This learning activity, ‘The Mail Gets Through’, focuses on ordering numbers 0 to 1,000 and explores place value. Students help a postie deliver the mail by putting the house numbers in order. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This history article, ‘The Menu of Multiculturalism’ describes Australia’s journey to becoming a multicultural nation. It provides factual information about Australian history and multiculturalism and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘The Mighty Thor and His Magical Mjolnir’ features Thor, a popular god from the Viking era. It provides factual information about Thor and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This history article, ‘The Mongol Empire and its Master Warriors’ features the brutal warriors of the Mongol Empire, including Genghis Khan and his powerful army. It provides factual information about the warriors and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
These four full page ‘The Month of…’ calendars can be reproduced for classroom use. They feature the days of the month but no dates allowing them to be adapted to any calendar month and can be printed and laminated for use as a classroom display.
This writing prompt, ‘The Most Fun School Day’ helps students to write about their most favourite day at school this year. It encourages students to think about what made the day so enjoyable and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
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 Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Mounties’, features an informational text about the history of Canada’s mounted police, which were formed in 1873 to keep peace in the west and are now the national police force. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, …More
This science article, ‘The Moving Ocean’ features why and how the ocean is always in motion! It provides factual information about ocean currents and waves. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘The Museum of Natural History’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This article, ‘The Mystery of the Missing Prime Minister’ provides students with factual information about the mysterious disappearance of former Prime Minister Harold Holt. This is a great resource for broadening students’ political and historical knowledge and could also be used as a foundation for further study or discussion about mysteries and conspiracy theories.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Name Game’ provides students with the opportunity to practise capitalising names and places.
This maths activity, ‘The Number After Bingo’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise counting as part of a competitive game played as a class. It includes a small and large bingo template and counters to be distributed to students, as well as numeral cards from 1-20 for the teacher.
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 writing task worksheet ‘The Old House’ helps students to practise creative writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the story’s characters, setting, beginning, middle and end in order to write the best possible composition. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a …More
This history article, ‘The Oldest Person’ features Jeanne Calment, the oldest person to have ever lived. It provides factual information about her life, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This worksheet, ‘The Olympic Mascot Story’ is a great resource that explores the story behind the Olympic Games’ mascot. The resource provides students with a storyboard format to sequence the discovery of the mascot character. It also provides a platform to begin discussions about the qualities of mascots and why each Olympic Games has different …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Olympics’ asks students to answer questions about the Olympic Games. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, think about word meaning and form opinions.
This vocabulary activity, ‘The Orchestra’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to match musical vocabulary to relevant definitions or descriptions.
This reading activity, ‘The Orchestra’ provides opportunities for practice with reading about the orchestra to answer the comprehension questions.
This article, ‘The Oregon Trail’ describes the way early settlers travelled west across America in wagons to make new lives in Oregon. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This worksheet, ‘The Origins of Valentine’s Day’ is a fantastic resource that encourages students to engage with the history of Valentine’s Day. It provides a brief summary of the legend and history of Valentine’s Day and is followed by a comprehension activity to consolidate understanding. It is an enjoyable and simple resource that can be …More
This worksheet ‘The Pancake Process’ is a visual exercise which requires students to illustrate the sequence of cooking a pancake. This is an ideal resource that can be used to prompt discussion and develop comprehension skills. Some students may find it difficult to sequence the progression of events in a logical order however in using …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘The Paper Bag Princess’ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This informational text, ‘The Piano’ provides a simple outline of the main features of the piano with a labelled diagram of both the upright piano and the grand piano. It is a great resource to prompt discussion, assist in research or introduce musical terminology that is related to instruments, in particular the piano.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Pig Brother’ asks students to answer questions about a boy who was untidy. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
In this learning activity, ‘The Pigsty’, students help Jamal calculate how many planks he needs to build a fence around the pigsty. The problems involve combining equal groups to find a total. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Planet Mars’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make predictions and summarise information.
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 report, ‘The Power of the Wind’ describes the history, function and uses of windmills over time. It compares wind with fossil fuels as a source of energy. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This maths activity, ‘The Price Is Right’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise counting and place value in a guessing game played as a class. It includes a number line template from 1-20.
This history article, ‘The Prince’s Journey and the Birth of Buddhism’ features Prince Gautama and the origins of Buddhism. It provides factual information about Buddhism and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Princess and the Goblin Part I’ asks students to answer questions about a tale by George MacDonald. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Princess and the Goblin Part II’ asks students to answer questions about a tale by George MacDonald. 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 Princess and the Pea’ asks students to answer questions about Hans Christian Andersen’s famous tale. 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, ‘The Railway Children Part I’ asks students to answer questions about a tale of a group of children who try to prevent a train crash. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make predictions, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Railway Children Part II’ asks students to answer questions about a tale of a group of children who try to prevent a train crash. 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 Railway Children Part III’ asks students to answer questions about a tale of a group of children who try to prevent a train crash. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, summarise the story and think about word meanings.
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 history article, ‘The Real Winnie the Pooh’ features the real bear that inspired the beloved A.A. Milne character Winnie the Pooh. It includes factual information about the bear’s life and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
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 graphic organiser, ‘The Rhyme Climb’ encourages students to identify words that rhyme and rhyming word endings.
In this story, ‘The Ride’, a young girl travels with her grandmother by bus across the city to meet her mother. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This postcard, ‘The Rideau Canal’, features important factual background information about the famous canal in Ottawa, Ontario. 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 cultural and historical landmarks of Canada and can …More
This photo activity card, ‘The Rocky Mountains’, provides integrated thematic vocabulary and oral language development activities on the topic of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the cultural and historical landmarks of Canada and can be used as a prompt for further discussion or study of Canada.
This history article, ‘The Roman Army: A Training Manual’ features details about the Roman army in ancient times and provides factual information about its organisation, training, weapons, rations and punishments. It also provides a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘The Royal Coat of Arms’ features the official coat of arms of the British monarch. It provides factual information about the different features of the coat of arms, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘The Royal Mint’ features the mint that makes the United Kingdom’s currency. It provides factual information about the Royal Mint, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This number and operations worksheet, ‘The Same as…’ allows for practice explaining and using relationships between operations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This informational text, ‘The Saxophone’ provides a simple outline of the main features of the sax with a labelled diagram. It is a great resource to prompt discussion, assist in research or introduce musical terminology that is related to instruments, in particular the sax.
This writing task worksheet ‘The School Musical’ helps students to practise creative writing. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the story’s characters, setting, beginning, middle and end in order to write the best possible composition. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a …More
In the learning activity, ‘The Sea Monster’, students are challenged to add in multiples of 10 in the format of a board game. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Sharpshooter’, features a biographical text about Annie Oakley, who became famous performing in Wild West shows. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, validity, cause and effect, mood, fact/opinion, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘The Simpsons’ features the cartoon family The Simpsons. It provides factual information about one of the most popular TV shows in history and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This history article, ‘The Slow Sprint to Print’ features the history of the printing press. It provides factual information about the invention of the printing press and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This reading activity, ‘The Solar System’ provides opportunities for practice with reading about the solar system to complete the comprehension questions.
This full colour ‘The Solar System’ illustration can be reproduced for classroom use. It shows the size and location of the features of our solar system with descriptions of the planets around the picture’s border and is a fun and educational addition to a space themed classroom display.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Sore Thumb of Family Memories’ supports students in editing and revising their writing on family memories, ensuring that they are staying on topic.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Sound of Old Music’, asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions about ancient flutes found in China.
This worksheet, ‘The South African Flag’ is a great resource to supplement research into the South African flag. Students are asked to answer questions such as ‘When was the current South African flag adopted?’ or ‘Who designed the flag?’ to get a greater understanding of what the South African flag contributes to the concept of …More
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