This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Freddie Mercury by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Ruby Taylor. 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 nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Young Dark Emu - A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe. The activities allow the students to reflect on and extend their understanding of the text. Some of the activities are cause and effect, identifying primary and secondary sources of information and a writing activity. There are six worksheets / activities for students in this resource and an answer sheet for the teacher for the primary and secondary source activity. This text is an excellent resource to use when studying the First Fleet or early colonies of Australia. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document about the English explorer James Cook’s Endeavour voyage. The first page is the story of James Cook and his journey. There are also four activity pages included in this resource. The last two pages of this resource are the answer sheets for the teacher. One of the activities included would work well with the use of ipads in the classroom as it has a QR code that links to a video about the Endeavour voyage. 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 an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Speedy Sloth by Rebecca Young and 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 (rhyming words, adjectives, contractions, compound words and comparatives and superlatives) and a writing task. There is a double-up of one worksheet because the pictures are provided in colour and there is also a version with black and white pictures for those teachers that may not wish to print in colour. This book has been chosen as the National Simultaneous Storytime text for 2023. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Rats of Tobruk by Mark Wilson. 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 vocabulary / grammar activities. There is also a research task and a reflection activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

his resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Billie B Brown - The Extra-special Helper 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 and writing tasks plus a sorting activity. There is a teacher answer sheet for the sorting 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 Billie B Brown - The Perfect Present 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 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 Billie B Brown - The Beautiful Haircut 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 and grammar 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 an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Billie B Brown - The Big Sister 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 and grammar activities 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 Billie B Brown - The Soccer Star 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 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 Billie B Brown - The Birthday Mix-up 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, writing tasks and birthday themed activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Meet… Ned Kelly by Janeen Brian and Matt Adams. 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 vocabulary activities (rhyming words and contractions). There is also a making connections task, a cause and effect activity and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about Ned Kelly. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students about Australian bushrangers. 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. Synonym Puzzle - Students think of a synonym for the words given that relate to bushrangers Can You Match the Face to the Name? Puzzle - Students match names of the bushrangers to their photos or likenesses. Fill-In Puzzle - Using words that relate to bushrangers, students fill in the puzzle sheet so that all of the words fit. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book The Little Wooden Horse by Mark Wilson. This document contains seven 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 language / vocabulary activities. There is also a mapping activity, a research activity and a QR code activity which takes students to a video about the First Fleet. This book is an excellent resource to use for a unit on the First Fleet as the story is about the journey of the First Fleet. 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 First Fleet by Alan Boardman and Roland Harvey. 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, research and writing activities. There is also a QR code activity which takes students to a video about a convict shirt that was found in Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Never Lose Hope - The story of Australia’s first school by Mark Wilson. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, vocabulary and writing activities. There are 6 worksheets included. This text is an excellent book to use to support a unit of work on: The First Fleet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Message in a Sock by Kaye Baillie and Narelda Joy. 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 vocabulary activities (compound words and conjunctions). There are also two activities which use graphic organisers and questions about the illustrations in the book. 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… Weary Dunlop by Claire Saxby and Jeremy Lord. There are six activities to do with the book. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension and vocabulary activities plus a timeline activity. This book is an excellent resource to use when teaching a unit about World War 2 / Second World War. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Billie B Brown - The Bad Butterfly 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 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 eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students which are based on the events of the Eureka Stockade. 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 in literacy groups 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. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.