This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Tashi and the Mixed-up Monster by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. This document contains six worksheets for students. In this book are two stories - Tashi and the Mixed-up Monster and Guilty or Not. This resource has a worksheet of comprehension questions for Tashi and the Mixed-up Monster and one worksheet of comprehension questions for Guilty or Not. There are also vocabulary and writing activities plus a drawing 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 Tashi and the Phoenix by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. This document contains six worksheets for students. In this book are two stories - Tashi and the Phoenix and The Unexpected Letter. This resource has a worksheet of comprehension questions for Tashi and the Phoenix and one worksheet of comprehension questions for The Unexpected Letter. There are also vocabulary and writing activities plus a research activity about the phoenix. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Cicada by Shaun Tan. 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. 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 Lost in the City by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. This document contains six worksheets for students. In this book are two stories - Tashi Lost in the City and On the Way Home. This resource has a worksheet of comprehension questions for Tashi Lost in the City and one worksheet of comprehension questions for On the way Home. There are also vocabulary and grammar activities 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 PDF file of a three different Australian animal memory games. This resource is three pages long. Each game will need to be photocopied twice to play. The first game is based on Australian animals and features 20 different pictures (40 cards in total when made up). The second game is based on Australian animals and features 16 different pictures (32 cards in total when made up). The third game is based on Australian birds and features 12 different pictures (24 cards in total when made up). This resource is great to use when differentiating in your classroom because the games have different numbers of cards to match up. It is easy to cater for students with more learning needs and also to extend your brighter students. You could even combine all three games for a real challenge. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students about Australian animals and birds. These puzzles are a fun way of reinforcing learning. There are 4 different puzzles and 4 answer sheets for teachers. The puzzles would be great to use as an activity to reinforce learning or as a fun homework task. They could even be used as motivational activities for students to work on if they complete other work quickly. The puzzles are: Easy Threesy Puzzle - Students have to solve clues, all of which are nine letter words. These words are solved by putting together three letter combinations to solve the puzzle. Hourglass Puzzle - Students enter the answers to eight clues into an hourglass-shaped puzzle. Missing Colours Puzzle - Students fill in the missing colours in the names of Australian animals and birds. Fill-In Puzzle - Using words that relate to Australian animals and birds, students fill in the puzzle sheet so that all of the words fit. 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 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 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 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 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.

This resource is a six page PDF document with activities to do based on the book What’s Your Story? by Rose Giannone and Bern Emmerichs. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are some comprehension questions, plus an interview activity and a QR code research activity which could be used with ipads / tablets. These activities are designed to work with a unit on the First Fleet. 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 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 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. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the text Nelson Mandela by Barbara Kramer. This document contains six worksheets for students. This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 4 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 the life of Nelson Mandela by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions and a timeline activity plus a then and now task. There is also a biography pyramid and recalling facts activity. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about Nelson Mandela but do not have this particular book to use. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.