Nancy Walker

This is a 10 week planner gives chapter summaries along with a activity for students to complete. These activities are based on the book 'Boy Overboard' by Morris Gleitzman. Boy Overboard tells the story of a family immigrating to Australia from war torn Afghanistan. Cut out the suitcases and paste together to make an activity book.

You can use these cards as a discussion starter or as a matching activity. Students will learn the different characteristics of each habitat. Habitats included: Desert Ocean Coastal Wetlands Rainforest Bushlands

Have your students order these cards according to their capacity. Measurements in millilitres and litres.

Are you learning about Grid Reference Points? In this activity students need to locate different parts of Australia using grid reference points.

Use together with 'Boy Overboard Activities' This weekly planner gives chapter summaries along with a activity for students to complete. 10 week unit.

These activities are based on the book 'Boy Overboard' by Morris Gleitzman. Also purchase 'Boy Overboard Lesson Plans' to see the description of each activity. Boy Overboard tells the story of a family immigrating to Australia from war torn Afghanistan. Cut out the suitcases and paste together to make an activity book.

Are you studying Australian Animals? These cards are perfect to use for a word wall, categorising the different types of animals or simply working out which habitat each animal belongs to. Print in colour and laminate.

Do you have the same students always leaving the class to the to the toilet? Supply each child with their own toilet pass that they can use once per session. Edit with your own students names, print and laminate.

This pack includes 3 activities: Activity 1: 32 cards where students have to identify the total of coins. Activity 2: 32 cards where students have to identify the total of coins and notes. Activity 3: 32 cards where students have to calculate the change. All activities include a record sheet and answers. A great activity focusing on differentiation for student abilities.

This is a fun activity that involves a number of mathematical skills. All students need is a mini pack of smarties. For younger students place 10 smarties in a clip seal bag. This is easier to teach the concept of fractions and percentages. Use the pages to make a mini book. Skills include: Tally data collection Bar graph Fractions Percentages Chance words Mass Length Reading data

The ideal project for students from grades 2-6 as a revision of writing topics covered throughout the year. Your children will love this task and think your the best teacher ever!!! Students get to choose their own topic and which text types they would like to write. Everything you need for a 6 week program! Included: Revision of Writing Genres- Narrative, Recount, Procedure, Information Report, Explanation & Exposition with examples, Writing Structure Information Sheet, 6 Week Project Info

Have your students order these grocery items according to their mass. Measurement is in grams and kilograms.

This assessment task will provide information on whether your students can complete addition and subtraction sums that do and do not involve renaming. There is a teacher checklist on the bottom of the page so you can clearly identify the children who need help with a particular skill.

Have your students respond to the photographs using the following four questions: What can you see? What does it remind you of? How does it make you feel? What questions do you have? A great way to get children involved in discussions.

Use these cards as a classroom display, flash cards or for categorising into groups. Print in colour and laminate.

Teach your children about the location of Australian states, cities and unique Australian animals.

These four posters emphasise the different spelling strategies. The posters include: Visual words phonological words Morphemic words Etymological words Print in colour, laminate and display around your classroom.

This amazing Project will cover all the skills needed to assess your students knowledge in researching, designing and building a habitat. This task is designed for students to work in small groups to build a 3 dimensional habitat in the centre of their table. This is a great way to assess how students work in group situations. The task involves students to research a chosen habitat. They use the information collected to help plan and design a habitat, thinking about the different types of mate

This activity involves a range of mathematical skills based around a pet rock. I had my children paint their pet rock before we started the activities. There are some great images of pet rocks on the internet. Activities include: Mass Addition Subtraction Less/Greater than Ordering from lightest to heaviest Length Area Perimeter Print and make into a book.

Brighten up your classroom with these beautiful name tags. All you need to do is open in Publisher and add your children's names. Print in colour and laminate.