An activity to prompt or reflect on Waitangi Day learning. This activity includes a recording sheet, a sheet of ‘notes’ to cut and glue on to the recording sheet and a teacher note sheet. Ideal for small groups. Excellent for discussing understanding of Waitangi Day.

An opportunity to practice Te Reo in the classroom with simple phrases about feelings. Great for Maori Language Week each year, or any time of the year! This resource has two activities. The first can be challenging, but can be made simpler and is more suitable for older primary students. The second is a simple activity suited for junior students. Both provide an opportunity to use Te Reo in the classroom with simple phrases about feelings. This resource contains a list of feelings in Te Reo and English, a matching activity worksheet, feelings cards, feelings faces chart, a frame for face drawing and teacher notes.

This is a resource to introduce young students to the world of coding. Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This resource gives an opportunity to expose pre-school (and early elementary) students to the world of coding with the format used in the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a blank box sequence to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. There are two ways this resource can be used; As a cut and paste worksheet. There are 5 different Halloween themed coding worksheets, with answers. As a reusable independent learning centre activity. There are 5 activity cards and a set of ‘coding blocks’ to cut out and laminate. These can all be kept in a tray or container and the students can then take the activity and work with it. This resource comes with; 5 activity worksheets Answer sheets 5 activity cards (card versions of the worksheets) 1 set of 15 ‘coding blocks’ If you have students ready to move beyond this then you may like to check out the next level of this type of resource I have made: Coding for Juniors – Using Scratch Jr Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, with 1 block too many Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, making turns Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, making turns, with 1 block extra Or get the entire set here: Coding for Juniors Pack – Using Scratch Jr

This is a bundle of two holiday season (Thanksgiving and Christmas) scale factor drawing resource worksheets. This bundle has; 4 worksheets (2 for each seasonal holiday) each worksheet has 2 opportunities to practice drawing a holiday themed picture to a different scale of each of the 2 worksheets the second is more challenging than the first worksheet each worksheet also have an additional partially completed version, providing an easier option to complete the task each of the worksheets have the opportunity for students to draw their own design to factor up (or down) All up there are 12 different opportunities to practice scale factor drawing. Students will learn the need to note carefully looking at what parts of the images are in each box and transfer them correctly into the correct boxes in the blank spaces. Teacher notes included. This is a great way to get 2 holiday themed activities in one purchase! If you would like to check out each seasonal resource on its own please click on the links below. Thanksgiving Theme Scale Factor Drawing Christmas Theme Scale Factor Drawing

An activity sheet that combines the maths concepts of position and direction within a New Zealand ANZAC unit study (with a focus on World War 2 battles). Students work on locating New Zealand battle locations in World War 2 using longitude and latitude. Students will require access to an atlas or (more preferably) an online map app, such as Google Maps. Students are provided with the recording sheet and an information card that contains information on four battles New Zealand was involved in, the dates of the battles and the country. Please note - they are not in order on the card! Using the information cards and the coordinates on the recording sheet students then work out which battle took place in which country and when. Includes; recording sheet, information cards, teacher instructions and answer sheet.

Worksheets to encourage student thinking about recycling. Designed for small group work, but can be done individually. This resource contains 3 worksheets, with the first two being able to be completed together and the third could be used as a follow up after further work and study of recycling.

Have students become familiar with words to use in describing degrees of probability. This is a single worksheet where students place 5 words describing the probability of an outcome of a dice roll. Then they explain the reasoning for giving an answer to the last question. The five words used in this resource are; Impossible, Poor, Equal, Good and Certain.

Agamographs provide a fun unique way of viewing art. This resource is a fun hands-on Thanksgiving activity that combines two separate images into one are piece, which the viewer can then see – from different angles - each picture independently. This activity involves coloring-in, cutting, gluing and folding. You will require; coloring-in materials (pencils, felts, etc), scissors, glue-sticks. This resource has two Thanksgiving images (a Pilgrim hat and Mayflower ship) to put together and create the agamograph. There are two levels of challenge; the final image is composed of 8 strips (4 strips for the hat and 4 strips for the ship) the final image is composed of 16 strips (8 strips for the hat and 8 strips for the ship) I have also included blank templates for students to create their own two images to combine. This resource also has a short stopmotion video demonstrating the construction of the agamograph. Note: this is my first ever TES video and while the quality is not blockbuster material, it does show how the art is made.

A fun art activity that can be used through K-3. It promotes matching skills, visual discrimination and scissor and pasting practice. This resource is ideal for substitute/relief teachers needing a supporting activity for music students who finish their work early an independent learning center activity This resource has also been designed with students within Special Education in mind, to work on visual discrimination skills. Students, with or without assistance, are required to cut out the image segments, match them to the corresponding gaps in the main Music themed images and then color in. A very clear and effective activity that promotes a number of skills for students with special needs to develop and practice. This resource contains 4 worksheets kids playing instruments rock bank instruments mixed instruments percussion instruments

A fun art activity that can be used through K-3. It promotes matching skills, visual discrimination and scissor and pasting practice. An excellent no prep alphabet resource to have has part of being ready for back to school and throughout the year. This resource has also been designed with students within Special Education in mind, to work on visual discrimination skills. Students, with or without assistance, are required to cut out the image segments, match them to the corresponding gaps in the alphabet letter themed images and then color in. A very clear and effective activity that promotes a number of skills for students with special needs to develop and practice. This resource contains 26 worksheets with all the letters of the alphabet.

Alphabet Mystery Letters and Pictures are designed to support letter recognition for young students and students in Special Education. This resource contains a Mystery Letter activity sheet for each letter of the alphabet and a Mystery Picture activity sheet for each letter of the alphabet. There is also a UK spelling version included. Each activity sheet focusses on one letter of the alphabet and asks for the student to color in each box containing the focus letter. Once all have been colored in a mystery letter or picture will be revealed (sometimes best seen when held at arms length). Included in this resource: · 26 Mystery Letter activities · 26 Mystery Picture activities · Answer sheets for both · US and UK spelling versions

The 100s board provides students with the opportunity to explore learning around number properties, place value and number sequencing. This resource is great for independent learning, math centers or take a worksheet home for homework. Two blank boards are provided for laying out jigsaw pieces. One is a blank grid. The second has the numbers 1-100 faintly visible for students who need an easier pathway to success. Worksheets can be cut and the pieces glued on to a blank 100s board or into the student’s workbook. The jigsaw pieces range in difficulty from pieces made up of columns and rows, to large regular shapes (i.e. rectangles) through to more complicated irregular shaped pieces. The preview shows all the worksheets, plus the black and white and colour versions of one of the print and cut jigsaws. This resource includes; 2 blank 100s boards – one blank grid and one grid with faint numbers A set of 11 jigsaw pieces, black and white A set of 11 jigsaw pieces, colour A set of 11 worksheets Teacher notes Each set has jigsaw pieces shapes as such; 10s columns 10s rows 5s rows 2x5 blocks Rectangle blocks of 4 numbers, 6 numbers and 9 numbers Large rectangle blocks of numbers Lots of ‘L’ shaped blocks Shapes that form a symmetrical pattern Mixed size shapes ‘Big L’ shapes Big ‘chunks’ Yeah, I did give them crazy names, but that’s what they look like to me!

This is a set of alphabet display letters. They are basic zentangle designs that can be printed out in their colour versions or simply print out the blank outlines for colouring in. Can be used for display titles, class mottos or messages, workstation or small group centre areas, bulletin boards, doors, walls, windows, or hallways. I find when I laminate the letters the colours are more vibrant. Approximate size 6¾ inches (17.5cm). These can be enlarged or reduced to suit. Capital letters only. Each letter is on its own pdf sheet (set at landscape to best use font sizing). Includes; 26 black and white outline capital letters 26 colour zentangle capital letters

Agamographs provide a fun unique way of viewing art. This resource is a fun hands-on Thanksgiving activity that combines two separate images into one are piece, which the viewer can then see – from different angles - each picture independently. This activity involves coloring-in, cutting, gluing and folding. You will require; coloring-in materials (pencils, felts, etc), scissors, glue-sticks. This resource has two Thanksgiving images (a Pilgrim hat and Mayflower ship) to put together and create the agamograph. There are two levels of challenge; the final image is composed of 8 strips (4 strips for the hat and 4 strips for the ship), suitable for younger students the final image is composed of 16 strips (8 strips for the hat and 8 strips for the ship) I have also included blank templates for students to create their own two images to combine. This resource also has a short stopmotion video ([watch here]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUZ_5uPmo4s) demonstrating the construction of the agamograph. Note: this is my first ever Youtube video for this purpose and while the quality is not blockbuster material, it does show how the art is made.

These are worksheets that provide students an opportunity to practice two geometric transformation skills – reflection and resizing (Scale Factor, enlargement). Each sheet is a complete exercise in itself and there are 7 Halloween themed images to choose from. Each image has two choices of background to work with – 4x4 grid or 6x6 grid. You decide what is appropriate for your students. Teacher notes and answer sheets are provided for all images on both 4x4 and 6x6 grids.

This is a fun Easter activity that integrates writing and a craft activity within a holiday theme. Easter Bunny in Disguise has three writing genres to choose from – Description, Narrative and Persuasion. Spring is here and the Easter Bunny is getting excited about delivering Easter gifts to all the children. But Easter Bunny is also worried about the Big Bad Wolf. The Big Bad Wolf will be hiding along the way and waiting to eat the Easter Bunny (the Wolf thinks the Easter Bunny is made of chocolate). Easter Bunny has decided to wear a disguise to fool the Big Bad Wolf. Students dress up Easter Bunny in one of the costume disguises. They can then follow this up with the opportunity to write about their disguise choice. In Descriptive Writing the students write a description of the Easter Bunny’s disguise. There is a Writing Planner for brainstorming and lined sheets for writing. In Narrative Writing the students write a story of how the Easter Bunny fooled the Big Bad Wolf by disguising itself. There is a Descriptive Writing Planner template for brainstorming and sequencing out the story. Lined sheets for writing are included. In Persuasive Writing the students brainstorm and write reasons why the Big Bag Wolf should not eat the Easter Bunny. The Persuasive Writing Brainstorm Planner Sheet provides a template for brainstorming disguise ideas. There are Brainstorm Planner Sheets provided for up to three reasons. These are available in three levels of recording – Dotted Line Basic Paper, Dotted Line Paper and Lined Paper. Six different disguise options are included; Pirate, Astronaut, Santa, Doctor, Woodcutter and Footballer. These are in various formats. This resource includes; Full page Easter Bunny in completed disguise (black and white, colour) ½ page Easter Bunny in completed disguise (black and white, colour) ½ page Easter Bunny with disguise elements to paste onto Easter Bunny (black and white, colour) Description Writing Planner Narrative Writing Planner Title Page for writing Persuasive Writing Planner sheet Dotted Paper Lined Paper Teacher Notes

This resource is a practical hands-on math lesson resource about reflection and symmetry lines, that involves cutting and gluing. If you need a quick ready to go math resource for juniors about reflection at short notice this may just be what you need. The teacher notes give a lesson plan that I use this resource with. This resource includes; Shapes sheets for group discussion Recording sheet for modelling Sheet with irregular shapes Individual recording sheets Sheet of shapes for students to cut out Answer sheet

A Halloween themed hands on activity for 1st and 2nd grade students. Students work with the concept of a half and a quarter and cut and paste representations of each. This resource includes; Teacher instructions, 2 recording sheets, images to cut into fractions, answer sheet examples. Great for follow-up work, consolidation, revision and discussion about simple fractions. The completed work can also make excellent wall displays of student learning and understanding.

This is a resource to introduce young students to the world of coding. Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This resource gives an opportunity to expose early elementary students to the world of coding with the format used in the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a blank box sequence to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. There are two ways this resource can be used; As a cut and paste worksheet. There are 4 different coding worksheets, with answers. As a reusable independent learning center activity. There are 4 activity cards and a set of ‘coding blocks’ to cut out and laminate. These can all be kept in a tray or container and the students can then take the activity and work with it. This resource comes with; Four worksheets of simple coding. The four increase in challenge. Three bonus worksheets Answers for each worksheet The worksheets as reusable instruction cards A set of direction blocks, grids, characters, objects and icons used in the worksheets

Add these sight words game activities to your independent reading centres. Excellent for building word recognition and vocabulary building. This comprehensive pack contains all the Dolch sight words from Pre-Primer through to Third Grade and the first 225 Fry Instant words. In total there are 42 colour-coded game sets, with each set grouped – by tiers of 25 for the Fry Instant words and by grade level for the Dolch sight words. Just print off and use the sets you need. Included in the resource are word banks of the words used in each set. There are also blank cards should you want to create customised sets. I hope you find this resource of great use and value. Word recognition games have always been the biggest hit when I have taught in junior classes.