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A different kind of brilliant
$0.00These book notes are an A4, two page download and provide some teaching ideas to be used in conjunction with the book, A Different Kind of Brilliant, by Louise Cummins. This book will help children understand what autism is and will also help children to better understand and support autistic classmates or siblings. This book is available online at https://adifferentkindofbrilliant.com
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Advance Australia fair
$0.00This Poetry Pick looks at the Australian National anthem.You can obtain an official copy of the national anthem by searching Australian National Anthem word sheet. There are a variety of You Tube clips with words and music. TRIO really loves the picture book version published by Angus and Robertson in 2011 because it is illustrated with a number of Australian paintings – but it may be available only through a library.
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Alphabet Hunt
$0.00Add to the fun of this alphabet hunt with a magnifying glass as your child wanders around the house and yard on a hunt for objects starting with each letter of the alphabet. They can draw or write their answers.
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Analysing an advertisement
$0.00Understanding persuasive texts like advertisements is a life skill. This resource provides teachers and parents with a way of exploring adds and analysing the language used to persuade. Use with students in years 3-6.
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Animal Sort
$0.00This English resource is a sorting activity with four categories designed for Kindergarten.
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Assessment Checklist
$0.00This checklist supports teachers to consider assessment against the guidelines for effective assessment practices from NESA. In addition there is a grid to assist in designing effective assessment tasks for English. Suitable for use with all stages.
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Assessment quadrant
$0.00The assessment quadrant is a very simple tool. After students’ current reading levels have been determined and compared with data from previous benchmarking, this grid can be used to map the students into the four quadrants. The purpose is to raise awareness of student progress and promote careful discussion on how to differentiate the teaching to meet the vastly different needs of each group. It looks simple but it can lead to very powerful conversations in year and stage level teams.
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Australian painter: Arthur Streeton
$0.00In this lesson the work of Arthur Streeton is viewed and discussed. Students then create a frame and use this frame to create a drawing.
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Bears in the night
$0.00Maths matters are book notes but for a book you can use in Maths. They have been written to support teachers in selecting key teaching points from texts they choose to use in Maths.
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Beginning, middle and end
$0.00This template, for drawing and writing about the beginning, middle and end of a story that students have read or are planning to write, needs no instructions. A useful tool for all grades.
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Buddhist Monks
$0.00Some people in our community wear uniforms. They do this for various reasons. It could be to identify who they are or it could be to help them complete their job. In South-East Asia, Theravada Buddhist monks and nuns wear saffron coloured robes. The traditional uniform of a Buddhist monk or nun is a saffron coloured robe, no shoes and shaved head. The uniform identifies the person as a monk/nun and represents what they believe in which is simplicity and detachment of materialism.
This unit is part of Trio’s Cultural Perspectives lesson series. It consists of a single lesson suitable for early to lower primary grades and is particularly supportive for EAL students. The lesson can be taught in isolation or provide a cultural perspective when completing units on South-East Asia, role of religion and religious people in our society, Buddhism, colours as symbolism and uniforms. All resources (lesson plan, online link and photographs) are included.
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Buying petrol
$0.00Cambodia, officially called the Kingdom of Cambodia, is situated in South East Asia and has a population of around 15 million people. The majority of these people live in the countryside. ‘Filling up’ in the countryside is far different from buying petrol at the service station. Motos pull to the side of the dusty, pot -holed roads to the roadside stall selling petrol. Here they purchase a recycled bottle filled with fuel. The average purchase is one litre. Fill, pay and leave in under 5 minutes! This unit is part of Trio’s Cultural Perspectives lesson series. It consists of two lessons, which are suitable for lower and upper primary grades and are particularly supportive for EAL students. The lessons can be taught in isolation or provide a cultural perspective when completing units on Asian countries e.g. Cambodia, fuel use in Asian countries, transport and the environmental footprint.
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Calendar maths activity
$0.00A maths activity for all grades based on the number patterns in a calendar month.
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Chalk art
$0.00In this lesson students will examine chalk drawings on pavements. They learn to use a grid when enlarging an image. They will draw an enlarged self portrait on the playground or any suitable place.
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Chalk Boy
$0.00Chalk boy was shortlisted for the Children’s book of the year awards in 2019, so your school library will probably have a copy. The words and illustrations combine beautifully to create a thought-provoking book. A great text to explore the author’s message and a useful text for teaching the language of visual literacy. These book notes were written for students in years 5 and 6.
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Character
$0.00This template may help students in reflecting on characters read about and in creating characters to write about.