MAY

1ST EDITION

2 nd GRADE
by Katie King and Amy Lemons
Koala Lou
Reading & Comp
Introduce the text for this week,
Koala Lou. Read the book aloud to
students. Discuss students’ initial
feelings about book after reading.
Show students the poster for
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Problem and Solution.
Have students complete the Problem
and Solution activity in their
notebooks. They will fill in a potential
solution for each problem.
Share out answers with class.
Reread Koala Lou. Take time to
discuss using the questioning cards.
Review the problem and solution
poster. Have students use two
different colored post-it notes to
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describe the problem/solution of
the book. Put their brainstorming
post-its on the chart.
Have students complete the flip-
flap in their notebooks.
Students complete the fiction
passage.
Use the questioning cards to review
the storyline of the text. Talk about Choose a vocabulary
character motivation. Show students prompt for students to
the posters. How does this impact
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the story?
Students write Koala Lou’s
motivation on the koala cutout.
Have students complete the Koala
craft and write about either
character motivation OR problem
and solution.
Complete Comprehension Check.
Vocab Grammar
Introduce shades of meaning
with verbs to the students using
the poster. Discuss how these
verbs have similar meanings, but
Begin introducing
some are more forceful or
vocabulary words to stronger.
the students. Use the
word and definition Vivid Verbs Layered Booklet:
cards. Each student gets three verbs
for their booklet. Students make
Choose a vocabulary their layered booklet by
prompt for students to arranging the pages shortest to
dig deeper into the tallest and stapling at the top.
meaning of one word.
Students order their verbs from
the weakest to strongest. Then,
students write sentences under
the flap with the verb in a
sentence.
Verb Flapbook: Students
make their flapbook by
Choose a vocabulary folding on the dark line
prompt for students to and cutting on the dotted
dig deeper into the line. Students color code
meaning of one word.
the synonyms first. Then,
Vocabulary Definition students put the weaker
Match: Students match verbs under the Verb 1
the vocabulary word to
its definition. flap. Students put the
stronger synonym under
the Verb 2 flap.
“Shades” of Meaning:
Students make their
dig deeper into the sunglasses. Students
meaning of one word.
choose two verbs that
Vocabulary Flap-Ups:
are synonyms to write
Students cut out the
rectangle and in
between the lines,
on the outside of the
Students glue under the shades. They could also
title. Students write write the two words in
each word in a sentence
under the flaps. sentences.
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Reading & Comp Vocab Grammar
Koala Lou’s Verbs:
Read students the Students cut out
nonfiction reader about the squares on the

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Australia. Have them write Choose a dotted lines. On the
down two or three facts vocabulary prompt top rectangle,
on the Australia cutout. for students to dig
deeper into the students write a
Fill out the Australia meaning of one synonym for the
Anchor Chart together as word. verb, but it must be
a class by writing facts Vocab Spin a stronger than the

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learned about the country.
Have students complete
the Sydney Opera House
craft. Students will write
a paragraph about
Australia on the writing
paper.
Word: Students one shown.
spin a vocabulary Students glue under
word. Students the rectangle into
complete the their spiral or onto
action for that
word in the box. a piece of paper.
Under the flap,
students write the
verbs in sentences.

Today students will

complete a
vocabulary quiz. Victorious Verbs:
On YouTube watch the short There are two Students read the
video Eastern Gray Kangaroo. options: sentences and

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Students should write a fact 1. Students read choose the verb
about kangaroos that stuck the sentences and
with them on the kangaroo match the that best competes
quarter-sized paper. Share vocabulary word the sentences.
with a partner. to the correct Students should be
sentence. looking for more
Students need to complete .2. Students read
the informational passage and the words in vivid verbs to
questions about kangaroos. sentences. complete the
Students write sentences.
new sentences
with the word and
illustrate.
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What information can

Before Reading: you gather from the
What do you know picture on the second
about koalas? page?

How do you think Koala On the page where you

Lou felt after being told first see Koala Lou’s
that her mom loved her siblings, what changes in
so much? the drawings?

How did Koala Lou prepare

Why did Koala Lou for the competition? How
enter the gum tree would you have prepared for
the competition? Do you like
climbing competition? competing?
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Have you ever been What is a kookaburra?

Does anyone know the
in a competition? song about the
How did you feel? kookaburra?

How does Koala Lou If you were Koala Lou’s

feel after the race? friend, what would you
Why does she feel this say to her after the
way? race?

How would the book have been

How does Koala Lou’s different if Koala Lou had
mom make her feel won the race? Why do you
think the author chose to
better? have her lose the race?
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Problem and
solution
Problem:
What goes
wrong?

Solution:
How is the
problem
fixed?
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nothing to nothing to
eat for eat for
dinner! dinner!

Problem: Solution: Problem: Solution:

Someone Someone
is mean is mean
to you on to you on
the bus. the bus.

Problem: Solution: Problem: Solution:

Your Your
family’s family’s
car gets a car gets a
flat tire. flat tire.
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Problem: Solution: Problem: Solution:

Problem: Solution: Problem: Solution:

 Cut around the template. Cut the line between the two flaps. Put glue
under Analyzing the Text. Answer the questions underneath the flaps.

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Analyzing the Text:
What is
the
problem in
Koala
Lou?
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CHARACTER
MOTIVATIONS
is the character
acting a certain way?
What does
he/she
feel?
What does
he/she
want?
What does
he/she need?
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COMMON
CHARACTER MOTIVATIONS
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Rained Out
Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions.
Sophie and her teammates jogged out onto the soccer field. They l ooked
across the field at the gi rls in the bl ue jerseys. Those gi rls were a l ot bigger
than Sophie and her friends. When the game began, Sophie quickly reali zed
that the other team was faster also. The bl ue team moved the ball very quickly
up the field. Three passes into the game, the ball was in the back of the net.
Sophie barely had ti me to reali ze what was happening and her team was
al ready l osing! The rest of the hal f continued in a si milar fashion. By the ti me
the referee blew the whistle to signal a break, the score was 4-0. Sophie and
her teammates trudged off the field.
After a much needed pep talk from thei r coach and a water break, the
gi rls headed back out for the second hal f. Right as play began, so did the rain.
It was coming down in buckets. Sophie’s friend Josie recei ved the ball and
i mmediately sli pped and fell on her face! Sophie couldn' t help it, she started to
laugh. The giggles seemed to be contagious and traveled through her whole
team. Soon the gi rls forgot they were l osing and began to have fun! With
about three minutes left in the game, Sophie had a di rect shot at the goal and it
went in! Sophie and her whole team slid into a messy puddle to celebrate the
goal. After the game, they walked off the field in much better spi rits and
seemed to remember that winning isn’t everything.

What changed the mood of the game?

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What did the writer mean by laughing being “contagious?”
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 Name:_______________ {Informational Passage}

Kangaroos
Directions: Read the passage and answer the question.

Did you know kang aroos cannot travel backwards at all?

They can jump a really far distance forward though! Kang aroos
have extremely power ful hind legs that help them jump up to
thirty feet at one ti me. Kang aroos are marsupials. After their
babies are born, the babies live in a pouch on their mom’s belly.
The babies are called joeys. The joey will stay in the pouch for
about four months before it travels out to get grass for food.
Kang aroos live in groups of up to fi fty called mobs. The
males will someti mes get in fights to prove who is the strongest.
During these fights, they will use their tails to balance and kick
their opponent with their hind legs. The biggest male kang aroo
is considered to be the leader of the mob.
In your own words, what did you learn
about kangaroos?
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Name:_______________
COMPREHENSION CHECK
{Koala Lou by Mem Fox}
Directions: Answer the questions.
1. Where does the story take place?
a. African Savannah
b. Australian Bush
c. Arabian Desert

2. Why does Koala Lou’s mom stop paying as much attention to her?
a. she is busy b. she is mad at Koala Lou c. she goes on a trip
3. Koala Lou trained hard for the Bush Olympics.
True or False

4. What is it that Koala Lou’s mom always says to her?

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5. How did Koala Lou feel before the race?
a. mad b. scared
c. hopeful d. all of the above

6. How did Koala Lou react after the race?

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7. Koala Lou won the race.
True or False

8. What lesson did you learn from the book Koala Lou?
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COMPREHENSION CHECK
{Koala Lou by Mem Fox}
Directions: Write and draw to answer the
questions as thoroughly as possible.
1. Describe the problem and the solution in the book Koala Lou.

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2. Discuss character motivation and how it affects the plot.

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COMPREHENSION CHECK
Directions: Circle the correct answer or answer in a complete sentence.
1. Where does the story take place?
a. African Savannah
b. The Great Barrier Reef
c. Australian Bush
d. Sonoran Desert

2. Why does Koala Lou’s mom stop paying as much attention to

her?
a. she got really busy
b. she is mad at Koala Lou
c. she goes on a long trip
d. all of the above

3. Koala Lou didn’t train much for the Bush Olympics, but she did
wish on a shooting star.
a. True
b. False

4. How did Koala Lou feel before the race?

a. mad
b. hopeful
c. scared
d. none of these

5. Koala Lou won the race!

a. True
b. False
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 6. How did Koala Lou feel right after the race?
{Koala Lou}
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7. When she is really little AND at the end of the book, what does
Koala Lou’s mom say to her?

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8. What is the problem and the solution in Koala Lou?
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9. What is Koala Lou motivated by in the story? What is another
common motivation you may see in a book?

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10. Read the following sentences and describe the character motivation.
Make sure to include how you know in your answer:
Jerry wanted nothing more than to win the soapbox derby.
He knew exactly how he would spend the prize _______. It was
practically burning a hole in his pocket before the race started.

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 Name:_______________ {Koala Lou}
Answer Key
Directions: Circle the correct answer or answer in a complete sentence.
1. Where does the story take place?
a. African Savannah
b. The Great Barrier Reef
c. Australian Bush
d. Sonoran Desert

2. Why does Koala Lou’s mom stop paying as much attention to

her?
a. she got really busy
b. she is mad at Koala Lou
c. she goes on a long trip
d. all of the above

3. Koala Lou didn’t train much for the Bush Olympics but she did
wish on a shooting star.
a. True
b. False

4. How did Koala Lou feel before the race?

a. mad
b. hopeful
c. scared
d. none of these

5. Koala Lou won the race!

a. True
b. False
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 Koala Lou was devastated when she lost.

Her mom says Koala Lou I do love you!

Koala Lou doesn’t feel like she is loved by her mom

anymore. She thinks if she wins the race, her mom
will notice her. Koala Lou realizes that her mom
always has loved her after Mom talks to her!

Koala Lou is motivated by love. Another

popular motivator for characters is fear!

Jerry is motivated by money. I know this

because he is thinking about how to spend
the prize money before he even races!
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Koala Lou Chart: Use while discussing the book and

completing comprehension activities. Students use
sticky notes to respond to the text.
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 NONFICTION
Nonfiction Readers are found in a separate folder so they be accessed
and displayed more easily.
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AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA

Facts

Facts
Kangaroo Kangaroo
Facts Facts

Kangaroo Kangaroo
Facts Facts

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All About Australia: Students use this chart

with the nonfiction reader. Students write
facts learned about Australia on the chart.
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A U STR
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AUSTRALIA

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AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA:

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VOCABULARY
 splendid magnificent or
impressive
taking part in a
compete contest and trying
to win

hush a silence

preparations the action of

getting ready

spectators people watching a

game or sport

flung thrown
forcefully
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 coral a tiny soft-bodied animal
related to the jellyfish

erosion
the gradual
destruction of
something

inhabited something that is lived

in

marsupials
mammals that are typically
carried in pouches as
babies

Outback the uninhabited

regions of Australia

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splendid magnificent or impressive
taking part in a contest and
compete trying to win

hush a silence

preparations the action of getting ready

people watching a game or
spectators sport

flung thrown forcefully

a tiny soft-bodied animal
coral related to the jellyfish
the gradual destruction of
erosion something

inhabited something that is lived in

mammals that are typically

marsupials carried in pouches as babies

the uninhabited regions of

Outback Australia
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Vocabulary Journal Prompts: Students glue into their spirals. Students respond
to the prompt.

splendid: magnificent or impressive

Draw and name three things that are splendid.
Describe one of the items.
compete: taking part in a contest and trying
to win
Write about a time that you have competed.
hush: a silence
Why did a hush fall over the crowd at the Bush
Olympics?
preparations: the action of getting ready
What preparations would you make before
playing in a big game?
spectators: people watching a game or
sport
What is the role of the spectators at a game?
flung: thrown forcefully
Why did Koala Lou’s mother fling her arms
around her neck at the end of the story?
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Vocabulary Journal Prompts: Students glue into their spirals. Students respond
to the prompt.

splendid: magnificent or impressive

Draw and name three things that are splendid.
Describe one of the items.

splendid: magnificent or impressive

Draw and name three things that are splendid.
Describe one of the items.

splendid: magnificent or impressive

Draw and name three things that are splendid.
Describe one of the items.

splendid: magnificent or impressive

Draw and name three things that are splendid.
Describe one of the items.

splendid: magnificent or impressive

Draw and name three things that are splendid.
Describe one of the items.
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Vocabulary Journal Prompts: Students glue into their spirals. Students respond
to the prompt.

compete: taking part in a contest and

trying to win
Write about a time that you have competed.

compete: taking part in a contest and

trying to win
Write about a time that you have competed.

compete: taking part in a contest and

trying to win
Write about a time that you have competed.

compete: taking part in a contest and

trying to win
Write about a time that you have competed.

compete: taking part in a contest and

trying to win
Write about a time that you have competed.
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Vocabulary Journal Prompts: Students glue into their spirals. Students respond
to the prompt.

hush: a silence
Why did a hush fall over the crowd at
the Bush Olympics?

hush: a silence
Why did a hush fall over the crowd at
the Bush Olympics?

hush: a silence
Why did a hush fall over the crowd at
the Bush Olympics?

hush: a silence
Why did a hush fall over the crowd at
the Bush Olympics?

hush: a silence
Why did a hush fall over the crowd at
the Bush Olympics?
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Vocabulary Journal Prompts: Students glue into their spirals. Students respond
to the prompt.

preparations: the action of getting ready

What preparations would you make before
playing in a big game?

preparations: the action of getting ready

What preparations would you make before
playing in a big game?

preparations: the action of getting ready

What preparations would you make before
playing in a big game?

preparations: the action of getting ready

What preparations would you make before
playing in a big game?

preparations: the action of getting ready

What preparations would you make before
playing in a big game?
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Vocabulary Journal Prompts: Students glue into their spirals. Students respond
to the prompt.

spectators: people watching a game or

sport
What is the role of the spectators at a game?

spectators: people watching a game or

sport
What is the role of the spectators at a game?

spectators: people watching a game or

sport
What is the role of the spectators at a game?

spectators: people watching a game or

sport
What is the role of the spectators at a game?

spectators: people watching a game or

sport
What is the role of the spectators at a game?
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Vocabulary Journal Prompts: Students glue into their spirals. Students respond
to the prompt.

flung: thrown forcefully

Why did Koala Lou’s mother fling her arms
around her neck at the end of the story?

flung: thrown forcefully

Why did Koala Lou’s mother fling her arms
around her neck at the end of the story?

flung: thrown forcefully

Why did Koala Lou’s mother fling her arms
around her neck at the end of the story?

flung: thrown forcefully

Why did Koala Lou’s mother fling her arms
around her neck at the end of the story?

flung: thrown forcefully

Why did Koala Lou’s mother fling her arms
around her neck at the end of the story?
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splendid compete hush

preparations spectators flung

taking part in a contest

and trying to win
the action of getting
ready

a silence

thrown forcefully

people watching a
game or sport
magnificent or
impressive
Directions: Cut out the flap-ups. Put glue under the Vocabulary tab. Under each flap, write the
words in a sentence.

splendid
compete
spectators
flung
hush
preparations

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Vocab: Spin a Word

Word Spun: Word Spun:

Write a synonym: Write an antonym:

Word Spun: Word Spun:

Write what it means: Write it in a sentence:

Word Spun:

Draw a picture:

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 Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives

Print these headers on bright colored paper. You can

practice sorting vocabulary words as a whole group or
use it as an independent center.
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splendid hush

preparations flung

compete marsupials

spectators inhabited
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Outback erosion

coral

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Name: ________________________

Directions: Write the definition and draw a picture

that matches.

splendid
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compete
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hush
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Name: ________________________

Directions: Write the definition and draw a picture

that matches.

preparations

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spectators
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flung
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Vocabulary Quiz
{Koala Lou by Mem Fox}

•splendid •compete •hush

•preparations •spectators •flung
Directions: Use each word once to complete the sentence.
1. Emily _____________ herself on her bed after her mom
told her that she couldn’t go to the movies with her friends.

2. __________________________ for the party include

making cupcakes, decorating the table, and finding fun
music.

3. The best athletes in the world come together to

_______________ in the Olympics.

4. The ___________________ all gasped as the ball

soared just inches over the goalie’s head to tie the game
and send it into overtime.

5. Brad had a ________________ idea for solving the

problem of the washing machine leaking.

6. When Coretta walked into the room, a

________________ fell over the audience as they stared
at the tall and confident woman.
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Name:_______________

VOCABULARY
{Koala Lou by Mem Fox}
Directions: Read the sentence. Make up your own sentence
with the underlined word. Draw a picture to match.
1. Koalas and kangaroos are both marsupials that live in
Australia.
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2. The old, raggedy house was inhabited by a large group of
pesky squirrels.

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3. Erosion of the dunes could mean major damage to the
beaches along the East Coast.
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4. The coral reef serves as homes to over 1,500 kinds of fish
and is essential to our oceans.
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Australian Opera House Art Project

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You will need to cut five

Cut a paper plate into half. sections out of the plate.
Throw away extras.

Glue the pieces onto blue paper Make the waves. Glue on a
in the shape of the Opera sun, and use glitter for
House. You will have to hold fireworks in the background.
them down for several seconds.
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Students make koala to display with their learning about the

story for this week.
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Koala
Face
and
Ears:
Gray or
Brown
Paper
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Koala Body: Gray or Brown Paper
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Koala Stomach and Eyes: White Paper
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Koala Nose: Black Paper
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 GRAMMAR
Vivid Verbs Layered Booklet: Each
student gets three verbs for their booklet.
Students make their layered booklet by
arranging the pages shortest to tallest and
stapling at the top. Students order their
verbs from the weakest to strongest.
Then, students write sentences under the
flap with the verb in a sentence.
Verb Flapbook: Students make their
flapbook by folding on the dark line and
cutting on the dotted line. Students color
code the synonyms first. Then, students
put the weaker verbs under the Verb 1
flap. Students put the stronger synonym
under the Verb 2 flap.
“Shades” of Meaning: Students make their
sunglasses. Students choose two verbs
that are synonyms to write on the outside
of the shades. They could also write the
two words in sentences.
Koala Lou’s Verbs: Students cut out the
squares on the dotted lines. On the top
rectangle, students write a synonym for
the verb, but it must be stronger.
Students glue under the rectangle into
their spiral or onto a piece of paper.
Under the flap, students write the verbs in
sentences.
Victorious Verbs: Students read the
sentences and choose the verb that best
competes the sentences. Students should
be looking for more vivid verbs to
complete the sentences.
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meaning
•small differences
between words
• words have similar
meanings
• one might be
stronger or more
forceful than the
other like
love
adore
idolize
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Shades of Meaning Cards: Verbs

hurry fall
rush drop
hustle collapse
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Shades of Meaning Cards: Verbs

guard yell
defend shout
protect bellow
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Shades of Meaning Cards: Verbs

run laugh

dart giggle
sprint chuckle
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Shades of Meaning Cards: Verbs

look like
stare love
gaze admire
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Shades of Meaning Cards: Verbs

walk doze
stroll snooze
march slumber
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Shades of Meaning Cards: Verbs

eat hop
chew bounce
crunch leap
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Shades of Meaning Cards: Verbs

said think

stated wonder
announced imagine
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verbs

Order the booklet pages by length and

staple at the top. Glue your three verbs
in order from the weakest to the
strongest. Use each verb in a sentence
and draw a picture on the flaps.
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sob cry bawl

break destroy ruin
vanish disappear gone
dash run bolt
clean rinse scrub
laugh chuckle giggle
Each student needs one set of verb cards (just three verbs per child)

sob cry bawl

break destroy ruin
vanish disappear gone
dash run bolt
clean rinse scrub
laugh chuckle giggle
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you!”
“Koala Lou, I DO love
you!”
“Koala Lou, I DO adore
VERB 1
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Shades of Meaning Verbs Flapbook
Fold on the solid line, cut on the dotted lines. Sort the verbs
under each category. The stronger, more forceful verbs go
under the Verb 2 flap.
shake admire think love
injure cry yell tremble
roar encourage beam hurt
smile imagine cheer sob

Cut out and glue underneath the correct flaps.

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shake admire think love

injure cry yell tremble
roar encourage beam hurt
smile imagine cheer sob
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Shades of Meaning Sunglasses

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Print on colored paper

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Each student needs two

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Name: ________________________

victorious verbs
Choose the verb that best completes the sentence.
1. Early in the morning she would (go up/climb) the
tree.

2. Every night she (curled up/sat) under the stars.

3. She (wanted/longed for) her mom to say it again.

4. Her mother would (throw/fling) her arms around

her neck.

5. “Fine, just fine,” Koala Lou would (reply/say).

6. At last the day of the Bush Olympics

(came/arrived).
7. She saw her mother in the crowd and
(imagined/thought about) her mother saying, “Koala
Lou, I DO love you!”

8. The spectators whistled and (yelled/cheered).

9. “Can I do better than that?” (thought/wondered)

Koala Lou.

10. Koala Lou (leapt/jumped) onto the tree.

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DAILY DEEP DIVE takes one sentence

from the book to focus on for the week.
There are 4 different activities that students
complete with the sentence. These can be
done once a day or all on one day.
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MENTOR SENTENCE:
The spectators roared and
clapped and stamped their
feet.
Koala Lou
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On Monday, glue each of the strips into a spiral, leaving

space to write in between each prompt. Students will
complete a task each day as a response to the mentor
sentence from the book.

The spectators roared and clapped and

stamped thei r feet.
Koala Lou

Monday
Who were the spectators?

Tuesday
There are three verbs. Highlight the
three verbs. Use one in a new
sentence.

Wednesday
Edit the sentence for errors. Write it the correct way.
the spectators roared and clappd and stamped
there foots
Thursday
Why were the spectators
roaring?
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DAILY DEEP DIVE

Koala Lou

MENTOR SENTENCE
The spectators roared and clapped and stamped
thei r feet.

DEFINE IT!
Who were the spectators?
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look at it!
There are three verbs. Highlight the three verbs. Use one in a
new sentence.

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Koala Lou

fix it up!
the spectators roared and clappd and stamped
there foots
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THINK ABOUT IT!
Why were the spectators roaring?
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