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Title Information: Our Moving Earth: Our Moving Earth explains how the movement of the earth's crust can cause natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes, and it discusses the impact that these events can have. The book also explores how the movement of the ear...th constructs and changes landforms.Content vocabulary:aftershock, ancient, atmosphere, avalanche, calderas, continents, core, crust, dormant, earthquake, earthquake engineer, eruption, fault lines, geologist, geothermal, geyser, hazards, lava, magma, magnitude, mantle, plates, Richter scale, tremors, tsunami Key concepts: Movement of the earth's crust can change the earth's surface and create new landforms Movement of the earth's crust can cause natural hazards that have a great impact on people Certain parts of the world are more susceptible to natural disasters than others Reading Strategies: Interpreting graphic devices Related resource:Lesson Plan - Our Moving EarthSeries Information: WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts - reflecting the diversity of the world students live in. Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text writers. With an assortment of text types on offer, themes and concepts are introduced and revisited across the reading stages, building on initial concepts with increasing complexity. WorldWise Lesson Plans support each Student Book, offering practical, systematic and easy-to-implement instructions. These visually appealing resources integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics. WorldWise Investigations is a web-based tool that provides extension activities for titles in th
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Title Information: Animals of the African Grasslands: Animals of the African Grasslands reports on the different ways that animals living on these grasslands find their food and stay safe from predators.Content vocabulary:African, browsers, climate, grasslands, grazers, herds, me...at eaters, meat-eating, plant eaters, predators, prey, pride, scavengers Key concepts: Animals of the African grasslands need the plants that live there to survive. Plant-eating animals eat the plants that grow on the grasslands, and meat-eating animals survive by eating other animals. Reading Strategies: Synthesising known and new information Related resource:Lesson Plan - Animals of the African GrasslandsSeries Information: WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts - reflecting the diversity of the world students live in. Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text writers. With an assortment of text types on offer, themes and concepts are introduced and revisited across the reading stages, building on initial concepts with increasing complexity. WorldWise Lesson Plans support each Student Book, offering practical, systematic and easy-to-implement instructions. These visually appealing resources integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics. WorldWise Investigations is a web-based tool that provides extension activities for titles in the program. It encourages exploration of content linked to curriculum outcomes in a deeper more hands-on way. Students are supported with a framework that encourages investigation and inquiry. This series is supported by an array of teacher resources which can be obtain
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Oxford Handwriting for Western Australiais a comprehensive and engaging program designed to introduce and develop the fundamental skills of handwriting. It includes correct posture and grip models, opportunities to model and practise accurate letter formation and joining techniqu...es, and activities to help every student develop a fluent automatic handwriting style. TheOxford Handwriting for Western Australiaseries is comprised of seven student workbooks for years F-6 featuring words from the most recentOxford Wordlistas well as themes and characters fromOxford Reading for Comprehension. Key Features of the handwriting books include:state-specific handwriting conventionsengaging full-colour illustrationshelpful tips along the waycolouring-in opportunitiesself-assessment tasksnumber tracing tasks.
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Oxford Handwriting for Queenslandis a comprehensive and engaging program designed to introduce and develop the fundamental skills of handwriting. It includes correct posture and grip models, opportunities to model and practise accurate letter formation and joining techniques, and... activities to help every student develop a fluent automatic handwriting style. TheOxford Handwriting for Queensland series is comprised of seven student workbooks for years F-6 featuring words from the most recentOxford Wordlistas well as themes and characters fromOxford Reading for Comprehension. Key Features of the handwriting books include:state-specific handwriting conventionsengaging full-colour illustrationshelpful tips along the waycolouring-in opportunitiesself-assessment tasksnumber tracing tasks.
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Title Information: Plants: The Key to Life: Plants: The Key to Life explains the importance of plants for human survival and reports on the many ways we use them. It discusses the various reasons why plants are disappearing and describes some of the impacts this is having. The bo...ok also outlines actions that people are taking to protect plants and replant the land.Content vocabulary:absorb, carbon dioxide, endangered, energy, food chain, grasslands, laboratory, locusts, native, oxygen, pests, starch, transpiration, vapour, vegetation, wetlands Key concepts: Plants are essential for animals and people to survive Many native plants are diminishing in number Replanting programs and other actions are being undertaken to protect plants and restore vegetation Reading Strategies: Interpreting diagrams, tables and photos Related resource:Lesson Plan - Plants: The Key to LifeSeries Information: WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts - reflecting the diversity of the world students live in. Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text writers. With an assortment of text types on offer, themes and concepts are introduced and revisited across the reading stages, building on initial concepts with increasing complexity. WorldWise Lesson Plans support each Student Book, offering practical, systematic and easy-to-implement instructions. These visually appealing resources integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics. WorldWise Investigations is a web-based tool that provides extension activities for titles in the program. It encourages exploration of content linked to curriculum outcomes in
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A rhyming picture book for kids with two mothers.
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Includes an alphabetical compilation of nursery rhymes, folk songs, and poems, each with themes for classroom activities and instruction.
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Offering simple, straightforward ways to boost brain power with active exploration, repetition, sensory exploration, and direct experience, Start Smart also provides explanations as to how and why these activities help the brain develop.
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Features 28 songs and over 300 activities.
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150 solutions for handling difficult behavior in the classroom.
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