a gorgeous time for celebrating children's literature and the incredible authors and illustrators in Australia. Cleverbean has created a number of engaging lessons and resources, to support Book Week celebrations in your classrooms and build on your students' excitement for literacy. Our lessons draw upon a range of quality texts and link with this year's theme 'Read, Grow, Inspire.'

Essential Question/s

How can we develop students love and appreciation for reading through 'Book Week'?

Cross Curriculum Priorities

Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Sustainability

General Capabilities

Literacy
Critical and Creative thinking
Ethical Understanding
Personal and Social Capability
Intercultural understanding
ICT

Lessons

12 Lessons

Lesson 1

Introduce students to this year’s gorgeous Book Week theme of ‘Read, grow, inspire’ with this creative and engaging lesson. Students will reflect on the books that have inspired them and helped them grow with a ‘Book Tree’! This hands-on activity will support students to respond to this year’s theme and get them excited for what’s to come in Book Week 2023, AND – it will make a classroom display that can be used as a fantastic conversation starter!

Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - My Book Tree K-2

Grades: K-2

Reflecting on books we’ve read that have inspired us, and helped us to grow.

Lesson 2

Introduce students to this year’s gorgeous Book Week theme of ‘Read, grow, inspire’ with this creative and engaging lesson. Students will reflect on the books that have inspired them and helped them grow with a ‘Book Tree’! This hands-on activity will support students to respond to this year’s theme and get them excited for what’s to come in Book Week 2023, AND – it will make a classroom display that can be used as a fantastic conversation starter!

Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - My Book Tree 3-6

Grades: 3-6

Reflecting on books we’ve read that have inspired us, and helped us to grow.

Lesson 3

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Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - SNAP! Onomatopoeia

Grades: K-2

Identifying onomatopoeic words and using them in their writing.

Lesson 4

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Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - SNAP! Soundscape

Grades: K-2

Enjoy reading books as a sensory experience, and add sound effects using student-made instruments.

Lesson 5

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Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - Market Day Predictions

Grades: 1-3

Build my understanding of a text using prediction skills.

Lesson 6

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Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - Market Day Illustrations

Grades: 1-3

Improving our understanding of the text by looking at the images closely.

Lesson 7

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Lesson
Writing

Book Week 2023 - Market Day Sensory Poetry

Grades: 1-3

Use the five senses to write a sensory poem.

Lesson 8

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Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - Bev and Kev Retell

Grades: K-2

Recreate texts imaginatively using performance and props.

Lesson 9

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Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - Bev and Kev Unlikely Friendships

Grades: K-2

Explore ideas about friendship through picture books.

Lesson 10

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Lesson
Reading

Book Week 2023 - Exploring Rhyme and Imagery with Farmhouse

Grades: 3-6

Analysing rhyme and imagery in the CBCA shortlisted book ‘Farmhouse’, and creating rhyming sentences with vivid imagery.

Lesson 11

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Lesson
Writing

Book Week 2023 - Farmhouse Poems

Grades: 3-6

Creating a poem incorporating alliteration, personification and rhyme, inspired by Farmhouse.

Lesson 12

Book Week 2023 - A is for Austrailan Reef

Lesson
Writing

Book Week 2023 - A is for Australian Reef

Grades: 3-6

Creating an informative text in response to ‘A is for Australian Reef’ by Frané Lessac.

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