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Book Week 2024 — Reading Is Magic
Get ready for Children's Book Week 2024 with printable worksheets, activities, crafts and more ideas to celebrate the joy of books with your students! This teacher-created resource collection has hundreds of fresh ideas designed to be used in the primary classroom to encourage students to get hooked on a book.
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Classroom Book Truck – Resource Pack
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Reading Challenge: 10-100 Book Challenge Reading Logs
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Book-Inspired Task Cards
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Book Review Templates – Garden Theme
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Read, Grow, Inspire Bookmarks
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Roll to Create a Silly Book Title – Differentiated Writing Activity
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Book Week 2024 — Reading Is Magic
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Book Review Brochure Template
Share the love of reading with a printable book review brochure project.
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Fun With Nonfiction Task Cards
Solidify your nonfiction reading response lessons with this set of 12 comprehension task cards.
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Design Your Own Book Cover Template
Design a new book cover and summarise a book using this one-page, printable template.
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I Read Because... – Writing Template
Write about the benefits of reading with this book cover writing template.
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Book Week Display Banner
Make your classroom display board shine this Book Week with this display banner!
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My Strange Shrinking Parents – Literature Task Cards
Deep dive into the characters and themes of Zeno Sworder’s highly acclaimed book, My Strange Shrinking Parents, with this set of 12 literature task cards.
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Children's Book Week Teaching Slides
Teach your students about the history and purpose of Australian Book Week with this comprehensive set of teaching slides.
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Library Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Take a journey through the classroom library with a book scavenger hunt activity.
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Fun With Fiction Task Cards
Build a foundation of literary concepts and skills with this set of 12 fiction reading response cards.
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Book Recommendation Template
Create a class book recommendation display with this printable template.
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50-Book Challenge Tracker – Printable Bookmark
Inspire your students to read fifty books during the school year with a printable 50-book Challenge Bookmark Tracker.
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Book Hunt for Book Week - Mini-Book
Celebrate Book Week 2023 with a theme-related book hunt!
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Book Week - Mini-Book
Celebrate all things Book Week with a fun-sized mini-book!
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Real Magic Can Happen When You Read A Spellbinding Book – Bookmark
Highlight the magical properties of reading with a spellbinding bookmark!
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Sloth Bookmarks
Let these adorable sloth-themed bookmarks keep track of your page.
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Cure Your Curiosity with a Book! - Poster and Colouring Page
A beautifully designed poster to display in your classroom reading corner with an accompanying colouring page.
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Wild About Reading – Poster and Colouring Page
A beautifully designed poster to display in your classroom reading corner with an accompanying colouring page.
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My Book Week Character – Template
A template to use to display a photograph of students' costumes for Book Week.
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Book Wish List
Nurture your students' interest in books and reading with this book wish list.
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Talking About Books Prompts
Share a love of reading and expose students to new books with these book talk prompts.
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A Book a Day Keeps the Monsters Away - Library Display
Get your students excited about reading with this interactive Book Review Library display!
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Inspiring Author Flipbook
Research and celebrate an inspiring author with this hands-on flipbook.
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Book-Inspired Task Cards
Celebrate all things books and reading with this comprehensive set of literature-inspired task cards.
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Read, Grow, Inspire – Book Week 2023 Display Banner
Make your classroom display board shine this Book Week with this theme-based display banner!
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