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Add An Adjective Informational Writing Centre
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Add An Adjective Informational Writing Centre

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Use young children’s love of animals to teach them about adjectives! This activity is perfect for use as a whole class activity or creating a non fiction writing centre for learning to write information or informative texts. Children are asked to firstly label their animal then add adjectives to help describe them better, making their writing more interesting. 25 Different ‘Add An Adjective’ pages included in download. Pair these with our animal posters (pictured but not included) to help support beginning writers as they build their vocab. Real photos have been used throughout to create this engaging activity. US and UK English spellings of ‘coloured/colored’ included. Perfect when paired with our Animal Adjective Word Wall Cards.
Number Car Park Mats
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Number Car Park Mats

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Create a hands-on invitation to play with numbers using these ready to print car park mats and some small cars. Simply write the numerals on the roof of the cars and let the children try to match the numeral to the correct number word by parking it correctly. Includes number 1-10 plus teens 11-20 and decades 0-90
Telling Time -Learning Time to the Hour and Half Hour
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Telling Time -Learning Time to the Hour and Half Hour

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With over 70 pages of different resources perfect for introducing the concept of time to young children, this pack concentrates on telling time to the hour and half hour. Aligned to Australian Curriculum outcomes, this Telling Time unit includes printables suitable for whole class instruction, Mental Maths routines, puzzles, games, worksheets, clip cards and other resources for individual and small group math center activities. Here’s what’s included - Hour and half hour cards with both analogue and digital times for classroom display Make a clock face worksheet - A4 page Draw a clock face worksheet - A4 page Clock face 3-part cards with analogue, digital and written time for all hour and half hour times (posters or puzzles) - 2 per A4 page Clock face numbers (hour only - color + B+W) - 6 per A4 page Before + After Sorting Activity (mats, cards + instructions) My Morning sequencing task Clock face + time cards (hour + half hour time sets for matching) - 8 per A4 page Make the Time Mats + time cards Match the Time worksheet (hour only plus hour and half hour) - A4 page Draw the clocks worksheet (hour only plus hour and half hour) - A4 page Make The Time Dice Game - A4 page What’s The Time activity - A4 page Hour and Half Hour Clip Cards - 4 per A4 page Teaching suggestions are included for each resource. Initial and final assessment tasks also included. Looking for more time resources? Check out out Telling Time Expansion Pack! To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.
LEGO Sight Word Mats
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LEGO Sight Word Mats

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Are you looking for an interactive way for students to practice sight words? Make learning to spell high frequency sight words hands-on fun with these mats made to use with LEGO bricks! With two different styles to choose from, prepping for your literacy centres or Word Work stations is easy! Just choose the set of sight words you need, print and add some LEGO to build the words from. Use the larger sight word mats which allow for children to directly ‘build’ the sight word from LEGO blocks then trace and write the sight word. The smaller sight word cards provide some context to the word by placing the sight word in an easy to read sentence and asks children to build the sight word using the picture as their guide - perfect for building fine motor skills, visual discrimination and spatial awareness skills as they position their LEGO blocks to make the word. Covers have also been included to easily make the smaller cards into a handy flip book. Ideal for practicing at home or in the classroom! **Here’s what’s included - ** 220 sight word mats ( LEGO block word + sight word to trace and write) - 1 per A4 page 220 sight word cards (LEGO block sight word + short sentence with sight word to read) - 3 per A4 page LEGO-themed covers for smaller sight word cards - 3 per A4 page **220 high frequency words included: ** the to and he a I you it of in was said his that she for on they but had at him with up all look is her there some out as be have go we am then little down do can could when did what so see not were get them like one this my would me will yes big went are come if now long no came ask very an over your its ride into just blue red from good any about around want don’t how know right put too got take where every pretty jump green four away old by their here saw call after well think ran let help make going sleep brown yellow five six walk two or before eat again play who been may stop off never seven eight cold today fly myself round tell much keep give work first try new must start black white ten does bring goes write always drink once soon made run gave open has find only us three our better hold buy funny warm ate full those done use fast say light pick hurt pull cut kind both sit which fall carry small under read why own wash show hot because far live draw clean grow best upon these sing together please thank wish many shall laugh
Digraph Activities - CH SH TH
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Digraph Activities - CH SH TH

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Hands-on activities that focus on the consonant digraphs - /ch/ /sh/ and /th/. Perfect for introducing those tricky digraphs! Over 50 pages of ready to print activities for your literacy centers or morning work to review identifying and differentiating between the sounds. Beginning and end sounds included in activities. Here’s what’s included - printable mini books (black+white or color) to introduce and focus on each consonant digraph (CH/SH/TH) (2 versions - beginning sound or beginning/end sound) - 1 per A4 page 85+ digraph clip cards for children to match the correct sound to - 4 per A4 page sorting mats (3 versions - blank, picture only + word only) - 1 per A4 page picture + word sorting cards for each digraph - 14 per A4 page picture only + word only sorting cards for each digraph - 8 of each type per A4 page cut and paste sorting assessment task to check children can differentiate between the three different digraphs - A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. *What programs do I need to open and use this product? * I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.
Digraph Clip Cards - CH SH TH
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Digraph Clip Cards - CH SH TH

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Digraphs can be difficult for young children to identify in words. These easy-to-prep clip cards for the digraphs CH, SH and TH are the perfect addition to your literacy centers for young children learning to hear sounds into words. Students use their knowledge of phonics to produce and blend the sounds into a word. They then have to select the correct digraph to match the word pictured with a clothespin. Here’s what’s included - 85 picture+word clip cards for the digraphs CH SH TH - 4 per A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free to download program. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.
/CK/ Word Bingo
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/CK/ Word Bingo

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Play this fun bingo game with your whole class or as a literacy centre activity to help children learn the double /ck/ sound. File includes 24 different cards all focusing on words with the /ck/ sound in them. Contains 29 word+picture cards and 24 BINGO cards with six pictures and words per card. Also includes picture only and word only cards along with picture only and word only BINGO cards to allow you to differentiate more easily.
Alphabet Sound Mazes
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Alphabet Sound Mazes

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Ready to print picture mazes for every letter of the alphabet! Children are encouraged to find their way through each maze using their growing knowledge of sounds to correctly identify the beginning sounds of words to find their way from start to finish. Perfect for independent work in literacy centres or Daily 5 Word Work activities.
Sight Word Say It Make It Write It Use It Mats 1-100 Oxford List Words
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Sight Word Say It Make It Write It Use It Mats 1-100 Oxford List Words

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Based on our super popular Say It Make It Write It Mats, these sight word mats include the first 100 Oxford high frequency words. Along with reading the word, children are asked to make the word, trace and then write the work independently before writing a short simple sentence using the sight word. Younger students may only want to do the first three steps while more capable students might attempt the sentence writing - making differentiation easy within your literacy groups. Each 25 words are colour coded - yellow 1-25, green 26-50, orange 51-75 and pink 76-100 to also help make differentiation easier. Just print, laminate then add playdough, magnetic letters or wix stix to make the letters!
2D Shape Pattern Block STEM Challenge Cards
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2D Shape Pattern Block STEM Challenge Cards

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The perfect addition to your morning STEM tubs, these challenge cards ask students to make a variety of different 2D shapes from pattern blocks. Ideal for building visual discrimination skills as children have to rotate and flip smaller shapes to create the new shape. Focus shapes included - triangle, square, rectangle, rhombus/diamond, hexagon, trapezoid. Perfect to use as an invitation to play in the Early Years, as math centers or even as a cross-curriculum literacy center for early readers to help build math language. Four types of cards make differentiation easier than ever! Choose from our types of cards make differentiation easier than ever! Start with the ‘I can…’ or ‘Can you…?’ cards for children to directly match shapes then introduce to the blank shape cards and finish with the challenge cards. Use the recording sheets to help capture their thinking. Here’s what’s included - easiest template shows shapes for children to match to with ‘I can’ + ‘Can you?’ text prompts to choose from - 2 cards per A4 page (60 cards) basic 2D shape outlines for children to try and fill with smaller shapes with ‘I can’ + ‘Can you?’ text prompts to choose from - 2 cards per A4 page pattern block challenge cards providing only the shape to make and the list of blocks they can use to achieve this together with choice of ‘I can’ + ‘Can you?’ text prompts - 2 cards per A4 page (60 cards) ‘I can make shapes’ worksheets (US+UK/Aust spelling) - A4 page (6 different shapes) ‘I can make shapes’ worksheet (counting shape version) - A4 page (triangle+hexagon only) File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.