Children match the jigsaws together, sounding out the initial letter. Print out, cut up (cut the zig zag line before laminating), then laminate.

Print these cards, cut out and fold on the double black line, laminate and use as Flash Cards for sounding out the sounds and letter names.

Print these cards out, laminate and use as Flash Cards. Students say the sound, the name of the letter and the name of the picture.

Print out, cut and laminate these cards. Mix the cards up and get students to match the letter sound to the pictures.

Students use these cards when they are writing their stories. The pictures and words all start with the same beginning phonics sound. These can be used in teaching sessions and independently by students. You can print slides 2 and 3 back to back or slides 2 and 4 back to back.

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.

Have a pile of sticky notes (or use the letter cards provided) and pictures for them to match. This should be teacher led the first time students use this game. write the letters on the sticky notes or next stage children write the letter or use the letter cards to match You could also just pick out the letters and sounds you are working on in your scope and sequence.

This is an interactive PowerPoint where students can manipulate the Tangram pieces using the keyboard, mouse (trackpad) and tools available in PowerPoint. They will practise geometry skills by 'rotating', flipping and translating. They can color their assembled tangrams using the Fill color button. This PowerPoint can also be opened in Keynote on the iPad and students can use the available tools and their fingers to manipulate the shapes. After this PowerPoint is downloaded, please save a copy and put somewhere as a Master copy or alternatively, save this PowerPoint as a Template.

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.

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 .

Encourage your students to observe and record weather patterns by identifying where on the Beaufort Scale what the weather today is. Record it on the monthly chart and on the Tally Chart. At the end of each month write an analysis of the weather.

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

Spruce up your CV with these digital versions. Fonts and colours have been chosen to complement each other. Each page has prompts and ideas to help you in writing your CV. This pack consists of an online Google version of the templates and PowerPoint versions. There are 7 different versions of the template with different colours and fonts. This package contains 8 files - 7 PowerPoint files - One PDF Instructions with links to a folder of 7 different Google Slide templates

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.

At the beginning of each month, fill in the calendar month with the dates, days and months. Add the appropriate weather symbols for each day as they happen. At the end of the month, tally up the results and analyse what the weather was for the month. This activity will encourage students to sort the days of the month in order, check they have the right season, month and year, and finally observe the weather patterns for the month.

This pack consists of an Inquiry approach to the study of minibeasts. It is designed so that students can work on it independently or collaboratively with others. Students are scaffolded and guided through an Inquiry Process which focusses on them developing a research question based on what they have found out so far, finding the information and then synthesising it to develop new knowledge. Through a variety of websites, videos and Graphic Organisers students are able to find new knowledge and present it in innovative ways. These tasks are all included in a Google Slide or a PowerPoint. All graphics by Jacqui Sharp. This package contains 3 files Instructions: Step by step instructions for each slide so that the teacher and student are clear in what the learning intentions should be Student Task Slideshow: A Google Slideshow or a PowerPoint Slideshow with all of the independent or collaborative tasks students have to do to go through the Inquiry process. Minibeast graphics are provided for free student and teacher use. PDF with links to Google Slide Student Tasks

The Māori Alphabet ‘Arapu Reta’ Alphabet cards are designed to be used digitally on a computer as part of a teaching and learning lessons and/or downloaded, printed out and laminated. The 15 individual letter cards once laminated can be written on adding more words. The 5 pages of individual letters and pictures are designed to be laminated, cut out and used for matching letters and pictures. This package contains 1 colour Alphabet card with letters and pictures 1 colour Alphabet card with letters, words and pictures 15 cards, one for each letter of the alphabet 5 pages of individual letter and pictures

These are a series of cards with a picture of an abacus that can be used as a wall display or printed out and laminated as smaller cards to use in teaching groups. The cards demonstrate the concepts of counting in 5s and 10s to a 100 and counting on.