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.
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.
‘What the ladybird heard’ Comprehension Question Pack - massive value 117 page PDF printable pack.
Includes:
direct & inferential questions
character, setting, time, and more
differentiated tasks
colour in pages
text innovation (how would you change…)
sentence level writing (Writing Revolution - stem sentence frameworks)
cute clipart graphics to keep students engaged
meaningful literacy tasks that can be used over several weeks
So much value included in this pack. Please check your printer settings prior to printing.
Enjoy!
End-of-Year-worksheet-pack - This pack will suit multiple year levels! It is differentiated to adapt in your class or across different year groups. This pack can also be used as a memory book or a busy bee last few weeks of school activities. 91 page pdf printable product.
It also includes fun certificates that your students can write to their teachers. Thank you notes and more!
This includes meaningful educational activities that are fun and learning based.
types of families lesson plan - A pack of lessons, worksheets, checklists and assessments to cover the unit of family structures.
This pack includes:
Links to the curriculum
5 detailed lesson plans
Checklists for each lesson (worksheets are linked to the HASS family lesson plan)
6 different family types are briefly explained and activities for each family type are included
Colour-in sheets for each family type/structure are included
A differentiation activity is included (colour in your own family structure and explain why your family is this structure)
The Aboriginal Kinship family structure is included
Writing prompts
Venn diagrams are included as a writing framework
An integrated math activity
The Auslan family sign language poster for family is included
2x family posters
124 pages included (this includes a cover page, terms, thank you and clipart credits). Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area).
hemisphere-powerpoint This is an explicit lesson for Geography on hemispheres of the world (specifically, northern and southern). It includes 67 slides.
hemisphere-powerpoint includes:
67 slides (includes cover pages)
name of planet
meaning of word hemisphere
northern and southern hemisphere explanation
equator description
map and globe pictures
clipart and photos
north and south pole explanation
weather differences across northern and southern poles
one slide - Australian Aboriginal Noongar Season names
quiz at end of lesson
Thank you for your support. I hope you find this lesson useful.
plant-life-cycle-pictures-to-print - 52 pages printable pdf product. Includes lifecycle of the bean and flowering plant. Posters, flashcards and quiz.
plant-life-cycle-pictures-to-print includes:
52 pages (cover pages included)
bean and flower plant
lifecycle, needs and parts (e.g. stem, petals, bud, roots, bean, leaf)
A4 posters of - lifecycle, needs, parts and individual lifecycle stages
flash cards of lifecycle stages, needs and parts
flash cards - quiz - ten questions and answer cards included
use as a class display, science learning area, mat time lesson and discussion, generate questions and so forth
cute clipart used
please check your printer settings prior to printing
Thanks for your support.
Kind regards,
Jennifer
bean-life-cycle - A Science PowerPoint lesson with 39 slides. Explains the lifecycle of the bean plant in child-friendly language. Includes photographs, clipart and 3 GIFs to demonstrate the cycle.
bean-life-cycle includes -
39 slides (this includes cover pages!)
tune in page
WALT - we are learning to (lesson outcomes provided)
each stage has a photograph and clipart
check for understanding (at the end of the lesson)
discussion point slides (other activity ideas)
engaging lesson
Please review this product to provide me with feedback.
Thank you. Enjoy this product.
ways-to-eat-potato poster set Are you teaching cooking, home economics or doing a fun potato-themed unit? These posters will engage your students, prompt learning and provide information on the ways to eat potatoes, cooking methods and prompt creative thinking skills. 45 page printable poster/word card set.
ways-to-eat-potato includes;
32 A4 posters in colour
9 pages of word cards (mostly black and white)
ways to eat potatoes (e.g. fries, wedges, mash, hash browns, salad, roast and more)
ways to cook potatoes (e.g. oven bake, fry in oil, boil in water and toast)
cooking poster words (e.g. peel, chop)
activity posters (e.g how do you like potatoes, students who like crinkle cut potatoes, students who like flat potatoes and so forth). Laminate these posters and simply write the students names on when doing a taste test activity. You can also get students to write their names onto small post it notes and attach to the poster. These posters can be enlarged to an A3 size if that suits you better.
45 pages includes cover pages
nicely bordered
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area)
These go nicely with the ‘Ways to eat potatoes’ powerpoint and the lifecycle of potatoes powerpoint lessons!
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.
ways-to-cook-potatoes PowerPoint lesson - Your students will love this topic! This links in nicely to many different themes such as farming, lifecycles, cooking, potatoes (as a unit) and food. 62 slides.
ways-to-cook-potatoes includes;
learning intentions
success criteria
discussion points
information about potatoes
different ways to eat potatoes (hot or cold)
checking for understanding questions
when you press the space or mouse button, the answer will appear
photography that is beautiful and engaging
cute clipart
two activity follow up discussion/activity suggestions
links nicely to the potato lifecycle powerpoint lesson
62 pages includes cover pages.
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
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area)
pdf product
Please provide a review.
matching-numbers-1-to-20 A SEN activity (or appropriate for Kindergarten/Foundation students) who are learning numbers 1-20 and can match quantities. Subitising dice cards, number cards and teacher checklists also included!
matching-numbers-1-to-20 includes;
32 pages printable pdf product (includes cover pages)
subitising cards 1-20
number cards 1-20
activity matching mats
instructions for mats and card use
teacher checklist for mat activities AND counting skills (e.g. conservation, cardinality, 1-1 correspondence and more).
colour product
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g fit to page or print in printable area)
I created this product for SEN students in my classroom. They complete this task independently once they have been shown how to complete it. You could also include this as a number activity rotation in your math lessons.
Enjoy!
the-potato-people-story A massive activity pack to go with the story ‘The Potato People’ by Pamela Allen. 109 pages printable.
Includes:
suggested lesson sequence
hyperlinks in content page
visualise and predictions before reading
read and draw pages
story map (empty boxes to fill in)
cloze (2x)
description writing
label writing
sentence types (statement, exclamation, command and question)
sentence stems (but, and, because & so)
Vocabulary - 1x
Dialogue word pages 2x
true or false
direct questions
indirect questions
main story elements
events
problem
draw what you see
creative writing
109 pages includes cover pages
printable story prompt pictures (colour and black and white)
story word cards
write a retell
write a summary
book reports
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area)
teacher/speech therapist checklists at end
Use this over several weeks or for as long as you choose. A great pack to leave if you are going on a holiday, taking leave and so forth.
harmony-ppt A PowerPoint lesson on Harmony Day.
42 slides (this includes cover pages)
WALT - we are learning to (lesson objectives)
Explains the word harmony,
explains the meaning of the day
links to the international day
Can be used by Australian teachers and overseas teachers (the concept of racial harmony is the core theme)
briefly covers what culture is (appropriate for early primary years)
explains some differences across cultures (e.g. food, dance, language and clothes)
worded in very child-friendly terms (read as is or add your own explanations into the lesson)
check for understanding (think, pair and share)
follow-up ideas provided
beautiful photography
family powerpoint presentation - 110 slide lesson on FAMILY STRUCTURES!
Includes:
How to use this PowerPoint lesson (teacher tips)
Learning intentions
Success criteria
Multicultural representations
Different relationship types
Think, pair, share (what is a family?)
Family definition
6 types of families (with multiple family relationship structures)
What is the same or different about family structures?
Conversation starters
Aboriginal family roles (1x slide)
Family roles
Families change over time
Check for understanding slides
110 slides - includes cover pages
Enjoy!
Updated: 27/5/23
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!
Noongar colours - Flashcards to display, use for games or colour sorting! Using colour words may be the easiest way to begin incorporating Aboriginal culture and language into your classroom. These cards are multipurpose and there are four versions. See the details below.
Noongar Colour includes;
28 page pdf printable product
4 different versions for you to choose from
display the flashcards onto a board alongside your students art work
use the flashcards in vocabulary lessons and for quick recall
use the flashcards with no image for colour sorting activities
also contains the word for ‘rainbow’
Enjoy! Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area).
anzac-day-lessons Grab this prepared ANZAC PowerPoint lesson. Covers the topic of ANZAC history in a simplified manner for primary school students. Includes photographs. 75 slides.
anzac-day-lessons includes;
learning intentions
success criteria
tune in
lesson content
real photographs
background knowledge
current ways to acknowledge anzacs
checking for understanding questions
thinking points to consider
please note: when you press the mouse click, space or enter bar, some letters or words will appear (use in slideshow mode)
choose the amount of slides you wish to cover with your class prior to the lesson
75 slides includes cover pages
I hope you find this useful.
alternative pronunciation word lists and word cards - Alternative Pronunciations for graphemes can be a tricky concept to teach! This pack includes word lists, a lesson plan, small word cards (for word sorting), reading and spelling tests and awards.
alternative pronunciation word lists and word cards includes;
Graphemes covered: I, o, c, g, u, ow, ie, ea, er, a, y, ch, ou, e, s, ss, ear, or, ere, wh and t
Lesson plan - one lesson for one grapheme and then adapt to other graphemes
How to use this pack and follow up ideas
Small word cards (print, cut and laminate)
Word lists - compilation and small cards to fit into your photo boxes
Spelling and reading assessments - for each grapheme
Summative reading and spelling assessment
Student awards for each grapheme taught
Quick links page
281 pages pdf (includes cover pages)
I have used these cards with my Grade 2 class and they love doing word sorting! It’s a great interactive hands on activity for them.
harmony day pack Contains 3 individiual products in a zip folder for the price of 2!
A fantastic print and go pack of Harmony Day posters and word cards to suit a variety of work settings (school, childcare, business and clubs). 38 page pdf printable product.
harmony-day-posters includes;
29 posters
8 word cards
lots of variety
some with harmony quotes
others with harmony day or harmony week
colour product
A4 but you can enlarge to A3
for school, business and clubs (spread the word of harmony)
harmony day pack includes;
colour in pages
writing tasks - meaning, sentence stem pages (but, so, because, and), opinion writing, persuasive text writing, speech bubbles…
vocabulary tasks - synonyms, antonyms, find the synonyms, frayer model type task
design a Harmony day flag
partner activity
map work - where are you from…
craft activities - paper dolls, hands, bracelets, cubes…
so much fun!
instructions provided
simply print and go
65 pages includes cover pages
harmony day lesson includes:
42 slides (this includes cover pages)
WALT - we are learning to (lesson objectives)
Explains the word harmony,
explains the meaning of the day
links to the international day
Can be used by Australian teachers and overseas teachers (the concept of racial harmony is the core theme)
briefly covers what culture is (appropriate for early primary years)
explains some differences across cultures (e.g. food, dance, language and clothes)
worded in very child-friendly terms (read as is or add your own explanations into the lesson)
check for understanding (think, pair and share)
follow-up ideas provided
beautiful photography
Please make sure you can open a zip folder before you purchase this product. From my macbook air, I simply double click the folder and it opens!
Kind regards,
Jennifer