Number of the Day – Cards Strengthen your student’s number knowledge with these task cards. 57 different questions that are applied to your number of the day. Simply pick and choose the cards that are appropriate for your learners. Included: ♦ 57 cards (3 per page) ♦ Template to make additional cards ♦ Teacher notes ♦ Example answers (using number of the day: 538) ♦ Number of the day worksheet Suggested Use: ♦ a warm up activity for a maths lesson. ♦ a math centre activity. ♦ an early finisher activity. ♦ an activity while waiting for ‘teacher time’. ♦ a lesson with a focus on number knowledge. This resource is also available with a different style border - circles (in my store). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Fun Christmas Gameboards - ‘4 in a row’ How to play: Roll the dice, read the word, find the picture and put a counter on it. The first person to get 4 of their counters in a row is the winner. Equipment needed: one dice (numbered 1-6) and counters for each player. Number of players: works best with 2 players. What you get: 4 games with different Christmas images. Each game comes in two versions – plain white background, or blue background. Plus a freebie: Christmas 3D shapes – 4 in a row gameboard (cone, sphere, pyramid, cube, cylinder, cuboid/rectangular prism) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

18 animals with a Santa hat. Black and white templates for your students to colour. Attach a craft stick to make a stick puppet. 6 different puppets per page. A fun Christmas activity. Animals include: cow goat cat dog x2 sheep x2 lion penguin hippo elephant octopus mouse owl pig walrus bunny llama © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

All students love to feel special and important and this is one way that you can help with this! These tags are designed to be worn around the student's neck. Simply print, laminate and use some cord to make a 'necklace' or place on a lanyard. Tags are: * Teacher's Helper * Teacher's Assistant * Writing Assistant * Reading Assistant * Spelling Assistant * Math Assistant * Sports Assistant * Science Assistant * Technology Assistant * Computer Assistant * Dance Assistant * Music Assistant * Art Assistant * Drama Assistant The 'Teacher's Helper' and 'Teacher's Assistant' tags are on circles and the others are on rectangles. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A snowman lift-the-flap template. A fun booklet for your students to make and present information in. The Templates: • Snowman with snow background. With border. A4 size. • Snowman with snowflake background. With border. A4 size. • Snowman with no background. A4 size. • Snowman with no background. A5 size. How to make: 1. Decorate/draw/write in the ‘belly’ templates. Use as many as you want. 2. Staple the ‘belly’ pieces onto the snowman. 3. Cut out (do this only for the snowmen templates that do not have a border) Ideas for inside the snowman: * Winter vocabulary. * Facts about winter. * Words that begin with ‘S’. * Differences / similarities between summer and winter. * Things I like to do in the winter (pictures or writing). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Jellyfish Template that can be used to make a flip book. A fun and creative task that your students will love! Use as many 'body' templates as you wish, then staple them together on top of the 'master' jellyfish. Ideas for use: writing a report (diet, appearance, predators, etc), writing words that begin with J, presenting jellyfish facts, using as part of an 'under the sea' unit, etc... © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Super-fun stick puppets! Simply laminate and attach a craft stick. Great for oral language development, co-operative learning, topic based study (eg antarctica), drama, performance skills, engaging reluctant learners, etc … Can also be used as a writing prompt (eg script writing, narrative writing, descriptive writing …) This set contains 30 coloured puppets (29 with costumes/props and 1 without). Also included is a template for your students to create their own penguin stick puppet. Your students will LOVE making up performances with these colourful stick puppets. © Suzanne Welch, 2016 Visit my store for more stick puppets and other great classroom resources. Your feedback is appreciated. Thank you.

Lift Santa's sack and draw or write what you would like for Christmas! Use as many pages as you wish (great when students all work at different speeds). This resource contains 4 variations of the template .... * Santa and sack * Santa and sack with empty speech bubble * Santa and sack with speech bubble (Ho ho ho. What would you like for Christmas?) * Santa and sack with a heading - Merry Christmas You get ... * 4 different templates * Sack template - plain * Sack template - top (has a tie) A great Christmas craft during the festive season. Could also be used for other writing activities. For example, publishing a Christmas poem. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Let your students become a ‘Secret Agent’ or a ‘Spy’ for the day with this fun Halloween resource. They will thank you for such a cool lesson! Here’s what your students can do: 1. Make a secret code wheel. 2. Use the code wheel to decipher some Halloween jokes. 3. Write a secret message on one of the Halloween themed writing templates. Included: ♦ 9 fun wheel templates ♦ 1 page of Halloween jokes to decipher (answers also included) ♦ 3 different Halloween themed templates for writing a secret message on ♦ Teacher notes / instructions Pictures on inner wheel: Cobweb, ghost, ghost holding a candy bag, pumpkin, monster (cute), zombie/monster twins, witch’s hat (draw a head & face under it), candy, skull and crossbones. This resource: This resource is for a secret code wheel that uses the Alphabet – capital and lower case letters. Please see below for my other types of code wheels. Other Halloween Secret Code resources: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and symbols Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and number Or save money and purchase all 3 resources as a bundle: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel - Bundle © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Let your students become a ‘Secret Agent’ or a ‘Spy’ for the day with this fun Halloween resource. They will thank you for such a cool lesson! Here’s what you can do: 1. Make a secret code wheel. 2. Use the code wheel to decipher some Halloween jokes. 3. Make a pumpkin booklet from the Halloween jokes. 4. Write your own secret message on one of the Halloween themed writing templates. Included: ♦ 9 fun wheel templates ♦ 5 Halloween jokes to decipher. Displayed in a pumpkin template (make a booklet after) ♦ 3 different Halloween themed templates for writing a secret message on ♦ Teacher notes / instructions Pictures on inner wheel: Cobweb, ghost, ghost holding a candy bag, pumpkin, monster (cute), zombie/monster twins, witch’s hat (draw a head & face under it), candy, skull and crossbones. This resource: This resource is for a secret code wheel that uses the alphabet on the outer wheel and numbers (1-26) on the inner wheel. Please see below for my other types of code wheels. Other Halloween Secret Code resources: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and symbols Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet (lower and upper case) Or save money and purchase all 3 resources as a bundle: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel - Bundle © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun way to integrate Music and Visual Language. This resource is a set of cards with symbols that the students interpret with their voice. Display a card and discuss how you might use your voice to interpret the symbol. For example, if the card has the word 'AHHHHHH' next to a symbol that looks wavy, then you move your voice up and down to demonstrate the high/low parts of the drawing. If the symbol is thick and dark, you use your voice loud and firm. If the symbol is fine and light, you use your voice soft and quietly. If there are gaps between the different parts of the symbol, you may interpret that as silence. Encourage your students to make their interpretation within 4 beats. Included: * 30 symbol cards - black and white (with words) * 30 symbol cards - colour (with words) * 30 symbol cards - black and white (no words) * 30 symbol cards - colour (no words) * teacher notes * a basic learning intention and success criteria outline The cards are provided without words to allow you to rotate the cards in 1/4 turns. This will completely change the interpretation in most cases. Ideas: Display the cards one at a time and discuss the visual elements (example provided in the resource). Have a try at performing the sound. Perform a series of cards, one after the other. Display them in a line or a circle. Point to the card and consider keeping a 4-count beat. Display 4 cards and select one student (or group of students) to perform one of the symbols. The other children must guess which one it was. Students can draw their own symbol on a piece of paper and present their interpretation of it to the class. ************************************************************************* © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Alphabet strips for New Zealand junior classrooms. Included: ♦ Black border, blue lines. ♦ Black border, black lines. ♦ Blue border, blue lines. ♦ Blue border, blue lines, space to write student’s name. Made on A4 paper (landscape orientation). 3 strips per page. 2 strips per page – template with space to write student’s name. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun activity when learning about honeybees. 1. Research information about honeybees. 2. Write a fact in each of the 6 honeycomb cells. 3. Add colour. 4. Cut. 5. Display together on the wall to make a collaborative honeycomb. Two Templates Included: ♦ Honeybee facing right. ♦ Honeybee facing left. Provided in 2 different paper sizes: ♦ A4 paper size ♦ Letter paper size ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Māori New Year with this fun foldable. Matariki is a time to reflect on the year that has passed, and to set new goals for the year ahead. Colour the star and the background. Write in the middle piece. Cut around the outside and make 4 folds. There are 6 different options for the reflection / goal setting piece in the middle. The wording is listed below: Option 1: When I think about the last year, I feel proud because … A goal I have for the coming year is ... Option 2: A goal I have for the coming year is ... Something I can do to help me achieve this is ... Option 3: Three goals I have for the coming year are ... Option 4: This is a picture of my goal. Option 5: Words that describe the year that has just passed: Option 6: The best thing about the year that has just passed was: Approximately 12 cm in diameter when folded. Designed on A4 size paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

43 activity sheets for students working at the Magenta, Red, Yellow and Blue levels of the NZ reading colour wheel. ♦ Write your name. ♦ Trace the words. ♦ Write the words by yourself. ♦ Cut the words out (at the bottom of the sheet). ♦ Glue the words into the correct place. Magenta – 9 activity sheets. Red – 10 activity sheets. Yellow – 11 activity sheets. Blue – 13 activity sheets. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. A4 size. The level is written in the bottom left corner on each worksheet. Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked Yellow: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father Blue: have help here’s home let need again laugh soon talked could had find end making under very were your walk girl about don’t last what now goes because next than fun bag coming did or cake run ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Play dough mats for magenta and red sight words. Make the word using play dough, then write/trace it. NZ Basic Script font is used (outline style). Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Sight word cards in NZ Basic Script ‘outline font’ for Magenta, Red, Yellow and Blue levels of the NZ reading colour wheel. 4 cards on each A4 size page. Provided in black/white and coloured border (the border colour aligns to the level colour). Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked Yellow: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father Blue: have help here’s home let need again laugh soon talked could had find end making under very were your walk girl about don’t last what now goes because next than fun bag coming did or cake run ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A great activity for hands-on learners. ♦ Select a word card and place it on the mat. ♦ Read the word on the card. ♦ Make the word using letter tiles. ♦ Write the word using a dry-erase marker. Examples of what you can use for the ‘Make it’ section – magnetic letters, scrabble tiles, milk bottle lids with alphabet letters written on them, cardboard letter tiles, etc … Included: ♦ 13 different templates for you to choose from (A4 size) ♦ 233 word cards (Magenta to Orange) – black and white ♦ 233 word cards (Magenta to Orange) – coloured There are 12 word cards on each A4 size paper. The font used on the word cards is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked Yellow: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father Blue: have help here’s home let need again laugh soon talked could had find end making under very were your walk girl about don’t last what now goes because next than fun bag coming did or cake run Green: always good walked know please them use want feel just left best house old their right over love still took thank you school much brother sister round another myself new some asked called made people children away water how Mrs if I’m Mr who didn’t can’t after our time most Orange: man think long things wanted eat everyone two thought dog well more I’ll tree shouted us other food through way been stop must red door sea these began boy animals never work first lots that’s gave something bed may found live say night small three head town I’ve around every garden fast only many laughed let’s suddenly told word forgot better bring push ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

New Zealand high frequency sight words. Upper and lower case word matching activity for words in the Magenta to Orange levels. Words are written with the NZ Basic Script font. Provided in both colour and black/white . Ideas: ♦ Match the cards to make pairs. ♦ Play ‘memory’. ♦ Play ‘snap’. High frequency words align to the NZ reading colour wheel: ♦ magenta (25 words) ♦ red (28 words) ♦ yellow (31 words) ♦ blue (37 words) ♦ green (49 words) ♦ orange (63 words) Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked Yellow: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father Blue: have help here’s home let need again laugh soon talked could had find end making under very were your walk girl about don’t last what now goes because next than fun bag coming did or cake run Green: always good walked know please them use want feel just left best house old their right over love still took thank you school much brother sister round another myself new some asked called made people children away water how Mrs if I’m Mr who didn’t can’t after our time most Orange: man think long things wanted eat everyone two thought dog well more I’ll tree shouted us other food through way been stop must red door sea these began boy animals never work first lots that’s gave something bed may found live say night small three head town I’ve around every garden fast only many laughed let’s suddenly told word forgot better bring push ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Make an alphabet wristband and wear it like a superhero! What impressive super power will you display? 1. Trace the letters. Then write the letters by yourself. 2. Decorate the ‘letter explosion’ in the centre. 3. Cut around the outside. 4. Wrap it around the wrist and attach it with a little tape. Of course, you don't have to make the wristband. You could use these templates in any way you wish. Included: 26 pages of wristband templates (A-Z) Features: ♦ Both capital and lower case letter formation. ♦ Pale grey font used for the letters that are traced over. ♦ Dashed centre line in a pale grey font to help with letter size. ♦ The templates have 3 capital letters and 4 lower case letters (except for ‘m’ and ‘w’ which have 2 capital letters and 3 lower case letters, due to their width). ♦ Simple shape to cut around. ♦ 3 templates to each A4 size page. ♦ Dimensions are approximately 185mm x 85mm. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. A ‘super’ fun activity for ‘super’ kids (and teachers). Let’s face it, we all like to be a superhero once in a while …. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources