Amazing Aussie Animals
This set of differentiated worksheets helps K–2 students explore how Australian animals are described using words and pictures. Students practise identifying key features, using adjectives, and writing descriptive paragraphs. Through visual analysis, word association, and creative writing tasks, students develop their ability to describe animal appearance and behaviour, and understand how language influences the way we imagine creatures in texts and illustrations.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to write words using unjoined lower case and upper case letters using functional pencil grip.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to make meaning.
- We are learning to write known lower case and upper case letters using learned letter formations, functional posture and pencil grip.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts and begin to analyse texts by drawing on our knowledge.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies, such as retelling, making inferences and finding key words to make meaning from multimodal texts.
- We are learning to write known lower case and upper case letters using learned letter formations, correct posture and pencil grip.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts.
- We are learning to form all upper and lower-case letters correctly.
- We are learning to write upper and lower-case unjoined letters and sentences legibly using correct pencil grip and posture.
Curriculum alignment
AC9EFLY05
9
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
AC9E2LY08
9
Write words legibly and with growing fluency using unjoined upper-case and lower-case letters
AC9E2LY05
9
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning
AC9E1LY08
9
Write words using unjoined lower-case and upper-case letters
AC9E1LY05
9
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning when listening, viewing and reading to build literal and inferred meaning by drawing on vocabulary and growing knowledge of context and text structures
AC9EFLY08
9
Form most lower-case and upper-case letters using learnt letter formations
ACELY1650
8.4
Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
ACELY1653
8.4
Produce some lower case and upper case letters using learned letter formations
ACELY1673
8.4
Write legibly and with growing fluency using unjoined upper case and lower case letters
ACELY1660
8.4
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
ACELY1663
8.4
Write using unjoined lower case and upper case letters
ACELY1670
8.4
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures
EN1-3A
old
Composes texts using letters of consistent size and slope and uses digital technologies
EN1-4A
old
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
ENe-4A
old
Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies
ENe-3A
old
Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts
EN1-HANDW-01
new
Uses a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style, and digital technology, including word-processing applications, when creating texts
EN1-RECOM-01
new
Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning
EN1-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
ENE-RECOM-01
new
Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
ENE-HANDW-01
new
Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts
VCELY222
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures
VCELY232
Write words and sentences legibly using upper- and lower-case letters that are applied with growing fluency using an appropriate pen/pencil grip and body position
VCELY196
Understand how to use learned formation patterns to represent sounds and write words using combinations of unjoined upper- and lower-case letters
VCELY186
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
VCELY162
Understand that sounds in English are represented by upper- and lower-case letters that can be written using learned letter formation patterns for each case
VCELY153
Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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