Creative writing for June - Grab this June themed writing pack to cover your month! New to teaching, need more focus or to hand over a writing pack? This monthly pack covers 18 different and differentiated text types (plus additional creative activities) and more prompts. A no prep printable pack of 175 pages. Use this yourself, hand over to a relief teacher, use for homeschooling or short leave. Seasonal topics and calendar date topics are included. For grades 1 - 6 (though some pages could be used for Foundation). Special June calendar events included: World Ocean Day & National Vegemite Day. Creative writing for June includes; teacher planning page for the month (includes an editable type in option) student monthly goals goal review advertisement sentence work (nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence stems - using conjunctions and, but, so & because, sentence types (statement, command, question, exclamation) and simple, compound and complex narrative retells narrative innovations narrative planning page narrative generation (with picture cues - black and white and colour option) description writing opinion writing persuasive text report writing research planning pages essay paragraph planner page letter writing journal writing response writing procedural writing dotted thirds writing paper generic templates (some - not all - include editable text boxes to type your own topic) student checklists and rubrics (writing I have done this month, rubrics = editing, recounts, narratives, persuasive texts, procedurals) teacher text type checklist (what have you taught this month?) 175 pages (includes cover pages) One answer page only - whale label parts included! Please check your printer settings prior to printing. This product is set to letter size so please check (fit to page or print in printable area). Mostly a black and white product but some colour options are included. Northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere seasonal differences are included. Please note: generic templates and checklists are the same in each monthly pack! Each monthly pack varies in the quantity of topics covered partly due to monthly calendar dates varying.

January writing topics - Grab this January themed writing pack to cover your month! This monthly pack covers 18 different and differentiated text types (plus additional creative activities) and more prompts. A no prep printable pack of 164 pages. Use this yourself, hand over to a relief teacher, use for homeschooling or short leave. Seasonal topics and calendar date topics are included. For grades 1 - 6 (though some pages could be used for Foundation). Special January calendar events included: Back to school, New Year, Resolutions, Australia Day/Survival Day. January creative writing prompts includes; teacher planning page for the month (includes an editable type in option) student monthly goals goal review advertisement sentence work (nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence stems - using conjunctions and, but, so & because, sentence types (statement, command, question, exclamation) and simple, compound and complex narrative retells narrative innovations narrative planning page narrative generation (with picture cues - black and white and colour option) description writing opinion writing persuasive text report writing research planning pages essay paragraph planner page letter writing journal writing response writing procedural writing dotted thirds writing paper generic templates (some - not all - include editable text boxes to type your own topic) student checklists and rubrics (writing I have done this month, rubrics = editing, recounts, narratives, persuasive texts, procedurals) teacher text type checklist (what have you taught this month?) 164 pages (includes cover pages) Please check your printer settings prior to printing. This product is set to letter size so please check (fit to page or print in printable area). Mostly a black and white product but some colour options are included. Northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere seasonal differences are included. Please note: generic templates and checklists are the same in each monthly pack! Each monthly pack varies in the quantity of topics covered partly due to monthly calendar dates varying.

May writing pack - Grab this May themed writing pack to cover your month! This monthly pack covers 18 different and differentiated text types (plus additional creative activities) and more prompts. A no prep printable pack of 170 pages. Use this yourself, hand over to a relief teacher, use for homeschooling or short leave. Seasonal topics and calendar date topics are included. For grades 1 - 6 (though some pages could be used for Foundation). Special May calendar events included: National Reconciliation Week, Cinco de Mayo, World Bee Day, International Nurses Day, Mother’s Day and Mindful in May. May writing pack includes; teacher planning page for the month (includes an editable type in option) student monthly goals goal review advertisement sentence work (nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence stems, sentence types (statement, command, question, exclamation) and simple, compound and complex narrative retells narrative innovations narrative planning page narrative generation (with picture cues - black and white and colour option) description writing opinion writing persuasive text report writing research planning pages essay paragraph planner page letter writing journal writing response writing procedural writing dotted thirds writing paper generic templates (some - not all - include editable text boxes to type your own topic) student checklists and rubrics (writing I have done this month, rubrics = editing, recounts, narratives, persuasive texts, procedurals) teacher text type checklist (what have you taught this month?) 170 pages (includes cover pages) Please check your printer settings prior to printing. This product is set to letter size so please check (fit to page or print in printable area). Mostly a black and white product but some colour options are included. Northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere seasonal differences are included. Please note: generic templates and checklists are the same in each monthly pack! Each monthly pack varies in the quantity of topics covered partly due to monthly calendar dates varying. I hope you find this useful. Kind regards, Jennifer @teachnchatter

Creative writing for April - Keep on track with your writing plans and cover so many text types (or hand over to a relief teacher!). This monthly pack covers 18 different and differentiated text types and more prompts. A no prep printable pack of 169 pages. Use this yourself, hand over to a relief teacher, use for homeschooling or short leave. Seasonal topics and calendar date topics are included. For grades 1 - 6. Creative writing for April includes; teacher planning page for the month (includes an editable type in option) student monthly goals goal review advertisement sentence work (nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence stems, sentence types (statement, command, question, exclamation) and simple, compound and complex narrative retells narrative innovations narrative planning page narrative generation (with picture cues - black and white and colour option) description writing opinion writing persuasive text report writing research planning pages essay paragraph planner page letter writing journal writing response writing procedural writing dotted thirds writing paper generic templates (some - not all - have editable boxes to type your own question) student checklists and rubrics (writing I have done this month, rubrics = editing, recounts, narratives, persuasive texts, procedurals) teacher text type checklist 169 pages (includes cover pages) Please check your printer settings prior to printing. This product is set to letter size so please check (fit to page or print in printable area). Mostly a black and white product but some colour options are included. Northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere seasonal differences are included. I hope you find this so useful!

March writing - Want a pack of seasonal writing topics that covers 18 different text types? No prep, print and go pack full of engaging activities. 174 pages. March writing activities includes; teacher planning page for the month (includes an editable type in option) student monthly goals goal review advertisement sentence work (nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence stems, sentence types (statement, command, question, exclamation) and simple, compound and complex narrative retells narrative innovations narrative planning page narrative generation (with picture cues - black and white and colour option) description writing opinion writing persuasive text report writing research planning pages essay paragraph planner page letter writing journal writing response writing procedural writing dotted thirds writing paper generic templates student checklists and rubrics (writing I have done this month, rubrics = editing, recounts, narratives, persuasive texts, procedurals) teacher text type checklist 174 pages (includes cover pages) Please check your printer settings prior to printing. This product is set to letter size so please check (fit to page or print in printable area). Mostly a black and white product but some colour options are included. Northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere seasonal differences are included.

February writing pack - This monthly pack covers 18 different and differentiated text types and more prompts. A no prep printable pack of 172 pages. Use this yourself, hand over to a relief teacher, use for homeschooling or short leave. Seasonal topics and calendar date topics are included. For grades 1 - 6 (though some pages could be used for Foundation). Edited version 14-02-24 February calendar topics include: Safe online day, Valentine’s Day, Groundhog Day and Chinese New Year. February writing pack includes; teacher planning page for the month (includes an editable type in option) student monthly goals goal review advertisement sentence work (nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence stems, sentence types (statement, command, question, exclamation) and simple, compound and complex narrative retells narrative innovations narrative planning page narrative generation (with picture cues - black and white and colour option) description writing opinion writing persuasive text report writing research planning pages essay paragraph planner page letter writing journal writing response writing procedural writing dotted thirds writing paper generic templates student checklists and rubrics (writing I have done this month, rubrics = editing, recounts, narratives, persuasive texts, procedurals) teacher text type checklist 172 pages (includes cover pages) Please check your printer settings prior to printing. This product is set to letter size so please check (fit to page or print in printable area). Mostly a black and white product but some colour options are included. Northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere seasonal differences are included.

ee ea ie words - A huge 307 slide PowerPoint direct instruction synthetic phonic lesson teaching the grapheme alternatives for the long sound /ee/. Students are engaged with many different activities that can be used over a week or two and then again for revision. ee ea ie words includes; 307 slides (includes cover pages) word and sentence level reading for each different grapheme graphemes included: ee, ea, ey, y, ie and e-e polysyllabic words (underlined for you) phonic dictation slides editing slides (with answers provided) homophones word building (click out of slide show mode to move the letter tiles) word sorting (click out of slide show mode to move the words) check for understanding direct instruction lesson format (lesson intentions, success criteria, tune in, concept building, check for understanding) answers provided engaging clipart and activities tried in my Grade Two classroom I use this lesson over one week (every day) and then again for revision/warm-ups You may wish to go through this lesson prior to use. When you press the mouse or space/arow buttons, some pictures or words may appear.  Enjoy this lesson!

phonic lesson for oe sound - A massive 289 slide direct instruction phonic PowerPoint lesson teaching five grapheme alternatives for the /oe/ sound. phonic lesson for oe sound includes; graphemes for oe sound; oe, ow, oa, o, o-e tune in, learning intentions, success criteria, body of lesson, check for understanding 289 slides (includes cover pages) word level reading sentence level reading polysyllabic words (words underlined to show you how to syllabify them) homophones phonic dictation editing (punctuation and spelling) word building word sorting check for understanding engaging clip art words or images will appear on mouse click use the word building and word sorting activities outside of slide show mode to enable movement of word boxes and letters! You may wish to use this lesson over one or two week and introduce the graphemes slowly. It is up to you. I have used this lesson for my Grade Two class but it is also appropriate for Grade One students requiring extension and Grade Three students.

grapheme alternatives for air sound phonic lesson - A direct instruction phonic PowerPoint lesson that has a massive 200 slides full of reading and plenty of engaging activities! graphemes include; ear, ere, eer tune in, learning intentions, success criteria, reading lesson components, check for understanding included contents page with links to navigate through the lesson easier word level reading Polysyllabic words (words underlined in syllables for you) sentence level reading dictation (sentence level) editing word sorting word building 195 slides includes cover pages teacher notes included in some slide show notes use the moveable slides outside of slideshow mode (e.g. word sorting, word building) highly engaging and tried in my own Year 2 class suitable for students between the years 1, 2 and 3 (catch up for year 4) A fantastic lesson that you can just read as is. Use this to introduce the concept and then each day to revise. You can also choose to do different activities each day, e.g. word building, word sorting, phonic dictation and so forth. It is up to you and what suits your students!

grapheme alternatives for diphthong ear - graphemes include; ear, ere, eer tune in, learning intentions, success criteria, reading lesson components, check for understanding included contents page with links to navigate through the lesson easier word level reading Polysyllabic words (words underlined in syllables for you) sentence level reading dictation (sentence level) editing word sorting word building 195 slides includes cover pages teacher notes included in some slide show notes use the moveable slides outside of slideshow mode (e.g. word sorting, word building) highly engaging and tried in my own Year 2 class suitable for students between the years 1, 2 and 3 (catch up for year 4) A fantastic lesson that you can just read as is. Use this to introduce the concept and then each day to revise. You can also choose to do different activities each day, e.g. word building, word sorting, phonic dictation and so forth. It is up to you and what suits your students! Enjoy.

when to use er ir or ur - A direct instruction phonic PowerPoint lesson that teaches five grapheme alternatives for the sound /ur/. 230 slides. ‘when to use er ir or ur’ includes; grapheme alternatives include; ur, ir, er, or and ear tune in, learning intentions and success criteria mouth articulation slide word level reading (for all graphemes) sentence level reading polysyllabic word reading (words underlined in syllables for you) phonic dictation editing word sorting - click out of slide show mode to use word building - click out of slide show mode to use other graphemes slide check for understanding (includes a variety of questions and activity prompts) 230 slides (includes cover pages) You may wish to use this phonic lesson over one to two weeks. A good way to use this lesson again is to use this (once taught) as a weekly warm-up lesson!

or grapheme alternatives phonics lesson - A 200 slide PowerPoint lesson for grapheme alternatives; or, aw, au and al single slide with other alternatives shown word level reading for each grapheme sentence level reading polysyllabic words (syllables underlined for you) phonic dictation activity word building (use outside of slide show mode to enable the movement of letters) word sorting (use outside of slide show mode) editing checking for understanding (several activities) engaging lesson direct instruction layout with learning intentions, success criteria, tune in, the body of the lesson, ample practice and then check for understanding (how much support you provide in the body of the lesson depends on the needs of your students) all done for you and very engaging for students (these lessons have been trialed in my own classroom) differentiated levels of words and sentences provided

ai spelling words - A massive 227 slide direct instruction phonic lesson that teaches the grapheme alternatives for the /ai/ sound. PowerPoint format. ai spelling words include: ai, ay, a-e, a, ei, ey, eigh, ea tune in learning intentions success criteria teacher slides word level reading sentence level reading polysyllabic words phonic dictation editing word sorting word building check for understanding direct instruction format 227 slides (includes cover pages) Please use the word sorting and building activities outside of slide show mode to enable movement. I have included a question mark after each of those tasks so that the students cannot see the answers from the drop down menu. Students need to tap the word (or letter) and then drag it into place. Please use this lesson prior to teaching as some words or arrows will appear when you press the space, enter or mouse button. It is very simple to use.

phonics long oo graphemes - A 194 slide PowerPoint lesson using direct instruction methods to teach the grapheme alternatives for long oo. All the work is done for you. learning intentions and success criteria tune in teacher notes slide (notes also found in the notes section of the powerpoint lesson itself) grapheme alternatives covered include; oo, ew, ou, ui, ue and u-e word level reading sentence level reading polysyllabic word reading (words underlined in syllables for you) phonic dictation (sentence level) editing a phonic sentence word building word sorting checking for understanding engaging clipart clear and engaging content tried and tested in my own classroom This lesson can be used alongside any phonic scope and sequence! Just adapt and use the slides you wish to cover (or use all of them!). You may wish to go through the slideshow mode first. When you press the arrow, space or mouse button, some words will appear on some slides. Click out of slide show mode to engage the use of the word building drag and drop letters.

phonics words with v powerpoint lesson - A high quality 166 slides direct instruction lesson for the v grapheme alternatives. A great lesson if you are unsure how to teach the grapheme alternatives or just need an engaging lesson that is completely done for you! phonics words with v powerpoint lesson includes - 166 slides (includes cover pages) grapheme alternatives include v and ve word reading sentence level reading polysyllabic word reading (words underlined in syllables for you) phonic sentence level dictation word building check for understanding Enjoy!

Phonics PowerPoint on sh sound alternatives A 202 slide phonics powerpoint for alternative graphemes covering the /sh/ sound! Includes: learning intentions success criteria direct instruction lesson format alternative graphemes; sh, ch, ss, si, s, ti and ci two slides with all graphemes listed showing alternatives (with words) word level reading for each alternative sentence level reading polysyllabic word reading (syllables underlined for you) word building phonic dictation editing (sentence level) word sorting checking for understanding 230 slides (includes cover pages) aligns to the evolving science of reading Use this same lesson every day for 1-2 weeks (you do not have to cover all slides in every lesson as there is a lot of content in there) and then use again for revision 1x a week!

grapheme s sc powerpoint lesson- A direct instruction phonic PowerPoint lesson for the grapheme alternatives for /s/ covering; s, ss, sc and c. Includes: grapheme alternatives; s, ss, sc and c Other grapheme alternatives are shown on one slide (e.g. se, ce and x) word level reading for each grapheme alternative sentence level reading polysyllabic words (underlined in syllables for you!) dictation (sentence level) word building - movable letter tiles editing slides (punctuation and spelling errors) check for understanding questions grapheme examples shown - one page articulation - mouth shape tune in use this lesson to explicitly teach the concept of alternative graphemes for /s/ but also use as a warm-up once this concept has been covered Trialled in my own Grade 2 class with success. Enjoy!

r rr wr rh powerpoint lesson - If you are teaching grapheme alternatives in phonics, this will help make your life easier. This is all done for you. A powerpoint lesson that covers the graphemes; r, rr, rh and wr. 188 slides. r rr wr rh powerpoint lesson includes; learning intentions and success criteria tune in word level reading sentence level reading polysyllabic words (underlined for you) phonic dictation word building word sorting graphemes listed and sorted as an example check for understanding engaging slides 188 slides in total (includes cover page) I use this lesson to introduce the concepts (alternative graphemes are representing the one sound) and then as a warm-up! direct instruction format tried and tested in my own class (Year Two) Enjoy! Kind regards, Jennifer

grapheme alternatives for n phonic lesson - An engaging direct instruction phonic powerpoint lesson that covers grapheme alternatives kn, n, gn and nn for the sound /n/. 181 slides. grapheme alternatives for n phonic lesson includes; graphemes covered; n, nn, gn, kn learning intentions and success criteria tune in articulation (mouth shape) air-write word level reading sentence level reading phonic dictation (different level sentences) polysyllabic word reading word building (click and drag graphemes) word sorting check for understanding 181 slides (includes cover pages) If you are unsure HOW to teach phonics and have a lot to cover, this is the lesson for you! Enjoy. Kind regards, Jennifer :)

alternative graphemes for m sound - A 188 slide PowerPoint lesson that teaches students the alternatives for /m/. Includes the graphemes; m, mm, mn and mb. alternative graphemes for m sound includes: direct instruction format graphemes included; m, mm, mb, mn learning intentions and success criteria mouth articulation spelling rules or patterns polysyllabic words (underlined to show you how to read them) tune in word level reading sentence level reading phonic dictation slides word building (moveable letter tiles - click outside of slide show mode for this function) check for understanding questions/activities 188 slides includes cover pages Enjoy! Please provide a review.