NZ sight words - Red - BOARD GAMES A set of 5 colourful and engaging board games for your students to practise their sight words at the Red level. Sight words are read when the player lands in that square. Some games have an endpoint (where players reach the ‘finish’) and some games are ongoing until the allocated time is up, or a certain number of points have been reached. ♦ Designed to be printed on A3 size paper. ♦ Words are written in the NZ Basic Script font. ♦ Equipment needed: dice and counters. ♦ Instructions provided for each gameboard (A4 size) but feel free to adapt them to suit your learners. ♦ Engaging themes and graphics. ♦ A great alternative to games on a computer screen. Use them as part of your guided reading rotations, as a literacy centre activity, wet weather games, early finisher activities, etc. These board games teach important skills such as: ♦ Word recognition and counting. ♦ Turn taking, waiting patiently and sharing equipment. ♦ Friendly competition. ♦ Focus and persistence. ♦ Eye-hand coordination. ♦ Interacting with others. 28 Red sight words: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked Board games are available for Magenta, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and Orange (in my store). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

NZ sight words - Yellow - BOARD GAMES A set of 5 colourful and engaging board games for your students to practise their sight words at the Yellow level. Sight words are read when the player lands in that square. Some games have an endpoint (where players reach the ‘finish’) and some games are ongoing until the allocated time is up, or a certain number of points have been reached. ♦ Designed to be printed on A3 size paper. ♦ Words are written in the NZ Basic Script font. ♦ Equipment needed: dice and counters. ♦ Instructions provided for each gameboard (A4 size) but feel free to adapt them to suit your learners. ♦ Engaging themes and graphics. ♦ A great alternative to games on a computer screen. Use them as part of your guided reading rotations, as a literacy centre activity, wet weather games, early finisher activities, etc. These board games teach important skills such as: ♦ Word recognition and counting. ♦ Turn taking, waiting patiently and sharing equipment. ♦ Friendly competition. ♦ Focus and persistence. ♦ Eye-hand coordination. ♦ Interacting with others. 31 Yellow sight words: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father Board games are available for Magenta, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and Orange (in my store). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

NZ sight words - Blue - BOARD GAMES A set of 5 colourful and engaging board games for your students to practise their sight words at the Blue level. Sight words are read when the player lands in that square. Some games have an endpoint (where players reach the ‘finish’) and some games are ongoing until the allocated time is up, or a certain number of points have been reached. ♦ Designed to be printed on A3 size paper. ♦ Words are written in the NZ Basic Script font. ♦ Equipment needed: dice and counters. ♦ Instructions provided for each gameboard (A4 size) but feel free to adapt them to suit your learners. ♦ Engaging themes and graphics. ♦ A great alternative to games on a computer screen. Use them as part of your guided reading rotations, as a literacy centre activity, wet weather games, early finisher activities, etc. These board games teach important skills such as: ♦ Word recognition and counting. ♦ Turn taking, waiting patiently and sharing equipment. ♦ Friendly competition. ♦ Focus and persistence. ♦ Eye-hand coordination. ♦ Interacting with others. 37 Blue sight words: have help here’s home let need again laugh soon talked could had find end making under very were your walk girl about don’t last what now goes because next than fun bag coming did or cake run Board games are available for Magenta, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and Orange (in my store). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Junior Journals - 'Journal Hunts' for numbers 40-49. New Zealand classroom resource. Worksheets: 10 Journal Hunts (+ answer sheets) These 'Journal Hunts' are similar to a 'scavenger hunt'. In each journal, students are asked 32 questions and the answers are found in either the text or the pictures. There is one question per page. This is a great activity to reinforce the skill of skimming and scanning. Answer sheets are provided - very easy to mark! A reference sheet is provided. This outlines the meaning and gives examples for words such as synonyms, syllables, adjectives, etc. Two certificate templates are provided to celebrate success and participation in this activity. There is room for students to write their answers on the worksheet (some of the longer answers may need to be written on the back of the sheet). Alternatively, children can write their answers in their exercise book and the question sheets can then be reused with another group. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. Made by a teacher, for teachers. A great resource for your reading programme. It will save you hours of time! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

NZ sight words - Green - BOARD GAMES A set of 10 colourful and engaging board games for your students to practise their sight words at the Green level. Sight words are read when the player lands in that square. Some games have an endpoint (where players reach the ‘finish’) and some games are ongoing until the allocated time is up, or a certain number of points have been reached. ♦ Designed to be printed on A3 size paper. ♦ Words are written in the NZ Basic Script font. ♦ Equipment needed: dice and counters. ♦ Instructions provided for each gameboard (A4 size) but feel free to adapt them to suit your learners. ♦ Engaging themes and graphics. ♦ A great alternative to games on a computer screen. Use them as part of your guided reading rotations, as a literacy centre activity, wet weather games, early finisher activities, etc. Please note that there are 10 game boards in this set (unlike only 5 in the Magenta, Red, Yellow and Blue sets). This is due to the larger number of sight words in this colour. These board games teach important skills such as: ♦ Word recognition and counting. ♦ Turn taking, waiting patiently and sharing equipment. ♦ Friendly competition. ♦ Focus and persistence. ♦ Eye-hand coordination. ♦ Interacting with others. 49 Green sight words: always good walked know please them use want feel just left best house old their right over love still took thank you school much brother sister round another myself new some asked called made people children away water how Mrs if I’m Mr who didn’t can’t after our time most Board games are available for Magenta, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and Orange (in my store). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

NZ sight words - Orange - BOARD GAMES A set of 11 colourful and engaging board games for your students to practise their sight words at the Orange level. Sight words are read when the player lands in that square. Some games have an endpoint (where players reach the ‘finish’) and some games are ongoing until the allocated time is up, or a certain number of points have been reached. ♦ Designed to be printed on A3 size paper. ♦ Words are written in the NZ Basic Script font. ♦ Equipment needed: dice and counters. ♦ Instructions provided for each gameboard (A4 size) but feel free to adapt them to suit your learners. ♦ Engaging themes and graphics. ♦ A great alternative to games on a computer screen. Use them as part of your guided reading rotations, as a literacy centre activity, wet weather games, early finisher activities, etc. Please note that there are 11 game boards in this set (unlike only 5 in the Magenta, Red, Yellow and Blue sets). This is due to the larger number of sight words in this colour. These board games teach important skills such as: ♦ Word recognition and counting. ♦ Turn taking, waiting patiently and sharing equipment. ♦ Friendly competition. ♦ Focus and persistence. ♦ Eye-hand coordination. ♦ Interacting with others. 63 Orange sight words: man think long things wanted eat everyone two thought dog well more I’ll tree shouted us other food through way been stop must red door sea these began boy animals never work first lots that’s gave something bed may found live say night small three head town I’ve around every garden fast only many laughed let’s suddenly told word forgot better bring push Board games are available for Magenta, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green and Orange (in my store). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Worksheets for Junior Journals 40-44. (New Zealand) A worksheet for every story, article, poem and play in the Junior Journals 40-44. 28 quality worksheets in total. Excellent for classroom use. Made by a teacher, for teachers. Great for photocopying. Most of the worksheets can be reduced from A4 to A5 if necessary. Worksheet activities include: * cloze * ordering events * designing a label * sorting * spelling rule - singular to plural * fact or opinion * true or false * poster * contractions * word endings (s, ed, ing) * labelling * compound words * general comprehension * rhyming words * life cycle * word frames * article hunt * 'what' questions * synonyms * wordfind * sp and st words * personification All worksheets have a space for students to write their name. Early finishers can colour the blackline images and decorate the border. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. This is an excellent classroom resource to use in your reading programme. It will save you hours of work! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Worksheets for Junior Journals 45-49. (New Zealand) A worksheet for every story, article, poem and play in the Junior Journals 45-49. 30 quality worksheets in total. Excellent for classroom use. Made by a teacher, for teachers. Great for photocopying. Most of the worksheets can be reduced from A4 to A5 if necessary. Worksheet activities include: * cloze * ordering events * labelling * collective nouns * general comprehension questions * symbols * matching 2 parts of a sentence * prediction, message, etc * code breaking * drawing * adjectives, nouns, verbs * story hunt * Te Reo. * wordfind * antonyms * alphabetical order * word frames * matching * compound words * craft * rhyming * 'who' questions * multi-choice quiz * question marks * onomatopoeia All worksheets have a space for students to write their name. Early finishers can colour the blackline images and decorate the border. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. This is an excellent classroom resource to use in your reading programme. It will save you hours of work! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources