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The Big Bush Easter Egg Hunt by Colin Buchanan - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Big Bush Easter Egg Hunt by Colin Buchanan and Cate James. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are vocabulary activities (antonyms, rhyming words, adjectives, contractions, compound words and alphabetical order) plus a writing worksheet.
There is a double-up of two worksheets because on one worksheet the pictures are provided in colour and on the other the pictures are provided in black and white for teachers that may not want to print in colour.
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The Garden at the End of the World by Cassy Polimeni - 6 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Garden at the End of the World by Cassy Polimeni and Briony Stewart. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (adjectives and compound words), a Venn diagram task and a Global Seed Vault website worksheet plus a synonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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A Trip to the Hospital by Freda Chiu - 6 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book A Trip to the Hospital by Freda Chiu. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (compound words, adjectives and contractions) and writing activities plus an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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Bin Chicken's Eggcellent Easter by Kate and Jol Temple - 6 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Bin Chicken’s Eggcellent Easter by Kate and Jol Temple and Ronojoy Ghosh. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are vocabulary tasks (rhyming words, adjectives and verbs, contractions and a word detective activity) plus scavenger hunt questions, a writing activity and a synonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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Grandma's Story by Moira Butterfield - 6 Worksheets - Family History
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Grandma’s Story by Moira Butterfield. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (compound words, contractions, adjectives and tense) plus an interview task and two writing worksheets.
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City of Light by Julia Lawrinson - 6 Worksheets - John Glenn's 1962 Orbit
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book City of Light by Julia Lawrinson, Heather Potter and Mark Jackson. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a word detective activity, two graphic organiser tasks (Venn diagram and Y-chart) plus a research worksheet and a writing activity.
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This is a School by John Schu - 6 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book This is a School by John Schu and Veronica Miller Jamison. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There is a word building activity plus an item identification task, three writing worksheets and an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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Wonderful Wasps by Katrina Germein - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Wonderful Wasps by Katrina Germein and Suzanne Houghton. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are vocabulary activities (rhyming words, adjectives and compound words), two writing worksheets plus a poster designing task.
There is a double-up of one worksheet which is provided with colour pictures plus a version with black and white pictures for teachers that may not want to print in colour.
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If Bees Disappeared by Lily Williams - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book If Bees Disappeared by Lily Williams. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and writing activities. There is also a cause and effect activity and a design a poster task.
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If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams - 6 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a cause and effect task and writing activities.
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Dear Greenpeace by Simon James - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Dear Greenpeace by Simon James. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (compound words and contractions), a making connections worksheet and two writing tasks.
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Grub by Sandra Severgnini - 6 Worksheets - Vocabulary Activities
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Grub by Sandra Severgnini. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are vocabulary activities (compound words, word building, tense and adjectives) plus two writing tasks.
One worksheet is provided in two versions - one with colour pictures and one with pictures in black and white for those teachers that may not wish to print in colour.
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Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons - 7 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons. There are seven worksheets included in this resource.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities (adjectives and adverbs). There is also a pre-reading activity and three writing tasks.
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Giraffes by Laura Marsh - National Geographic Kids Reader
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Giraffes by Laura Marsh. This document contains six worksheets for students.
This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 1 however we understand that some levels differ depending on the country where the text is published.
The activities allow the students to reinforce their understanding of giraffes by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions, writing activities and a true or false facts task.
Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about giraffes but do not have this particular book to use.
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Kind by Jess McGeachin - 6 Worksheets - A Call to Care for Every Creature
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Kind - A Call to Care for Every Creature by Jess McGeachin. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are vocabulary tasks (adjectives, rhyming words and a vocabulary search) and writing / sorting activities plus a worksheet where students design a poster.
There is one worksheet which is doubled-up. There is one version with colour pictures and another with the pictures in black and white for teachers that may not want to print in colour.
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Ella and the Useless Day by Meg McKinlay - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Ella and the Useless Day by Meg McKinlay and Karen Blair. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (adjectives and verbs, adverbs and compound words) and writing activities.
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Song of the White Ibis by Phillip Gwynne - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Song of the White Ibis by Phillip Gwynne and Liz Anelli. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (dictionary work, tense and true or false) and writing task plus a poster designing task.
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Swoop by Nicole Godwin - 6 Worksheets - Magpies
This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Swoop by Nicole Godwin and Susannah Crispe. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (adjectives and verbs and tense) and writing activities plus an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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Ladybugs by Gail Gibbons - 6 Worksheets - Ladybirds
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Ladybugs by Gail Gibbons. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and writing and drawing activities.
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Find Out About... Animal Homes by Martin Jenkins - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Find Out About… Animal Homes by Martin Jenkins and Jane McGuinness. This document contains six worksheets for students.
The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and writing activities which relate to the animals mentioned in the book.
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