Issue 3 of our beautifully designed, 22-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 3 students.
Liven up your literacy rotations with Teach Starter’s beautifully designed and highly informative magazine, What’s Buzzing?
The magazine’s content has been specifically curated for Year 3 students. It uses age-appropriate vocabulary and a variety of text types to address a wide range of relevant and engaging topics. The articles contained within the magazine directly relate to learning areas such as Science, History, Geography, The Arts, and Health and Physical Education.
Some of the highlights of this issue include:
- “Hermes’ Hocus Pocus” (narrative)
- “Daycare Disasters” (poem)
- “Discovering Dinosaurs” (factual description)
- “The Moon of Planet Earth” (information report)
- “Pet Rescue” (playscript)
- “Angry Outbursts” (comic).
Five sets of task cards addressing the areas of writing, language, comprehension, reading strategies, and higher-order thinking skills have been developed to support and complement the magazine’s content. Download this issue’s task cards here.
Love this magazine? Don’t forget to download our first two issues, too!

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Year 3 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 3 students.

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Year 3 Magazine – What’s Buzzing? (Issue 2)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Year 3 students.












Great resource! I am in a 3/4 class this year and these have really helped the year 4 students to practise their reading and comprehension skills. More importantly, they can work independently and it allows me to do more targeted work with the year 3s. Thank you
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