Mother’s Day facts to share This PowerPoint will assist in building an understanding of Mother’s Day and why we hold it as an important calendar event and acknowledge it in the way we do. • Use this as a PowerPoint and share with your grade. • Discuss each slide and ask questions about their understanding. Mother’s Day is day that is dedicated to celebrating and caring for our mothers. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

ANZAC Day is an important part of Australian and New Zealand history – one we share that has shaped our countries with mateship, perseverance and honour. We need to share the history of ANZAC Day with future generations. This PowerPoint will assist in building an understanding of ANZAC Day and why we hold it as an important part of our history and acknowledge it every year. Use this ANZAC Day as a PowerPoint and share with your grade. Discuss each slide and ask questions about their understanding. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Arbor Day is day that is dedicated to celebrating and caring for trees. We celebrate this day in late April each year. Arbor is Latin for tree. Enjoy these tasks to help build a sense of community in looking after our planet. This PowerPoint will assist in • building an understanding of Arbor Day • provide facts to share • answering why we hold it as an important day in our calendar event • acknowledging the ways we can do this • building discussion around each slide and asking questions about their understanding. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Earth Day PowerPoint of Facts and Print and Go Tasks - This pack includes a PowerPoint to share with your grade. There are facts to discuss and prompts to complete. Included are templates for recording answers and completing tasks. Tasks include Which countries celebrate Earth Day? Facts about the men behind Earth Day What does the Earth Day Flag look like? How can we save our Earth? What is your plan of action for saving energy and resources for future generations? Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This World Environment Day PowerPoint is designed to share why and how we celebrate and acknowledge World Environment Day. Share the PowerPoint and encourage discussion about the content and what we can do to make our planet the best place we can make it. Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Make the teaching of reading comprehension clear with our Reading Strategy Comprehension Posters. They are great for displaying in your classroom. They will assist your students to work through reading skills with supporting clues on each poster. I use reading strategies to help my students explore texts and gain a deeper understanding of character, setting and plot development. Reading Strategy Comprehension Posters included are - Predicting Visualising – Visualizing Summarising – Summarizing Questioning Connecting Identifying Inferring Evaluating Your students will love the clear prompts to support them to identify parts of a text with greater understanding. Prep is quick and easy… Just print the pages, and you’re ready to display and use the poster prompts! This is what teachers, like you, have said about our product… Clear, concise, colourful and well produced posters! Will serve as pertinent, visual and creative reminders in the class! A real timesaver! Many thanks! Celia What a great resource for my reading wall! Nicole Copyright © Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent.

Possum Magic is a great Australian picture story book. It has amazing illustrations of the wildlife and it makes strong connections with each State or Territory. As the characters travel around the country they eat some amazing Australian food. What will you get in this product? Printables to record learning Tasks for learning centers Writing prompts Prep is quick and easy… Just print the student pages, gather the materials listed, and you’re ready for a fun and engaging class! Tasks include - KWHL – two options to choose from. What do you know, want to know, how will you check the facts and record new learning Beginning middle and end – draw pictures and add text underneath the INB page Write a summary Sequence – draw four pictures and add text Writing in capitals – why do we do this? Word Focus – what are new words to you? Where did Hush visit? – track it on a map The food we eat and compare to what a possum should eat How to make Hush visible? Draw part of the story and add a description Grandma Poss is - can – has Text Connections Animal Research INB page for the Setting, Characters, Complications and Resolutions DeBono’s Hats Comparison of two characters Character Traits Word Splash about the book Recount template x 2 What do you think the main idea is? The saddest part of the story is… Compare the beginning and the end Change the ending Add a new character to add value to the text I see, I think, I wonder about the text Persuade others to read the text Make a list of animals that appear in the book Be a designer – make a new cover Write a conversation between two characters Record the point of view of the characters Draw the food Hush ate in each state or territory Themes – Australian Picture Story Book, food, travel, Australian Animals This is what teachers, like you, have said about this product… This was a great resource I used during my book unit for “Possum Magic”. There were a range of activities to cover different skills in reading. Students were engaged and loved the worksheets. Kimberley I used this resource pack for our Australian animals unit during homeschooling. Very helpful and a great range of activities. It is very suitable for the Year 1-3 level. Michelle Absolutely love this unit! These are great worksheets and activities! My kids loved it so much! Thank you! Miss Leek Copyright © Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent.

These Decoding and Comprehension Strategy Posters are great for displaying in your room to remind students which strategies to use when they are ‘stuck’ while reading texts. There are banners, bookmarks and buttons too! The following are provided for both Decoding and Comprehension Strategies Full size posters Bookmarks Banners Buttons Strategies included are Eagle Eye Lippy the Fish Stretchy Snake Chunky Monkey Skippy Frog Trying Lion Flippy Dolphin Caring Kangaroo Spinner the Spider Questioning Owl Rocky Racoon Digger Dog Jabber the Reteller Fix it up Bear Each section has options in full color and save ink versions. Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Sometimes we need to prompt our students to calm down with Calming Strategies and Mindfulness Activities. This is an easy prep set of posters and will add to your classroom management tool box. What will you get in this product? Posters to print for display Color and black and white versions - the b/w version can be copied onto colored card Three different sizes to use Students can color the b/w version As the teacher decide which cards to use – I would suggest that you limit to five initially. Then as you need to introduce other calming down strategies. The Posters include – breathe out, blow off steam, chew gum, counting, draw, fidget toy, go for a walk, happy thoughts, have a drink, hula hoop, jumping jacks, listen to music, paint a picture, play a game, playdough, playground visit, push for energy, read a book, sand play, self talk, sit in a beanbag, sit on a body ball, take a message, take exercise, talk to my teacher, time with the class pet, try yoga use a stress ball, use blocks and visit the library This is what teachers, like you, have said about this product… This set is very creative and cute! I put the larger pictures on the wall in my calming center, and I put the smaller ones on a ring that students could look through. Sue Love the graphics and the black and white pages were perfect for the kids to color and make a classroom booklet! Kelly Copyright © Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent.

This product is an engaging tool to work with Informal Measurement (Non Standard Length). Learning to measure with non standard tools is lots of fun. At the end of the pack are four assessment pages to track your students. This is a low prep pack with hands on tasks. Your students will be out of their seats, engaged in measuring objects around your room and discussing the length of objects. What will you get in this product? Hands on tasks for informal measuring of length Printable templates Assessment ideas The materials you will need are readily available in your classroom - paper clips, blocks, counters. This pack includes - How can we use items to measure objects? There is a black/white and color option to print as a poster to add other measurements to. Measuring my Teddy Bear with a buddy Measuring my Teddy Bear with a buddy Which foot is longer? Measuring my Teddy with blocks Measuring my Teddy with paper clips Sort order of height Who is taller? Choose an object to measure Measuring objects with paper clips Measuring objects with blocks Choose objects to measure paper clips/blocks/bears Measure distance with your feet Pages for Assessment Prep is quick and easy… Just print the pages, gather the materials listed, and you’re ready for a fun and engaging class! This is what teachers, like you, have said about this product This is a great resource that is well done and can be implemented into the classroom quickly and effectively. I would highly recommend it. Gen This is exactly what I have been looking for. In the past I have always felt that my measurement unit has been a “hodge-podge” of activities. Now I am confident that my students will “measure up!” I appreciate your thoroughness! Thanks! Karen A great resource to use to set up an investigation on measuring length to check for understanding. Marjorie COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Angles – Read the Room pack aims to help your students discover the types of angles and the names we give them. Share the two photos with your grade and ask what sorts of angles they see. Use the ANGLES page to record what your grade knows or what individual students know. This can be added to as you progress through the tasks. The first set of cards are to determine if the angles are acute, obtuse or right angled. Print the cards (either blue background or black/white). Students record the type of angle by checking the correct box on the answer sheet. There is an answer key. The second set of cards are to determine if the angles are acute, obtuse, right, complete, straight or reflex angled. Print the cards (either yellow background or black/white). Students record the type of angle by writing the name of the angle in the correct box on the answer sheet. There is an answer key. Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

ANZAC Day is an important day in Australian and New Zealand History. April 25 marks the day to remember the people who were lost and families who were changed forever. This pack is for early learners to begin to develop an appreciation of this significant day. ANZAC Day Reading and Writing Tasks - This pack is also included in our ANZAC Day Bundle at a discounted price. This pack includes Background notes and suggested books to read Word Work How many words can you make from Australian and New Zealand Army Corps? A recording sheet to write down your words Work on Writing Record my thoughts about ANZAC Day Recount of an ANZAC Day March you have attended What is the significance of the wreath? What symbols are associated with ANZAC Day? Complete a Venn Diagram on flags from Australia and New Zealand Reading PMI facts about ANZAC Day (positive, minus and interesting) Alphabet Key – use words or phrases to describe this day I see, I think, I wonder about the symbols, traditions or history Read ‘Only a Donkey’ – list the animals in the story ANZAC Fact Chart ANZAC Day 3-2-1 “Only a Donkey’ – response sheet Read ‘My Grandad Marches on ANZAC DAY’ – complete a character map, story board and beginning/middle/ending Templates for the above tasks that can be used for any books you may read based on ANZAC Day Small share book Craft Make a flag for Australian and New Zealand Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Elmer the Elephant Writing and Craft Activities - Elmer is a much loved elephant and the series of books are read over and over again. These writing tasks and craft activities will support increasing vocabulary and writing skills. Tasks include - • Alphabet Key – write down words or phrases to describe Elmer or the books you read • Record words to describe Elmer – inside or outside traits • Label parts of an elephant • Create a summary – read a book and complete the task • Recount of the story – choose a text to recount • Plus, minus and interesting facts – for any book • Concept map – can be used to describe characters or texts • Three facts, two opinions and one question you have about Elmer • I see, I think, I wonder statements about Elmer • Elmer can, is, has • Elmer Fact Chart • Make a paper weave Elmer COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Read and share the ‘Diary of a Wombat” by Jackie French and enjoy the simplicity of the text! This book is great for consolidating days of the week and establishing what routines are. Work through the initial tasks to become familiar with the text and then record your own diary. All the tasks included for Diary of a Wombat are all print and go- Word splash for a wombat A wombat is-has-can Compare the two – wombat and koala Recount of the book Recount of my week Change the ending Students choose an animal to have as their character in their own diary Discuss days of the week and brainstorm ideas that they could use in the diary Choose a cover to use for your diary which includes a make your own design a front cover Write and enjoy the diaries that they write COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Pirate’s Perfect Pet - Writing a persuasive or opinion piece takes skill and repetition. The book “Pirate’s Perfect Pet” is an excellent introduction to writing this type of text. Use these printables to argue what would be the perfect pet for a pirate. Use the Alphabet Key to list the animals that could be a great pet for a pirate. Work with a partner to record the pros and cons for each pet mentioned in the text. Use these to help write a plan. The planning templates are differentiated to support students to record their point of view, reasons and supportive arguments. The Pirate Booklet is used to record the sections from the planner. Print the pages you need for each group. The Persuasive Text Rubric is used to show how successful each writer has been. Share the rubric before you start.** COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Wombat Stew is a much loved story about some adorable Australian animals. Follow Dingo as he tries to make a stew to eat while the other animals try to trick him. This book study for ‘Wombat Stew’ contains the following printables Getting to know the text Alphabet Key Parts of speech – classify the words and make a display What I know, want to know and new learning Alphabet Wall for a class display Working through the text tasks include - Beginning, middle, end Text Connections Problems and solutions Write a summary Story Elements I see, I think, I wonder A Dingo-Wombat-Emu-Echidna-Kookaburra-Lizard-Koala-Platypus is, can, has Use adjectives to describe Beyond the text tasks include - Main Idea and sub plots Conversations Venn Diagrams compare animal characters in Wombat Stew Change the ending A recipe to use Alternative coping methods Personality Traits Use adjectives List Australian animals Amazing illustration Visual Illustrations New Book Cover Book Reports Author Tools Interview questions Conversation between Wombat Stew characters Innovation on the text Sequel to text Make your own book Non-Fiction Responses for an Information Report include - Photos to use as display and conversation prompts Fact cards to share in colour and black/white Planners (USA and Non-USA spelling) Pages to use for writing text Information Text rubric (USA and Non-USA spelling) Map of the world Interactive Note Pages for planning (USA and Non-USA spelling) COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Persuasive Opinion Writing Pack has 22 prompts for writing about opinions that will motivate your writers. Your students will present a point of view with supporting arguments. The Persuasive/Opinion prompts can be printed or displayed on your whiteboard or TV screen. This pack includes Simple planning tool - You can use this to plan to help your students plan using a blank piece of paper. Persuasive prompts - These 22 prompts can be printed off and shared. I would suggest that they are displayed on your Smartboard or IWB and used as discussion starters. Print and go sheets - The ‘print and go’ copies are for your students to write on and check off as they include parts of the text in their writing. Assessment - Choose between one for each child or a class recording sheet. Writing pages - You can use this as a draft or published piece. The empty box can be used as a plan or for a supporting illustration or diagram. Please Note – Australian teachers – this pack is supportive of NAPLAN (this is a National Assessment Program) as it is about good teaching from day one of primary school, not just teaching the writing styles just prior to the assessment time. This pack will help you to work with Year 2 to Year 6 students to help prepare them for our National Testing as well as write well planned and reasoned persuasive texts. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Rosie’s Walk is a great book to teach positional words. This book companion looks at many aspects of the book and provides opportunities to respond to the text in differentiated tasks. Vocabulary Cards – to sort and look at parts of speech Word Wall – create a list of words together Visual Representation Draw a map and recount Create your own version to read. Print and Go Section Word splashes for Rosie, the fox and the chase Plus, Minus and Interesting facts Alphabet Key I see, I think, I wonder Record three facts 3/2/1 – Facts, options, questions Text to text, self and world Design a book cover Responding through the senses Book Review Writing about the Reading Writing a letter- convince the fox to leave Rosie alone Main Idea and sub points Author tools – what does the author do to keep us reading and interested? Interview questions – for the foxes and the farmers Dialogue between characters Write a different ending Write an innovation on the text Make a list of important facts from the text List the complications and resolutions COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Stellaluna is a story about a young bat that finally makes their way back home after trying to fit in with a bird family. These tasks will explore the text and inspire your students to write. Tasks include - Word Wall Cards - Use these words as a display or in a learning centre to sort into categories or to find out meanings or to put into sentences or stories or use in writing or put into alphabetical order KWHL - Copy each page and display as a grade list the things you - Know about Stellaluna - Want to know about Stellaluna - How will we find this out - Our New Learning about Stellaluna Word Splashes - Around each picture record words to describe it. Discuss adjectives, verbs and nouns Interactive Pages - On the front – draw an illustration. Under the flap – write a description for the Beginning, middle and end of story and Personality traits for Stellaluna Writing Tasks - Flap Book, Stellaluna loves to…, Life in a nest, Spare writing pages, ACROSTIC poem, Side graphics for stories, Venn Diagram, At night I …If I were a bat I would Word Work - Use these class lesson or an individual focus for word work tasks. Pages for – at, ir, ight COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

At the end of this Fractions – Making a Fraction Farm your students will have produced a farm based on fractions, decimals and percentages. Each step in this project based learning project is clearly explained and supported by resources in the pack. Included in this PowerPoint are Curriculum Standards for Common Core and Australian Curriculum A description of what Project Based Learning is A Learning Intention – ‘I will show what I know about fractions The Nine Steps a) What do we know about fractions using manipulatives? Photo of examples provided. Fraction wall graphics included. b) A rubric for assessment to track progress and give feedback throughout the unit. c) Designing the farm for fraction work – determining the scale and size of animal or crop fields. Examples are provided to explore before students develop their own farms. d) Discovering more about fractions through INB pages e) Accumulating more knowledge – develop your own posters about knowledge – examples provided. f) Comparing fractions- decimals – percentages g) Presenting the work with guidelines h) Reflecting on my work through a written response Extra resources – Fraction Walls, Fractions posters that include – vocabulary, equivalent fractions and the four operations I use these steps for Project Based Learning in my teaching and learning space. Setting the stage for the learning that is about to happen and making a link back to a real life scenario The teacher negotiates the criteria for evaluating the projects Students become project designers Students discuss the information needed for their designs Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project Students create their projects Students prepare to present their projects Students present their projects Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the agreed criteria COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.