Students can make a series of Trading cards using their devices that they can print out and laminate and then trade with other students. This resource could also be printed out for students to fill in with pens. Some ideas for Trading cards are Characters from a book: Students will need to have a name, picture and brief description of character on the front of the trading card and on the back they provide more details about the character Timeline: This could be a historical timeline or a timeline of a person or character from a book. Students provide the date, picture and name of the event. On the back of the card they provide more details about the event and ultimately the consequences of the event. Inquiry: Students could choose particular parts of their inquiry and make these into trading cards Life Cycles: Students could create 4 - 6 stages of a life cycle of an animal or a bug with specific information about each part of the life cycle Exemplars have been provided. Links have been made to Blooms Taxonomy, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences and SOLO.

These are designed so that students can practise making the shape of the letter of the day. There are a variety of ways students can use them. Print out and laminate each of these cards. Students can use them in a variety of ways make playdough letters paintbrush and water paintbrush and diluted dye string or wool If you print them out glue string or wool to the letters decorate them with glitter, buttons and other small parts insert in L shaped pockets and use whiteboard marker to write over letters

These are designed so that students can practise making the shape of the letter of the day. There are a variety of ways students can use them. Print out and laminate each of these cards. Students can use them in a variety of ways make playdough letters paintbrush and water paintbrush and diluted dye string or wool If you print them out glue string or wool to the letters decorate them with glitter, buttons and other small parts insert in L shaped pockets and use whiteboard marker to write over letters

These are designed so that students can practise making the shape of the letter of the day. There are a variety of ways students can use them. Print out and laminate each of these cards. Students can use them in a variety of ways make playdough letters paintbrush and water paintbrush and diluted dye string or wool If you print them out glue string or wool to the letters decorate them with glitter, buttons and other small parts insert in L shaped pockets and use whiteboard marker to write over letters

These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. There is a dot and directional arrow to guide students to start in the right place when forming their letters. There are letters to trace over and space to practise forming their letters. Print these practice pages. These can be laminated for children to write on with whiteboard markers (take photos for evidence) printed out and put in L pockets, children write with whiteboard markers on the L pocket printed out and students use pencil

Some children come to school not knowing how to hold a pencil or form letters. These Pencil Stories pages are ideal for them to practise their pencil control. They support the motor skills that are needed for handwriting. Students use pencil, pens or felt tips to track the paths for the characters to follow. Five pages are in Black and white for children to write directly on. Those five pages have coloured duplicates suitable for laminating. The rest of the pages are in colour. Once the students have completed them they could be used for motivation for writing, where students orally say what all the characters are doing. These pages can be laminated for children to write on with whiteboard markers (you could take photos for evidence) printed out and put in L plastic clear pockets, children write with whiteboard markers on the L pocket and they can easily be wiped clean printed out for students to use with pencil, pens or felt tips

Some children come to school not knowing how to hold a pencil or form letters. These Pencil Practice pages are ideal for them to practise their pencil control. They support the motor skills that are needed for handwriting. Most of the pages have a starting dot where children can place their pencil and some have arrows to guide them. Some of the pages have fun outlines of graphics where students can continue to practise their pencil control. These practice pages could be printed 2 pages to a sheet or as a single A4 These can be laminated for children to write on with whiteboard markers (you could take photos for evidence) printed out and put in L plastic clear pockets, children write with whiteboard markers on the L pocket and they can easily be wiped clean printed out for students to use with pencil, pens or felt tips

These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. There is a dot and directional arrow to guide students to start in the right place when forming their letters. Laminate these letter writing practice mats and students can practise their formation of letters. You could also use them as a printed assessment where you can observe children filling them in and ticking off all the correctly formed letters. You can use these for phoneme practice as well where students can sound out the letter for each of the graphics i.e mmmm mouse, mmmm moth. Use only the letters you have been practising with students.

These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. There is a dot and directional arrow to guide students to start in the right place when forming their letters. Laminate these letter writing practice mats and students can practise their formation of letters. You could also use them as a printed assessment where you can observe children filling them in and ticking off all the correctly formed letters. You can use these for phoneme practice as well where students can sound out the letter for each of the graphics i.e mmmm mouse, mmmm moth. Use only the letters you have been practising with students.

These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. The sky, grass, dirt colours help guide students when forming their letters. Letters with tall sticks touch the top of the sky, letters with no tall sticks or tails fit on the grass line, letters with tails go into the dirt. Print these practice pages These can be laminated for children to write on with whiteboard markers (take photos for evidence) printed out and put in L pockets, children write with whiteboard markers on the L pocket printed out and students use pencil the last line has been left for students to copy the sentence

These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. You can print these practice pages 1 per page or 2 per page These can be laminated for children to use as independent writing practice where they copy what is on the card into their handwriting books. Teachers could also show them on a screen for all to copy from once the teacher has modelled formation of the letter.

This resource takes students through designing a Dust Jacket cover for a book. Students can choose to do a digital dust jacket, or they can make their own non digitally. Teachers can take students through the different slides teaching to the criteria listed on the student writing slides. Students will learn how to identify all the parts of a dust jacket. write a summary about a book with details about the characters, setting and plot. create illustrations that give a sense of what the book is about. find out information about the author and write a short biography. search for Social Media links for the author and/or book. research other books that the author might have written. write a book review and voice their opinion about the book. make recommendations about the book. create a digital Dust Jacket using a variety of digital tools and applications to present information to my peers.

Use the character labels and the 7 steps to narrative writing to motivate students to write Fairytales. Print out the blackline masters for students to publish their writing. Teachers can use this for modelling narrative writing, by sticking magnetic tape on the back of labels to use on magnetic whiteboards. Add the Fairytale storybox to a Writing (Literacy) center for independent students to plan, write and publish their fairytales. This Storybox contains • 18 Picture labels of characters and settings with vocab words • 9 storyboard pages with pictures that students can use for writing • 1 page of ‘7 stages of writing a narrative’ • 26 blackline masters for publishing • 1 Fairytale PowerPoint template Cut out and laminate the Picture Labels so students can use these to plan their narrative. Cut out and laminate the copies of the graphics and glue or double side magnetic tape so that these can be used on magnetic whiteboard.

Use the graphics, character labels and the 7 steps to narrative writing to motivate students to write Spring Animal stories. Print out the blackline masters for students to publish their writing. Teachers can use these for modelling narrative writing, by sticking magnetic tape on the back of labels to use on magnetic whiteboards. Add the Spring Animal storybox to a Writing (Literacy) center for independent students to plan, write and publish their Spring Animals stories.

Making Connections is one of the key Reading Comprehension Strategies. If students can make connections to themselves, their lives and what they see and hear around them, then that enables them to better understand what written text is all about. This activity pack is designed to help students to make sense of and write down what connections they have made. The Making Connections Activity pack can be printed out, posters and bookmarks can be laminated, and worksheets printed and shared with students. Use the bookmarks to remind students what connections they should be thinking of when they are reading their books. As an added bonus, teachers and students who have GAFE (Google Apps for Education) Google accounts can click on the shared links and use the worksheets in Google Slides. This package contains 5 posters 7 Worksheets 6 Bookmarks 8 Graphic Organizers

This pack consists of posters, a bookmark, worksheets, an inference card game and Graphic Organizers that can be printed out focusing on the reading strategy ‘Inferring’. Inferring is one of the key Reading Comprehension Strategies. If students can use the inferring strategies of using Prior Knowledge, making conclusions supported with evidence from the text then that will enable you to see how well the student comprehends the written text. This is an important research strategy as well. This activity pack is designed to help students to make sense of the inferring strategy through informative posters and interesting activities and worksheets. The Inferring Reading Strategy Activity pack can be printed out, posters can be laminated, and worksheets printed and shared with students. As an added bonus, teachers and students who have GAFE (Google Apps for Education) Google accounts can click on the shared links and use the resources in Google Slides.

Summarizing is one of the key Reading Comprehension and Writing Strategies. If students can use the summarizing strategies of identifying keywords, recognizing the big idea and then writing a summary of what they have read, then that enables you to see how well the student comprehends the written text. This is an important research strategy as well, so at the same time you will be teaching your students valuable research skills. This activity pack is designed to help students to make sense of the summarizing strategy through informative posters and interesting activities. The Summarizing Reading Strategy Activity pack can be printed out, posters and some of the worksheets can be laminated, and worksheets printed and shared with students. As an added bonus, teachers and students who have (Google Apps for Education) Google accounts can click on the shared links and use the worksheets and Graphic Organizers in Google Slides.

This resource has been updated June 2024 with the addition of many more activities. Independent Spelling Activities are designed to be used digitally either online as a Google Slideshow or a PowerPoint download . Students have a range of 49 different spelling activities. They could do one a day, or it could be a homework task. This activity is designed so that students independently make choices about what activity they want to do and are a fun way to practise their spelling. This package contains 1 PowerPoint file with link to the Google Slideshow .

Use the graphics, picture labels and the 4 steps to writing a haiku to motivate students to write Easter haikus. Print out the blackline masters for students to publish their writing. Teachers can use the labels as motivation for writing haikus, by sticking magnetic tape on the back of labels to use on magnetic whiteboards. Add the Easter storybox to a Writing (Literacy) center for independent students to plan, write and publish their Easter Haikus. Use the teaching PowerPoint ‘Writing a Haiku’ to show students how to write a haiku. This can also be printed out and added to classroom walls as a teaching display or presented through a projector or Interactive Whiteboard. This Storybox contains 12 Picture labels of characters and settings with vocab words 4 copies of each graphic label 1 Writing framework, haiku 1 page of ‘4 stages of writing a haiku’ 21 blackline masters for publishing 35 graphics, labels, Black and White, no white background 1 teaching Slideshow ‘Writing a Haiku’

Use these fun graphics to create your own Fall or Autumn activities and Posters. Students can use them for their projects or for publishing. Print out the blackline and colour masters for students to publish their writing. This Package contains 25 graphics with • 25 colour with transparent backgrounds (large resolution) • 25 colour transparent backgrounds (small file size) • 25 Black and White (large resolution) • 25 Black and White (small file size) Publishing Paper • 18 Colour landscape pages • 17 Colour Portrait pages • 13 Black and White Landscape pages • 14 Black and White Portrait pages