Deborah Steele

A PowerPoint about Aboriginal "X-Ray Art". Some real animal x-rays to help students build a visual bank of what the skeletons look like. Followed by some authentic Aboriginal paintings.

A crossword based on the history and technique of bark painting by the Aboriginal people of Australia.

A Powerpoint with information on the Gwion Gwion paintings found in Western Australia.

A slide show about Australian Tourism data, analysing the number of visitors to each state, visitors each year etc. Good when learning to analyse data.

Note-taking activity that matches the Australian Aid brochure: https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/australian-aid-brochure.pdf

Year 1 handwriting lines with sentence practice. Students can write the last word. Can also be laminated and use a whiteboard pen. Students can use it as a guide and copy the sentence into their books.

A cloze activity based on the Aboriginal paintings found in Western Australia of the spiritual figures.

Super easy to use worksheet when practising complex sentences. It gives students the option to choose a conjunction and also the freedom to create a suitable clause to finish.

An excellent resource when writing compare/contrast texts. Use as a poster or shrink and give to individual students.

Helpful Powerpoint with regards to sentence writing. Helps students with fluency by encouraging them to try new sentences beginnings, and avoid common errors like repetition of pronouns etc.