1. By Martin Waddell and David Roberts1
Predicting Panda 2
Predict and Check 3
Predict and Check
Look at the front cover and read the back blurb of your book.
Write down 2 things that might happen in your story.
What did you predict might happen in your story?
Read p 2-7. Now check that you understand – what has happened in your story so far?
How was Emma feeling?
Who knocked on Emma’s door?
What was the weather like?
Look at the pictures on p 8-9. Now predict:
How do you think the tiny thing is feeling?
What do you think Emma will do to help?
Now read p. 6-7
3. Why did Emma poke the fire? 4
Picture This!
Kind Emma
By Martin Waddell and David Roberts
(Big Cats) 5 6
Read Closely!
Read p
What did Emma do for the tiny thing?
What did the tiny thing do?
After you answer your questions:
3. Draw a picture of the soup on the table and the tiny thing hiding under the table. Add lots of detail.
Finish reading your book
Where do you think Emma went when she left the tiny thing?
What are 3 things that happened when Emma woke up in the morning?
Do you think the tiny thing is afraid of Emma any more? 7
Make Connections 8
Describing Feelings 9
Be Creative!
The tiny thing was afraid of Emma at first. Think of a time when you were afraid of something.
What were you afraid of?
Who helped you when you were feeling afraid?
How did they help you?
Were you still afraid?
Think about how the tiny thing feels during the story.
How does it feel when it is outside at the beginning of the story?
How does it feel when Emma lets it into the house?
How does it feel at the end of the story?
The Tiny Thing and Emma became friends. Think of 3 things they might do together.
Draw a picture of each of these things (you should have 3 pictures).
Write a sentence describing what Emma and the tiny thing are doing in each picture (you should have 3 sentences).

2. Kind Emma Predicting Panda Predict and Check Predict and Check1
Predicting Panda 2
Predict and Check 3
Predict and Check
I can:
Predict what will happen in my story
Read part of my story, then stop and check that I understood it
Answer 3 questions about my story
I can:
Use pictures to predict what will happen in my story
Answer a question about my story
I can:
Use the book title and blurb to predict 2 things that might happen in my story
Write down my 2 predictions 4
Picture This!
Kind Emma
Success Criteria 5 6
Read Closely!
I can:
Answer a question about my story
Picture something that happened in my story
Draw a detailed, colourful picture of something in my story
I can:
Read my story carefully
Answer questions about my story 7
Make Connections 8
Describing Feelings 9
Be Creative!
I can:
Make connections between my story and something that happened to me
Write about the connections I make
I can:
Answer questions about how the main character in my story feels
I can:
Imagine 3 things that friends might do together
Draw pictures of these things
Write sentences describing what the friends are doing.