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Jonah and the Whale Craft: Foldable Mini Book

Jonah and the Whale is retold in a foldable mini book for grades 1-3, offered in color, tracing, picture-fill sequencing and blank retell versions.
Grades
Grades 1–3, Elementary
Pages
18
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Oct 02, 2026

Subject
ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Strategies
Topic
reading comprehension, Bible story
Resource types
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Encourage the love for reading through the engaging and inspiring Bible story of Jonah and the Whale in this “Jonah And The Whale Foldable Mini Book Set”. This resource is created specifically for Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3 primary students, homeschoolers, and, EFL / ESL learners to support their reading comprehension skills through this hand-on practice of putting together their very own mini-book! This resource contains five mini-book versions that are designed for specific purposes. This includes:

1. Colored Mini-Book for story telling time and reading comprehension exercises

2. Black and White Mini-Book with Story Tracing Activities

3. Picture-Fill Mini-Book for Sequencing Test or Exercise

4. Black and White Mini-Book for Story Re-Tell and Writing Exercise

5. Blank Mini-Book Pages for Story Re-Tell, Writing, and Drawing Exercises

The file is also saved in three different versions for printing preferences, specifically legal, letter and A4 paper sizes. There is also an instruction page for how to put together the foldable mini-book as well as a sample lesson plan for your guidance. This “Jonah And The Whale Foldable Mini Book Set” is made to promote students’ reading comprehension skills, practice sequencing events; support re-telling skills; enhance creativity and cognitive skills; develop motor skills through handwriting and drawing exercises practice.

This resource can be used for reading comprehension lessons, Bible classes, assessment tool through project work, teacher-emergency tool and subplan and others!

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Sequence the main events of Jonah and the Whale
  • Retell the story in writing or drawing using the blank pages

Teaching tips

  • Print with the page-sizing option set to Fit so the fold and cut lines line up when the mini book is assembled.

Skills covered

  • Sequencing - placing story pictures in order in the picture-fill version
  • Retelling - writing and drawing the story in the blank version

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