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.

Phase 3 Phonic Warm-up PowerPoint - Perfect for teachers looking to engage their students with interactive and structured learning. This 289-slide presentation is packed with essential Phase 3 concepts and activities designed to help students master phonics through dynamic practice. Features: Learning Intentions & Success Criteria: Clearly outlined goals to guide your lesson. Warm-up: Revise Phase 2 graphemes. Phase 3 Sound Revision: Reinforce essential graphemes, words, and sentences. Interactive Word Building: Use this activity outside of slideshow mode. Simply press the mouse or enter key to reveal answers and make word building fun and engaging. Phonic Dictation & Word Building: Build fluency with phonics through guided writing activities. Writing with Phase 3 Sounds: Practice writing individual graphemes, forming words, and placing words into sound boxes. Interactive Contents Page: Navigate easily by clicking on the links to jump to specific sections, perfect for skipping or reviewing parts of the lesson. Check for Understanding: Regular comprehension checks ensure that learning sticks! Aligns to current SOR practices. 289 slides includes covers Based on the Letters & Sounds Phase 3 concepts Includes the graphemes: j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, th, ai, ee, high, oa, oo, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er You do not have to be following the Letters & Sounds program to find this lesson useful. Look at the graphemes above. If you are focusing on revising these concepts, then this lesson will be perfect for you! Appropriate for Pre-Primary (Foundation), Grade 1 and early year revision for Grade 2 students (or struggling students). Digital product - Download, save to your computer and use with your students! Single classroom use. Thank you. This resource covers everything you need to effectively teach Phase 3 phonics, saving you time and keeping your students on track with their learning. Ideal for any Letters and Sounds classroom!

Parts of speech classroom posters - Bring your classroom to life with this Parts of Speech Posters! This vibrant, 23-poster set is designed to help students master key language concepts, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and more. Each poster features easy-to-read definitions and engaging clipart examples, making it a fun and effective way to reinforce essential grammar rules. A 31-page PDF is created for quick, hassle-free printing, ensuring you can seamlessly incorporate these posters into your lessons. With clear explanations and colorful illustrations, they’re perfect for students of all learning levels. These posters are not only a great tool for building vocabulary but also encourage interactive learning through visually stimulating content. What’s included: 23 posters covering nouns, verbs, synonyms, antonyms, adjectives, homonym, homophones, homographs, pronouns, proper nouns, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, articles, collective nouns, determiner, adverb, adverbial phrase, adverbs of manner and adverbs of time. Two versions of posters featuring American and British spelling differences (e.g., favorite vs. favourite). Digital Download: Print, decorate, and enhance your classroom in just a few easy steps! Note: Be sure to adjust your printer settings for best results (e.g., fit to page). This product is designed in full color. For single classroom use. Thank you!

Aboriginal Symbol Activities - Discover Aboriginal art symbols with this comprehensive 95-page worksheet pack, perfect for primary students worldwide. Activities include ‘Colour and Design Your Own Symbol,’ a word search, cut-and-paste tasks, and creative story writing using traditional Aboriginal symbols. This print-and-go, no-prep resource fosters creativity and cultural learning, making it ideal for teachers seeking to introduce Aboriginal culture in the classroom.

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.

two dimensional shape games - Get your students learning shape names by having fun! This pack includes flashcards, posters, 4 game boards and teacher checklists! 56 page printable pdf product. Colour and black and white versions. Appropriate for the early years of schooling Kindy, Pre-Primary and Year 1. 2d shape flashcards includes the following; 56 pages (includes cover pages) ideas for cards included black and white and colour flashcards 15 shapes - basic two-dimensional shapes (circle, oval, square, parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, crescent, semi-circle, cross, rhombus, triangle, star, heart) flashcards with pictures only flashcards with words only flashcards with picture and word compilation posters 2x teacher checklists editable teacher checklist game (includes 4 boards, game tokens, small game cards, question cards) games are in colour instructions for games included answers for game 2 and 3 included print doubles of flashcards and use for a memory or matching game! This is a digital product. You can download it, save it to your computer and then print it. What a great all in one product! Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area). Thanks.

3d shape attributes worksheets - Want a differentiated worksheet pack that covers three-dimensional shape names, descriptions and includes a variety of activities? This 95 page printable product requires zero prep. Teacher checklists are included and an answer key! 3d shape pdf includes; cut and paste shape names sorting shapes by stack or roll and curved and flat properties shape drawing pages (trace and draw) shape draw compilation tick the correct shape description (e.g. curved vs flat and vertices) write your own shape descriptions (includes useful words) draw a line to match shapes shape hunts cube or cylinder? cuboid or sphere? shape patterns (drawn and real) continue them write the name of the shape under real objects tick the correct shape name shape colour and count venn diagrams same and different How many vertices, edges & faces (2x worksheets) answer key teacher checklists x4 questions numbered 95 pages includes cover page and answer key. Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area). I have a 3d shape powerpoint lesson that goes well with this resource! Updated *23/10/24 (Includes one additional teacher checklist and all questions for students are numbered).

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) Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area).

Adding problems for 1st graders - Do you want a no prep bundle of addition worksheets to cover you for a whole year? This product is a massive 197 (this includes the answer key) page worksheet bundle. Differentiated options are included and a variety of addition strategies are included. Designed for grade 1 students. These are high-quality worksheets with specific outcomes in mind. It includes: Answer key (this will save your time) 197 pages (includes cover pages and answer key) Types of activities - count the collection (of pictures), vertical problems, horizontal problems, number stories, calculator sums, missing addends, adding 0, 10 and 20 to a given number and more Strategies - using a number line, counting pictures (or using counters), counting on, using a 100’s chart, partitioning numbers, finding the ten, doubling and more Differentiated pages - activities are differentiated by using smaller numbers (for the same concept) and sometimes having less problems to a page. Show the page on your smart board and work through the sums together (I can do this with a pdf document on the smart board and most have this capacity) Show the answer key on your smart board and have students partner mark to further save your time and discuss the answers together in your class (number talks!) Can be used for struggling Year 2 students or for early morning revision for Year 2 students (I do this in my own Year 2 classroom!) This product can last you one year if you are also covering other mathematical concepts in the curriculum (e.g. geometry, measurement, data). This is a digital product (not a hard copy). Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area). A4 product but can be enlarged to A3. This is a very handy resource for differentiated learning centres or morning number practise! Teach the strategy and then follow up with the worksheet! Aligns to the Australian Curriculum: AC9MIN02, MC(MIN04, AC9MIN05. Aligns to the W.A. Curriculum: Year 1 - Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies, including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts I hope you find this useful.

Christmas Editing Lesson - A fun Christmas-themed editing lesson for sentences and paragraphs. 136 slides. Differentiated and appropriate for grades 1-3. Includes; Sentence level editing tasks - read the sentence, edit (write on your whiteboard or writing book) and then check the following answer slide to see if you were correct Paragraph levels Editing styles include; spaces between words, capital letters, question marks, exclamation marks, spelling and word order 136 slides (includes cover pages & answer key) Cute Christmas themed clipart/backgrounds Instructions provided Answer key included in PowerPoint Use as an early morning activity, part of your literacy warm-up or a targeted lesson. Would cover a few weeks. Super fun but educational around the lead up to Christmas! Enjoy. Kind regards, Jennifer @teachnchatter

Christmas Reading and Writing PowerPoint - 109 slide PP lesson that encourages students to read Christmas-theme words and sentences. Students are encouraged to say the sounds and blend them to read the word accurately. This also includes spelling and writing tasks. Look at the picture and write the word. Click the mouse (or space bar) and the word appears. Finally, look at the picture and generate your own sentence. Alternatively, the teacher can say a sentence (just like phonic dictation) and the students can write it. christmas-words-and-phrases includes; 109 slides (includes cover pages) reading at a word level (digraphs, trigraphs, quadgraphs and dipthongs are underlined) you may wish to ask students to read one syllable part at a time reading at a sentence level The reading component includes a picture when you press a button to see if the word has been read accurately This activity is great for students who have vocabulary difficulties and do not relate the word to the picture! For the spelling tasks, students look at the picture (say the sounds in their head) and write the word. When you press a key on your keyboard, a word will appear For writing a sentence - look at the picture and students can write a sentence on their whiteboards or in their writing books alternatively, just do it as a dictation activity you can use this lesson daily over a two or three week period leading up to Christmas as a great warm-up lesson. Please provide a review on this product (even a quickie!). Let me know how you found it with your class. Thanks for your support. Follow my store to receive notifications of new products and when I update the product. If you have already purchased the product, you will be able to upload the new and revised product for free! I have more Christmas related products. Just look at the ‘Christmas’ theme in my shop! Want to connect? Join me on Instagram and see how I use my products in my classroom! https://www.instagram.com/teachnchatter/ Kind regards, Jennifer.

Short e spelling alternatives PowerPoint Lesson - 217 slide lesson covering the graphemes for the short /e/ sound including; e, ea, ie, ai, eo, ei, ay, u and a. A step by step differentiated lesson that does all the hard work for you. For grades 1-3. Short e spelling alternatives PowerPoint Lesson includes; word and sentence level reading phonic dictation word building word sorting syllable level reading (syllables underlined for you) editing sentences with short e graphemes checking for understanding questions (e.g. which word is spelt correctly, write each phoneme into a sound box and more) learning intentions and success criteria very engaging and interactive helpful whether you are unsure how to teach phonics or a seasoned pro 217 slides includes cover pages answers included when you click the mouse or enter key, letters or images will appear notes in many slides included digital product (download, save to your computer and display) use in slideshow mode (except for the word building and word sorting - these must be used outside of slideshow mode) Use over 1-2 weeks and then again as a warm-up lesson to revise these concepts!

Grapheme alternatives for short i phonic powerpoint lesson - Engage your students and build phonics mastery with this comprehensive lesson designed for teaching i, y, ui, u, and ie sounds. Packed with interactive activities and clear visuals, this resource makes phonics lessons engaging and effective! What’s Included: 198 slides (includes cover and content navigation pages) Graphemes covered: i, y, ui, u, and ie Word and sentence-level reading to strengthen decoding skills Phonic dictation to reinforce sound-spelling connections Sentence-level editing for applied learning Word building and sorting to deepen understanding of graphemes Sound box activities to isolate and identify phonemes Syllable reading (with syllables pre-underlined for clarity) Check for understanding through a variety of activities Learning objectives and success criteria clearly outlined Teacher guide slide for easy implementation Answer key included for all activities Notes in some slides included.

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!

short r alternatives phonic powerpoint - A structured synthetic phonic lesson. 230 slides (includes cover pages) Graphemes included: r, rr, wr, and rh Word and sentence level reading Phonic dictation Sentence level editing Word building Word sorting Sound box activity Syllable reading (syllables underlined for you) Check for understanding (many activities included) Learning objectives and success criteria included Teacher slide Content slide for easy navigation Use this lesson to introduce the concept and then as a daily revision (you don’t need to use the entire lesson in each day but this is up to you and the time you have). Use at later times for refreshing the concept in your daily warmups! Answer key included Structures synthetic phonic lesson Aligns to Letters & Sounds Phase 5 and SoundsWrite extended code.

Christmas Number Lesson - Make Math Magical This Christmas! Looking for an engaging way to teach math as the holidays approach? This 312-slide interactive PowerPoint is the perfect solution! Number recognition Subitising to 10 Skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s Greater than and smaller than Missing numbers Friends of 10 Doubles Counting backward from 20 and 30 More and less with collections Addition and subtraction Place value Missing addends Numbers before and after Writing numbers in order Creating number stories from images Counting with MAB blocks Ordering numbers Key Features: Includes clear learning intentions for every skill Step-by-step instructions make it easy to use Scripted for smooth teaching with no prep needed Designed for slideshow play mode with interactive click-to-reveal answers and visuals Versatile—use as a full warm-up lesson or target specific skills Keeps students engaged over a 4-week period without repetition Please review.