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Kookoo Kookaburra by Gregg Dreise - 6 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Kookoo Kookaburra by Gregg Dreise. 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, language and grammar activities plus an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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Alligators and Crocodiles by Laura Marsh - National Geographic Reader
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Alligators and Crocodiles by Laura Marsh. This document contains six worksheets for students.
This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 3 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 crocodilians by completing activities that work with this text.
Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about crocodilians but do not have this particular book to use.
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Sharks by Anne Schreiber - National Geographic Kids Reader
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Sharks by Anne Schreiber. This document contains six worksheets for students.
This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 3 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 sharks by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions, writing activities and a research task.
Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about sharks but do not have this particular book to use.
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Fly Guy Presents: Sharks by Tedd Arnold - 6 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Fly Guy Presents: Sharks by Tedd Arnold. 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 one page of comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (compound words and adjectives), a fact recording task, one other writing worksheet and a vowel build-up puzzle. A teacher answer sheet is provided for the puzzle.
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Stay for Dinner by Sandhya Parappukkaran - 7 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Stay for Dinner by Sandhya Parappukkaran and Michelle Pereira. This document contains seven 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 word building), a survey task, a food opinion worksheet plus a recalling facts activity and a poster designing worksheet.
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Fly Guy Presents: Bats by Tedd Arnold - 6 Worksheets - Comprehension
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Fly Guy Presents: Bats by Tedd Arnold. 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 page of comprehension questions, two vocabulary worksheets (comparatives and superlatives and a vocabulary search), a question answering task, an adjectives and description writing activity and an interesting facts worksheet.
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Endangered Australian Animals Research Activity Sheets - 14 Different Animals
This resource is a 15 page PDF document with a research activity on 14 different endangered Australian animals.
The animals included are a mix of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish.
The teacher just has to print off the sheets and give one to each student / group in the class. Each sheet asks for similar information so all students are doing a similar research activity. Students can then research the particular animal they were given and record their information on their worksheet. The sheets look great displayed in the classroom when finished.
There is a blank sheet so teachers can get students to research another endangered animal if needed.
This activity was written to use with the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus.
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At Christmas, You Get What You Get and You Don't Get Upset by Heath McKenzie
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book At Christmas, You Get What You Get and You Don’t Get Upset by Heath McKenzie. 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, contractions and comparatives and superlatives), a Christmas presents task and two writing worksheets.
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Dharma the Christmas Llama by Matt Cosgrove - 6 Worksheets - Vocabulary
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Dharma the Christmas Llama by Matt Cosgrove. 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, compound words, adjectives, contractions and antonyms), a small Christmassy things task and a writing worksheet.
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A Very Mercy Christmas by Kate DiCamillo - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book A Very Mercy Christmas by Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen. 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 activities (compound words and suffixes), a sequencing task, a carols activity and a writing worksheet.
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Gardens Are for Growing by Chelsea Tornetto - 6 Worksheets Vocabulary Activities
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Gardens Are for Growing by Chelsea Tornetto and Hsulynn Pang. 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, compound words and adjectives), two writing activities and an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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Fly Guy Presents: Snakes by Tedd Arnold - 6 Worksheets
This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Fly Guy Presents: Snakes by Tedd Arnold. 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 page of comprehension questions, a worksheet about compound words, a senses comparison task, an information report writing activity, a true or false activity and a fact recording sheet.
Included also are double-ups of two of the worksheets with colour pictures instead. This is for teachers who may wish to print in colour.
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An Odd Dog Christmas by Rob Biddulph - 6 Worksheets - Vocabulary
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book An Odd Dog Christmas by Rob Biddulph. 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, contractions and compound words), a writing task, a drawing activity and a Christmassy things worksheet.
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Weird Sea Creatures by Laura Marsh - National Geographic Kids Reader
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Weird Sea Creatures by Laura Marsh. This document contains six worksheets for students.
This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 3 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 weird sea creatures by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions and writing activities plus a true or false task.
Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about sea creatures but do not have this particular book to use.
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Fly Guy Presents Book Bundle - Worksheets for 10 Books
This resource is a book bundle with activities to do based on the following books by Tedd Arnold:
Fly Guy Presents: Insects
Fly Guy Presents: Space
Fly Guy Presents: Weather
Fly Guy Presents: Weird Animals
Fly Guy Presents: Firefighters
Fly Guy Presents: Sharks
Fly Guy Presents: Snakes
Fly Guy Presents: The White House
Fly Guy Presents: Bats
Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs
All of these resources are available in our store to be purchased individually but purchasing them together in this bundle is a significant saving.
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Roadworks by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock - 6 Worksheets - Construction
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Roadworks by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. 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 and writing tasks plus an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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Wheels by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock - 6 Worksheets
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Wheels by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. 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 and writing tasks plus a fill-in puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle.
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Australian Animals Information Worksheets - 30 Different Animals
This resource is a 31 page PDF file of information worksheets for students learning about the animals of Australia.
There are 30 pages of well-known Australian animals plus 1 blank worksheet which could be used for any other Australian animal that you would like to include. The animals included are:
echidna
kangaroo
emu
kookaburra
platypus
funnel-web spider
cockatoo
bilby
galah
saltwater crocodile
koala
blue-tongue lizard
goanna
rainbow lorikeet
numbat
blue-ringed octopus
quoll
frilled-neck lizard
tiger snake
redback spider
ringtail possum
sugar glider
long-necked turtle
tawny frogmouth
bearded dragon
thorny devil
leadbeater’s possum
wedge-tail eagle
leafy seadragon
helmeted honeyeater
Each sheet has the same formatting and asks students to record information about what the animal eats, where it lives, what it has covering its body and how it moves. Each sheet also asks students to colour in their animal and label the different parts of its body.
These sheets are quite simple and would be best used with Kindergarten and Stage 1 students.
These sheets look great displayed around the classroom when finished.
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Australia's States and Territories Animal Emblems Activity
This resource is a three page PDF document on the Australian state and territory animal emblems.
The activity provides students with the opportunity to match the animal emblems to the appropriate state or territory. The activity is provided as a colour worksheet and also as a black and white worksheet.
There is a teacher answer sheet included as well.
These activities would also be appropriate to be used as an assessment activity at the conclusion of a unit of work.
This activity was written to support the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus.
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Transport - Land Transport Fold-a-Book - Craft - HSIE
This resource is a PDF file of a transport activity where students have to colour in pictures of different types of land transport and cut out and fold the page to make a concertina-style book.
This resource is one page long. The students colour in the pictures first then they cut out and fold 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 a different type of land transport.
This activity is a fun way for students to learn about different types of transport. At the end of the day students can take home their book and read it to their parents.
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