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. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

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. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Farmer John’s Tractor by Sally Sutton and Robyn Belton. 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. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 27 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew - Case of the Sneaky Snowman by Carolyn Keene. This is book number 5 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 a 27 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Nancy Drew Clue Book - Pool Party Puzzler by Carolyn Keene. This is book number 1 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 a writing task, language / vocabulary activities or puzzle. Answer sheets are included for the comprehension questions and for the puzzles. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

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 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 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 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 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 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. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

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. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a three page PDF document about the problems faced by the First Fleet when they landed in Sydney and started a settlement. This activity involves students cutting out and gluing pieces of information into a cause and effect table. The first page provides the table with only the causes of the settlement problems listed. The second page is an answer sheet for the teacher and the third sheet has sets of the information needed by the students to fill in the effects part of the table. This worksheet could be used as a research activity or consolidation activity after studying the First Fleet. This activity was written to use with the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a two page PDF document on how the Industrial Revolution in Britain contributed to Australian colonisation. The first page is a cause and effect activity for the students to complete and the second page is a teacher reference sheet of the activity with an example of the type of answer students would be expected to give. This activity was written to use with the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. The unit it was written for is a Stage 3 unit titled “The Australian Colonies” but could be used for any study on the history of British Colonisation or the First Fleet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a two page PDF document on the events of the Eureka Stockade in 1854. The first page is a cause and effect activity for the students to complete and the second page is a teacher reference sheet of the activity with an example of the type of answer students would be expected to give. 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 nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Tashi and the Forbidden Room by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. This document contains six worksheets for students. In this book are two stories - Tashi and the Forbidden Room and The Three Tasks. This resource has a worksheet of comprehension questions for Tashi and the Forbidden Room and one worksheet of comprehension questions for The Three Tasks. There are also vocabulary and writing activities plus an hourglass 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 Tashi and the Stolen Bus by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. This document contains six worksheets for students. In this book are two stories - Tashi and the Stolen Bus and The Mysterious Thief. This resource has a worksheet of comprehension questions for Tashi and the Stolen Bus and one worksheet of comprehension questions for The Mysterious Thief. There are also vocabulary and writing activities plus a fill-in puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.