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Australia Theme Unit

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Books

Joey Roo and Something New (Grades 3-6)

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Read and Color

Down Under Animals: The Platypus

Down Under Animals: The Koala

Birds from "Down Under"

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Questions, Facts, and "Who am I?" for the
     Australia Mixed Review: fill-in questions, "Who am I", facts, and writing prompts (multiple keys)

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Australia Map
     Australia Outline Map

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Australia Mixed Review (multiple choice with writing questions)
     Australia first grade social studies questions
     Australia second grade social studies questions
     Australia third grade social studies questions
     Australia fourth grade social studies questions
     Australia fifth grade social studies questions
     Australia sixth grade social studies questions

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Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     Jack and Jill Jumped up the Hill! All About Red Kangaroos (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-4 Readability)

Short Readers
     Red (and Blue!) Kangaroos (Short Reader; Grades 3-6 Readability)
     Wobbegongs (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     A Trip to the Outback (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Tasmanian Devils (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
     Australia
     Australia
     Australia - Culture
     The Great Barrier Reef (Grade 3-4)
     The Australian Gold rush (Grade 4-6)
     The Sydney Opera House (Grade 5-7)
     Uluru (Grade 5-7)

Australian Animals
     Crocodiles and Alligators
     Echidnas (Grades 4-8)
     Emus and Cassowaries (Grades 4-10)
     Kangaroos (Grades 4-7)
     Koalas (Grades 3-6)
     Marsupials and Monotremes (Grades 4-9)
     Penguins
     Platypuses (Grades 4-8)
     Rabbits and Hares (Grades 4-8)
     Wombats (Grades 4-8)

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Plays:  Reader's Theater Scripts
     How the Kangaroo Got Her Pouch: An Australian Aboriginal Legend (Grades 2-4)

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Coloring Pages
     Cassowary
     Kangaroo
     Koala
     Platypus

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Australia Day
     January 26 - Australia Day (grades 1-2)

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Australia Math Stories Printables
     Australia Math (Grades 2-4)
     Australia Math (Grades 5-7)

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Australia Story Starters
(for edHelper.com subscribers)      Australia Story Starter Printables

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Australia: Reading Comprehensions with References to Australia
This section lists reading comprehensions on edHelper.com with references to Australia. These may or may not actually be related to Australia.

Top reading comprehensions with most references to Australia      Australia      Australia - Culture      Australia      Australia - Down Under Threatened (Grades 8-10)      Cathy Freeman (Grade 7)      Ancient Mega Marsupials (Grade 6)      Inland Taipans (Grade 9)      The Sydney Opera House (Grade 7)      Continents and Oceans (Grade 3)      Unusual Mammals: Marsupials & Monotremes (Grade 9)      New Jersey's All-American - Paul Robeson (Grade 6)      Wombats (Grade 8)      Exploring Tasmania (Grade 8)      Uluru (Grade 7)      The Olympic Torch Relay (Grade 7)      Emus & Cassowaries (Grades 4-10) Biographies (Grades 3-5)      Aleksandr Karelin      Vladimir Salnikov (Grades 6-8)      Bob Marley      Cathy Freeman      Mia Hamm      New Jersey's All-American - Paul Robeson (Grades 9-12)      Dame Kiri Te Kanawa      Dara Torres, Olympic Swimmer      Ferdinand Magellan      Jackson Pollock, or Jack the Dripper Daily Themes (Grades 3-5)      He Calls Me "Peanut"      Panda Pandemonium (Grades 6-8)      Day of Trees in South Korea      Dragons of the World (Grades 9-12)      Commonwealth Day      Veteran's Day Miscellaneous (no assigned grade level)      A Visit to Roger Williams Park Zoo      Australia - Culture      Australia      Australia      Oceans of the World      What Ever Happened to Amelia Earhart? (Grades 3-5)      Biomes and Ecosystems      Cariboo Gold      Continents and Oceans      Curling      Landforms      Ring Around the Olympics      The Great Barrier Reef      The Monster Storm      Wendy's World- The International Fair      World on a Window Sill, Part 1 (Grades 6-8)      At McDonald's      Australia - Down Under Threatened      Battle of the Coral Sea      Cariboo Gold      Earth's Biomes      Exploring Tasmania      Extreme Ironing and Other Household Sports      George Vancouver      Germany Invades Poland      Glaciers      Guadalcanal      Halloween in Other Countries      History of Cartography      Hornpipes and Pibgorns      How Do New Species Form?      Hula Hooping      Meat Eating Plants      Olympic Swimming      Passing Plates I - The Theory      Reefs - Gardens Under the Sea      Temperate Rain Forests      The Olympic Torch Relay      The Race to the South Pole      The Sydney Opera House      Three Types of Mammals      Uluru      Vietnam      West Nile Virus      What Causes Plates to Move?      Women in Sports      Women Win the Right to Vote      Wrestling Takes a Hold      Yearning to Breathe Free-Immigration in the 1890s, Pt. 1 (Grades 9-12)      A Taxing Issue      Allosaurus      Battle of Leyte      Space Stations      The History of Judaism      The Philippine Sea Animals (Grades 3-5)      Animals in Motion      Emus & Cassowaries      Grasslands (Grades 6-8)      Ancient Mega Marsupials      Archerfish      Basics of Squirrels      Black Mambas      Clown Fish      Coral Reefs      Deserts      Echidnas      Flamingos      Food Chain vs. Food Web      Foxes      Gulls      Kangaroos      Koalas      Little Blue Penguins      Penguins      Platypuses      Rabbits & Hares      Rain Forests are Amazing!      Rain Forests      Royal Penguins      Tasmanian Devils      Wombats      Woodpeckers      Worm Lizards (Grades 9-12)      Inland Taipans      Unusual Mammals: Marsupials & Monotremes

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