Let’s Learn About Australian Desert Animals and Plants

Put on your shades and sun hat for a trip through the the Australian desert habitat, and take your students along for the ride. We’ve put together the perfect blend of decoding, comprehension skills, and desert wildlife to inspire your young readers to grow!

Students will love learning about the plants and animals found in the Australian desert with this fun and educational book. The book covers everything they know and love about the hottest animal habitat in the world. Students can learn all about the animals and plants of the Australian desert while they are having fun reading and colouring the pictures inside.

This levelled reader is perfect for Year 1 and 2 students. It features

• Decodable text
• Tracking dots to encourage fluent reading
• Engaging text and illustrations
• Comprehension questions to summarise learning.

Ready to Learn About Animals in the Australian Desert?

Use the Download button to download the editable Google Slides file or the PDF version of this resource.

This resource was created by Anna Helwig, a Teach Starter Collaborator.

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