On the 5th April the Children's Book of the Year Shortlist was announced. The theme for this years book week (Date: 20th - 26th August)
is "Reading Rocks!". Stay tuned to my webpage or visit the Children's Book Council of Australia site for the full details of all the shortlisted books and activities planned for 2005.
Book awards activities | Book week links | Rocks links | Book of the Year: Younger Readers | Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Picture Book of the Year | Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
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From Penguin, teacher's notes for The Silver Donkey. From Lothian Books website providing Teacher's notes for Soraya the storyteller. From Penguin books this page contains teacher's notes in PDF form.
The Boy, the Bear,
the Baron, the Bard
From Allen and Unwin this page contains a 23 pages of teacher's notes in PDF form.
Picture Book of the Year
: Activities
Are we there yet? From the Penguin website select Are we there yet? from the alphabetical menu provided. From Little Hare, teacher's notes provided in PDF form.
Children's Book Week 2005
This site contains comprehensive information about Children's Book Week, including information about the
Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network - Book Week
Created by the Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network to support their Book Week publication. It contains links
Mini webquest type page containing activities based on a selection of the Shortlisted Books.
From EdNA this page contains links to activities and related Book Awards sites.
Book Week 2005 Sampler:
an Internet Sampler on Book Week 2005
The purpose of this Web page is to give you some useful activities to do for Book Week 2005,
From the State Library of Queensland this page contains an Activity pack which includes:
This page from Birkdale State School library contains interactive quizzes related to bookweek.
Rocks and Minerals
This page contains links to numerous Rocks and minerals sites. Sections include: Rock types; The rock cycle; Identifying rocks; Rock Samples;
Scavenger hunts; Activities; Games and Units of work. Also included are links to Crystal and Gem clipart & Rocks and Mineral Clipart. Suitable for upper primary students.
This page contains links to numerous Fossil sites. Sections include: About fossils; Importance; Australian; Timelines;
Pictures; Collecting; Activities and News stories.
Suitable for upper primary students.
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