This science article, ‘The Oceans’ introduces the world or global ocean. It provides factual information about ocean water and the five oceans that make up the global ocean. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Packs Are Back’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Phoenix Gazette’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing letters to the editor regarding Gila monsters. 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 critically at words …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Planting of the Apple Tree’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by William Cullen Bryant. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Plants We Eat’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the plants we eat and different plant parts. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall the main idea and information from the informative text.
This life science worksheet, ‘The Poppy’ asks students to identify and label a flower’s life cycle. It supports an understanding of life cycles.
This life science worksheet, ‘The Praying Mantis’ asks students to label parts of an insect. It supports an understanding of animals.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Purple Cow’ asks students to answer questions about Gelett Burgess’s poem about a purple cow. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word and phrase meanings.
This article, ‘The Queen Bee and her Court’, provides information about the social structure within a beehive and the roles played by the different kinds of bees. It describes the life cycle of a bee and the text is supported by detailed illustrations.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Rat Princess’ asks students to answer questions about the tale of a Rat King who wanted his daughter to marry the most powerful person in the world. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Singing Insect’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about crickets. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Story of Doctor Dolittle Part II’ asks students to answer questions about a story in which Doctor Dolittle is an animal doctor who talks to animals. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Story of the Three Little Pigs’ asks students to answer questions about a wolf and three little pigs. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about text structures.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Strait Story: Dave Mattila’s Tale’ asks students to answer questions about Dave Mattila and how he saved a young whale named Strait. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This life science worksheet, ‘The Sunflower’ supports students to identify the changes in a flower over a day. Students record times and drawings of the sunflower. It supports an understanding of plants.
The magazine article, ‘The Tallest Animal’ describes the appearance, habitats, and behaviours of giraffes. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Thirsty Bird’ asks students to answer questions about a tale of a clever bird. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, make predictions, form opinions, provide an explanation and think about author purpose.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Two Tiger Sharks’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about two breeds of shark. 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 …More
This life science worksheet, ‘The Water Boatman’ asks students to label the parts of the insect then compare its habitat with a mudfish. It supports an understanding of animals.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Water Cycle’ helps students to record information about the water cycle based on terrariums in the classroom.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Wolf and the Pig’ asks students to answer questions about a tale in which Pig outsmarted Wolf. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Wolf and the Stork’ asks students to answer questions about a poem about a wolf and a stork. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, make predictions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Wolf Packs Are Back’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Wolf Packs Are Back’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the wolves in Yellowstone National Park.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The World’s Largest Natural Wonder’, features an informational text about the Great Barrier Reef, its many different types of coral, its abundant marine life, and the threats it is facing. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, …More
This reading activity, ‘The Zoo’ provides opportunities for practice with reading a passage about the zoo and answering comprehension questions.
This full colour ‘The Zoo’ map can be reproduced for classroom use. It encourages students to identify some of the most common animals found in the zoo and can be either a fun educational activity or addition to an animals themed classroom display.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘This Little Mouse’ asks students to answer questions about a poem featuring a little mouse. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and make predictions.
This article, ‘Thresher Shark’, provides information about the physical characteristics, behaviour, habitat, diet and life cycle of this shark. A quick reference fact file includes scientific name and IUCN status. The text is accompanied by a large illustration of the shark.
This graphic organiser, ‘Tic Tac Genetics’ asks students to create fictitious children with their genetic traits.
This graphic organiser, ‘Tic Tac Toe’ helps students to categorise genetic information in a useful way.
How fast do animals travel in the sea? Which sea creatures are fastest and slowest? The learning activity, ‘Time It Right’ asks students to solve word problems by comparing the speeds of different animals. Students then write word problems of their own for classmates to solve. The accompanying answers and teaching notes have suggestions for …More
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Time Lines,’ helps students understand what happened in a text and when it happened. It is aimed at enhancing students’ comprehension of the text by having them create a visual representation of the important events in the text.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Tiny Divers: Fairy Penguins’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative text in order to ascertain the meaning and usage of individual words.
This article, ‘Jewel Beetles: Tiny Treasures’, provides information about jewel beetles. It profiles different species of jewel beetle and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This writing prompt, ‘To Cage or Not to Cage’ helps students to write about whether they think animals are better off being free or housed in a zoo or an aquarium. It encourages students to think about the ideal living conditions for animals and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Town Mouse and Country Mouse’ asks students to answer questions about a story of a town mouse going to visit his poor cousin in the country. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings and author purpose.
This article, ‘Cane Toad: Toxic Invader’, provides information about cane toads. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Tracks’ asks students to answer questions about different animal tracks. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity ‘Tragedy in the Jungle’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the Bengal tigers living in India.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Training a Puppy’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text that gives steps for puppy training. 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 critically at …More
This writing prompt, ‘Training Your Dog’ helps students to write about three things they would train a dog to do. It encourages students to think about dog obedience and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This article, ‘Trapdoor Spider’, provides information about the trapdoor spider’s habitat, life cycle, diet and behaviour. It provides a detailed Fact File of statistics and also displays full colour close-up photographs of the spider and its burrow.
This science article, ‘Tree Bark’ features useful types of tree bark. It provides information about rubber, cinnamon and cork and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree bark is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Homes’ features animals that use tree holes. It provides information about woodpeckers, squirrels and racoons and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree homes is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Leaves’ explains the role of a tree’s leaves. It provides information about leaf shape, structure and function and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree leaves is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Life Cycles’ explains the different stages in a tree life cycle. It provides information about seeds, seedlings, saplings and snags and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree life cycles is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Record Breaker 1′ features the world’s oldest living tree. It provides information about the bristlecone pine called Methuselah and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner.
This science article, ‘Tree Record Breaker 2′ features the world’s tallest living tree. It provides information about this giant tree called Hyperion and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner.
This science article, ‘Tree Roots’ explains the role of a tree’s roots. It provides information about different kinds of roots and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree roots is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Seeds’ explains the parts of a seed. It provides information about what seeds need to grow and how they spread and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree seeds is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Shapes’ explains the different shapes of trees. It provides information about how trees are shaped and how their shape suits their lifestyle and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree shapes is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Treasures’ explains the different treasures that trees provide, such as oils, resins, dyes, food, fibres and wood. It provides information about raffia fibres and maple syrup and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree treasures is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Trunks’ explains the structure of a tree trunk. It provides information about the networks in a tree trunk and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree trunks is provided.
This science article, ‘Tree Types’ features deciduous and evergreen trees. It provides information about leaves and leaf loss and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on tree types is provided.
This science article, ‘Trees and Forests’ explains what a forest is. It provides information about forest layers, forest food chains and different kinds of forests and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on trees and forests is provided.
This science article, ‘Trees and Seasons’ explains how trees change during autumn, winter and spring. It provides information about leaves and flowers and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on trees and seasons is provided.
This article, ‘All About Reptiles: Turtles’, provides information about turtles. It features interesting facts about these reptiles and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Two Views of the Gila Monster’, features two persuasive letters about the conservation of this desert lizard species. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the letters and includes questions about the author’s purpose, vocabulary, fact/opinion, slant/bias, comparison/contrast, persuasion, validity, predicting outcome, genre, and key points. Answer …More
This ‘Animal Alphabet: U: Urchin’ is an animal themed worksheet that provides opportunities for handwriting practice.
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