This resource is aa eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Paradise Sands - A Story of Enchantment by Levi Pinfold. 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 better words than) plus questions about the illustrations and a narrative writing worksheet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point by Trina Saffioti and Maggie Prewett. 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 comparatives and superlatives) plus a making connections task and a writing worksheet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Don’t Forget The Bacon! by Pat Hutchins. This document contains five 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 (plurals and collective nouns) and writing activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Fox by Margaret Wild. There are eight 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 and vocab activities plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Bad-Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle. 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 and verbs, tense, word building and compound words) and a matching activity plus an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

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. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Find Out About… Animal Babies 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 activities which relate to the animals mentioned in the book. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 39 page PDF document which contains an Australian Landmarks Bingo Game Set. There are 32 game boards, each one different so that up to 32 students can play at once. You could even have 33 students playing if one student was to take on the role of the Bingo Caller. Each bingo card features 25 squares with various natural and built Australian landmarks. The game also includes clue cards for the 44 different landmarks featured in the set, a record sheet for the Caller and instructions for how to play the game. This game is an excellent resource to use to teach students about Australia’s landmarks. This activity was written to support the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a five page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Meet… Captain Cook by Rae Murdie and Chris Nixon. This resource contains three worksheets for students and one teacher answer sheet. The worksheets include two pages of comprehension questions and a writing activity. Teacher answers are included for relevant activities. This book is an excellent resource to use for a unit on early explorers of Australia. It outlines Captain Cook’s Endeavour journey in an exciting and interesting way for students. This book was short listed in the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books category for 2014. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document about the English explorer James Cook’s Endeavour voyage. The first page is the story of James Cook and his journey. There are also four activity pages included in this resource. The last two pages of this resource are the answer sheets for the teacher. One of the activities included would work well with the use of ipads in the classroom as it has a QR code that links to a video about the Endeavour voyage. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Rats of Tobruk by Mark Wilson. 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 vocabulary / grammar activities. There is also a research task and a reflection activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Anzac Girl - The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King by Kate Simpson and Jess Racklyeft. There are six activities to do with the book. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, making connection activities and a research task. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The First Fleet by Alan Boardman and Roland Harvey. 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, research and writing activities. There is also a QR code activity which takes students to a video about a convict shirt that was found in Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Ned Kelly and the Green Sash by Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac. 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 tasks and a writing activity. There is also a research activity and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about Ned Kelly. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of Guess Who cards based on aniamls. These cards can be printed back to back, cut out and inserted into a Guess Who set. Students can then play Guess Who based on their knowledge of various different animals. The questions asked could be based on what type of animal it is/ whether it fits the category of mammal, reptile, bird etc / what type of environment it lives in / how it moves / what it eats etc. This game gives students plenty of opportunity to develop their understanding of the characteristics that make different animals so unique. These cards can also be used by turning over the cards instead, provided the students have a barrier between them, if you do not have Guess Who in your classroom. This resource is also really useful for EAL/D, ESL, NESB or LBOTE students. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a two page PDF file of an activity where students can make a concertina-style book about the events of the Eureka Stockade. This resource is one page long. The students colour in the pictures first then they cut out and fold the page to create the book. There are instructions given at the top of the page. Each page of the book has a picture and information about the events of the Eureka Stockade. When the book is completed, it is designed to be glued into the student’s workbook on the last page. One side of the book has four pages which outline the events of the Eureka Stockade. On the other side are two pages which feature a key figure (Peter Lalor) and a key symbol (the Eureka flag). This activity is a fun way for students to learn about the Eureka Stockade and was designed to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. This resource is also provided in with colour pictures. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a five page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Night We Made The Flag - A Eureka Story by Carole Wilkinson and illustrated by Sebastian Ciaffaglone. There are four worksheets for students in this resource. The worksheets include comprehension questions, vocabulary activities and reflection activities. All four pages are for student use. This book is an excellent resource to use when learning about the Eureka Stockade. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Inside the World of Tom Roberts by Mark Wilson. 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 vocabulary / grammar activities. There is also a research activity on Captain Thunderbolt and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about the painting Bailed Up. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak. The stories that are included in this book are: What Will Little Bear Wear? Birthday Soup Little Bear Goes to the Moon Little Bear’s Wish The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are eight worksheets, two for each story. This resource has been designed in this manner as this is the type of book that is often used for reading / literacy groups. This allows for the work to be completed as the students work their way through the text. Each chapter contains a worksheet which includes three comprehension questions and a small task plus another worksheet with a vocabulary focus or a writing activity or a puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a three page PDF file with an activity where students have to sort out 3D objects in everyday life into the categories of: cube, sphere, cone, cyclinder and rectangular prism. The first page provides the table for students to glue the pictures into. The second page contains all of the 3D object pictures the students need to sort in colour and the third page contains the 3D object pictures in black and white. Teachers only need to use one page of pictures. We thought we would provide pictures in black and white or colour for teachers to choose which set they would like to use. This resource could also be used as an assessment activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.