The fictional newspaper article, ‘Annual Kite Day’ reports on a high school kite day. The report includes instructions for making a simple kite. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This hands-on activity ‘April Recipe: Warm Lamb Salad’ provides step-by-step instructions for students to follow in the classroom or at home. This resource gives students the opportunity to study the structure of a recipe and the language of instruction and is a great example to prompt more complex procedural writing. Each of the twelve monthly …More
This sports article, ‘Aquatics’ features the four strokes of swimming. It provides information about aquatics, the Commonwealth Games and the sport’s beginnings. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Aquatics Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Commonwealth Games sport, aquatics. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This worksheet, ‘Asking Questions about the Winter Olympics’ prompts students to create questions using one word from the left column and one word from the top row that can help in discussing and researching the Winter Olympic Games. It is a great resource that assists students in creating progressively more complex, higher-order questions to prompt …More
These paired articles, ‘Athletes Vie for Top Spots’ and ‘Athletics Meet’ report on the same competition from two different points of view. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This sports article, ‘Athletics’ features the three disciplines of track, field and marathon. It provides information about athletics, the Commonwealth Games and the history of athletics. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Athletics Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, athletics. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This hands-on activity ‘August Recipe: Pear and Apple Crumble’ provides step-by-step instructions for students to follow in the classroom or at home. This resource gives students the opportunity to study the structure of a recipe and the language of instruction and is a great example to prompt more complex procedural writing. Each of the twelve …More
This simple infographic ‘Australian Volunteers’ is a fantastic resource to supplement teaching about volunteering and aid initiatives in Australia. Students are given interesting facts and figures that outline the nature of volunteering in Australia. It can be projected onto an interactive white board, used as a colourful classroom display or as an information sheet to …More
This sequencing activity, ‘Baby to Adult’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about the growth of the human body.
This sports article, ‘Badminton’ features badminton, the world’s fastest racket sport. It provides information about the sport’s origins. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Badminton Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, badminton. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Basketball’ asks students to answer questions about a short story, which is about children playing basketball. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall details from the text.
This history article, ‘Basketball’, features important factual background information about the invention of basketball. It explains how Canadian schoolteacher James Naismith came up with the idea for the game as a way to occupy his unruly students. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness and could be used as a prompt for …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Be More Active’ asks students to answer questions about how to be more active. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This life science worksheet, ‘Before School’ asks students to record the things they do each day before school. It supports an understanding of daily routines.
This ‘Behaviour in the Kitchen’ food and nutrition worksheet asks students to fill in the blanks to complete some key rules about appropriate kitchen behaviour. It allows students to reflect upon what they have learned about kitchen safety, encouraging them to develop good kitchen habits.
This sports article, ‘Biathlon’ features the origins of the sport in the Winter Olympics, how the sport has changed over time and a biathlon record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Biathlon Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, the biathlon. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It allows …More
This quick reference sheet, ‘Bike Safety Checklist’ is a simple resource that provides students with a list of important things they should remember before riding their bike. Some examples include making sure that they are wearing their helmet correctly and that their bikes are in good condition. It is a great addition to a unit …More
This worksheet, ‘Bobsledding Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, bobsledding. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It allows students …More
This sports article, ‘Bobsleigh’ features the origins of the sport in the Winter Olympics, how bobsleighs have changed since the beginning of the sport and a bobsleigh record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
The report, ‘Bonnie Blair’ tells readers about the speed skater who once held the record for the most gold medals won by an American athlete at the Olympic Games. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This sports article, ‘Boxing’ features the aim of the sport. It provides information about boxing, the Commonwealth Games and its rather brutal beginnings! It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Boxing Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, boxing. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This worksheet, ‘Brainstorming Compliments’ is a fantastic resource to have students develop an understanding of the meaning of a compliment. It asks students to brainstorm compliments that they could give to their friends or family and provides two examples to get started. Compliments can be challenging for students that find it difficult to focus on …More
This quick reference text, ‘Brazil: Fast Facts’ features a quick review of factual information about Brazil. It is aimed at broadening students’ geographical, historical and cultural awareness of the world’s fifth largest country by providing a summary of key facts accompanied by informative images.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Bread Makers’ asks students to answer questions about bread making in ancient times. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This story, ‘Breakfast’ tells what happens when children surprise their father on his birthday. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This graphic organiser, ‘Breaking Down Stereotypes’ helps students to think about the consequences of an individual’s behaviour on society.
This ‘Broken of Faulty Equipment Register’ chart can be printed and completed by teachers to monitor any problems with their classroom equipment. It provides space to record all details of broken or faulty equipment including date, problem and action taken.
This story, ‘Chicken Soup’ is about a girl who feels sick and how her mother responds by making a special soup. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Child Safety Seats’ asks students to answer questions about safety seats for children. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about word meanings.
This kids news activity, ‘Chocolate May Be Good For Your Heart’ is about a study suggesting heart health may be improved by eating dark chocolate.
This worksheet, ‘Choosing a Winter Olympic Sport’ asks students to analyse the pros and cons of two sports. This resource provides students with the opportunity to develop their own opinion and to form a conclusion on which sport they would prefer to compete in. Some students find it difficult to asses another angle. Using this …More
This worksheet, ‘Choosing an Olympic Sport’ asks students to analyse the pros and cons of two sports. This resource provides students with the opportunity to develop their own opinion and to form a conclusion on which sport they would prefer to compete in. Some students find it difficult to asses another angle. Using this graphical …More
The paired texts, ‘Chore Chart’ and ‘A Weekly Dilemma’ show how household chores can be managed to avoid arguments. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘Christiaan Barnard’ features the South African surgeon who was the first person in the world to perform a human heart transplant. It provides factual information about Christiaan Barnard and heart transplants, along with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical …More
This ‘Classroom Monitors’ resource provides teachers with fun labels for different classroom monitors, such as computer monitors and library monitors. It encourages students to take responsibility for their learning environment.
This ‘Classroom Monitors’ resource provides teachers with fun labels for different classroom monitors, such as computer monitors and library monitors. It encourages students to take responsibility for their learning environment.
This life science worksheet, ‘Clever Skin’ supports students to consider the things skin can do. It supports an understanding of the human body.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Collective Nouns’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to identify the appropriate collective and common nouns.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Colonial Cooking’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about clarifying and predicting information in an informative text.
This handy resource pack has everything you need to bring the Commonwealth Games to life in your primary classroom. This booklet of resources contains a great range of learning activities, reference materials, classroom display, reference texts and articles about the Commonwealth Games.
This colouring-in worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Colouring-in’ is a fun activity to get students involved in the Commonwealth Games and begin discussions on the types of sports involved.
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Figure Match-Up’ is a fantastic activity when exploring interesting Commonwealth Games facts and the magnitude of numbers. Students must match, either by cutting out or drawing links, between the correct figure and the fact. This resource aids students to recognise the similarities and differences between different figures. An answer sheet is …More
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Medal Count’ is a fantastic resource that encourages students to become involved in the progress of five countries competing in the Commonwealth Games. Students are asked to use tallies or other methods of recording data to track the gold, silver, bronze and total medal count of each country. Using this table …More
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Medallists’ asks students to research the names of four Commonwealth Games medallists and then specify which event they won, which country they came from and the year and city of the games in which they won their gold medal. This is a simple resource that allows students to understand what information …More
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Sport Profile’ is a great resource that provides students with a table to organise their research on two Commonwealth Games sports. Students are required to select the most relevant information to create a profile that includes the rules, gameplay, equipment and venue of each sport.
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Sports Crossword’ provides students with the opportunity to use skills involving vocabulary, reasoning and spelling to find the correct Commonwealth Games sport for the puzzle. It encourages students to identify and understand the terms being used to build on their vocabulary of Commonwealth Games terminology. An answer sheet is also provided.
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Sports Unscramble’ is a great activity that encourages students to study the sounds and spelling of Commonwealth Games sports. Students will be challenged to unscramble the words to find a Commonwealth Games sport. An answer sheet is also provided.
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Sports Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to improve spelling of Commonwealth Games sport words. Students must scrutinise the spelling of each word on their list which ensures new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Sports Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of sports of the Commonwealth Games. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct sports.
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games True or False?’ is a thought provoking worksheet that requires students to asses the truth of various Commonwealth Games facts. Many students may presume the answers quickly and realise their assumptions were not correct which can lead to interesting discussions and further research into the Commonwealth Games. An answer sheet is …More
This worksheet, ‘Commonwealth Games Values’ is a great resource that encourages students to research the three Commonwealth Games values: humanity, equality and destiny. Students are required describe the value and then provide an example or situation where they have seen or they could see these values being enacted in real life. The activity provides a …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Communication’ asks students to answer questions about different ways of communicating. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This worksheet, ‘Compare and Contrast Commonwealth Games Athletes’ is a great graphical organiser that students can use to describe the similarities and differences between two types of Commonwealth Games athletes. The requirements of athletes differ according to which sport and event they enter however both being Commonwealth Games athletes there will also be some common …More
This worksheet, ‘Compare and Contrast Winter Olympic Athletes’ is a great graphical organiser that students can use to describe the similarities and differences between two types of Winter Olympic athletes. The requirements of athletes differ according to which sport and event they enter however being Winter Olympic athletes there will also be some common skills …More
This worksheet, ‘Compare and Contrast: Olympic Athletes’ is a great graphical organiser that students can use to describe the similarities and differences between two types of Olympic athletes. The requirements of athletes differ according to which sport and event they enter however being Olympic athletes there will also be some common skills that they both …More
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