Level 3 teacher with 20 years of classroom teaching experience. Masters in Education (learning disabilities and difficulties). Creating resources to assist with differentiation. Fun early childhood resources to inspire.
Level 3 teacher with 20 years of classroom teaching experience. Masters in Education (learning disabilities and difficulties). Creating resources to assist with differentiation. Fun early childhood resources to inspire.
ocean-alphabet - A4 sized a-z alphabet posters that include the capital, lower case letter for each letter of the alphabet, a word and a picture.
3 different styles to choose from
NSW foundation font for letters and words used
colour product
use to display as an alphabet chart or as a flashcard initial sound recall or phonic recall tool
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83 pages pdf format
Thank you.
ocean-alphabet This is a SET of a-z alphabet posters in 3 different styles with ocean animals. A cute and engaging display that can also be used in phonic lessons as initial sound prompt cards. 83 page pdf printable product.
ocean-alphabet-poster includes;
A4 sized a-z alphabet posters that include the capital, lower case letter for each letter of the alphabet, a word and a picture.
3 different styles to choose from
NSW foundation font for letters and words used
colour product
use to display as an alphabet chart or as a flashcard initial sound recall or phonic recall tool (excluding /sh/ for shark)
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area)
please review this product to show your support
83 pages pdf format
Includes the graphemes:
ai, ay, a-e, ee, ea, e, y, oa, o-e, o, ar and initial code words
Differentiated into 4 different levels of ability
Includes: read, trace and write & read, fill in the missing sound and write
Includes a spelling test blank student sheet
Includes a teacher spelling checklist
includes a teacher reading checklist
includes grapheme tiles to use for sound swapping or testing activities
Teacher explanation is provided in this pack.
rules-of-the-classroom-poster
A cute and engaging set of classroom posters to set clear expectations for your students. Posters & flashcards included. 37 page printable pdf.
class-rules-posters includes;
A4 posters - 13 different rules
I can statements (e.g. I can listen, or instruction statement, e.g. Listen to your teacher)
Smaller flashcards (4x to an A4 page) as statements
Compilation poster of important classroom rules
Instructions for how to use
You can display the smaller flashcards as rules if you are limited to space
You can also use the flashcards as visual reminders to hold up to students rather than stopping your lesson to remind a student of a rule (e.g. quiet please)
Colour product
37 pages (includes cover pages)
Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area). Please provide a review to show your support.
Kind regards,
Jennifer
black-and-white-classroom-theme A year-long classroom label pack that goes with any theme that you have! 118 page pdf product with editable labels.
black-and-white-classroom-theme includes;
teacher resource labels
toolbox labels
classroom resource labels
classroom area labels
art room labels
subject area labels
welcome to our class posters
calendar word labels (days of the week, months, seasons, dates and words to construct a sentence!)
toolbox label size, small labels and shelf size labels
118 pages (includes cover pages)
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area)
Thanks for your support!
Kind regards, Jennifer
ocean-alphabet A SET of a-z alphabet posters in 3 different styles with ocean animals. Such a cute and engaging display. 83 page pdf printable product.
ocean-alphabet-poster includes;
A4 sized a-z alphabet posters that include the capital, lower case letter for each letter of the alphabet, a word and a picture.
3 different styles to choose from
NSW foundation font for letters and words used
colour product
use to display as an alphabet chart or as a flashcard initial sound recall or phonic recall tool (excluding /sh/ for shark)
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area)
please review this product to show your support
83 pages pdf format
Thank you!
toys-past-and-present A history PowerPoint on toys now and then. 90 slides and includes photographs.
toys-past-and-present
includes;
photographs of toys
learning outcomes of lesson
toys from the past
toys now
comparison of toys (difference)
3 Vocabulary slides (brief sentence to discuss example)
discussion topics
checking for understanding
links to History (HASS) - life changes
This lesson has been trialled in my Year One class with success. Please provide a review to let me know how you found it. I hope you enjoy it.
Kind regards, Jennifer
**classroom flower decorations **Struggling with classroom behaviour management and need to focus on the positive? Kindness lesson with interactive bulletin board display. A great way to focus on the POSITIVE behaviours seen in your class. Also links social skills to a flower theme. Lesson, display visuals and how to use the product. 50 page product.
classroom flower decorations includes;
lesson - kindness and the link to ‘How to fill your bucket’ and how we can make our flowers bloom
how to use this product
lesson follow ups (4/5 follow up lesson ideas)
discuss the words: kind, encouragement, compliment, unkind
kind and unkind statements to sort
printable flowers for students
teacher checklist for social skills taught in lesson (and can be used as an ongoing checklist)
display board colour posters and cute pictures
use as an ongoing display board and positive encouragement focus
50 pages - includes cover pages
select your printer options (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area)
trialled and tested in my own class (kids are motivated!)
Enjoy. My class have loved creating this and engaging in it. BONUS point? It also looks great in your classroom!
Kind regards, Jennifer
2d shape printables - 2d shape posters - Brighten your classroom decor with these posters. 20 different 2D shapes poster set. Includes 4 different poster types to choose from and one shape number prefix poster. Covers you from Kindergarten to Grade 2 with simple to complex shapes. 83 page pdf.
2d shape posters includes;
20 different shapes = circle, crescent, decagon, rhombus, heart, heptagon, hexagon, nonagon, octagon, oval, pentagon, rectangle, semi-circle, square, star, trapezoid, triangle, parallelogram, hendecagon and dodecagon
4 different shape poster styles = 1 - shape and name, 2 - shape, name and description, 3 - shape, name, description and number of sides in the centre of the shape, 4 - name and photograph of a real world shape
Bonus - shape number prefix poster (especially useful for understanding how the shape names relate to the sides)
Stretches from Kindergarten to Year 2. Use the basic shapes (e.g. square, circle, star, oval, rectangle, triangle) for kindergarten and gradually progress to more challenging shapes for Year 2.
Descriptions provided are particularly useful for Year 1 and 2 students.
Bright, colourful and clear images.
Print as A4 or A3 size
Colour product
Fun black and white borders
Digital product. Once you purchase this product, download to your computer and print it out.
83 pages (includes cover pages)
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Aboriginal Symbols PowerPoint - Would you like to teach your students the meaning of Australian Aboriginal symbols? This is a 126 slide PowerPoint lesson that takes you through the essential background information required, the meaning of the symbols and then includes a quick check for understanding. Appropriate for multiple year levels: Year 1-6 (depending on your students knowledge of Aboriginal culture). A clear and straight forward introductory lesson to teach students about Aboriginal culture (art) and explain symbols used in your classroom.
This lesson includes;
126 slides (includes cover pages)
PowerPoint Lesson
Background information on Australia (map of Australia and Aboriginal people)
Explains symbols - briefly with a few words
Briefly explains different art styles
Shows some pictures of real cave paintings
Engaging clipart pictures
A great lesson for beginning knowledge of Aboriginal Culture
Use this lesson alongside the printable Aboriginal Posters and aboriginal symbols worksheet pack!
Discussion point slides added
2 activity suggestion slides
Contents slide included
Digital product - get the product, download it to your computer, save and use in slideshow mode with your students!
My students love learning about the Aboriginal culture and have enjoyed looking at the Aboriginal Posters that I have created. This lesson is a great way to engage in prior to exposing students to this environmental print. Use this lesson in slideshow mode. Press the mouse, arrow or space bar to bring up answers in the check for understanding section.
daily-math-number-warmup This Math Warm up is a daily math warm up to be used prior to teaching new content. Includes a massive 242 slides. Repetition and revision are very important for all students, particularly those with a learning disability. This Math warm up 1st grade PowerPoint lesson is in a winter theme and includes;
How to use this PowerPoint (for teachers)
Menu page with hyperlinks (complete the whole lesson or focus on the parts you wish to!)
Learning Intentions
Reminder to sit with whole body listening
Subitising
Say the number
Before & After
Missing number
Place value questions
Count on from this number
Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s
Addition vocabulary
Symbol explanation
Addition sums (with pictures)
Subtraction vocabulary
Missing addends
Friends of ten
Symbol explanation
Subtraction sums (with pictures)
The fox stole how many
Count backwards from 10
Count backwards from 20
Sharing - what does this mean?
Sharing quantities -
Which is the greatest/biggest number
Which is the smallest/smaller number
Number story in words and pictures
Story - tell me a story from this picture
Challenge slides
Answers will appear on the click of a mouse!
Use in PowerPoint slide show mode
Use daily! No need to reinvent the wheel.
It is differentiated with degrees of difficulty. Use the slides that apply to your students. This math warm up is a very comprehensive warm up and includes 242 slides The main focus is on number. You can also use this lesson for Year Two students who require revision (especially at the beginning of the year).
PowerPoint-dinosaur-theme A Math Number warm-up PowerPoint lesson with *UPDATED 255 slides. Covers many concepts. For Year One students.
PowerPoint-dinosaur-theme includes;
255 slides (includes cover pages)
Math concepts; number recognition, counting, subitising, greater than/less than (numbers and quantities), addition and subtraction, counting backwards from 20, skip counting (2s, 5s &10s), ordinal number, place value, counting on
UPDATED SKILLS ADDED; missing numbers, friends of ten, more subitising alternatives, challenging slides, menu page with hyperlinks!
For year one students (and revision for Year 2 students)
Intended to be a warm-up lesson to revise previously taught concepts
You can cover the entire warm-up or just revise concepts you wish to
Please look at this lesson prior to teaching. When you press the mouse, arrow or enter key, some numbers and text boxes will appear.
Cute and engaging dinosaur clipart
I now use this with my Year 2 class and they love it. It is a great warmup powerpoint to use before teaching new concepts.
Enjoy.
reading-digraphs-worksheets A 153 page worksheet pack for vowel digraphs. Includes 2 activities for each phoneme; 1 - read, write and draw, and 2 - read, unjumble and draw.
My students use these worksheets as an independent literacy centre rotation. They know what to do and can work quietly on a meaningful task.
reading-digraphs-worksheets includes the following;
ai/ay/a-e
e/ee/ea/y
o/oa/o-e/ow
ar/a
igh/ie/i/i-e/y
oo/ew/ue
ow/ou
au/aw/or/a
oo/u
er/ir/ur/or
oy/oi
ea/e/ai
black and white document
teacher checklists
lists of all sentences included
different sentence lengths provided
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pdf product
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list-of-consonant-digraphs A consonant digraph word card pack. 72 pages. Includes word lists, word cards, grapheme tiles for the consonants, spelling test template, teacher checklists and student awards.
list-of-consonant-digraphs includes the following;
consonant digraphs include; ph, wh, ng, th, ch, sh, ck (and also includes - qu, -n, -tch)
72 pages (includes cover pages)
consonant digraph word cards
grapheme tiles
spelling test template
editable word card page
word lists for teachers
student awards for each level
follows from my initial code pack
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Geography Writing Topics For Grade 1 - My Sentence Starter 223 page PDF Worksheet Pack is designed to help students build essential writing skills while exploring the fascinating topic of places and space from the HASS curriculum.
This 223-page resource focuses on using conjunctions (and, but, so, because) to encourage sentence building and structured writing. With four differentiated levels, the pack is perfect for mixed-ability classrooms, catering to a range of student needs.
What’s Included:
Level 1: Simple sentence writing using conjunctions (1 sentence)
Level 2: Build up to 2 sentences using conjunctions
Level 3: Stretch students to write 4 sentences with conjunctions
Level 4: Compilation pages for extended writing and practice
Answer key included for quick and easy marking
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
North Pole and South Pole
Natural and managed environments
How places change over time
How places are cared for
Activities in various places
Digital product - save to your computer, print and go!
Single classroom use.
Weather sentence stems can be found in a separate pack.
This resource not only enhances writing skills but also strengthens students’ understanding of geographical concepts like places, space, and environments. Whether you’re working with emerging writers or those ready for a challenge, this pack will support student learning at every level.
Perfect for:
Differentiated learning
Literacy integration in HASS (W.A. Curriculum)
Developing sentence structure and conjunction usage
Help your students confidently express their ideas about places and spaces with this comprehensive and easy-to-use pack! Please note that this is not a geography worksheet pack but a sentence framework pack. Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area). Thank you.
measurement worksheets for grade two - Do you need some worksheets to cover a variety of measurement topics that will keep you covered for most of the year? Grab this 165 page pdf that is a print and go resource to save you time! The answer key is provided for you as well.
measurement worksheets for grade two includes;
Calendar topics - months to seasons, days of the week, order of months, school or weekend day, calendar concepts, days in the month
Clock times - writing numbers on an analogue clock, daily school times (analogue and digital), hourly clock times, half hour clock times, mixed clock times, quarter times, matching quarter times and selecting differences in time (this will work out who your extension students are!)
Mass - comparing, balance scales, digital scales, grams, kilograms, capacity and volume, millilitres, litres, capacity problems, matching up, digital scale reading
Informal measuring of length (using blocks, etc)
Formal units - millimetres, centimetres, metres, kilometres, writing abbreviations for above measurements (e.g. mm, cm, m and km)
Area - using informal measurements to measure an area (e.g. hand and other drawn shapes)
Answer key - where applicable
165 pages (includes cover pages)
Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area). This is letter size A4.
Aimed for Year 2 students (by W.A. Curriculum) but can also be used by Year 1 and 3 students depending on their ability and your curriculum!
Units not used: feet, yards &inches (due to the product being produced in Australia)
2 dimensional shape worksheets - Do you need a quick print and go pack of 2d worksheets that are differentiated, have an answer key and could stretch over a whole year? This 131 page pdf product has a teacher assessment included and plenty of different, fun activities. Suitable for Pre-Primary (foundation), Grade 1 and 2 students. Edited 6/3/24
2 dimensional shape worksheets includes;
contents page with clickable links (find your content quicker!)
circle and find the real shapes 8 pg
shape finds 15 pg
shape hunts (in your classroom or home) 5 pg
trace and draw shapes 6 pg
match shapes to the name 4 pg
cut and paste shape names to the shapes 4 pg
trace shape names and draw the shapes 5 pg
shape trace, colour and count 4 pg
shape sorting 2 pg
shape describing 3 pg
shape mazes 3 pg
teacher checklists 6 pg (name/describe) differentiated (e.g. basic or complex)
whole class checklists added (fits 12 students per page)
answer key
mostly black and white pages (find the real shapes has colour and some answer key pages have some colour)
Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area). Thank you.
Kind regards,
Jennifer
classroom calendar kit - Do you want a product that requires no colour ink, has all the calendar details you need plus doubles as a classroom activity? Want your kids to be able to colour in their own cover pages? Here it is! 69 page printable pdf. Includes world seasons and Noongar season labels. Read on…
classroom calendar kit - includes;
how to use this product (includes ideas for lessons/activities with your students)
days of the week
months of the year
seasons - world
seasons - Noongar
days of the week
word building cards
weather
posters (e.g. the date is, the day is…)
special calendar days
labels
editable pages (type your own words in)
69 pages (includes cover pages)
black and white product (no colour ink required)
beautiful to go alongside any classroom decor
goes with any grade level (early childhood, primary and high school)
great environmental print to display in your room
Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area). All printers are different. Thank you.
history worksheets - Want some activities that are ready to print and cover a multitude of history topics? This is a 213 page printable resource that includes many topics, different activity types, differentiates skill and includes assessment. Answer key included to save your marking time and give you the answers! For grades 1 & 2.
history worksheets includes;
Topics - KWL chart, prior knowledge pages, housing, toys, life, electricity, cooling, heating, writing, home life, water, transport, school, clothing and shoes
Activities - picture sorting, picture sequencing, object predictions, sentence completions, Venn diagrams, crossword, word search and more!
Writing activities - narrative writing, letter writing, opinion writing, persuasive text and critical thinking writing
Assessments
How to use this product included
Contents page with links
Use this product to go alongside my Powerpoint lessons or your own non-fiction texts. I usually cover one topic over a week or two (depending on my students). This pack can last between one and two terms.
Appropriate for grades one and two
213 pages (includes cover pages)
Colour and black and white (mostly black and white)
pdf form
consonant-digraphs-list-pdf Fluency word lists for words containing consonant digraphs listed below. 52 pages.
consonant-digraphs-list-pdf includes:
graphemes: sh, ch, -tch, th (voiced and unvoiced), ck, wh, ng, -n, qu and ph
ten words per fluency strip
two strips per A4 page
strips for each phoneme
mixed grapheme/phoneme fluency
teacher checklists (to track fluency speed for each student over time)
student awards
student record cards
teacher list of all words included in the strips for this pack
no vowel digraphs are included in this pack
this pack follows on from my initial code pack
black and white product
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area, etc)
please provide a quick product review (thank you!)
I use these cards for morning reading (independent reading), literacy rotations for partner reading and in parent/Education Assistant reading times for 1-1 reading.
Thank you.