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Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research (ACELA1498)

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  • building etymological knowledge about word origins (for example thermometer) and building vocabulary from research about technical and subject specific topics
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  • Literacy Literacy
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TrackSAFE Education Primary School Resources: Year 3 and Year 4 English

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This webpage includes a unit of work focuses on behaviour in and around tracks and rail infrastructure. Activities build subject-specific vocabulary and understanding of procedural text structures. Guided writing activities support students to develop a series of track safe procedures while a slogan writing activity focuses ...

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Waterways: behaviour change

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We have the power to help keep our coastlines, rivers, lakes, swamps, creeks, floodplains, billabongs and estuaries clean by diverting rubbish from our waterways. We can all be change makers. By altering our everyday habits such as limiting our use of single-use plastic items, we can also inspire others to do the same. This ...

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Syllabus bites: types of sentences

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A web page resource with information, teacher guides and activities on types of sentences to support the Australian Curriculum in English K–10. It has detailed activities, links to resources and quizzes.

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My Place - Episode 18: 1838: Davey, The bushranger

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This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series and tracks the fictional experiences of Davey, a young boy in 1838 in Australia. In this clip, we see Davey and his friend witness a bushranger on the run from some local soldiers, and they misdirect the soldiers to ensure his swift escape. This clip depicts Davey's ...

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Integrity

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In this lesson, students will define the word integrity and explain why it is an important life skill. They then identify ways in which they can show integrity in school, at home, and in the community. Students will discuss the benefits of showing integrity.

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Taronga Zoo - Wild Australia: iPad app

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This iPad app is designed for Stage 2 students to use while on excursion in the Wild Australia area in Taronga Zoo Sydney and at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo. Students create a field report from observations and can email and review their editable summary poster for further study back at school. The app has intuitive ...

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Responsible fishing in Western Australia: write an article

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Go fishing in Western Australia. Look at how and why laws restrict people from taking certain fish. Identify cases where laws apply: size limits, bag limits and closed seasons. Build a magazine article explaining the fishing laws. Use a model structure and persuasive text to support a responsible position. For example, ...

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Wonderful words, creative stories: beach

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Add descriptive words to two simple sentences about a boy and a girl at the beach to make the sentences more interesting. Try out different descriptive words in each sentence. Notice how your choice of words affects the animated images in each sentence. Use your two lively sentences as the start and ending of an imaginative ...

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Beach safety: video campaign

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Look at the importance of water safety and skin protection at a beach. Talk with a lifeguard and beach goers about safety tips. Build a video for a public awareness campaign. Choose animated clips to illustrate responsible behaviour. Examine differences between formal and informal language. Select text for the script that ...

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Rainforest: make a walking track

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Mark the route for a walking track on a map of a rainforest. Choose a section of track based on instructions about distances, compass directions and grid references. Keep adding sections of track to get to the rest house. As you go, look up the meaning of tricky words.

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Principals as Literacy Leaders Project

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This teacher resource describes the Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) professional learning strategy aimed at strengthening the capability of school principals to bring about improvement in the reading abilities of students in low socioeconomic status and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The resource ...

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Show and tell: that cat

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Watch a short cartoon about a cat chasing a bird. Select noun groups, verb groups and phrases to create sentences and build a basic factual recount. Rearrange the word groups to create the best order in the sentences. Who was involved? What did they do? When, where or how did they do it? Add adjectives and adverbs to make ...

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