This worksheet, ‘A Letter from the Trenches’ is a simple resource that provides students with the opportunity to empathise with how soldiers fighting far from home both today and in the past would be feeling. The students are asked to imagine that they are in the trenches and write a letter home.
This worksheet, ‘ABCs of ANZAC Day’ provides an alphabet grid that students can use to develop their vocabulary and brainstorm different ideas about ANZAC Day. This is a fun and simple resource that can be used effectively before, during or after an activity and across ability levels. It can also be utilised during individual, pair …More
This worksheet, ‘ABCs of Clean Water’ provides an alphabet grid that students can use to develop their vocabulary and brainstorm different ideas about the water cycle, water sanitation and water collection. This is a fun and simple resource that can be used effectively before, during or after an activity and across ability levels. It can …More
This role-play mask ‘Ant’ is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask into other speaking activities. It …More
This set of, ‘ANZAC Cove Gallipoli Memorial Photo Cards’ enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing a thought-provoking visual stimulus that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion about ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli.
This set of, ‘Australian War Memorial Photo Cards’ enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing thought-provoking visual stimuli that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion about the Australian War Memorial.
This set of ‘Chicken Little’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask into other …More
This worksheet, ‘Clean Water Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to brainstorm facts and ideas about water sanitation. It is a fun resource that can be used without preparation across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the words ‘clean water’ to list facts or ideas that they …More
This worksheet, ‘Clean Water Crossword’ provides students with the opportunity to use skills including vocabulary, reasoning and spelling to find the correct water words to complete the puzzle. It encourages students to identify and understand the terms being used and to build on their vocabulary of key words used when discussing water sanitation and collection. …More
This worksheet, ‘Clean Water Unscramble’ is a great activity that encourages students to study the sounds and spellings of words associated with water sanitation. Students will be challenged to unscramble letters to find common words used during this topic. An answer sheet is also provided.
This worksheet, ‘Clean Water Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary and improve their spelling of words associated with water sanitation and collection. Students must scrutinise the spelling of each word on their list, ensuring new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.
This worksheet, ‘Clean Water Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of words associated with water collection. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct words.
This Easter Eggs poem is a great example of a simple ABCB structured eight-line poem. It is written in simple language and provides a great opportunity to explore the concept of rhyming words and rhythm.
This worksheet, ‘Easter Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary and improve their spelling of words associated with Easter. Students must scrutinise the spelling of each word on their list, ensuring new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.
This set of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the …More
This role-play mask ‘Grasshopper’ is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask into other speaking activities. It …More
This set of ‘Humpty Dumpty’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask into other …More
This well known poem, ‘In Flanders Field’ is a great resource to supplement teaching about Remembrance and war. It is a wonderful poem that pays tribute to veterans past and present and signifies a global commitment to peace.
This role-play mask ‘King’ is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask into other speaking activities. It …More
This worksheet, ‘KWL Chart of ANZAC Day’ prompts students to explore what they know about ANZAC Day, what they want to learn, how they think they could learn about new ideas and what they have learnt following the learning tasks. This is a great, clearly formatted resource to encourage students to take responsibility for their …More
This set of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask …More
This role-play mask ‘Queen’ is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask into other speaking activities. It …More
This worksheet, ‘Remembrance Crossword’ provides students with the opportunity to use skills including vocabulary, reasoning and spelling to find the correct Remembrance themed words to complete the puzzle. It encourages students to identify and understand the terms being used and to build on their vocabulary of key words used on when commemorating war. An answer …More
This set of, ‘Remembrance Postage Stamps’ enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing thought-provoking visual stimuli that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion about the ANZACs.
This worksheet, ‘Remembrance Unscramble’ is a great activity that encourages students to study the sounds and spellings of words associated with commemorating war. Students will be challenged to unscramble letters to find common words used during commemoration. An answer sheet is also provided.
This worksheet, ‘Remembrance Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary and improve their spelling of words associated with commemorations of war. Students must scrutinise the spelling of each word on their list, ensuring new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.
This worksheet, ‘Remembrance Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of words associated with commemoration of war. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct words.
This set of ‘Snow White and Dwarfs’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask …More
This worksheet ‘Tell Us The Story’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using the picture as inspiration. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively but this writing prompt gives students enough freedom to explore their own ideas, encouraging everyone to write. The resource also provides …More
This learning activity, ‘Tell Us The Story of the ANZAC’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using the picture as inspiration. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively but this writing prompt gives students enough freedom to explore their own ideas, encouraging everyone to write. …More
This worksheet, ‘The ANZAC Acronym’ is a great, simple resource that asks students to develop their own ideas about what ANZAC could stand for. They are encouraged to brainstorm and then use the dictionary to find the actual meaning of the acronym. This resource provides a great foundation for further discussion about the ANZACs and …More
This worksheet, ‘The Story of Easter’ is a comprehensive resource that outlines the events of Easter according to the Bible. Students are provided with both pictures and the outline of the Easter story and asked to match them to each other to play out the story from Jesus’s arrival in Jerusalem to His resurrection.
This learning activity, ‘What Are The Soldiers Up To?’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using the picture as inspiration. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively but this writing prompt gives students enough freedom to explore their own ideas, encouraging everyone to write. The …More
This worksheet ‘What Are They Up To?’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using the picture as inspiration. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively but this writing prompt gives students enough freedom to explore their own ideas, encouraging everyone to write. The resource also …More
This content area reading learning activity, ”I Wonder’ Statements,’ can be used to set the purpose for further learning. ‘I wonder’ statements are the burning questions that students have about a topic, and which make students want to research the topic to find the answers.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Part I’ asks students to answer questions about Jules Verne’s famous science fiction story. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Part II’ asks students to answer questions about Jules Verne’s famous science fiction story. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘5 Cheeky Monkeys Jumping on the Bed’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘5 Cheeky Monkeys Sitting In a Tree’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘Five Fat Sausages’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘5 Grey Elephants’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘5 Little Ducks’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
The classic nursery rhyme ‘5 Little Speckled Frogs’ is presented with illustrations ready for projection or printing. It provides a simple and engaging introduction to following rhythm and rhyme whilst simultaneously encouraging group cooperation and interaction. Accompanying sheet music is available for each item in this collection of classic nursery rhymes.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘5 W’s and How,’ helps students focus on what’s important. Students can use the double-entry journal for 5 W’s to record key information from the text and write a summary using this information.
This worksheet, ‘5Ws and How of My Favourite Book’ provides a structured diagram that helps students identify the who, what, when, where, why and how of their preferred reading habits. It is a great visual graphic that can be used to generate meaningful class discussion.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A – Match the Picture’ asks students to write words to match pictures that start with the letter A. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of the alphabet, sound-letter relationships and word knowledge.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A – Match the Word’ asks students to identify words and pictures that start with the letter A. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of the alphabet, sound-letter relationships and word knowledge.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Baking Soda Volcano’ helps students make a baking soda volcano and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making a baking soda volcano. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative and instructional text in order …More
This writing prompt, ‘A Balloon Ride’ helps students to write about what they would look for in their neighbourhood if they went for a hot-air balloon ride. It encourages students to think about the five top places in their neighbourhood and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Best Friend’, features an informational and narrative text about the bond between dogs and humans. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, drawing a conclusion, fact/opinion, cause and effect, and theme. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Biography: Harriet Tubman’ encourages students to understand similarities and differences within and among literary works from various genres and cultures. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Blueberry Shake’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Bounty of Chocolate’ supports students in planning writing by brainstorming a list of chocolate companies that they could write to for information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Boy on a Farm’ asks students to answer questions about the important work boys do on a farm. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Brave Feat’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Editing Task worksheet, ‘A Brilliant Idea’, features a rough draft of a narrative text about two boys who try to solve the problem of carrying heavy textbooks home from school. It encourages students to identify spelling, punctuation, grammar, and usage errors in the text and then to write out a correct version. The purpose …More
This graphic organiser, ‘A Buckingham Palace Storm’ allows students to describe and state the importance of Buckingham Palace.
This article, ‘A Bull Rider’s Friend’ starts with a narrative then goes on to describe the role and importance of rodeo clowns. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This text elements exemplar ‘A Bundle of Sticks’ shows students how to identify the story’s central idea and supporting details. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of deconstructing texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose.
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