Analysing, interpreting and evaluating
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Year 3 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 2) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 2 of Teach Starter’s Year 3 magazine.
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Recommended Books: Middle Years
A list of recommended books for middle years created by award-winning teacher librarian Megan Daley.
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That Time! – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Foundation magazine (Bonus Issue).
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Messy Moments – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Foundation magazine (Issue 3).
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Books for Sharing Indigenous Perspectives - Poster
A list of Indigenous storybooks for the classroom recommended by Aboriginal education organisation, Wingaru Education.
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Nothing to Do – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a narrative from the Foundation magazine (Issue 3).
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Explanation Writing Project – Methods of Transport
Get your students producing high-quality explanation writing with this fully scaffolded project, where students research, organise and publish an explanation text about a method of transport.
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Year 4 Magazine – "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 3) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with Issue 3 of Teach Starter’s Year 4 magazine.
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Human Histories: Amazing Achievements - Read and Respond Worksheet
A comprehension activity related to a biographical text.
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Personal Response Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about personal responses, including an annotated example.
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The Story of Gulaga - Comprehension and Activity Worksheet
A comprehension and linked activity based on an Aboriginal Dreaming Story.
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Fiction or Non-Fiction? Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use this fiction and non-fiction worksheet when teaching your students about the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts.
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Author's Purpose - Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students the different reasons authors may write.
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Compare and Contrast - Vocabulary Poster
A poster detailing vocabulary used when comparing and contrasting.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Descriptive Writing Poster With Annotations
A poster outlining the main points and structure of a descriptive text.
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NAPLAN Reading Magazine – Year 3 - PowerPoint
5 reading texts with multiple choice questions for NAPLAN Reading Year 3 on PowerPoint.
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Read and Roll - Comprehension Dice Game
A fun reading comprehension strategy game to play in the classroom during literacy groups.
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Sequencing Text - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to understand sequence when reading.
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Rio de Janeiro - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task that encourages students to apply a range of comprehension skills when finding out interesting fun facts about Rio.
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Home Reading Journal - Teal
A journal for your students to keep track of their home reading.
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Comparing Texts with Similar Themes – Literature Project
Get your students comparing texts with this structured literary analysis project, where students identify similarities and differences between two texts based on similar themes.
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Story vs Opinion Digital Detective Activity
Use this Story vs Opinion Digital Detective Activity to help students build essential comprehension skills as they learn to identify whether a text is telling a story or sharing an opinion.
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Text Purpose Maze Worksheet Set
Use these Text Purpose Mazes to guide students through fun, colour‑coded pathways where they read short text titles and decide whether each one aims to inform, to entertain or to persuade.
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Verb Tense in Persuasive Writing Worksheet Pack
Download these persuasive writing worksheets to help your students understand how verb tense can help them craft clearer, more convincing arguments.
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Who’s the Audience? Digital Activity
Use this Who’s the Audience? Activity when discussing and identifying the purpose and audience of a variety of different community signs and texts.
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Making and Checking Prediction Graphic Organiser Pack
Use these making and checking predictions templates with your early years students to help with predictions before, during and after reading.
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Making Predictions Reading Strategy PowerPoint
Use these Making Predictions Reading Strategy teaching slides when introducing the concept of predicting during reading to your early years students.
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Main Idea Cut and Paste Worksheet Set
Use these Main Idea cut and paste worksheets with your year 2 students to learn about the main idea and details in a paragraph.
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Exploring Australia’s Geothermal Hot Springs Worksheet Pack
Explore examples of geothermal energy in Australia with a Geothermal Hot Springs Worksheet Pack.
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Persuasive Text Example Pack with Analysis Task Cards
Use this persuasive text example pack with accompanying task cards to teach your students how purpose, structure and language features work together in strong persuasive texts.
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Connection Words in Informative Writing Worksheet Pack
Teach how connection words can be used to link ideas in informative writing with this set of 5 activity worksheets with answers.