This worksheet, ‘Reconciliation Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of words associated with reconciliation. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct words. An answer sheet is also provided.
This history article, ‘Red Envelopes’ features the lucky tradition of giving red envelopes containing money to children. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Referendums’ is a great resource that encourages students to explore the concept of referendums. It prompts students to relate voting to a change they would like to make in their own lives and why referendums are an important aspect to democracy.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Rodeo Clowns’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the role of rodeo clowns. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to look critically at …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Rodeo Clowns’, features an informational text about the different types of rodeo clowns and their role in protecting the cowboys. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, validity, making an inference, visual comprehension, reasoning, comparison/contrast, and drawing a conclusion. Answer …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Rodeos’, features an informational text about the different kinds of rodeo events and the history of rodeos. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, vocabulary, validity, making an inference, reasoning, and character. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘Rosa Parks’ features the famous civil rights figure Rosa Parks, and how she protested against an unfair law on a bus journey home one day, and in doing so helped to achieve racial equality for other African Americans. It provides factual information about civil rights and a fun maze activity, complete with …More
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Rosa Parks: An American Hero’ encourages students to relate new information from the text to prior knowledge and personal experience. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 4 readers.
This short nonfiction text ‘S: Soweto’ features important factual background information relating to the famous urban settlement southwest of Johannesburg. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the landmarks and settlements associated with South African society and also features an activity for students to practise their handwriting.
The paired texts, ‘Samuel’ and ‘A Special Little Boy’ concern a boy who has autism. The story is told first from the perspective of Samuel’s doctor’s daughter, then by the doctor. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘Saying Sorry’ features the famous ‘Sorry’ speech to the Stolen Generations of Australia that apologised for the removal of Australian Indigenous children from their families and communities. It provides factual information about the Stolen Generations, complete with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and is aimed at broadening …More
This vocabulary development activity, ‘School Bell’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to play a card game in which they have to state the names of school workers and the jobs they perform. It is aimed at helping students recognise names for school workers and the tasks they do. It provides picture cards.
This kids news activity, ‘Scientists Discover Cause Of Irish Potato Famine’ reports on the discovery of the plant disease that caused a disaster in Ireland in the 1800s.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Shopping’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to identify places you would find various types of items or services.
This worksheet ‘Shrove Tuesday and Lent KWHL Chart’ prompts students to explore what they know about Shrove Tuesday, 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 …More
This worksheet ‘Shrove Tuesday True or False’ is a thought-provoking worksheet that requires students to asses the truth of facts about Shrove Tuesday. Many students may presume the answers quickly only to realise their assumptions were not correct which can lead to interesting discussions and further research into Shrove Tuesday related topics. An answer sheet …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Smokejumpers’, features an informational text about firefighters who parachute from planes into forests. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about the main idea, importance, reasoning, validity, visual comprehension, vocabulary, detail, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This short nonfiction text ‘Soup Kitchens’ features important factual information relating to soup kitchens. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the processes and history of soup kitchens. It is a simple and easy resource to supplement teaching about volunteering and community aid initiatives.
This history article ‘South African Music’ features important factual background information about the objects and symbols of tradition South African music. It identifies the drum, rattle, mbira and vuvuzela as iconic musical instruments, which are still played in South Africa today. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness and could be used …More
This vocabulary activity, ‘Special Clothing’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to identify items of clothing from their descriptions.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Special Olympics’, features an informational text about the worldwide sports program for people with an intellectual disability. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making an inference, central purpose, mood, importance, questioning, reasoning, validity, and making a judgment. Answer sheet provided …More
This kids news activity, ‘Spirit Of ‘Caine’s Arcade’ Felt Around The World’ is about a boy who created an arcade out of cardboard featured in a viral video.
This history article, ‘Spring Decorations’ features the traditional red and gold decorations that people hang up on their doors and windows during Chinese New Year. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
This analysing text worksheet ‘State Challenge Olympics Coming Soon?’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing letters to the editor about hosting these games. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look …More
This history article, ‘Temple Time’ features the tradition of visiting a temple at the start of Chinese New Year to pray for good fortune for your family. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Terra Nullius’ is a very simple resource that encourages students to explore the concept of Terra Nullius. It also outlines the meaning of Native Title and prompts students to discuss why the concept of Native Title might be important to Indigenous Australians.
This graphical organiser, ‘Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to think about what they have to be thankful for. 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 word ‘Thanksgiving’ to list things that they are …More
This fictional newspaper report, ‘The Cake Stall’ records how a community group plans to raise money for a playground slide. It includes a flyer for the stall, and provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Charreada’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This history article, ‘Is Tap Water Brainwashing Us?’ features different theories about fluoride, a tasteless chemical that many countries add to the water supply. It provides an introduction to the topic of conspiracy theories and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness, complete with a glossary of an unfamiliar word from the text.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Dust Bowl’ encourages students to use text organisers to determine the main ideas and to locate information in a text. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 7 readers.
This worksheet, ‘The Events of Easter’ asks students to illustrate the events of Easter that are written according to the Bible.
This worksheet, ‘The Events of Easter in Sequence’ is a great resource to supplement Christian teaching at Easter. Students are given the opportunity to outline the events that occurred from when Jesus Christ rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, to Jesus ascending into Heaven.
This article, ‘The First Australians’ provides information about the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the changes that have been made in the Australian constitution to include Indigenous Australians.
This history article, ‘Lion Dance’ features the traditional dance performed during Chinese New Year in which a lion brings good luck for the upcoming year. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Mabo Decision’ features important factual information relating to The Mabo Decision made by the High Court of Australia in 1992. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the history of Indigenous land right issues in Australia.
This learning activity, ‘The Most Important Things’ is a fantastic resource that encourages students to realise the importance of different things in their lives. The learning activity asks them to split into small groups and organise the items provided in terms of priority and necessity. This activity provides a platform for discussion about children that …More
This photo activity card, ‘The Polar Bear Plunge’, provides integrated thematic vocabulary and oral language development activities on the topic of the Polar Bear Plunge. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of this Canadian tradition and can be used as a prompt for further discussion or study of Canada.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Radio Show that Frightened Thousands’ encourages students to use prior knowledge and experience to understand and respond to new information. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 6 readers.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ features important factual information relating to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the duties and roles that these societies are involved in. It is a simple and easy resource to supplement teaching about volunteering and …More
This short nonfiction text ‘The Referendum of 1967′ features important factual information relating to the Australian referendum of 1967. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples before and after the changes to the constitution. It is a simple and easy resource to supplement teaching about …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Special Olympics’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about these games. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to make judgements about and draw conclusions …More
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Story of Basketball’ encourages students to develop an understanding of structural patterns or organisation in informational texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This worksheet, ‘The Three Stages of Easter’ is a great resource to supplement Christian teaching at Easter. Students are instructed to outline the meaning and events of the Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension according to the Bible.
In this story, ‘The Trail’ readers follow the journey of a young boy as he overcomes his fears to take the family’s banana crop to market. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Throughout the Year’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to match descriptions to the appropriate celebration or time of year.
This history timeline, ‘Timeline of Reconciliation’ features a series of events that outline the changes and issues that have been present in Australian history in regards to Indigenous rights. This is a great resource for broadening students’ historical knowledge about Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and could be used to further prompt …More
This worksheet, ‘Traits of Jesus Christ’ provides students with the opportunity to mind map and brainstorm specific character qualities of Jesus. It is a great resource to prompt further discussion and to supplement Christian studies, in particular during Easter.
This set of flashcards,’Transport’ supports vocabulary development about transport. Topic based flashcards are a great tool for teachers or parents to build a child’s vocabulary and improve word association. Browse over 200+ thematic flashcards and make learning fun!
This set of flashcards,’Transport’ supports vocabulary development about transport. Topic based flashcards are a great tool for teachers or parents to build a child’s vocabulary and improve word association. Browse over 200+ thematic flashcards and make learning fun!
This set of flashcards,’Transport’ supports vocabulary development about transport. Topic based flashcards are a great tool for teachers or parents to build a child’s vocabulary and improve word association. Browse over 200+ thematic flashcards and make learning fun!
This set of flashcards,’Transport’ supports vocabulary development about transport. Topic based flashcards are a great tool for teachers or parents to build a child’s vocabulary and improve word association. Browse over 200+ thematic flashcards and make learning fun!
This set of flashcards,’Transport’ supports vocabulary development about transport. Topic based flashcards are a great tool for teachers or parents to build a child’s vocabulary and improve word association. Browse over 200+ thematic flashcards and make learning fun!
This worksheet, ‘Volunteering Crossword’ provides students with the opportunity to use skills including vocabulary, reasoning and spelling to find the correct words associated with volunteering 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 days such as International …More
This worksheet, ‘Volunteering Unscramble’ is a great activity that encourages students to study the sounds and spellings of words associated with volunteering. Students will be challenged to unscramble letters to find common words. An answer sheet is also provided.
This worksheet, ‘Volunteering Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to practise their spelling of some words commonly used when discussing volunteering and aid initiatives. Students must scrutinise the spelling of each word on their list in order to find the answers, ensuring that new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.
This worksheet, ‘Volunteering Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of words associated with volunteering. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct words.
This geography article, ‘Waitangi Treaty Grounds’ features the special place in which the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural, geographical and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
This history article, ‘Waiting for News’ features the Australian newspaper The Argus. It provides factual information about how the news media worked in the past as compared to today and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This content area reading activity, ‘Where Do You Live’ is a history based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to compare and contrast different points of view about a topic.
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