Australian Curriculum English Texts Foundation - Year 2
Series
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Alphabet
Series
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Series
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Series
Funny Photo
A cook at the zoo
3
190L
Funny Photo
Slippery slugs
4
Explanation
180L
Funny Photo
Apples and ants
1
BR
Funny Photo
Sally is sorry
3
Funny Photo
Big bad bears
2
BR
Reading Eggs
A cat sat
1
270L
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Funny Photo
Snail trails
4
400L
Go Facts
From Farms to You
19
690L
Funny Photo
Spotty spider
4
170L
Go Facts
Why Recycle?
11
430L
Funny Photo
Candles on a cake
2
BR
Reading Eggs
A cook at the zoo
3
230L
Funny Photo
Stars and storks
4
270L
Reading Eggs
Energy Chains
9
410L
Funny Photo
Dancing dog
1
10L
Reading Eggs
A hat
0
NP
Funny Photo
The best pest
4
160L
Storylands
From Forests to You
5
250L
11
570L
Funny Photo
Eggs and elephants
1
40L
Reading Eggs
A green pea
3
400L
Funny Photo
The king and the bells
4
180L
Information Report
Funny Photo
Funny fish
1
10L
Reading Eggs
A man
2
NP
Funny Photo
The plum tree
4
150L
Go Facts
Reading Eggs
Word families for at, ap, an,
am
2
Lions and Tigers
Funny Photo
Giggly goat
2
80L
Funny Photo
Happy horse
2
560L
Funny Photo
Icky insects
1
180L
Reading Eggs
Cans
1
BR
Funny Photo
A shark in a shirt
3
BR
Go Facts
Working Dogs
8
520L
Reading Eggs
Cat and dog
2
20L
Funny Photo
Cheeky chimp?
3
490L
Storylands
Mythical Creatures
19
700L
BR
23
650L
Funny Photo
Jolly jellybeans
2
100L
Funny Photo
Kicking kangaroo
1
120L
Reading Eggs
Cat and fish
1
Reading Eggs
Cat and mouse
1
Funny Photo
The sticky end
4
200L
Go Facts
The Planets
11
410L
Funny Photo
This eye
4
450L
Go Facts
Hot Places
7
410L
Reading Eggs
A shark in a shirt
3
BR
Weird and Wild Reptiles
Reading Eggs
Charlie likes cherries
3
250L
Factual Recount
Funny Photo
Lots of lizards
1
BR
Funny Photo
Mini mouse
2
290L
Reading Eggs
Cat and rat
1
BR
Reading Eggs
Cheeping chicks
3
490L
Go Facts
Doctor and Dentist
10
510L
Dan
1
160L
Reading Eggs
Clem the clam
3
250L
Go Facts
Lift Off!
11
440L
Word families for ed, en, et, eg 2
and ell
Reading Eggs
Shopping
3
340L
Funny Photo
Nine nuts
1
110L
Reading Eggs
Funny Photo
Orange octopus
1
BR
Reading Eggs
Funny Photo
Penguin pond
2
100L
Funny Photo
The queen’s question
2
BR
Funny Photo
Rabbit on a raft
2
BR
Funny Photo
Silly seagulls
1
50L
Funny Photo
Talking tigers
1
BR
Funny Photo
Under umbrellas
1
BR
Funny Photo
Vegetables in a van
1
BR
Funny Photo
Wet whales
2
BR
Funny Photo
x as in fox
1
BR
Funny Photo
Yellow yoyo
2
150L
160L
Funny Photo
Zebras in a zoo
1
Reading Eggs
a – z (26 books)
0
Reading Eggs
A crab
0
NP
Reading Eggs
A deer
0
NP
Reading Eggs
A gecko
1
Reading Eggs
A lion
1
BR
Reading Eggs
A wolf
1
BR
Reading Eggs
An ostrich
0
NP
Reading Eggs
I am a fish
1
BR
Reading Eggs
I am a hamster
1
BR
Reading Eggs
I am a parrot
1
BR
Reading Eggs
Matt the ant
1
BR
Storylands
Lost Island Alphabet
4
NP
Storylands
Pirate Alphabet
4
NP
Graphemes
Funny Photo
106
Australian Curriculum English Texts Foundation - Year 2
Eggs on legs
2
170L
Reading Eggs
Five white mice
3
230L
Fiction Texts
Reading Eggs
Fox, socks, tops, rocks
2
10L
Narratives
Frank the skunk
3
150L
ABC
Emily’s Rapunzel Hair
320L
Sparklers
Tim’s Money Tree
15
420L
Sparklers
Miss Feline’s Unusual Pets
17
290L
Storylands
The Jollys’ Camping Trip
14
440L
Storylands
The Scariest Thing
14
600L
World Tales
How the Rabbit Lost His Tail
Gigglers
The Kingdom of Happily Ever
After
Reading Eggs
Goat on a boat
3
Reading Eggs
Hats for cats
3
Reading Eggs
Word families for it, in, ig, id,
ing
2
Reading Eggs
Word families for igh, ay, ir, or, 3
oat, oad
Reading Eggs
Let’s bake a cake
3
Reading Eggs
Word families for ie, ike, ile,
ide, ite, ine
3
370L
Reading Eggs
Word families for og, ot, op, ock 2
Reading Eggs
Sam can bat
1
BR
Reading Eggs
Sam can see
1
BR
Reading Eggs
Sid the kid
2
30L
Reading Eggs
Word families for soft c, soft g, 3
ice, ake
Reading Eggs
The band
Reading Eggs
The black cat
Reading Eggs
3
BR
9
300L
8
330L
Go Facts
Penguin Rescue
12
380L
440L
Go Facts
Antarctica - Pages 18 - 21
30
840L
Go Facts
Big Cats - Pages 20 - 21
21
710L
Go Facts
Coral Reefs - Pages 20 - 21
30
820L
Go Facts
Deserts - Pages 20 - 21
24
740L
Go Facts
Why Recycle - Pages 14 - 15
11
430L
790L
27
550L
Readers’ Theatre
Storylands
What’s that sound?
NP
Storylands
The Surprise Parade
10
NP
Storylands
A Place for Everyone
5
BR
Storylands
Buried Treasure
10
NP
Poetry
Selected nonsense poems
NP
Poetry
The Jumbles and Other
Nonsense Verses
NP
Poetry
1
BR
The map
1
BR
Reading Eggs
Top Dog
2
140L
Reading Eggs
Word families for ug, ut, un,
ub, uck
2
A green pea
4
Funny Photo
Farm Day
Our School Day
Persuasive Texts
Reading Eggs
Nonfiction Texts
Factual Description
Go Facts
Blends
Can a cat bat?
Instructional text samples from a wide range in The Library
Reading Eggs
Go Facts
Go Facts
400L
Let’s Eat
4
230L
Reading Eggs
Rice
6
420L
Steve Parish
Koalas
17
760L
Funny Photo
Ten pens for meg
3
200L
Funny Photo
Bears
3
330L
Reading Eggs
Your Bones
7
420L
Funny Photo
Jim’s bin
3
BR
Funny Photo
Brad the crab
3
260L
Storylands
Forest Minibeasts
10
420L
Find your way
10
290L
Funny Photo
Tom the dog
3
70L
Funny Photo
Buzzing and flying
3
120L
Procedure
Funny Photo
Gus and the pup
3
220L
Funny Photo
Clem the clam
3
220L
Go Facts
Funny Photo
Sam the ant
3
BR
Funny Photo
Five white mice
4
230L
Go Facts
What do I need?
8
370L
Funny Photo
Eggs on legs
3
120L
Funny Photo
Frank the skunk
3
220L
Go Facts
School Rules
9
170L
Storylands
How to circus
7
520L
Funny Photo
Mix it in
3
BR
Funny Photo
Fred the frog
3
380L
Funny Photo
A fox in socks
3
BR
Funny Photo
Grass is green
4
BR
Funny Photo
A bug and a nut
3
240L
Funny Photo
Jingle jangle
4
410L
Funny Photo
A bee, a deer and a sheep
3
30L
Funny Photo
Scritch scratch
4
60L
107
Australian Curriculum Science Texts Year 1
Series
Reading Level Lexile
Series
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Series
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Series
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Science
Go Facts
Mammals
24
650L
Targeting Maths
Adding
4
370L
Mathseeds
More or Less
4
Living Things - Features and Habitats (ACSSU017 & ACSSU211)
Go Facts
Big Cats
21
710L
Targeting Maths
Add on a Number Line
4
BR
Mathseeds
How Many Left?
4
Go Facts
Marsupials
22
700L
Targeting Maths
Count on
4
10L
Mathseeds
What is the Difference?
4
Go Facts
Living or Not?
3
BR
Go Facts
Plants Have Leaves
2
110L
Go Facts
Marine Mammals
23
760L
Targeting Maths
How Many?
6
180L
Mathseeds
Coins
5
Go Facts
Flower Petals
2
420L
Go Facts
Extreme Mammals
24
770L
Targeting Maths
Count by Fives
5
270L
Mathseeds
Doubles
3
Targeting Maths
30, 40, 50
7
280L
Mathseeds
Halves
6
740L
Targeting Maths
Take Away
4
190L
Mathseeds
Going to St. Ends
6
Targeting Maths
Subtraction on a Number
Line
5
BR
Measurement and Geometry (ACMMG019, ACMMG020, ACMMG021,
ACMMG022, ACMMG023)
Go Facts
Caring for Plants
2
300L
Chemical - Everyday Materials and Their Uses (ACSSU018)
Go Facts
Pets
1
80L
Go Facts
Materials
29
Go Facts
Dogs and Cats
2
BR
Mathseeds
Heavy or Light?
5
Go Facts
Caring for Pets
2
300L
Reading Eggs
Wood, plastic or metal?
8
200L
Go Facts
Pets with Fur
2
200L
Reading Eggs
How does it feel?
8
120L
Targeting Maths
Find the Difference
6
180L
Targeting Maths
Circles
2
430L
930L
Targeting Maths
1st to 10th
7
210L
Targeting Maths
Sides and Corners
4
370L
Go Facts
City, Farm and Sea
5
580L
Go Facts
Timber
Go Facts
Spiders
6
170L
Storylands
From Forest to You
5
250L
Targeting Maths
Estimate
7
380L
Targeting Maths
Playing with Shapes
4
210L
Targeting Maths
Place Value
7
300L
Targeting Maths
You Can Measure
3
140L
Go Facts
In the Garden
5
220L
Go Facts
Why Recycle
11
430L
Go Facts
Make a Zoo
4
250L
Go Facts
Cooking and Change
18
750L
Targeting Maths
Count to 100
10
350L
Targeting Maths
What Time Is It?
4
20L
Count by Tens
9
100L
Targeting Maths
How Long?
4
290L
Targeting Maths
Cubes and Spheres
6
260L
11
240L
Targeting Maths
Cones and Cylinders
6
180L
Go Facts
What Do I Need?
8
370L
Earth and Space - Changes in the Sky and Landscape (ACSSU019)
Targeting Maths
Go Facts
Plants
24
550L
Go Facts
600L
Targeting Maths
Compare Numbers
Targeting Maths
Addition Strategies
Seasons
7
Go Facts
Flowers
25
630L
Go Facts
Stormy Weather
8
20L
Go Facts
Trees
26
680L
Go Facts
Weather Watch
9
160L
Targeting Maths
Subtraction Strategies
14
380L
Targeting Maths
Length
9
380L
Targeting Maths
Choose the Operation
13
350L
Targeting Maths
Mass
10
440L
Reading Eggs
Living things
3
30L
Go Facts
Hot Places
7
410L
Reading Eggs
Animal homes
3
310L
Go Facts
Summer
14
560L
Targeting Maths
Subtraction
6
260L
Targeting Maths
Capacity
9
560L
Targeting Maths
Equal Parts
5
150L
Targeting Maths
More Time, Less Time
14
420L
Reading Eggs
Ants are insects
3
190L
Go Facts
Autumn
14
620L
Reading Eggs
Caring for plants
3
300L
Go Facts
Winter
14
590L
Targeting Maths
Halves
7
250L
Targeting Maths
Clocks
13
410L
Targeting Maths
Coins
8
510L
Targeting Maths
Calendar
11
190L
Reading Eggs
Dogs
2
BR
Go Facts
Spring
15
620L
Reading Eggs
Ducks
3
170L
Go Facts
Architecture
25
760L
Targeting Maths
Notes
8
440L
Targeting Maths
3D
6
610L
Targeting Maths
Adding Money
9
340L
Targeting Maths
Shapes
5
580L
260L
Reading Eggs
Fins
3
300L
Go Facts
Local Design
27
920L
Reading Eggs
Fruit trees
3
170L
Go Facts
Engineering Feats
24
820L
Targeting Maths
Shape Patterns
10
370L
Targeting Maths
Time
14
Targeting Maths
Number Patterns
12
200L
Mathseeds
Area
6
Reading Eggs
Giraffes
8
360L
Go Facts
Trees
26
680L
Reading Eggs
How animals move
3
400L
Storylands
Our Place on Earth
?
560L
Targeting Maths
What's Missing?
12
160L
Mathseeds
Cones and Cylinders
6
Targeting Maths
Add to Ten
5
440L
Mathseeds
Cubes and Spheres
5
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs
108
Title
Australian Curriculum Mathematics Texts Year 1
Kid goats
Legs
Name the animal
4
2
3
100L
Storylands
Our Street
?
100L
280L
Storylands
Our Street
?
370L
Targeting Maths
Count by Twos
2
150L
Mathseeds
Full or Empty
4
Fractions
6
420L
Mathseeds
How Long?
4
More than Ten
5
370L
Mathseeds
Large or Small Area
6
10L
Storylands
A Very Special Street
6
500L
Targeting Maths
Thunder
8
280L
Targeting Maths
Space
8
270L
Targeting Maths
Numbers to 50
6
510L
Mathseeds
Length
5
Targeting Maths
Numbers to 100
10
560L
Mathseeds
More Time, Less Time
6
570L
Reading Eggs
Pets
2
BR
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs
Puppy
3
330L
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs
Sea animals
3
220L
Reading Eggs
Winter
4
20L
Reading Eggs
See the farm animals
1
BR
Reading Eggs
Summer
4
130L
Reading Eggs
The squirrel
4
Reading Eggs
Trees
4
Physical - Light and Sound (ACSSUS020)
370L
Go Facts
My Five Senses
2
Targeting Maths
Money
9
Mathseeds
Add on Number Line
4
Mathseeds
O'clock
5
Mathseeds
Rectangles
4
BR
Mathseeds
Number Lines
3
Mathseeds
Shapes
6
Mathseeds
Subtract on a Number Line
5
Mathseeds
Shape Patterns
4
Reading Eggs
Underground animals
2
240L
Go Facts
Media
24
650L
Reading Eggs
Who lives here?
2
BR
Go Facts
The Sun's Energy
12
430L
Mathseeds
Add Three Groups
4
Mathseeds
Sides and Corners
6
Mathseeds
Add to Ten
4
Mathseeds
Squares
5
Storylands
Cats
Go Facts
Hot
14
320L
Go Facts
Music and Dance
22
610L
700L
Go Facts
Drums and Shakers
6
270L
Mathseeds
Add to Five
4
Mathseeds
Triangles
5
Mathseeds
Adding
5
Mathseeds
What Time Is It?
4
Stack and Roll
6
Go Facts
Cold
15
640L
Reading Eggs
My Five Senses
3
BR
Go Facts
Wet
14
650L
Reading Eggs
Taste it
7
170L
Mathseeds
Ten to Fifteen
4
Mathseeds
11 to 20
4
Statistics and Probability (ACMSP024, ACMSP262, ACMSP263)
Go Facts
Dry
14
660L
Mathematics
Mathseeds
Go Facts
Deserts
25
740L
Number and Algebra (ACMNA012, ACMNA013, ACMNA014,
ACMNA015, ACMNA016, ACMNA017, ACMNA018)
Mathseeds
1st to 10th
6
Targeting Maths
Picture Graphs
10
350L
Mathseeds
20 to 30
5
Targeting Maths
Column Graphs
8
530L
Targeting Maths
Good Questions
9
370L
Go Facts
My Face
8
BR
Go Facts
Lions and Tigers
11
570L
Go Facts
How Do Birds Fly?
12
570L
Reading Eggs
A Face
0
NP
Go Facts
Insects
20
670L
Go Facts
Reptiles
21
580L
Go Facts
Birds
22
570L
Targeting Maths
One to Five
4
30L
Mathseeds
30 to 40
5
Targeting Maths
One to Ten
5
380L
Mathseeds
Making Ten
4
Targeting Maths
Six to Ten
4
300L
Mathseeds
Word Problems
5
Targeting Maths
Count to Ten
1
210L
Mathseeds
Two-digit Numbers
5
Mathseeds
Take Away
4
Targeting Maths
11 to 20
4
140L
Targeting Maths
Doubles
2
330L
109
Australian Curriculum History and Geography Texts Year 1
Series
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Australian Curriculum Science and Maths Texts Year 2
Series
Title
Reading Level Lexile
Science
Present and Past Family Life - Families and Their Daily Lives Over
Time (ACHHK028, ACHHK029 & ACHHK030)
Biological - Living things - Growth and Change (ACSSU030)
Go Facts
Insects
20
670L
Go Facts
My Family Tree
6
BR
Go Facts
Reptiles
21
580L
Go Facts
Families Help Each Other
4
100L
Go Facts
Birds
22
570L
Harmony
Nonno and Nonna
800L
Go Facts
Mammals
24
650L
Harmony
Making Tabouli
880L
Go Facts
Plants
24
550L
Harmony
My Extended Family
710L
Go Facts
Flowers
25
630L
910L
Go Facts
Trees
26
680L
BR
Go Facts
Plants as Food
28
670L
Our Multicultural Family
Reading Eggs
Families Help Each Other
3
Harmony
Rhythm and Dance
790L
Go Facts
What Do I Need?
8
370L
Harmony
Celebration of Life
850L
Go Facts
Lions and Tigers
11
570L
Go Facts
Living or Not
3
BR
Go Facts
Marsupials
22
700L
Reading Eggs
Nonfiction
Butterfly
5
Harmony
Turkish Delights
800L
Geography
Natural and Constructed Environments (ACHGK005)
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs
Hills
Trees
2
4
150L
Number and Place Value (ACMNA051, ACMNA052, ACMNA053,
ACMNA054, ACMNA055, ACMNA057, ACMNA058, ACMNA059 and
ACMNA060)
Targeting Maths
Number Patterns
12
200L
Targeting Maths
Count by Twos
2
150L
Targeting Maths
Count by Fives
5
270L
Targeting Maths
Count by Tens
9
100L
Targeting Maths
Numbers to 50
6
510L
Targeting Maths
Numbers to 100
10
560L
Targeting Maths
Take Away
4
190L
Targeting Maths
Subtraction Strategies
14
380L
Targeting Maths
Tens and Ones
9
220L
Targeting Maths
Addition Strategies
11
240L
Targeting Maths
Equal Parts
5
150L
Targeting Maths
Count to 100
10
350L
Targeting Maths
Place Value
7
300L
Targeting Maths
Halves
7
250L
Targeting Maths
Quarters
6
420L
Reading Eggs
Nonfiction
Living Things
3
30L
Reading Eggs
Nonfiction
Giraffes
8
360L
Targeting Maths
Coins
8
510L
Weird and Wild
Frogs
26
560L
Targeting Maths
Notes
8
440L
Weird and Wild
Crabs
25
590L
Targeting Maths
Quarters
7
410L
Sparklers
Black Dots
Targeting Maths
What's Missing
12
160L
Go Facts
Seasons
7
600L
Go Facts
Stormy Weather
8
20L
Go Facts
Weather Watch
9
160L
Go Facts
Hot Places
7
410L
Go Facts
Summer
14
560L
Go Facts
Autumn
14
620L
Go Facts
Winter
14
590L
Go Facts
Spring
15
620L
Reading Eggs
Thunder
8
280L
Reading Eggs
Winter
4
20L
10
290L
Services and Places (ACHGK007)
Find Your Way
Reading Level Lexile
370L
Weather and Seasons (ACHGK006)
Go Facts
Title
Maths
History
Harmony
Series
Chemical Sciences - Using Materials (ACSSU031)
Go Facts
Why Recycle?
11
430L
Go Facts
Materials
29
740L
Go Facts
Fuel
17
630L
Go Facts
Clean Water
16
610L
Go Facts
How We Live
18
650L
Go Facts
Local Design
27
920L
Go Facts
Homes
26
750L
Go Facts
Clothes
17
710L
Go Facts
Tools
19
800L
Go Facts
Boats
17
700L
Go Facts
Trains
16
680L
Wonder Wits
Game Plan
Go Facts
Toys and Games
4
330L
Go Facts
My Toys
4
230L
Measurement and Geometry (ACMMG037, ACMMG038, ACMMG039,
ACMMG040, ACMMG041, ACMMG042, ACMMG043, ACMMG044,
ACMMG045 and ACMMG046)
Targeting Maths
Clocks
13
410L
Targeting Maths
Calendar
7
190L
Targeting Maths
Nets
6
400L
Targeting Maths
Shapes
5
580L
Targeting Maths
Let's Measure
5
470L
Statistics and Probability (ACMSP047, ACMSP048, ACMSP049 and
ACMSP050)
Targeting Maths
Graphs
9
580L
Targeting Maths
Picture Graphs
10
350L
620L
Earth and Space Sciences - Using and Conserving Materials
(ACSSU032)
Go Facts
Clean Water
16
610L
Go Facts
The Sun's Energy
12
430L
Go Facts
Fuel
17
630L
Go Facts
Conservation
Go Facts
Water
Geography
Rivers
40
1070L
Geography
Oceans
40
1080L
Geography
Glaciers
40
860L
1170L
950L
Physical Sciences - Push and Pull (ACSSU033)
110
Go Facts
Forces
32
750L
Go Facts
How Do Birds Fly
12
570L
Go Facts
Simple Machines
29
740L
Go Facts
Sea Life
29
790L
111
Australian Curriculum History and Geography Texts Year 2
Series
Title
Teacher Resources
Reading Level Lexile
History
History - Local History (ACHHK044), (ACHHK045) and (ACHHK046)
800L
18
650L
Go Facts
Media
24
650L
Australian History
Symbols and Celebrations
28
790L
Australian History
Bennelong: A Life
20
540L
Australian History
Sydney Cove: Through Time
24
690L
Geography
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PC: P4 1.4Ghz or faster processor running Windows
XP or Windows 7. Mac: G5 or better processor
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not run on OS X 10.3 or lower).
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The Targeting English series provides comprehensive coverage of the
primary English curriculum. It consists of a full-colour Student Book,
and Teaching Guide + DVD at these levels:
• Lower Primary
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• Middle Primary Book 2
• Upper Primary Book 1
• Upper Primary Book 2
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• Middle Primary Book 2
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information on the 5
stages of writing as
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upper primary). Each CD-ROM contains sections on the following
10 text types:
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❺ Discussion
❾ Protest banner
❷ Letter to the editor
❻ Review of written text
❿ Personal response
❸ Advertisement
Merryn
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stages of writing as
well as the Traits of
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Targeting English shows you how English works! Find out how texts are
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All of the CD-ROMs
also contain an
extensive Writer’s
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• Upper Primary Book 2
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• High-interest topics with a variety of text samples.
• Full-colour, real-life texts that encourage students to read widely.
• Extensive treatment of fiction and nonfiction text types.
• Text study, comprehension strategies, structured writing practice
and grammar activities in every unit.
• Prepare students for NAPLAN and other common tests.
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❾ Science Fiction
Targeting English shows you how English works! Find out how texts are
put together — and then have fun writing your own. Discover the patterns
in our language. Unravel the rules and conventions that people use when
they write. This book is all about English, but as you read it, you’ll find this
book is really about water, secrets, gorillas, motorcycles and even blood!
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There are three CD-ROMs in this series (lower, middle and
upper primary). Each CD-ROM contains sections on the following
10 text types:
The Targeting Text Interactively series is a powerful new
resource for teaching text types using an interactive whiteboard.
Students will find the text samples refreshing and engaging as
they learn to write well in a variety of genres.
Targeting English is a comprehensive, integrated scheme for exploring the
many ways in which we use English.
MiniMuM requireMents:
PC: P4 1.4Ghz or faster processor running Windows
XP or Windows 7. Mac: G5 or better processor
running OS X 10.4 or higher (note this product will
not run on OS X 10.3 or lower).
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they learn to write well in a variety of genres.
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Australian Curriculum English Texts 3 - 6
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Series
Title
Reading Age
World Stories
World Tales
Iktomi and the Ducks
8
850L
Blake Novels
Salvetti Versus Sim
10
610L
Highlights
27 books
7-9
Asian Stories
World Tales
Iktomi and the Muskrat
8
800L
Blake Novels
Shutterbug
11
560L
Time Quest
6 books
6-7
Chinese Fairytales
World Tales
The Badger and the Bear
8
860L
Blake Novels
Skating Glories
11
570L
Star Quest
6 books
6.5 - 7
The Lion and the Cat
8
1090L
Fairytales
Bamboo and the Turtle
9
900L
World Tales
Fairytales
The Golden Nugget
9
940L
Latin American Fairytales
Blake Novels
Splatterby Dragons Home
12
720L
Treasure Quest 6 books
7 - 7.5
Blake Novels
Sticks McLennon
11
620L
Champion Quest 6 books
7.5 - 8
Lexile
Fairytales
The Great Bell
9
1100L
World Tales
Munay and the Magic Lake
13
780L
Blake Novels
The Beautiful Spurs
10
650L
Fairytales
The Man Who Would Not Scold 9
830L
World Tales
Pedro and the Coyote
13
820L
Blake Novels
The Cliff Runner
12
710L
Nonfiction Texts
Fairytales
The Story of Hok Lee and the
Dwarfs
1150L
World Tales
The Lazy Giant
13
730L
Blake Novels
The Pranksters Club
11
670L
Factual Description
World Tales
The Monkey's New Drum
13
740L
Blake Novels
The Sand Boy
12
590L
Harmony
Buddhism
8
790L
World Tales
Why Chibchacum Carries the
World
13
820L
Blake Novels
The Way of the Dragon
11
630L
Go Facts
Oil and Coal
9
960L
Blake Novels
Toad Boy
12
570L
Australian
History
Symbols and Celebrations
8
790L
11
1140L
Brainwaves
Animal Talk
7
600L
To the Limit
8
800L
Student Exchange
8
680L
9
Fairytales
The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog 9
1170L
Fairytales
The Talking Fish
9
1020L
Fairytales
Why the Dog Hates the Cat
9
1010L
Indian Fairytales
Brazilian Fairytales
Shakespearean Tales
World Tales
How the Rabbit Lost His Tail
7
790L
Fairytales
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Instructional text samples from a wide range in The Library
Fairytales
A Long-Bow Story
9
1050L
World Tales
How the Tiger Got His Stripes
8
860L
Fairytales
All's Well That Ends Well
11
1050L
Brainwaves
Fairytales
Grasp All, Lose All
9
1160L
World Tales
How the Toad Got His Bruises
8
650L
Fairytales
As You Like It
11
1170L
Factual Recount
Fairytales
How the Raja's Son Won the
Princess Labam
9
850L
Arabic Stories
Fairytales
Cymbeline
10
1060L
Harmony
Fairytales
Life's Secret
9
1040L
Fairytales
Hamlet
10
1170L
Harmony
New Country, New School
8
620L
Fairytales
Story of Wali Dad the Simple
Hearted
9
1180L
On the Job
Eyes for Evidence
10
1100L
Fairytales
Fairytales
The Charmed Ring
The Snake Prince
Arabic Fairytales
9
9
890L
1190L
Fairytales
The Accomplished and Lucky
Tea Kettle
9
1180L
Fairytales
The Adventures of Little
Peachling
9
1050L
The Battle of the Ape and the
Crab
9
Fairytales
1070L
Fairytales
The Cat's Elopement
9
1170L
Fairytales
The Stone-Cutter
9
1060L
Fairytales
Fairytales
The Story of the Old Man Who 9
Made Withered Trees Blossom
1330L
The Tongue Cut Sparrow
1030L
9
Malaysian Fairytales
Fairytales
Fairytales
The Friendship of the Squirrel
and the Creeping Fish
9
The Tiger's Mistake
9
1050L
1050L
Philippine Fairytales
Fairytales
Aponibolinayen and the Sun
Fairytales
Fairytales
Japanese Fairytales
9
1160L
Fairytales
How Suan Became Rich
9
810L
Fairytales
Sagacious Marcela
9
1010L
Fairytales
The Rich and the Poor
9
1000L
Fairytales
The Story of Gaygayoma Who
Lives Up Above
9
1050L
Fairytales
The Story of King Palmarin
9
810L
Punjabi Fairytales
114
Series
Australian Curriculum English Texts Year 3 - 6
Aladdin and the Wonderful
Lamp
9
The History of Ali Cogia
9
1000L
1060L
Middle East Fairytales
Fairytales
He Wins Who Waits
9
1060L
Fairytales
Story of the Prince and the
Lions
9
1070L
Fairytales
The Prince and the Three Fates 9
1100L
Persian Fairytales
King Lear
10
1090L
Macbeth
11
1030L
Brainwaves
Stars of Soccer
8
1100L
Whose Crazy Idea Was That?
8
750L
Fairytales
Measure for Measure
11
940L
Brainwaves
Fairytales
Much Ado About Nothing
12
920L
Information Report
Fairytales
Othello
11
1020L
Go Facts
Technological Wonders
9
930L
Fairytales
Pericles
12
1310L
Australian
History
Migration
11
910L
Fairytales
Romeo and Juliet
11
1200L
Fairytales
The Comedy of Errors
10
1130L
Fairytales
The Merchant of Venice
11
1050L
Fairytales
The Taming of the Shrew
12
1180L
Fairytales
The Tempest
12
1250L
African Stories
Fairytales
The Winter's Tale
11
1150L
African Fairytales
Fairytales
Timon of Athens
10
900L
1260L
Fairytales
Twelfth Night
11
1210L
Two Gentleman of Verona
10
900L
Fairytales
Fairytales
World Tales
The Magic Turban the Magic
Sword and the Magic Carpet
9
The Three Silver Citrons
9
Samba the Coward
8
870L
1000L
World Tales
The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch 8
950L
Fairytales
World Tales
The Magic Mirror
8
1080L
Poetry
World Tales
The Pretty Girl and the Seven
Jealous Women
8
1270L
Poetry
Selected Nonsense Poems
7
NP
Poetry
Selected Poems
11
NP
Poetry
Selected Sonnets
8
NP
Fiction Texts
Poetry
The Hunting of the Snark
10
NP
Novel Study
Poetry
The Jumblies and Other
Nonsense Verses
7
NP
Poetry
Through the Looking Glass
10
NP
13 books
7-8
World Tales
The Story of Dschemil and
Dschemila
8
880L
Blake Novels
Brace Yourself
12
610L
Blake Novels
Desert Gold
12
760L
Blake Novels
Fateful 13
10
680L
Blake Novels
Harry
11
720L
Blake Novels
Haunted Beach
11
680L
Blake Novels
Intergalactic Deliveries Inc
12
740L
Jed
11
890L
Fairytales
Diamond Cut Diamond
9
1260L
Blake Novels
Fairytales
Dorani
9
1070L
Blake Novels
Me and My Big Mouth
12
650L
Fairytales
Kupti and Imani
9
1060L
Blake Novels
Michael's Storm
12
830L
American Stories
Blake Novels
Mirrors
12
710L
Native American Fairytales
Blake Novels
Nosebleed
12
730L
World Tales
Adventures of an Indian Brave 8
990L
Blake Novels
Pushed
11
540L
World Tales
Iktomi and the Fawn
810L
Blake Novels
Randomly So
11
620L
8
Fairytales
Fairytales
Rhythm and Dance
8
790L
First Fleet
9
880L
Health
Body Image
8
770L
Sunday Lunch
8
810L
Procedure
Harmony
Harmony
Our Shabbat
8
730L
Harmony
Making Tabouli
8
880L
Harmony
Turkish Delights
8
800L
Explanation
Hi-Lo Fiction
Boffin Boy
Harmony
Australian
History
Star Struck
12 books
6-7
Starchasers
6 books
8-9
First Flight
10 books
6.5 - 7
Rex Jones
8 books
6.5 - 7
Dark Flight
28 books
6.5 - 7.5
Runway
10 books
7-8
Matt Merton
Mysteries
8 books
7-8
Dangerous
Games
16 books
7.5
Harmony
Happy Lunar New Year!
8
900L
Health
The Body's Processes
8
840L
Health
Illnesses
8
930L
Go Facts
Body Systems
8
900L
Go Facts
Earthquake
8
1090L
Communication - Pages 10 - 13 9
1030L
Persuasive Texts
Go Facts
Go Facts
Endangered Animals
9
1010L
Go Facts
Recycling - Pages 28 - 29
9
1070L
Go Facts
Renewable Resources Pages 28 -29
9
980L
Go Facts
Trade
9
Health
Influences on Healthy Choices 8
1080L
750L
115
Australian Curriculum Science Texts Year 3
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Science
History
Sparklers
New York City
8
630L
Biological Sciences - Features of Living and Non-Living Things
(ACSSU044)
Sparklers
Sent to Sydney
8
560L
Sparklers
Spectacular Spain
8
580L
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Go Facts
Living or Not
5
BR
Community and Remembrance - Local Community Celebrations
and their Diversity (ACHHK60, ACHHK61, ACHHK62, ACHHK63 and
ACHHK64)
Go Facts
Insects
7
670L
Australian History
Special Days
8
600L
Asian Stories
Go Facts
Reptiles
7
580L
Australian History
Symbols and Celebrations 8
790L
Sparklers
Grandma Chau's Glasses
8
760L
Go Facts
Birds
7
570L
Australian History
Migration
11
910L
Sparklers
7
450L
Go Facts
Mammals
7
650L
Australian History
Explorers
9
910L
Has Anyone Seen My
Chook?
Sparklers
The Stolen Tea Tray
8
580L
Go Facts
Big Cats
7
710L
Australian History
First Fleet
9
880L
Go Facts
Marsupials
7
700L
Sparklers
Race for the Motorcycle
8
560L
Australian History
Federation
11
950L
Go Facts
Marine Animals
7
760L
Sparklers
Namara's Last Chance
8
610L
Harmony
Happy Lunar New Year
8
900L
Go Facts
Extreme Mammals
7
770L
Sparklers
The Paper Wish
8
560L
Harmony
Our Shabbat
8
730L
Go Facts
Plants
7
550L
Sparklers
The Special Present
8
560L
Harmony
Festival Fun
8
880L
Go Facts
Flowers
7
630L
Sparklers
The Sacred Monkey
7
470L
Harmony
St Patrick's Day
8
780L
Go Facts
Trees
7
680L
Sparklers
Kalo Li's New Country
7
450L
Harmony
Easter Fun with Yiayia
8
810L
Go Facts
Sea Life
8
790L
Harmony
Celebration of Life
8
850L
Go Facts
Coral Reefs
8
820L
Harmony
Piñata
8
750L
Go Facts
Polar Animals
8
850L
Harmony
The Beat of the Drum
8
840L
Weird and Wild
Arachnids
6
610L
Harmony
Rhythm and Dance
8
790L
Weird and Wild
Marine Minibeasts
6
570L
Harmony
Spirit of the Incas
8
820L
Weird and Wild
Reptiles
6
650L
Harmony
Turkish Delight
8
800L
Weird and Wild
Mammals
6
610L
Storylands
The Larkin Street Festival
7
NP
Weird and Wild
Crabs
6
590L
Storylands
Our Street
5
370L
Weird and Wild
Birds
6
600L
Storylands
Our Place on Earth
6
560L
Weird and Wild
Insects
6
580L
Storylands
Food From Everywhere
6
760L
Weird and Wild
Minibeasts
6
670L
Wonder Wits
What's Next
7
710L
Weird and Wild
Worms
6
590L
Wonder Wits
Gadget Hero
7
790L
Weird and Wild
Sea Birds
6
610L
Geography
Weird and Wild
Frogs
6
560L
Weird and Wild
Marine Creatures
6
530L
Geographical Knowledge and Understanding - Australia and Its
Neighbours (ACHGK14, ACHKG15, ACHKG16, ACHKG17, ACHKG18 and
ACHKG19)
Chemical Sciences- Heat and Materials (ACSSU046)
Go Facts
Chemistry
10
900L
Go Facts
Cooking and Change
7
750L
Go Facts
Recycling
9
1070L
Go Facts
Materials
8
740L
Go Facts
Why Recycle?
6
430L
Earth and Space Sciences - Rotating Earth (ACSSU048)
Go Facts
The Sun's Energy
6
430L
Go Facts
The Solar System
9
940L
Physical Sciences - Heat and Movement (ACSSU049)
116
Australian Curriculum History and Geography Texts Year 3
Go Facts
Chemistry
10
900L
Go Facts
Energy
8
760L
Go Facts
Forces
8
750L
Go Facts
The Sun's Energy
6
430L
Go Facts
The Solar System
9
940L
Go Facts
Climate Zones
10
980L
Go Facts
Weather
9
970L
Go Facts
Conservation
9
1170L
Go Facts
How We Live
7
650L
Go Facts
Local Design
7
920L
Go Facts
Homes
7
750L
Go Facts
Forests
7
750L
Go Facts
Trees
7
680L
Go Facts
Antarctica
10
840L
Go Facts
Cold
10
640L
Go Facts
Dry
10
660L
Go Facts
Grasslands
7
760L
Go Facts
Hot
10
700L
Go Facts
Volcano
8
1020L
Go Facts
The Arctic
8
920L
Storylands
Forests
8
580L
Sparklers
Amazing Africa
8
540L
Sparklers
Incredible India
8
640L
Sparklers
Lookout London
8
520L
117
Australian Curriculum Science Texts Year 4
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Australian Curriculum History and Geography Texts Year 4
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Series
Science
Go Facts
Weather
9
970L
History
Biological Sciences - Life Cycles, Predators and Habitats (ACSSU072
and ACSSU073)
Go Facts
Climate Zones
10
980L
Geography
Continents
10
960L
First Contacts - Aboriginal Australians and European Explorers
(ACHHK077, ACHHK078, ACHHK079 and ACHHK080)
Geography
Rivers
10
1070L
Go Facts
Biology
900L
Weird and Wild
Animal Partnerships
7
740L
Weird and Wild
Frogs
6
560L
Weird and Wild
Crabs
6
590L
Weird and Wild
Worms
6
590L
Weird and Wild
Animal Migration
7
Weird and Wild
Bloodsuckers
Weird and Wild
Physical Sciences - Forces (ACUSS076)
Go Facts
Forces
8
750L
Go Facts
Physics
10
890L
670L
Go Facts
Energy
8
760L
7
780L
ABC
40 Cool Science Tricks
10
930L
Top Skills
7
710L
ABC
40 Science Mind Benders
10
930L
Weird and Wild
Giants of Animal Kingdom
7
670L
ABC
40 DIY Science Gizmos
10
880L
Weird and Wild
Marine Minibeasts
6
570L
ABC
40 Super Human Body Tricks 10
990L
Brainwaves
Freaks of the Deep
7
480L
Brainwaves
Predators
7
550L
Brainwaves
Plants that bite back
7
670L
Brainwaves
Biggest, Highest, Fastest
7
860L
Go Facts
Flowers
7
360L
Go Facts
Forests
7
750L
Go Facts
Hot
10
700L
Go Facts
Cold
10
640L
Go Facts
Wet
6
650L
Go Facts
Dry
10
660L
Go Facts
Marsupials
7
700L
Go Facts
Insects
7
670L
Go Facts
Reptiles
7
580L
Go Facts
Birds
7
570L
Go Facts
Mammals
7
650L
Go Facts
Big Cats
7
710L
Go Facts
Polar Animals
8
850L
Go Facts
Coral Reefs
8
820L
Sparklers
Wally the Water Dragon
8
730L
On the Job
Ocean Lover
9
990L
Chemical Sciences - Materials and Their Properties (ACSSU074)
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Australian History First Contacts
8
590L
Australian History First Australians
8
830L
Australian History First Fleet
9
880L
Australian History Explorers
9
910L
Australian History Colonies
10
950L
Australian History Migration
11
910L
World History
James Cook
9
530L
Sparklers
Kevin's Echidna
8
610L
World History
Fransisco Coronada
9
570L
World History
Hernan Cortes
9
460L
World History
Sir Francis Drake
9
600L
Geography
Geographical Knowledge and Understanding - Australia and Its
Neighbours (ACHGK020, ACHGK021, ACHGK022, ACHGK023,
ACHGK024 and ACHGK025)
Go Facts
Climate Zones
10
980L
Go Facts
Grasslands
7
760L
Go Facts
Deserts
7
740L
Go Facts
Forests
7
750L
Go Facts
Conservation
9
1170L
Go Facts
Renewable Resources
9
980L
Go Facts
Materials
8
740L
Go Facts
Timber
9
930L
Go Facts
Oil and Coal
9
960L
Go Facts
Gold
9
890L
Go Facts
Recycling
9
1070L
Sparklers
Grandma Chau's Glasses
8
760L
Sparklers
Has Anyone Seen My
Chook?
7
450L
Sparklers
The Stolen Tea Tray
8
580L
Asian Stories
Sparklers
Race for the Motorcycle
8
560L
Go Facts
Recycling
9
1070L
Sparklers
Namara's Last Chance
8
610L
Go Facts
Materials
8
740L
Sparklers
The Paper Wish
8
560L
Go Facts
Timber
9
930L
Sparklers
The Special Present
8
560L
Go Facts
Oil and Coal
9
960L
Sparklers
The Sacred Monkey
7
470L
Go Facts
Gold
9
890L
Go Facts
Renewable Resources
9
980L
Go Facts
Water
9
950L
Earth and Space Sciences - Landform Changes Over Time (ACSSU075)
118
Go Facts
Volcano
8
1020L
Go Facts
Earthquake
8
1090L
Go Facts
Wild Weather
8
970L
Go Facts
Fire and Drought
10
1030L
Go Facts
Geology
10
910L
Go Facts
Forecasting
9
1030L
119
Australian Curriculum Science Texts Year 6
Australian Curriculum Texts Year 5
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Science
Endangered Animals
9
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
History
Science
Australian Colonies - Colonial Life and Migration (ACHHK093,
ACHHK094, ACHHK095, ACHHK096, ACHHK097)
Living Things - Growth and Survival in Environments (ACSSU094)
1010L
Weird and Wild
Animal Migration
7
670L
7
690L
Living Things - Living Things and Adaptations (ACSSU043)
Go Facts
Series
Go Facts
Polar Animals
8
850L
Australian History Sydney Cove
Weird and Wild
Animal Partnerships
7
740L
Go Facts
Deserts
7
740L
Australian History Bennelong: A Life
7
540L
Weird and Wild
Here Today, Gone Forever
7
680L
8
590L
Go Facts
Mountains
7
770L
Australian History First Contacts
Go Facts
Climate Change
10
1070L
Go Facts
Coral Reefs
8
820L
Australian History First Australians
8
830L
Go Facts
Climate Zones
10
980L
Weird and Wild
Animal Partnerships
7
740L
Australian History First Fleet
9
880L
Go Facts
Cold
10
640L
9
910L
Weird and Wild
Arachnids
6
610L
Australian History Explorers
Go Facts
Hot
10
700L
Weird and Wild
Birds
6
600L
Australian History Colonies
10
950L
Go Facts
Dry
10
660L
Weird and Wild
Crabs
6
590L
Australian History Migration
11
910L
Go Facts
Polar Animals
8
850L
Weird and Wild
Mammals
6
610L
Australian History Great Australians
10
880L
Go Facts
Deserts
7
740L
ABC
Great Aussie stories for
young people
10
1010L
Go Facts
Mountains
7
770L
Sparklers
Songbird
6
260L
Go Facts
Biology
10
900L
Sparklers
Kao Li's New Country
7
450L
Go Facts
Endangered Animals
9
1010L
Harmony
Nonno and Nonna
8
800L
Go Facts
Conservation
9
1170L
Harmony
Living in a Foreign Land
8
840L
Brainwaves
On the Edge of Extinction
8
980L
Blake Novels
Toad Boy
12
570L
Blake Novels
Harry
11
720L
Weird and Wild
Marine Creatures
6
530L
Weird and Wild
Frogs
6
560L
Weird and Wild
Reptiles
6
650L
Weird and Wild
Gliders
7
820L
Go Facts
Cold
10
640L
Go Facts
Hot
10
700L
Go Facts
Dry
10
660L
Go Facts
Wet
6
650L
Geography - Environments and the People Who Live In Them
(ACHGK026, ACHGK027, ACHGK028,ACHGK029,ACHGK030)
Wonder Wits
Wild Ideas
7
670L
Go Facts
Fire and Drought
10
1030L
Go Facts
Renewable Resources
9
980L
Go Facts
Earthquake
8
1090L
Go Facts
Recycling
9
1070L
Go Facts
Volcano
8
1020L
Go Facts
Chemistry
10
900L
40 Cool Science Tricks
10
930L
Chemical - Properties of Liquids, Gases and Solids (ACSSU077)
Geography
Chemical - Changes to Materials (ACSSU095)
Go Facts
Chemistry
10
900L
Go Facts
Oil and Coal
9
960L
Go Facts
Wild Weather
8
970L
ABC
Go Facts
Fuel
6
630L
Australian History Sydney Cove
7
690L
ABC
40 Science Mind Benders
10
930L
Go Facts
Gold
9
890L
Australian History First Australians
8
830L
ABC
40 DIY Science Gizmos
10
880L
Go Facts
Water
9
950L
40 Super Human Body Tricks 10
990L
Earth and Space - Earth and the Solar System (ACSSU078)
Australian History First Fleet
9
880L
ABC
Go Facts
Natural Wonders
9
940L
Earth and Space - Geological Changes and Extreme Weather
(ACSSU096)
Go Facts
The Solar System
9
940L
Go Facts
Ancient Wonders
9
930L
Go Facts
Our Future in Space
9
1020L
Go Facts
Modern Wonders
9
940L
Go Facts
The Universe
9
870L
World History
13
800L
Go Facts
Exploring Space
9
980L
Surviving the Great Chicago
Fire
Brainwaves
Living in Space
8
860L
World History
Surviving the San Francisco
Earthquake
13
750L
World History
Surviving the Dust Bowl
13
750L
World History
Surviving the Calveston
Hurricane
13
810L
Physical - Light and its Properties (ACSSUS080)
Go Facts
Physics
10
890L
ABC
40 Cool Science Tricks
10
930L
ABC
40 Science Mind Benders
10
930L
ABC
40 DIY Science Gizmos
10
880L
ABC
40 Super Human Body Tricks 10
990L
Go Facts
Forecasting
9
1030L
Go Facts
Weather
9
970L
Go Facts
Climate Change
10
1070L
Go Facts
Climate Zones
10
980L
Go Facts
Volcano
8
1020L
Go Facts
Earthquake
8
1090L
Go Facts
Wild Weather
8
970L
Go Facts
Fire and Drought
10
1030L
Go Facts
Geology
10
910L
Brainwaves
Wild Waves
8
780L
Brainwaves
Survival Against the Odds
8
810L
Physical - Transforming Energy and Electricity (ACSSUS097 and
ACSSU098)
120
Go Facts
Physics
10
890L
Go Facts
Renewable Resources
9
980L
Go Facts
Oil and Coal
9
960L
Go Facts
Energy
8
760L
121
Australian Curriculum History and Geography Texts Year 6
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
History
Series
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Series
World Tales
Why Chibchacum Carries
the World
13
820L
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders History and Cultures
Harmony
The Beat of the Drum
8
840L
Harmony
Rhythm and Dance
8
790l
Australia As a Nation (ACHHK113, ACHHK114, ACHHK115, ACHHK116)
Title
Reading Age
Lexile
Reading Age
Lexile
Just Call Me Jungle Boy
9
450L
690L
Laser Beams
Battle of the Bats
10
470L
Australian History Bennelong: A Life
7
540L
Brainwaves
On the Edge of Extinction
8
980L
Australian History First Contacts
8
590L
Weird and Wild
Here Today, Gone Forever
7
680L
Health
Food and the Environment
8
890L
8
830L
9
880L
Australian History Explorers
9
910L
Australian History First Australians
8
830L
Australian History Colonies
10
950L
Australian History Great Australians
10
880L
Australian History Migration
11
910L
Blake Novels
Harry
11
720L
Australian History Federation
11
950L
Sparklers
Kevin's Echidna
8
610L
Australian History Great Australians
10
880L
Asia
Go Facts
Government
9
990L
Sparklers
Grandma Chau's Glasses
8
760L
Harmony
Nonno and Nonna
8
800L
Sparklers
7
450L
Harmony
Living in a Foreign Land
8
840L
Has Anyone Seen My
Chook?
Harmony
My Extended Family
8
710L
Sparklers
The Stolen Tea Tray
8
580L
Sparklers
Race for the Motorcycle
8
560L
Sparklers
Namara's Last Chance
8
610L
Sparklers
The Paper Wish
8
560L
Go Facts
Global Bodies
9
1110L
Sparklers
The Special Present
8
560L
Go Facts
Government
9
990L
Sparklers
The Sacred Monkey
7
470L
Go Facts
Trade
9
1080L
Sparklers
Songbird
6
260L
Go Facts
Earthquakes
8
1090L
Sparklers
Kalo Li's New Country
7
450L
Treasure Trackers
On the Trail of the Golden
Man
10
610L
Sustainability
Runaway
Mystery in Mexico
10
540L
Go Facts
Deserts
7
740L
Treasure Trackers
Racing for the Birdman
10
620L
Go Facts
Forests
7
750L
ABC
Blood of the Incas
10
720L
Go Facts
Grasslands
7
760L
ABC
Monsters in the Sand
10
810L
Go Facts
Mountains
7
770L
World Tales
Adventures of an Indian
Brave
8
990L
Go Facts
Oceans
8
780L
Go Facts
Sea Life
8
790L
World Tales
How the Rabbit Lost His Tail
7
790L
Go Facts
Coral Reefs
8
820L
World Tales
How the Tiger Got His Stripes 8
860L
Go Facts
People and the Sea
8
810L
Antarctica
10
840L
World Tales
How the toad Got His Bruises 8
650L
Go Facts
World Tales
Iktomi and the Ducks
8
850L
Go Facts
Natural Wonders
9
940L
World Tales
Iktomi and the Fawn
8
810L
Go Facts
Renewable Rsources
9
980L
Oil and Coal
9
960L
World Tales
Iktomi and the Muskrat
8
800L
Go Facts
World Tales
Munay and the Magic Lake
13
780L
Go Facts
Timber
9
930L
World Tales
Pedro and the Coyote
13
820L
Go Facts
Gold
9
890L
Climate Zones
10
980L
World Tales
Samba the Coward
8
1260L
Go Facts
World Tales
The Badger and the Bear
8
860L
Go Facts
Climate Change
10
1070L
World Tales
The Daughter of Buk
Ettemsuch
8
950L
Go Facts
Endangered Animals
9
1010L
Go Facts
Recycling
9
1070L
World Tales
The Lazy Giant
13
730L
Go Facts
Conservation
9
1170L
World Tales
The Lion and the Cat
8
1090L
Go Facts
Water
9
950L
World Tales
The Magic Mirror
8
1080L
Blake Novels
Toad Boy
12
570L
World Tales
The Monkey's New Drum
13
740L
Blake Novels
Harry
11
720L
World Tales
The Pretty Girl and the Seven 8
Jealous Women
1270L
Sparklers
Wally the Waterdragon
8
730L
World Tales
The Story of Dschemil and
Dschemila
880L
Treasure Trackers
Racing for the Birdman
10
620L
Treasure Trackers
On the Trail of the Golden
Man
10
610L
8
Title
Laser Beams
7
Australian History First Fleet
Geography - Cultural Diversity (ACHGK031, ACHGK032, ACHGK033,
ACHGK034, ACHGK035, ACHGK036)
Series
Australian History Sydney Cove
Australian History First Australians
Geography
122
Cross Curriculum Priorities Years 3 - 6
123
What is Reading Eggs?
Reading Eggs is an online reading program that makes
learning essential reading skills a fun and motivating
experience for 4 – 8 year olds.
The program can help a wide range of students to
become proficient readers. The diagnostic test and student
management tools enable teachers to place students at
different reading levels within the program.
Read more. Read well.
Research has shown there are 4 key elements needed in literacy programs
that aim to improve reading outcomes for 5 – 13 year olds:
Program Features
1 Students need to read more: both at school and at home.
2 Match students to text: Reading materials need to match students’
reading ability and interests.
My Program – unique to each student
3 Effective comprehension instruction: Students need to understand and
think about what they read using a range of comprehension strategies.
4 Motivation: Students are motivated to keep reading and learning.
Your next
spelling lesson
What is Reading Eggspress?
Your next
reading lesson
• Reading Eggspress is designed to build reading
Your next
driving text
and comprehension skills, for students in grades
2 – 7 (7 – 13 year olds). Using a highly engaging,
floating island metaphor, this spinning world gets
students involved and excited as soon as they enter.
• The Reading Eggspress website has an enormous
range of learning resources, lessons, motivational
games, e-books and a comprehensive reporting
system that together create a unique learning
environment.
The number
of books you
have read
The Comprehension Gym
More than 360 recommended books. These
books grow to become a student’s own library
of books on their ‘Books Read’ shelves.
Your recommended list of leveled
readers – all with audio + quizzes
Reading Eggs now has leveled books aligned to every
lesson – 2 fiction and 2 nonfiction titles per lesson.
Each book comes with its own comprehension quiz.
• Perfect for home reading
• An excellent way to increase the number of books
your students read.
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• 200 interactive comprehension lessons
graded over five broad levels from grade
2 to grade 6: 40 lessons per year level.
The Comprehension Gym placement test
places students at the correct level.
• Enter the gym and play the Daily Game as
a mental warm-up.