This hands-on activity, ‘The Spooky Beginnings of Halloween’ explains the history of Halloween. It provides factual information about this spooky holiday and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Star’ asks students to answer questions about Jane Taylor’s poem called ‘The Star’. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about word meanings and rhyming words. It also encourages them to recall information from the poem.
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 graphic organiser, ‘The Strongest Word’ supports students in editing and revising their writing, focusing on their use of verbs to create stronger meanings.
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 history article, ‘The Terrifying Appetite of Tarrare’ features Tarrare, a French man who was an extraordinary eater. It provides factual information about Tarrare and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This set of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask …More
This set of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask …More
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.
This worksheet, ‘The Triathlon’ is a visual exercise which require students to illustrate the sequence of a triathlon event. This is an ideal resource to introduce a very interesting Olympic sport to younger years. It can be used to prompt discussion in correlation with a multimedia clip showing a triathlon, or following individual or group …More
This informational text, ‘The Trombone’ provides a simple outline of the main features of the trombone 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 trombone.
This graphic organiser, ‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ supports students to identify character, setting and plot structure in ‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’.
This informational text, ‘The Trumpet’ provides a simple outline of the main features of the trumpet 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 trumpet.
This informational text, ‘The Tuba’ provides a simple outline of the main features of the tuba 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 tuba.
This printable sheet music, ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ with lyrics can be reproduced for classroom use.
This article, ‘The Ultimate $2 Shop’ provides students with factual information about the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. It explains how the role of the Royal Australian Mint has changed over the years as the Australian currency has undergone various changes and features some interesting facts and statistics about Australian money. This is a great …More
This worksheet, ‘The Ultimate Day for Dad’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using their own creative ideas on how they could make Father’s Day special for their Dad. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively but this writing prompt gives students enough freedom to …More
This worksheet, ‘The Ultimate Day for Mum’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using their own creative ideas on how they could make Mother’s Day special for their mum. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively but this writing prompt gives students enough freedom to …More
This history article, ‘The Union Jack’ features the flag of the United Kingdom that is also known as the Union Flag. It provides factual information about the Union Jack, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This beginning maths worksheet, ‘The Value of Shapes’ allows for practice solving basic equations using substitution. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Village Blacksmith’ asks students to answer questions about a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This informational text, ‘The Violin’ provides a simple outline of the main features of the violin 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 violin
This history article, ‘The Wackiest Jobs in History’ features some interesting and surprising jobs that people have had throughout history. It provides factual information and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter Part I’ asks students to answer questions about the famous poem by Lewis Carroll. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and make predictions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter Part II’ asks students to answer questions about the famous poem by Lewis Carroll. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Way We Get Around’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This full page ‘The Weather Today is…’ weather chart can be reproduced for classroom use. It includes cut outs of different weather conditions and temperature arrows that can be added onto the chart to reflect the weather that day and can be printed and laminated for use as a classroom display.
This illustration, “The White House” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to download, …More
This black and white outline illustration, “The White House B&W” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in colour. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and …More
This text elements exemplar ‘The Wind and the Sun’ shows students how to identify the story’s central idea and supporting details. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of deconstructing texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose.
This ‘The Winner is…!’ award is a certificate that can be reproduced for classroom use. It is formatted as either one full page award or two half page awards for printing convenience and can be laminated and distributed to students.
This worksheet, ‘The Winter Olympic Mascot Story’ is a great resource that explores the story behind the Winter Olympic Games’ mascot(s). The resource provides students with a storyboard format to sequence the discovery of the mascot character(s). It also provides a platform to begin discussions about the qualities of mascots and why each Winter Olympic …More
This worksheet, ‘The Winter Olympic Mascot, Hare’ is a great resource that explores the story behind the Winter Olympic Games’ mascot, Hare. The Sochi Winter Olympics were the first Games to hold a national competition to design their mascots and each mascot has a wonderful background story as to why they were selected for Sochi …More
This worksheet, ‘The Winter Olympic Mascot, Leopard’ is a great resource that explores the story behind the Winter Olympic Games’ mascot, Leopard. The Sochi Winter Olympics were the first Games to hold a national competition to design their mascots and each mascot has a wonderful background story as to why they were selected for Sochi …More
This worksheet, ‘The Winter Olympic Mascot, Polar Bear’ is a great resource that explores the story behind the Winter Olympic Games’ mascot, Polar Bear. The Sochi Winter Olympics were the first Games to hold a national competition to design their mascots and each mascot has a wonderful background story as to why they were selected …More
This set of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the mask …More
This set of ‘The Wizard of Oz B&W’ role-play masks is a resource that can be used in a variety of classroom activities. It is a hands-on tool that provides a stimulus to prompt vocabulary and concept development. Use it during class discussions to fuel engagement, or have students use their imaginations to incorporate the …More
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 graphic organiser, ‘The Word Burger’ allows students to learn new vocabulary words from a piece of literature by using the rivet technique.
This vocabulary activity, ‘The World of Sports’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to complete sentences using sports and games vocabulary.
This full colour ‘The World’ illustration can be reproduced for classroom use. It depicts children from a variety of countries saying ‘Hello’ in their native languages and is a fun and educational addition to a classroom display to promote international cultural awareness.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Wounded at Gallipoli’ features important factual background information relating to helping the wounded ANZACs. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the stretcher-bearers and hospital ships based at Gallipoli.
This reading activity, ‘The Zoo’ provides opportunities for practice with reading a passage about the zoo and answering comprehension questions.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Theme: Describing an Alien’ supports students in learning to organise ideas and consider word choice in their writing.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘There Was a Little Girl’ asks students to answer questions about a poem, which is about a little girl who could be good and horrid! It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This illustration, “Thermometer imperial” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and …More
This illustration, “Thermometer imperial” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and …More
This black and white outline illustration, “Thermometer imperial B&W” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in colour. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy …More
This black and white outline illustration, “Thermometer imperial B&W” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in colour. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy …More
This illustration, “Thermometer metric” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and …More
This black and white outline illustration, “Thermometer metric B&W” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in colour. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy …More
This worksheet, ‘Things I Love About You’ is a simple resource that asks students to brainstorm all of the things that they love about a special person in the lives. It is a great resource that can be used to encourage thoughtfulness towards someone else and could also be a nice gift to take home …More
This vocabulary activity, ‘Things in Pairs’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to use pairs of things in their appropriate context.
This writing task worksheet ‘Things That Change’ helps students to practise expository writing. It is aimed at encouraging students plan their writing and ask themselves questions to best explain their ideas to the reader using details, examples and their own personal experience. It includes space for students to plan their writing and a checklist to …More
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Think Aloud,’ encourages students to find the main idea in a text. It helps students use strategies such as predicting, and questioning and rereading in order to figure out unfamiliar words.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Think Before Reading,’ is a three-step process that is aimed at helping students with questioning. It teaches students how to activate prior knowledge, generate questions and find information that will answer their questions.
This graphic organiser, ‘Think Pair Share’ is a fantastic resource to differentiate teaching instruction. It offers a less threatening environment that values individual input in class discussions. By outlining ideas in this table students can share their own thoughts, learn how to listen to others’ and then summarize both of their understandings in order to …More
This maths activity, ‘Thirteen Dice’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to practise place value and using three-digit numbers as part of a competitive game played in teams. It includes six-sided dice dot templates.
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.
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