The resources were originally created for high school classes comprised of children with learning difficulties. The resources are made to avoid distraction by using well-spaced text and minimising graphics. The aim is to improve literacy, numeracy, living and social skills by providing engaging, challenging and age-appropriate resources. They cover a wide range of subject areas and year levels and many include ideas for differentiation, lesson plans and extension work.
The resources were originally created for high school classes comprised of children with learning difficulties. The resources are made to avoid distraction by using well-spaced text and minimising graphics. The aim is to improve literacy, numeracy, living and social skills by providing engaging, challenging and age-appropriate resources. They cover a wide range of subject areas and year levels and many include ideas for differentiation, lesson plans and extension work.
Lesson Two and Lesson Three of a Unit of 10 Lessons on Ancient Egypt. Can easily stand alone as a one-off lesson.
Contents:
Detailed step by step lesson plan for Lesson 2 - including suggestions for differentiation.
Vocabulary activities worksheet with answer sheet
Detailed step by step lesson plan for Lesson 3 - including suggestions for differentiation
Reading Comprehension worksheet with answer sheet
The vocab activities from Lesson Two cover the vocab used in the Reading Comprehension.
All resources are ready to print.
Used in a High School Year 9 class of students with learning difficulties but would be highly suitable for middle to upper primary classes.
Lesson content and resources have been differentiated and are designed to be expanded and taken further by more able students while allowing low level students to succeed and engage in the learning. To avoid distraction worksheets contain minimal graphics and text is well spaced.
These lessons can be purchased as a bundle (10 lessons). Lesson One and ‘Ancient Egypt Grammar Cards’ are offered free.
Lesson Six is part of a Unit of 10 Lessons on Ancient Egypt but can stand alone as a one-off lesson
Contents:
detailed step by step lesson plan - including extension work and suggestions for differentiation
Reading Comprehension worksheet - The Rosetta Stone
All resources are ready to print
Created for use in a Yr 9 High School class of students with learning difficulties but would be highly suitable for use in middle to upper primary classrooms.
Lesson content and resources have been differentiated and are designed to be expanded and taken further by more able students while allowing low level students to succeed and engage in the learning. To avoid distraction worksheets contain minimal graphics and text is well spaced.
This resource can be purchased as a bundle (10 lessons). Lesson One and ‘Ancient Egypt Grammar Cards’ are offered free.
Lesson Ten of a Unit of 10 Lessons on Ancient Egypt.
Contents:
detailed step by step lesson plan - including suggestions for differentiation.
Listening Activity - worksheet and information sheet on Egyptian Gods
information on constructing a powerpoint presentation
All resources are ready to print.
Created for use in a Year 9 High School class of students with learning difficulties but would be highly suitable for use in middle to upper primary classrooms.
Lesson content and resources have been differentiated and are designed to be expanded and taken further by more able students while allowing low level students to succeed and engage in the learning. To avoid distraction worksheets contain minimal graphics and text is well spaced.
This lesson can be purchased as part of a bundle (10 lessons). Lesson One and Ancient Egypt Grammar Cards are offered free.
A useful set of 5 worksheets and one activity for revision and consolidation of concepts relating to probability. All ready to print. All with answers provided. The worksheets include the language of probability, calculating the probability of an event, converting fractions-decimals-%, Venn diagrams and 2 Way tables. The Activity includes tallying and determining Relative Frequency (simple level).
Lesson Seven is part of a Unit of 10 Lessons on Ancient Egypt but can easily stand as a one-off lesson.
Contents:
detailed step by step lesson plan
Information Sheets about Daily Life (Farmer, Nobleman, Pharaoh)
worksheets and modified worksheets to complete as part of group work
interview ideas and suggested questions.
Ready to print resource.
Created for use in a High School Years 9 class of students with learning difficulties but would be highly suitable for use in middle to upper primary.
Lesson content and resources have been differentiated and are designed to be expanded and taken further by more able students while allowing low level students to succeed and engage in the learning. To avoid distraction worksheets contain minimal graphics and text is well spaced.
This lesson can be purchased as part of a bundle (10 lessons). Lesson One and Ancient Egypt Grammar Cards are offered free.
Lesson Four of a Unit of 10 Lessons on Ancient Egypt, however can easily stand alone as a one-off lesson
Contents:
detailed step by step lesson plan - including suggestions for differentiation.
Worksheet - Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs - Who Am I - with answers
All resources are ready to print
Created for use in a High School Year9 class of students with learning difficulties but highly suitable for use in middle to upper primary.
Lesson content and resources have been differentiated and are designed to be expanded and taken further by more able students while allowing low level students to succeed and engage in the learning.
To avoid distraction worksheets contain minimal graphics and text is well spaced.
This resource can be purchased as a bundle (10 lessons). Lesson One and ‘Ancient Egypt Grammar Cards’ are offered free.
Lesson Eight and Lesson Nine are part of a Unit of 10 Lessons on Ancient Egypt but they can stand alone.
Contents:
detailed step by step lesson plan for Lesson 8 - including extension work and suggestions for differentiation.
Vocabulary Activity worksheet with answers
detailed step by step lesson plan for Lesson 9 - including extension work and suggestions for differentiation
Reading Comprehension worksheet - The Sacred Scarab - includes design activity for early finishers
These Lessons go together - the vocab activities relate to the vocab used in the comprehension - but can stand alone.
All resources are ready to print and have answers provided.
This unit was used successfully in a High School Years 9 class of students with learning difficulties but would be highly suitable for middle to upper primary classrooms.
Lesson content and resources have been differentiated and are designed to be expanded and taken further by more able students while allowing low level students to succeed and engage in the learning. To avoid distraction worksheets contain minimal graphics and text is well spaced.
These lessons are available as part of a bundle (10 lessons). Lesson One and Ancient Egypt Grammar Cards are offered free.
Lesson Five is an Activity-based Lesson.
Contents:
2page detailed lesson plan including instructions and suggestions on how to run this lesson successfully.
levelled worksheets for differentiation
links to a Hieroglyphics translator and quiz
printable crosswords (2 levels)
Ideas for extension work
Word Match worksheets (2levels)
spelling activity worksheets (3 levels)
True/False activity that can be used for assessment.
17 pages packed with worksheets and ideas.
All resources are ready to print and include answers
Created for use in a High school class of students with learning difficulties but would be ideal for use in middle to upper primary classrooms.
Lesson content and resources have been differentiated and are designed to be expanded and taken further by more able students while allowing low level students to succeed and engage in the learning. To avoid distraction worksheets contain minimal graphics and text is well spaced.
This resource can be purchased as a bundle (10 lessons). Lesson One and ‘Ancient Egypt Grammar Cards’ are offered free.
Ready to print and able to be edited for any month. Children can name and order the months, use a calendar to identify the date and determine the number of days in each month and play ‘Months of the Year’ bingo.
Contents:
• 2 calendar worksheets for September/October 2022 (editable for succeeding months) (beginning with Monday)
• suggestions on completion of calendar and suggestions for use including differentiation
• months of the year cards
• printable Months of the Year Bingo cards - simply print onto coloured paper and laminate for a lasting resource
• descriptions of the months to use with the bingo cards – print onto card for a lasting resource.
Bingo is a great way to end a lesson or use as an activity in an activity-based lesson.
All resources are printable and editable.
This Part (A) offers 6 ready to print worksheets and 4 ready to print activity cards, with answers, for an initial study of rates - mainly - km/hr, $/kg, $/hr. Children can read rates and determine which 2 things are being compared, fill in tables and explore patterns, graph results from tables, interpret graphs and complete activity cards.
These worksheets and cards offer repetition and consolidation of concepts.
Part (B) will focus on Speed, Distance, Time and word problems and includes a useful learning tool to help children with this concept.
Over 30 activities all about Australia which allow children to practise their skills in Information, Opinion and Narrative writing. Many offer scaffolded worksheets and ideas for differentiation. They are all printable, include instructions and have answers where applicable. They are designed to make students think, have fun, learn new facts and engage in the writing process. They proved successful in motivating reluctant writers. Perfect for a writing centre, whole class or group work. Grammar Cards are offered free and Vocab flashcards are included to help set up a Writing Center or Word Wall.
This bundle ‘All About Australia’ includes 3 products: Explanatory/Information Writing, Persuasive/Opinion Writing and Narrative Writing. All offered separately or as a bundle. (Please read the descriptions for each individual writing product which give more detail)
Explanatory/Information Writing: 29 pages - 11 activities
Australian States and Territories (worksheet/scaffolding/extension)
Who Am I? (worksheet/scaffolded worksheet
Plan a Holiday Itinerary (worksheet/scaffolded worksheet)
Report Writing - Koala (worksheet/template)
Report Writing - Echidna (worksheet/template)
Platypus Cloze (worksheet)
Platypus Cloze Differentiated (worksheet)
Report Writing Outline (worksheet/scaffolded worksheet)
Compare/Contrast - Platypus/Echidna (worksheet/Venn Diagram)
Compare/Contrast- Emu/Cassowary (worksheet/Venn Diagram)
AFL (Football) (Worksheet/extension
Opinion Writing: 12 pages - 3 activities
Should Shark Nets be Removed (worksheets/differentiation)
Proposal for Uluru (AyersRock) (worksheet)
Should Salt-Water Crocodiles be Culled? (worksheet)
Narrative Writing: 24 pages - 22 activities
Clauses (worksheets)
Clauses (Cards/lesson notes/differentiation)
Transition Words - 9 activities (worksheets/peer,self-editing/graphic
organiser/paragraph writing/writing an orientation)
Recount (worksheet/extension)
Writing a Description - 4 activities(worksheets/writing an introduction for a narrative/graphic organiser
Figurative Language/Idioms-5 activities(worksheets, writing paragraphs, scaffolding)
6 Focus Areas (22 ready to print activities) to help children practise skills for Narrative Writing. All based on topics about Australia. All are printable, include instructions and have answers where applicable.
Use for whole class, group work, partner or individual work. Perfect for a Writing Centre.
Also offered as part of a bundle ‘Australia – Writing Activities’
Includes: Clauses x2, Transition Words, Recount Skills, Writing a Description, Figurative Language
Clauses - 2 printable worksheets with answers
completing sentences and identifying clauses
Clauses (printable cards to print and make sentences) (often with hilarious results)
-very successful in motivating reluctant writers!
Includes lesson notes on different ways the cards can be used and suggestions for differentiation.
Transition Words
9 printable activities
Choosing, identifying and using Transition words
Writing a paragraph and introduction/orientation (includes peer/self-editing guidelines and a graphic organiser)
Recount skills
printable worksheet with answers
printable modified worksheet with answers
identifying when/who/where/why and arranging in sentences
opportunity for extension from sentence to paragraph to narrative
Writing a description
4 activities on a 2-page printable worksheet
read and draw a character to match
draw a face from options given
study a face and describe it
expanding characters information and writing an Introduction for a narrative (includes graphic organiser)
Figurative Language
– Australian Idioms
5 fun activities over 3 printable pages
matching, interpreting, expanding sentences, completing sentences, writing a paragraph (scaffolded)
11 Activities - ready to print - which allow children to practise the skills needed for Informative writing. All based on topics about Australia. All are printable, have instructions and answers where applicable.
Use for whole class, group work, partner or individual work. Perfect for a Writing Centre. Available as part of a bundle, ‘Australia: Writing Activities’
Includes:
• Australian State or Territory rubric
children choose 3, research and complete the rubric worksheet
children also complete a scaffolded paragraph
making a simple powerpoint is an extension activity
suggested answers included
• Who Am I?
worksheet with instructions – children complete 3 Who Am I and use these as a model to write their own- - - lesson suggestions included
highly scaffolded worksheet included
• Plan a Holiday Itinerary
worksheet with instructions
highly scaffolded worksheet also included
• Report Writing – Koala
worksheet with instructions – jumbled report children unjumble, cut and rearrange in correct order
Modified worksheet - reduced content
worksheet with Report proforma
answers included
• Report Writing – Echidna
worksheet – children classify statements into report paragraphs
modified worksheet - reduced content
children rewrite these onto report proforma (provided)
answers included
• Platypus Cloze
worksheet – children complete a cloze in report format
answers included
• Platypus Differentiated Cloze
differentiated worksheet – using same information as Platypus Cloze activity
answers included
• Report Writing Outline
worksheet with instructions – children fill in facts into appropriate section
scaffolded worksheet – questions provided to help with gathering information
• Compare/Contrast (Platypus/Echidna)
worksheet with instructions – children highlight facts for each animal then highlight common facts
worksheet – Venn Diagram – children transfer information onto diagram
answers included
• Compare/Contrast (Emu/Cassowary)
worksheet with instructions – Venn Diagram – children research and write facts directly onto sheet.
• AFL (Australian Rules Football)
instructions and information about the game of Aussie Rules Football
worksheet to complete
extension suggestion included
45 Vocab Flashcards included
Ready to print, fun and engaging writing activity. Use as a diagnostic tool to determine your new students’ writing strengths and weaknesses. Instructions are detailed and allow for independent work. Perfect for consolidating recount skills.
Revised edition now includes answers and a modified worksheet (less content) also with answers.
Children can create sentences (sometimes silly ones) by cutting and rearranging. These can then be expanded into paragraphs or full narratives.
Differentiation is easy as students who struggle with writing can create just the sentences while more capable writers can be extended.
Suitable for Grade 3 upwards. Perfect for engaging reluctant writers.
Contents:
I worksheet with detailed instructions
I modified worksheet - with detailed instructions
Answers
Would make a great tool to assess writing skills. These fun Writing Activities are ready to print. Includes fun and engaging task cards and worksheets which focus on holidays and travel. Proved very successful in getting reluctant writers to put pen to paper! Designed to appeal to different types of learners and to incorporate Higher Order Thinking Skills. Children can work independently or in pairs. Use as whole class, group work or as part of a writing centre. Great for consolidation of writing skills.
Contents:
• Favourite Destinations
-10 task cards
-10 corresponding worksheets – children can list, sort, explain, compare, identify advantages and disadvantages, design and create, plan and research.
• Suggestions for Differentiation.
• Holiday Destinations
-10 task cards – covers imaginative, persuasive and informative writing
– tasks include writing sentences, paragraphs, story endings, Who Am I and poetry (for completing in children’s exercise books.)
4 Sets (21pages) Ready to Print and perfect for consolidating early knowledge of Fractions. Covers halves, thirds, quarters, sixths and eighths. Can be used for individual, partner, group work or as part of a learning centre and can be used in many different ways. Print as many as is needed for – matching, sorting, Go Fish, Snap, concentration (memory game) etc.
Can make a lasting resource if printed onto card and laminated. Activities progress from simple to more complex tasks allowing for differentiation.
Includes:
Set A – simple matching a picture of a fraction to the pictorial representation
Set B – matching equivalent fraction pictures with the written form
Set C - (a) Fraction picture cards, written form and the symbols =, < and >
(b) Task cards – to be used with part a. 10 cards to be completed with a partner (important in giving children the opportunity to read the fraction out loud and use the mathematical language)
Task cards include sorting fractions with similar denominators, understanding one whole is all parts, comparing fractions with different denominators, reading and comparing fractions using <, > and =, simple problem solving, arranging fractions from smallest to largest.
Set D (a) can be printed onto card or used as a worksheet. Fraction Cards have space to insert a card with = or < or >
(b) symbols = < > - to complete part a
3 activities -ready to print-which allow children to give their opinion. All based on topics from Australia. Two utilize de Bono’s 6 Hat Theory which is very easy to follow.
These are great for generating ideas and discussions and allow for extension. They are easily adaptable for whole class, individual, partner or group activities and are ideal for use in a Writing Centre. All are printable, include instructions and have answers.
Also offered as part of a bundle ‘Australia – Writing Activities’
Includes:
• Should Shark Nets Continue to be used or be Removed?
includes lesson notes and ideas for differentiation
children are given information and asked to classify into correct box (6 Hat Theory)
• What do you think of this idea?
a controversial (fictional) proposal for Uluru (Ayer’s Rock)
children identify main idea, advantages and disadvantages (6 Hat guidelines)
children are ask to think of alternatives – can lead to designing, creating, etc
• Should salt-water crocodiles be culled?
partner activity
children are asked to classify facts as For or Against
writing an opinion
A set of 24 time cards. Children can match digital with the written form. Ready to print and cut up. Laminate if desired for a lasting resource. Set A covers o’clock and ½ past e.g. 1:00 matches with 1 o’clock. Great for revision and consolidating telling and reading the time. Matching worksheet includes am/pm. Would make a good assessment item.
Designed to be no fuss, two A4 pages – easy to print and set up as an activity as part of group work.
Sets A – G are offered for sale as a separate product.
Print, cut out and use as a handy tool for children when calculating Speed, Distance and Time.
To use: Have children make the triangle up each time in front of them on their desk. Once they have figured out what the question is asking them for e.g. Speed, Distance or Time they select that card and carefully move it to the left. What remains in front of them tells them whether to multiply or divide.
This tool is included in Rates(B) resource including worksheets (see Knowntowork Resources)
Lesson One of a Unit of 10 Lessons on Ancient Egypt (available individually or as a bundle). For Middle to Upper Primary.
Contents:
detailed step by step lesson plan
levelled word searches (3levels) with answers
suggestions for differentiation
Ready to print.
Lesson content and resources have been differentiated and are designed to be expanded and taken further by more able students while allowing low level students to succeed and engage in the learning.