This display alphabet, ‘Spring Flowers’ is a collection of black and white themed printable letters. Display lettering is a great classroom essential for use in wall displays and bulletin boards and for use in student projects. This display lettering design is also available in full colour and Lesson Zone’s range of display lettering features a …More
These Bulletin Board Trimmers, ‘Spring Flowers’ are a set of black and white narrow bulletin board trimmers. Bulletin board trimmers are a great classroom essential for use in wall displays and bulletin boards and for use in student projects. This bulletin board trimmer design is also available in full colour and Lesson Zone’s range of …More
These display numbers, ‘Spring Flowers’ are a collection of black and white themed printable numbers. Display numbers are a great classroom essential for use in wall displays and bulletin boards and for use in student projects. This display numbers design is also available in full colour and Lesson Zone’s range of display numbers features a …More
These Bulletin Board Trimmers, ‘Spring Flowers’ are a set of black and white wide bulletin board trimmers. Bulletin board trimmers are a great classroom essential for use in wall displays and bulletin boards and for use in student projects. This bulletin board trimmer design is also available in full colour and Lesson Zone’s range of …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Aliens in Lake Victoria’, asks students to answer comprehension questions about plants that are growing in Lake Victoria in Africa.
This short nonfiction text ‘B: Baobab’ features important factual background information relating to the water-storing tree found in South Africa and other parts of Africa. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the unique and beautiful flora and fauna associated with South Africa and also features an activity for students to practise their handwriting.
This learning activity, ‘Bean There’, features the results of a science project tracking the growth of beans using two different plant foods. Students use a computer graphing program to create a time-series graph from the data and then design and conduct their own plant food experiment. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes …More
This article, ‘Botanical Ark’, provides information about rainforest plants that lived during the Dinosaur Age. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental and historical awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This graphic organiser, ‘Ecosystem Web’ helps students to connect relationships between organisms in a useful way.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Eliza Lucas Pinckney’, features a biographical text about America’s first important agriculturalist. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about character, cause and effect, validity, importance, drawing a conclusion, sequence, detail, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Forests’ asks students to answer questions about forests and forest fires. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about author purpose.
This science article, ‘Forests’ features five facts about forests and the destruction of forests on planet Earth. It provides factual information, as well as ways to help lessen the environmental impact of forest destruction. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘Fossil Record Breaker’ features the Wollemi pine, a living fossil tree found in Australia. It provides information about the tree that is known as the ‘dinosaur tree’ and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner.
This article, ‘Fruits of the Forest’, profiles different fruits that grow in rainforests. It provides factual information about these fruits and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Gift of an Apple Tree’ asks students to answer questions about a story in which a king makes an old farmer give him his beautiful apple tree. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make predictions, draw conclusions and form opinions.
This science article, ‘Growing Trees’ explains the process of planting and pruning trees. It provides information about bonsai trees and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner. A quick quiz on growing trees is provided.
This set of photo cards, ‘Habitats Photo Cards’ is a simple resource that encourages students to match the pictures of different types of habitats to their corresponding name. It is a great resource to introduce a unit on living things and life cycles and provides a platform for discussions and further research.
This writing prompt, ‘Hybrids’ helps students to write about two species they would like to combine and the features the offspring would have. It encourages students to think about hybrids and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This oral language photo activity ‘Beans’, enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing a thought-provoking visual stimulus that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion. Each photo is complete with an accompanying lesson plan featuring tips and activities to develop oral language and vocabulary further.
This meaning in text activity, ‘Meaning of Words: Olivia’s Sunflowers’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a girl who grows sunflowers. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in a narrative text in order to ascertain the meaning and usage of individual …More
This postcard ‘Northern Cape: Namaqualand’ features important factual background information on this semi-arid area that bursts to life when the Spring rains fall. The postcard template encourages students to research the location in order to write creatively about it as though recounting a visit. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the environmental, cultural …More
This science article, ‘Ocean Zones’ features the three different zones of the ocean. It provides factual information about the sunlight, twilight and midnight zones. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This short nonfiction text ‘P: Protea’ features important factual background information relating to the national flower of South Africa. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the unique and beautiful flora and fauna associated with South Africa and also features an activity for students to practise their handwriting.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Partner of the Plants’ asks students to answer comprehension questions the famous American plant scientist Luther Burbank. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and draw conclusions.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Plant Life’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 4 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Planting a Tree’ asks students to answer questions about choosing and planting a tree. 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, ‘Poison Ivy and Its Cousins’ asks students to answer questions about poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac. 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, ‘Rainforest Retreat’ helps students make their own mini rainforest and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making a mini rainforest. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics in an informative and instructional text and encourages students to form opinions and think about author’s purpose.
This life science worksheet, ‘Roots and Shoots’ provides students with an experiment to observe the way seeds grow. It supports an understanding of plants.
This life science worksheet, ‘Salad Survey’ asks students to carry out a survey to determine what people like in their salads. It supports an understanding of plants and nutrition.
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 kids news activity, ‘Scientists Discover Corn Plants Make A Noise’ is about research into the role of sound and vibration in the life cycle of plants.
This science article, ‘Seed Record Breaker’ features the coco de mer seed. It provides information about this seed, which is the heaviest and largest seed in the world, and is aimed at broadening students’ scientific awareness in an engaging manner.
This life science worksheet, ‘Seeds and Water’ provides students with an experiment to determine how much water seeds need. It supports an understanding of plants.
This sequencing activity, ‘Seeds on the Move’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about how seeds are spread.
This sequencing activity, ‘Seeds to Fruit’ develops comprehension through sequencing images about a plant’s life cycle from seed to fruit.
This history article ‘South African Flora’ features important factual background information about South Africa’s plant life. It identifies the king protea, baobab, plains of Namaqualand and the bitter aloe as iconic plants endemic to South Africa, some of which are still used today in food, medicine, cosmetics and for materials. It is aimed at broadening …More
These decorative page borders, ‘Spring Flowers’ are a set of full colour and black and white page borders that can be used in various ways in the classroom such as in wall displays and bulletin boards. They can also be used in student projects or worksheets. Borders can be printed, coloured in and laminated.
This display alphabet, ‘Spring Flowers’ is a collection of themed printable letters. A classroom essential for use in various ways such as wall displays and bulletin boards and for use in student projects. Letters can be cut out, printed and laminated.
These Bulletin Board Trimmers, ‘Spring Flowers’ are a set of narrow bulletin border trimmers that can be used in various ways in the classroom such as in wall displays and bulletin boards. They can also be used in student projects or worksheets. Trimmers can be printed, cut out and laminated.
These display numbers, ‘Spring Flowers’ are a collection of themed printable numbers. A classroom essential for use in various ways such as wall displays and bulletin boards and for use in student projects. Numbers can be cut out, printed and laminated.
These Bulletin Board Trimmers, ‘Spring Flowers’ are a set of wide bulletin border trimmers that can be used in various ways in the classroom such as in wall displays and bulletin boards. They can also be used in student projects or worksheets. Trimmers can be printed, cut out and laminated.
This article, ‘Antarctica: Strange Life in the Cold’, profiles some of the plants and animals that live in Antarctica. It provides factual information about life on Antarctica and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Strawberries’ asks students to answer questions about the origins of strawberries. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and form opinions.
This graphic organiser, ‘Terrific T-Charts’ allows students to recognise differences in the same kind of animals or plants and compare and contrast the information.
This graphic organiser, ‘Terrific T-Charts for Plants’ allows students to recognise differences in two types of plans then compare and contrast the information.
In the story, ‘The Bird Feeder’ readers learn how Dad helps Pat solve a garden problem by helping her build a bird feeder. It includes a procedure and provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Daffodils’ asks students to answer questions about William Wordsworth’s poem about daffodils. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Eden Project: Bringing the Outdoors Inside’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the Eden Project. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions, form opinions and make predictions and comparisons.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Field Ecosystem Web’ helps students to learn about the ecosystem of a field and then create food webs that so how the animals and plants rely on one another for survival.
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 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.
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.
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.
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