Poems Yr 5-8: Old Man Platypus - Banjo Paterson

About this teaching resource

'Poems look at the world from the inside out.' Charles Ghigna

Poems ready to print and copy. Includes:

• A4 enlarge to A3 for Shared Reading
• A4 versions for your classroom library

Poetry:

• Offers whole, continuous text enabling students to see how all aspects of the text work together to contribute to meaning
• Expands oral language abilities
• Expands written language abilities
• Expands content knowledge
• Contributes to children’s social knowledge and skills

Check out our mini lessons for skills, strategies, and behaviours to model explicitly and to engage students in their use.