This resource is a PDF file of a transport activity where students have to sort out different types of transport into a Venn diagram. This resource is three pages long. The first page provides the Venn diagram for students to glue the pictures into. The second page contains all of the transport pictures the students need to sort and the third page is an answer sheet for the teacher. This activity leads to some good discussion point about the transport types that overlap in the Venn diagram eg students can discuss how hot air balloons were used for transport originally as to how they are used now (mostly for tourism activities). Students can also discuss why the transport types they sorted into ‘old’ are no longer used by most people. This resource could also be used as an assessment 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 If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams. 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 cause and effect task and writing activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Dear Greenpeace by Simon 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 comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (compound words and contractions), a making connections worksheet and two writing tasks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Kind - A Call to Care for Every Creature by Jess McGeachin. 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 tasks (adjectives, rhyming words and a vocabulary search) and writing / sorting activities plus a worksheet where students design a poster. There is one worksheet which is doubled-up. There is one version with colour pictures and another with the pictures 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 book Find Out About… Animal Babies by Martin Jenkins and Jane McGuinness. 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 activities which relate to the animals mentioned in the book. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of Guess Who cards based on aniamls. These cards can be printed back to back, cut out and inserted into a Guess Who set. Students can then play Guess Who based on their knowledge of various different animals. The questions asked could be based on what type of animal it is/ whether it fits the category of mammal, reptile, bird etc / what type of environment it lives in / how it moves / what it eats etc. This game gives students plenty of opportunity to develop their understanding of the characteristics that make different animals so unique. These cards can also be used by turning over the cards instead, provided the students have a barrier between them, if you do not have Guess Who in your classroom. This resource is also really useful for EAL/D, ESL, NESB or LBOTE students. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Sticks and Stones 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 comprehension questions, vocabulary activities (contractions and a word detective sheet), a making connections task and a poster designing activity 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 text Planets by Elizabeth Carney. This document contains six worksheets for students. This text is a National Geographic Kids Reader. The book we used was Level 2 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 and writing activities plus a true or false task and a glossary task. Some of the activities in this resource may be suitable for teachers who are teaching students about planets but do not have this particular book to use. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a PDF file of an Australian animals activity where students have to sort out different types of Australian mammals into placentals, marsupials and monotremes. This resource is three pages long. The first page provides the table for students to glue the pictures into. The second page contains all of the Australian animal pictures the students need to sort and the third page is an answer sheet for the teacher. This resource could also be used as an assessment 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 The Hidden Hat by Phil Cummings and Jennifer Goldsmith. 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 (compound words, adverbs and dictionary work) plus reflection questions, a Y-chart task and a worksheet about the Australian slouch hat. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Saltie Mumma by Sandra Kendell. There are six worksheets / activities for students in this resource. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are comprehension questions, vocabulary and writing activities plus a poster designing task. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Secrets of the Seasons by Heidi Cooper Smith. 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 tasks (adjectives and a better words than activity) and writing / drawing tasks. There is one worksheet which is doubled-up. There is one version with colour pictures and another with the pictures 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 The Crown by Emily Kapff. 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 an adjectives worksheet (in black and white and colour versions), questions about the illustrations in the book, a brainstorming activity, a poster designing task, a writing worksheet and a page of reflection questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a three page PDF document about changes in technology around the home over the past 200 years. The first page features 15 pictures of olden-day machines / equipment. Students need to cut out these pictures and glue them into the table on the second page based on which part of the house these items would have been found in. The third page is an answer page for the teacher. This activity is great for discussions about how life has changed and supports History units such as Then and Now and The Way We Were. 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 ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book How to Catch Santa Claus by Alice Walstead and Andy Elkerton. This document contains eight 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 contractions), two drawing tasks and two other Christmas worksheets 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 Bush Turkey by Kate and Jol Temple and Ronojoy Ghosh. 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, adjectives, word building, verbs and compound words) 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 Little People, Big Dreams - Neil Armstrong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Christophe Jacques. 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 book Aussie Easter Hat Parade by Colin Buchanan and Simon Williams. 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 and a vocabulary search sheet), an Australian plant task and a drawing 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 Colin the Christmas (Meat) Pie by Colin Buchanan and Carla Martell. 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), two writing worksheets plus a drawing activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a twelve page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Fly Guy Presents: Firefighters 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 (contractions and complex sentences), a poster deisgning task and two other writing worksheets. There are double-ups of several worksheet because they are provided with colour pictures on one version and black and white pictures on the others for teachers that may not want to print in colour. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.