This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Here Comes the Strikeout by Leonard Kessler. 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 and antonyms) plus a making connections worksheet and two writing tasks. There is a double-up of one worksheet because on one worksheet the pictures are provided in colour and on the other the pictures are provided 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 nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Pollination - How Does My Garden Grow? by Christopher Cheng and Danny Snell. 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 and adjectives) plus two writing worksheets and a poster designing task. There is a double-up of two worksheets because for each one, one worksheet has pictures that are provided in colour and on the other the pictures are provided 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 12 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Fly Guy Presents: Insects. This document contains eleven 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 two pages of comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (compound words, comparatives and superlatives, adjectives and dictionary work), a metamorphosis task, a sorting activity and three other writing worksheets. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 19 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Marc Simont. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are four pages of comprehension questions which have been broken into parts of the book, eg pages 7-13. There are also ten other worksheets for the book which include vocabulary tasks and writing activities. Answer sheets are included for the comprehension questions and 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 Giant Island by Jane Yolen and Doug Keith. 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 (adjectives, contractions and word building), a retelling drawing task 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 nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Big Bush Easter Egg Hunt by Colin Buchanan and Cate James. 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 (antonyms, rhyming words, adjectives, contractions, compound words and alphabetical order) plus a writing worksheet. There is a double-up of two worksheets because on one worksheet the pictures are provided in colour and on the other the pictures are provided 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 text Whales by Laura Marsh. 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 sperm whales by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions and writing activities plus a true or false task and a worksheet about comparatives and superlatives. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about sperm whales 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 Buzby by Julia Hoban. 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 (adjectives, compound words and adverbs), a work wanted worksheet 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 seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Tashi and the Golem by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. This document contains six worksheets for students. In this book are two stories - Tashi and the Golem and Thinks-Too-Late This resource has a worksheet of comprehension questions for Tashi and the Phoenix and one worksheet of comprehension questions for Thinks-Too-Late. There are also four extra worksheets, two for each story. These extra worksheets are made up of vocabulary activities (adjectives, comparatives and superlatives and compound words) plus a writing 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 Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr and Carolyn Croll. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are six worksheets, two for each chapter. 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 of comprehension questions plus a worksheet with a vocabulary focus (adjectives, compound words and antonyms). Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little Houses by Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek. 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, adjectives, contractions and word building) plus a writing worksheet and an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. There is a double-up of one worksheet because on one worksheet the pictures are provided in colour and on the other the pictures are provided 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 an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book A Job for Kingsley by Gabriel Evans. 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 adverbs and vowels), a retelling drawing task and a work wanted worksheet plus a synonym 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 The Garden at the End of the World by Cassy Polimeni and Briony Stewart. 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 (adjectives and compound words), a Venn diagram task and a Global Seed Vault website worksheet 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 The Smallest Cow in the World by Katherine Paterson and Jane Clark Brown. 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 (adjectives, compound words, synonyms, contractions and comparatives and superlatives) and a making connections worksheet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book A Friend for George. 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, antonyms and a vocabulary search), a sequencing task and a building a friendship worksheet 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 text Skyscrapers by Libby Romero. 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 planets by completing activities that work with this text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (comparatives and superlatives, compound words and suffixes and prefixes), a problems and solutions worksheet plus a drawing / designing task. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about skyscrapers 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 Once Tashi Met a Dragon by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. 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, similes and contractions), a retelling drawing task and a making connections activity 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 Timeless by Kelly Canby. 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 (adverbs and a word detective sheet) plus a time expressions worksheet, a brainstorming task, a time survey and a making connections activity. 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 Perfectly Proper Grand Pet Parade by Coral Vass and Karen Sagovac. 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, dictionary work, alliteration, adjectives and a word detective sheet) plus a story pyramid worksheet and a writing activity about pets. There are two different pet writing sheets - one for students who have a pet and one to cater for students who may not have a pet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book What To Do With A Stick by Jane Yolen and Paolo Domeniconi. 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, tense, adjectives and a word detective sheet) plus a brainstorming task and a writing worksheet. There is a double-up of one worksheet because on one worksheet the pictures are provided in colour and on the other the pictures are provided in black and white for teachers that may not want to print in colour. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.