A ten frame train that is suitable for using in your math lessons or having as a display on your classroom wall. Included: ♦ Train engine ♦ Carriages - ten frames 0-10 ♦ Carriages - ten frames 0-10 with numeral written at the top 1 engine/carriage per page. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

100 spelling activities that are suitable for any list of words. Suggested use: task board. Included: ♦ 100 task cards. ♦ Must Do / Can Do cards (4 different options). ♦ Teacher notes. Suitable for many classrooms around the world: 7 alternative cards are provided to suit US/UK classrooms. These cards contain different spelling, images or symbols. The cards should be self-explanatory but I have included ‘Teacher Notes’ that provide a little more detail. This is a comprehensive set of tasks cards. There are a wide variety of tasks that incorporate many different learning styles and they are suitable for lots of different levels. I’m sure your students will really enjoy them. Made on A4 size paper. 4 cards per page. Print, cut and laminate. Please respect copyright This resource is for the purchaser’s use only. It may not be shared with any other person. Please purchase additional licences if you are wanting to share it with your colleagues. Thank you. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Computer Keyboard Template Included: ♦ blank ♦ black and white ♦ dark grey ♦ light grey ♦ blue ♦ pink ♦ green © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Basic Number Recognition - using a dice (1-6) 4-in-a-row Gameboards ♦ Game 1 – recognising dotty patterns on a dice. ♦ Game 2 – matching a dotty dice picture with a numeral. ♦ Game 3 – matching a numeral with a picture of a dotty dice. Game 1 – Dotty Dice: A game for 2 players. Take alternate turns. You need one dotty dice and you each need counters (a different colour to your partner). Roll the dice. Find it on the gameboard and cover the picture with a counter. You win if you get 4 of your counters in a row. Game 2 – Dice and Numeral Match: A game for 2 players. Take alternate turns. You need one dotty dice and you each need counters (a different colour to your partner). Roll the dice. Look at the dots on the dice and find the numeral on the gameboard. Cover the numeral with a counter. You win if you get 4 of your counters in a row. Game 3 – Numeral and Dotty Dice Match: A game for 2 players. Take alternate turns. You need one dice with numerals and you each need counters (a different colour to your partner). Roll the dice. Look at the number on the dice and find a dotty dice picture that matches your number. Cover the picture of the dice with a counter. You win if you get 4 of your counters in a row. All 3 games are provided in both colour and black and white.

New Zealand Essential Spelling Lists 1-8. 5 words on each card. Can be used in a multitude of ways in your classroom. Suggestions for use: ♦ Spelling activities (eg alphabetical order, words in sentences). ♦ Word study (eg how many syllables, how many vowels). ♦ Handwriting (The font on the cards is ‘NZ basic script’). ♦ Writing – make up a sentence/story using the words. ♦ Oral language – make up a story with a buddy. Use words and picture. ♦ Maths (eg if a=$1, b=$2, c=$3 etc, what is the most expensive word on the card?). ♦ Reading – read the words to a buddy Different colour border for each list. List number (eg ‘List 6e) written at top of card. List 8 is commonly misspelt words. 4 cards on each A4 page. 18 pages of cards. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

New Zealand Handwriting Cards that are suitable for lower and middle primary school. The font used is the 'New Zealand Basic Script'. The letter shapes are identical to those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook - ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The cards are designed to be laminated so your students can ‘write and wipe’. A dotty font is used so your students can trace over the letters/words to practise their letter formation. 26 cards – one for each letter of the alphabet. A5 size (2 cards per A4 size paper) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

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

A set of 41 activity sheets for Dolch words at the First Grade level. 8 activities on each sheet: ♦ Read it ♦ Colour it ♦ Trace it ♦ Write it ♦ Clap it (how many syllables?) ♦ Spell it (write it in the ‘letter boxes’) ♦ Connect it (draw a line to connect the letters) ♦ Find it (find the word written 4 times) There is also space on the top of each sheet for your students to write their name. Made on A4 size paper 2 different sets of sheets for UK/USA spelling of the word colour/color. Words Used: First Grade: after again an any as ask by could every fly from give going had has her him his how just know let live may of old once open over put round some stop take thank them then think walk were when © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Resources for teaching Te Reo Māori lessons about items found in the classroom. Vocabulary: ♦ pen - pene ♦ pencil - pene rākau ♦ book - pukapuka ♦ scissors - kutikuti ♦ eraser - ūkui ♦ ruler - rākauine ♦ crayon - pene hinu ♦ paper - pepa ♦ stapler - makatiti ♦ pencil sharpener - whakakoi pene rākau Included: ♦ wall chart – A4 size ♦ flash cards – colour and black/white ♦ matching cards – colour and black/white ♦ picture & word match (cut and glue) x4 ♦ circle the correct word ♦ word search ♦ picture & word match – draw a line to connect ♦ drawing tasks ♦ code breaking ♦ word frames ♦ make a booklet (junior activity) ♦ classroom display cards ♦ game – 4-in-a-row ♦ game - I have __ who has __? Note: This is Set A. Set B is also available and it teaches the Māori words for additional classroom objects: table, chair, computer, cupboard, mat, picture, bag, whiteboard, clock, rubbish bin. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Stick puppet templates (black and white) for the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Templates Include: * Gingerbread Man * Gingerbread Man – blank (A) * Gingerbread Man – blank (B) * Old Man * Old Lady * Cottage * Oven * Fox * Horse * Pig * Cow * Dog * Cat * Blank Template The old man and old lady templates do not have any facial features. Your students can decide what sort of emotion the characters need and then draw the eyes, nose and mouth. Great for story retell, oral language development, puppetry skills, imaginative play, etc. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Great swimming pool game that helps with water confidence. Ship/Pirate/Ocean theme. 34 command cards to print and laminate. Each card has the command, a visual cue, and the action. Stand at the side of the pool, call out a command and hold up the card. Students complete the action. Continue in this way. You can play it where the last student to do the action is eliminated, or just keep playing and encourage water confidence and movement. A great game to play as a warm up activity or as a fun game at the end of a swimming lesson. Play with as many commands/cards as you wish. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Includes teacher notes and instructions on how to play the game. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A comprehensive pack of number pattern strips. Everything you need for a differentiated math lesson. Numbers under 100 20 x Strips to identify the pattern and continue it. 20 x Strips to find the missing number. Pattern reference (teacher guide) Student recording sheet and teacher answer sheet (for the ‘find the missing number’ strips) Numbers over 100 20 x Strips to identify the pattern and continue it. 20 x Strips to find the missing number. Pattern reference (teacher guide) Student recording sheet and teacher answer sheet (for the ‘find the missing number’ strips) More challenging 12 x Strips to identify the pattern and continue it. 12 x Strips to find the missing number. Pattern reference (teacher guide) Student recording sheet and teacher answer sheet (for the ‘find the missing number’ strips) All pattern strips contain increasing and decreasing number patterns. The sets of number pattern strips are provided in 2 different formats. Simply print the format you want to use. For example: • 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 … • 22, 24, 26, 28, __, 32, 34 … There are 104 number strips in total. There are 52 different number pattern sequences. The ‘more challenging’ strips have number patterns such as: 90, 80, 81, 71, 72, 62, 63, 53 … (subtract 10 then add 1) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Tortoise Flip Book for the story 'Esio Trot' by Roald Dahl. Variety of blackline templates so you can custom design your own flip book. Small and large tortoise templates. Blank shell templates as well as ones with text/patterns. Able to be used for general tortoise activities, not just with the story 'Esio Trot'. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A creative classroom activity for celebrating Matariki (the Māori New Year). Hiwa-i-te-rangi is one of the 9 stars in the Matariki star cluster. It is known as the ‘wishing star’. This star has a connection to our hopes, dreams and aspirations for the year ahead. The Process: 1. Draw patterns in the spaces around the star shape (use a black ball-point pen). 2. Colour. 3. Write a wish in the star. 4. Cut out around the outside black frame. 5. Display on the wall (you may like to do this so it looks like a patchwork quilt). Three different templates are provided for you to select from. Two templates have pre-drawn patterns in the boxes at the bottom, and one is blank so your students can design their own patterns. Included: ♦ Instructions ♦ Information card about Hiwa-i-te-rangi ♦ Template A – with patterns ♦ Template B – with patterns ♦ Template C - blank (draw your own patterns) Made on A4 size paper. Finished size of artwork (after cutting it out) is approx 18cm x 18cm. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A great way to learn about New Zealand / Aotearoa. 2 Different Options: ♦ Flags with facts. ♦ Flags with a blank side (write your own fact, draw a picture, etc). There are 30 different facts to (hopefully!) enable each of your students to have a different fact. Two flags per A4 size paper. Finished flag size is approximately 13.5cm x 7cm. Use a wooden skewer (or something like a drinking straw) to make the flagpole. Examples of the Facts: ♦ The Māori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa. This word means “Land of the Long White Cloud." ♦ New Zealand has many volcanoes. This is because it is located on the edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire. ♦ Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953, was a New Zealander. ♦ The biggest city in New Zealand is Auckland. The capital city is Wellington. ♦ New Zealand is home to the heaviest insect in the world, the Giant Weta. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Draw images of Kiwiana / New Zealand in the sections of the kiwi. Included: one blank template. Designed on A4 size paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

An effective activity for your students when you are setting up your classroom culture at the beginning of the year. Something a little different to the standard ‘classroom rules’ discussions. The activity focuses on 4 RIGHTS that your students have at school: ♦ We have the right to learn at school. ♦ We have the right to use school property. ♦ We have the right to be safe at school (physical wellbeing). ♦ We have the right to feel happy at school (emotional wellbeing). Students brainstorm their responsibilities as a class and write them in the individual honeycomb cell templates. These cells are then cut out and arranged around the ‘rights’ templates. You can add as many honeycomb cells as you wish. Blank cells can be included to fill sections if necessary. This makes an effective wall display that can be referred to (and added to) throughout the year. Examples of responsibilities: ♦ We have the right to learn at school – ask for help when I need it. ♦ We have the right to use school property - put equipment away when I have finished with it. ♦ We have the right to be safe at school – don’t throw things in the classroom. ♦ We have the right to feel happy at school - share things with others. Lists of examples are included to help you guide your students through the discussion / brainstorm sessions. With your students thinking of the responsibilities and writing them in kid speak, they will take more ownership of the classroom culture than if you just display a list of ‘classroom rules’ on the wall. An optional activity is also included. It is another template that says ‘We agree to be responsible’. Your students sign their name in a honeycomb cell, cut it out and place it around the centre template. Included: ♦ Teacher notes and layout examples. ♦ Examples of responsibilities ♦ Student brainstorm pages ♦ 4 ‘rights’ templates (1 per page, colour) ♦ Honeycomb cell templates (6 per page, black/white) ♦ Definition strips of ‘rights’ and ‘responsibilities’ (blank ones also provided so you can write your own meanings of the words). ♦ Additional optional template – ‘We agree to be responsible’ I have also included an editable honeycomb cell template (Powerpoint file). This gives you the option of typing the 'responsibilities' rather than writing them by hand. Provided in 2 different paper sizes: ♦ A4 paper size ♦ Letter paper size Keywords: rules, rights, responsibilities, charter, treaty, expectations, procedures, behaviour management, classroom culture, beginning of the year, back to school. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Christmas Season with these paper lanterns. Lots of different options to choose from. A ‘Happy Holidays’ template is also included for your students who don’t celebrate Christmas. Bonus Inclusion: Six templates for New Zealand classrooms. The words are written in Te Reo Māori: ♦ Meri Kirihimete (Merry Christmas) ♦ Ngā mihi o te Tau Hou (Happy New Year) Designed on A4 size paper. Information and easy-to-follow instructions are included. Idea: There are 2 gift boxes on the ‘gift’ template. Your students could draw pictures inside the boxes. One box could have something they’d like to receive, and the other box could have something they’d like to give. Happy Holidays! ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Māori New Year with this fun craft activity. There are 6 different templates for you and your students to select from. Each template has the heading ‘Ngā mihi o te Tau Hou’ (Happy New Year) and a decorative panel at the base. Students add their own creative touch to the middle section. There is also one template that just has the heading (no decorative panel at the base). Use the handle template, or just cut strips of paper to cut down on photocopying. Designed on A4 size paper. Information and easy-to-follow instructions are included. These templates can also be used during the Christmas season. Happy New Year! ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Story Starters for writing lessons in the classroom. They are all for writing in the third person (ie they all contain the names of other characters, rather than using 'I') Print these out and laminate them back-to-back. Hand them out (or children can 'lucky-dip'). Students can then choose which story starter interests them the most and use that one to begin writing in their exercise book. Collect them in and use them again another time. 8 A4 sheets with 8 story starters on each page (total 64).