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TERM 4 · WEEK 6
The Storybook Portal
THE GREAT STORYBOOK HAS OPENED Step through six fairy-tale chapters, restore the missing pages, then finish with your usual Week 6 Check In.
1WORDS 2CLUES 3STORY 4MATHS 5ENDING 6DRAW
Step through the Storybook Portal. Restore the words, solve the clues, write the adventure, repair the pictures, rescue the ending and finish with a Quick Draw sprint.
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Restore the missing story words before the wolf reaches the brick house.
Fairy-Tale Word Magic
Strong words help the reader picture exactly what is happening.
TEACH · LEARN THE IDEA
A precise verb tells us how an action happens. Compare these two sentences.
PLAINThe wolf went towards the house.→STRONGERThe wolf crept towards the house.
Why is “crept” stronger? It tells us the wolf moved slowly and quietly, so the sentence creates a clearer mood.
WE DO ONE TOGETHER
The pig looked through the crack in the door. Which word creates the clearest picture?
YOU TRY · RESTORE FIVE STORY WORDS0 / 5 restored
“Open the door!” the wolf ___.
The little pig ___ through the window.
The pigs built a ___ brick house.
The forest became dark and ___.
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✦✧✦✧ Investigate the cottage, read the clues and make an inference like a story detective.
Clues in the Bears' Cottage
Good readers combine story clues with what they already know.
TEACH · WHAT IS AN INFERENCE?
WHAT THE STORY TELLS ME＋WHAT I ALREADY KNOW＝MY INFERENCE
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CLUEThe smallest bowl is empty and the spoon is still warm.
→INFERENCESomeone probably ate the porridge recently.
READ THIS FIRST
The Quiet Cottage
Three bears returned from a walk and stopped at the cottage door. Something felt different. The smallest bowl was empty, and a warm spoon rested beside it. One chair had tipped sideways and the smallest chair had a cracked leg. Upstairs, two beds were neat, but the smallest blanket was rumpled into a heap. A faint trail of muddy footprints led from the bedroom towards the back door. “Someone has been here,” said Papa Bear. Baby Bear listened. From somewhere beyond the garden came the snap of a twig.
WE DO · FIND EVIDENCE
Which clue proves somebody has disturbed the cottage? Tap a strong clue.
YOU TRY · MAKE A PREDICTION
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✦✧✦✧ Follow the glowing trail, build a problem and write your own three-part fairy-tale adventure.
Write Your Storybook Adventure
Your story needs a beginning, a problem and a solution — plus dialogue that sounds like a character speaking.
TEACH · BUILD THE STORY IN THREE PARTS 1BEGINNING 2PROBLEM 3ENDING
Who is there? Where are they? What is the mood?
Something changes, disappears, blocks the path or goes wrong.
Your character makes a choice that solves the problem.
DIALOGUE MODEL“Where did the path go?” Maia whispered.
Speech marks hold the exact words. The speaking verb tells us how the words were said.
WE DO · BUILD AN OPENING
Choose three ingredients and we will build a model opening.
YOU TRY · WRITE THREE SHORT PARAGRAPHS
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✦✧✦✧ Repair the illustrations with fractions, translation, reflection, rotation and halves.
Storybook Geometry
The illustrations have slipped out of place. Repair all five picture spells.
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STORY FRACTIONSTwo of eight panels show the wolf. Tap the wolf panels.
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SLIDE THE COTTAGEMove the cottage without turning or flipping it.
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MAGIC MIRRORChoose the picture that is reflected across the mirror line.
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TURN THE KEYGive the key one quarter-turn clockwise.
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FAIRY LIGHTSHalf of 12 stars need to glow. Tap the correct number.
0 / 5 picture spells repaired
Complete every spell to restore the Storybook Geometry page.
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✦✧✦✧ Build all six story panels so the Great Storybook can reach its ending.
Rescue the Missing Ending
The last page has disappeared. Build exactly six panels so another reader can follow the adventure.
TEACH · A STORYBOARD IS A STORY IN PICTURES
Each panel moves the action forward. Captions, dialogue, size, position and close-ups help the audience know what matters.
WORLD→PORTAL→ENTER→PROBLEM→SOLUTION→ENDING
CHOOSE YOUR STORY WORLD
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ORDINARY WORLDWhere does your character begin?2✦
PORTAL APPEARSWhat strange or magical thing appears?3✦
ENTER THE STORYHow does your character step into the fairy-tale world?4✦
THE PROBLEMWhat goes wrong?5✦
THE SOLUTIONWhat clever choice solves the problem?6✦
THE ENDINGHow does the adventure finish?EXPLAIN ONE VISUAL CHOICE
Which tool would help the audience notice the most important moment?
GAME BREAK
Play the challenge and follow the instructions inside the game. Complete at least one challenge successfully to finish this Game Break.
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✦✧✦✧ Open a surprise drawing challenge and sketch it before the storybook timer runs out.
Quick Draw: Storybook Sprint
Open the book, reveal a surprise prompt, then draw it before the timer reaches zero.
YOUR CHALLENGEOpen the storybook to begin.
00:30 Open a surprise storybook challenge
The drawing page stays closed until you are ready. Open a challenge, then sketch before the 30-second timer reaches zero.
PAGE COMPLETE ✨
Your drawing has joined the Storybook.
Week 6 Check In
07 · ClubhouseThis part is about your own learning. There are no right or wrong feelings.
WHAT AM I LEARNING?
Reflect on the week's learning using the standard Year 4 Check In.
YOUR MISSION
Use the standard Year 4 Check In exactly as normal: choose Mostly by myself / Some help / Another go and write one thing you understand better now.
Need help? See the steps
TEACH · LEARN THE IDEA
Choose what feels true for you, then write one thing you understand better now.
- STEP 1Choose how the week felt.
- STEP 2Write one thing you understand better now.
How did this week feel?
There are no right or wrong answers. Choose what feels true for you.