Students have to find the assigned letter in the grid and colour each one. If they find them all then the coloured pattern will become the letter. Students can then colour in the pictures that relate to the sound and letter. Encourage students to say the sound and the name of the letter. Use these as followup activities when you are focussing on certain letters. Print these as a handout or laminate for students to use whiteboard markers.

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.

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.

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

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

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. 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. 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

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.

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.

Give students the photocopied sheet of the letter they are practising. Practise saying the letter a few times. Students colour in each letter. Decorate with buttons, glitter, stars, cut up material, what ever you have available. Students cut out each letter and glue it onto a large communal sheet. Students can draw pictures of things that start with the phonic sound or find pictures in magazines. The final sheet can be hung up in the classroom to view.

Give students the photocopied sheet of the letter they are practising. Practise saying the letter a few times. Students colour in the letter. Decorate with buttons, glitter, cut up material, what ever you have available. Students cut out the letter and glue it onto a large communal sheet. Students can draw pictures of things that start with the phonic sound or find pictures in magazines. The final sheet can be hung up in the classroom to view.

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.

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

Students place the pegs on the picture that matches the letter sound. Encourage them to make the initial sounds of each picture. use the letter sound cards that students have learned you could use the sound wheels in Seesaw where students circle the correct picture, sounding out the initial letter and saying the word

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.