The Big Bad Wolf! He pops up in The Three Little Pigs and again in Little Red Riding Hood. Although some students may be a little wary, most will find him a little fascinating. Especially if you read a story like The Wolf's Story - What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood
I had fun designing some scary cute wolf graphics recently and including them in a new Sentence Maker pack for you. Our sentence maker resources help you cater for 5 levels of writing abilities - or sequence your learners through a week of sequenced progression.
We would love to share it with you over on TPT for FREE!
You can find more writing pages for Fairytales, in this bigger packet on TpT.
Level 1 - Read, Cut and Paste (Monday)
Activity 1 is a cut and paste 'sentence maker'. Your students will learn about putting words in the correct order, leaving spaces between their words and print having meaning. I always enlarge these onto big paper and do them as a whole class, modelling all the strategies "good readers and writers" use.
Level 2: Read and Trace (Tuesday)
Activity 2 is a tracing activity - students will need to read the sentence first and then copy by tracing the letters in the correct formation. I move students on to the 'tracing' page once they have shown they can consistently complete the 'cut and paste' versions correctly. I also check to see that they can point to each word in a basic sentence and attempt to read it, knowing that each 'paste' is a complete word.
Level 3 - Read and Copy (Wednesday)
Activity 3 - students who are able to copy print from models will enjoy this one. They can first read the sentence and then copy out the sentence underneath. This is for students that have demonstrated neat tracing over consecutive worksheets and the lines they make with the pencil show firm, steady control. Students that show signs of wanting to create their own text may also use this version - encourage them to invent their own sentence that follows on from the one printed.
Level 4: Attempt independent writing (Thursday + Friday)
Activity 4 can be used for your most confident writers and will require them to complete a their own sentences about the Big Bad Wolf.
I hope you and your students like using these worksheets - find our growing collection of pages over on our website page.
Our Week of Writing packs also use this 5 day sequenced progression and we have has so much positive feedback from teachers to say it is working beautifully for their emergent-writers!