This resource is a 37 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon by Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen. This book is part of the Tales from Deckawoo Drive series. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are nine chapters in this book. For each chapter there is one page of comprehension questions, one vocabulary worksheet and one other worksheet which is either a writing / drawing task or a puzzle. Vocabulary topics covered are dictionary work, synonyms, adjectives, adverbs, contractions, tense, word meanings, alphabetical order, antonyms, compound words, comparatives and superlatives and suffixes and prefixes. Answer sheets are included for the comprehension questions. 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 Man from Snowy River by A B ‘Banjo’ Paterson and Freya Blackwood. 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 and grammar activities (compound words, similes, word definitions, prefixes and suffixes) plus a QR code activity which takes students to a video about Banjo Paterson. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document with activities to do based on the book This is Banjo Paterson by Tania McCartney and Christina Booth. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, grammar and vocabulary activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Clancy of the Overflow by Banjo Paterson and Andrew McLean. 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 synonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Meet… Banjo Paterson by Kristin Weidenbach and James Gulliver Hancock. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, grammar and vocab activities. There is also a QR code activity which takes the students to a website to watch a video about who wrote the music for Waltzing Matilda. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 27 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Hardy Boys Clue Book - The Missing Playbook by Franklin W. Dixon. This is book number 2 in the series. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. For each chapter there is one page of comprehension questions. There is also one other worksheet for each chapter which is either language / vocabulary activities or a writing / drawing task. There is also a "Sleuth Journal’ worksheet for students to fill in at certain stages as they progress through the book. Answer sheets are included for the comprehension questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Awesome Emu 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, vocabulary actitivies (comparatives and superlatives, adverbs and synonyms) plus reflection questions and a worksheet labelling Australian birds. There is a double-up of one worksheet. On one version the pictures are in colour and the other version has black and white pictures for those teachers that do not wish 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 Silly Birds 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, vocabulary activities (comparatives and superlatives, word building and antonyms) plus a Venn diagram task and a friendship 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 Zoom! by Sam Usher. 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 (contractions, compound words and comparatives and superlatives) plus two writing tasks. There is also a drawing activity as well. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the picture book Mulga Bill’s Bicycle by A. B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson and Kilmeny and Deborah Niland. 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 (rhyming words, dictionary work, contractions and synonyms) plus a drawing activity and reflection questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Beware, Beware the Drop Bear! 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 plus a writing task and a drawing task. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Finding the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reinforce their understanding of the story of the Titanic and Robert’s story of finding it by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions and writing activities plus a research task on Ruth Becker. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about the story of the Titanic but do not have this particular book to use. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Sally Ride by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Alona Millgram. 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 sequencing task and research activity 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 a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Billie B Brown - The Secret Message by Sally Rippin. 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 and writing tasks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.