This resource is a four page PDF file with an activity where students have to sort out toys from the past and present into a Venn diagram. The first page provides the Venn diagram for students to glue the pictures into. The second page contains all of the toy pictures the students need to sort and the third page is an answer sheet for the teacher. The last page is an extension activity which is a blank Venn diagram where students can list any other toys that they can think of from the past or present. Please bear in mind that the teacher answer sheet is just a guide. There are many schools that have hopscotch grids painted in the playground and every now and then marbles make a comeback etc. A Lego set is also shown in the ‘present’ even though Lego started in 1932. We have chosen a robotic "Mindstorms’ set to represent Lego so have therefore placed the picture in ‘present’. The teacher answer sheet is just a guide but the answers many vary from school to school, or even classroom to classroom. This activity leads to some good discussion point about the placement of toys in the Venn diagram. Students can also discuss why the toys they sorted into ‘past’ are no longer used by most children. 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 Big Cat by Jess Racklyeft. 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, comparatives and superlatives, compound words and tense) and a writing task. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Ingenious Insects by Sarah Allen. 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 and word building), a matching task and two writing worksheets. There is a double-up of one worksheet which is the matching activity. This is because the pictures are provided in colour versions and also in black and white versions for teachers that may not wish 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 Big Rain Coming by Katrina Germein and Bronwyn Bancroft. 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 and visual literacy questions grammar and vocabulary 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 an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen. 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 and vocab activities 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 Ice Trap! Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition by Meredith Hooper and M. P. Robertson. This book is about Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Endurance expedition. 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 plus cause and effect and timeline activities. There are seven worksheets for students in this resource. 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 - Usain Bolt by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Karen Crosbie. 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 seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Super Snake 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 (compound words, word building and tense), a sheet of questions about droughts and a worksheet where students get to retell the story in their own words and create a mini book. 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 Trees - Learning Tree Knowledge with Uncle Kuu by Victor and Sandra Steffensen. 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 tasks (compound words and adjectives), a writing worksheet, a research task and a poster designing activity. There are two worksheets which are provided with in versions with colour pictures and also a version with black and white pictures. 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 - Rafa Nadal by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Ro Ledesma. 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 eighteen page PDF document with activities to do based on the book A Gallery of Cats by Ruth Brown. This document contains seventeen 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 research task worksheet for each of the artists mentioned at the back of the book. 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 Pair of Pears and an Orange by Anna McGregor. 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 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 In a Jar by Deborah Marcero. 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 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 with activities to do based on the book I’m Australian Too by Mem Fox and Ronojoy Ghosh. 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 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.

his resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Isabella’s Garden by Glenda Millard and Rebecca Cool. 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 matching activities. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Eeny and Her Sisters by Jane Yolen and Kathryn Brown. 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, vocabulary activities (compound words, comparatives and superlatives and suffixes), a season drawing worksheet, a writing activity and a synonym puzzle. A teacher answer sheet is provided 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 Built to Last by Minh Le and Dan Santat. 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, comparatives and superlatives, word detective and tense) and three worksheets with friendship activites. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Winnie and Wilbur - The Bug Safari by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul. 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 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 Winnie and Wilbur - The Amazing Pumpkin by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul. 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, sequencing, grammar and vocabulary 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 Winnie and Wilbur - The Flying Carpet by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul. 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, sequencing and vocabulary activities plus an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.