73 Word Cards showing 6 ways the Short E sound can be spelled, ‘e’, ‘ea’, ‘a’, ‘ai’, ‘ay’ and ‘ie’. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with coloured Short E graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 146 word cards in total), plus a copy of My Best Friend Fred Phonics Picture Book Story. All words are from My Best Friend Fred, a Phonics Story full of Short E sound words.

115 Word Cards showing 6 ways the Short U sound can be spelled, ‘u’, ‘o’, ‘o_e’, ‘ou’, ‘oo’ and ‘oe’. All words are from ‘Stuck in the Mud’, a Phonics Story full of Short U sound words. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with coloured Short U graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 230 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Stuck in the Mud’.

Learn about animals in Australia with Trick’n Switch, a game of ‘Switch’ with extra tricks! Practice classifying Australian animals with this classic Uno style of game. Students in the classroom, at home or on holidays will have fun tricking each other as they learn about fascinating Aussie characters and how to sort them according to their class: marsupials, mammals, birds, reptiles or fish. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise. Animals in This Game: Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat Included in this resource: 30 Aussie animal playing cards with backing, makes a deck of 120 cards Extra cards: Instructions, Classification Guides, Trick and Switch guides Preparation: Print print 4 of each double sided for a total of 120 cards in the deck and laminate for long lasting use

These charts combine phonics with whole language to show the different ways that long vowel sounds can be spelled in words. Use them as wall displays, desktop placemats or general teaching resources. All images are from Clever Speller Phonics Picture Books stories full of focus sound words showing how sounds in words are spelled in many ways. Clever Speller is a story based learning approach to bring spelling alive and make learning to spell connected and meaningful.

Did you know there are at least 12 ways to spell the Long U sound in words! These 34 activities focus on 4 well known ways, (ew, u, ue and u_e), with extension activities for 8 unusual ways to spell Long U, (eau, eu, ewe, iew, queue, ui, uu and you). The activities are based on the included purpose written phonics story ‘Ewes in the Queue’, full of words showing different ways the Long U sound can be spelled in words. No prep printable worksheets ready for your word work, literacy centres, morning routines, spelling program, ESL, revision or homework. Differentiated word lists based on the included phonics story cater to a range of ability from Kindergarten to Year 3. Your students will easily learn to hear sounds in words and know all the ways to spell them. Our story based learning approach provides context and meaning to engage students and make spelling time a happy time. These Activities Will Help Students to Develop Skills in: Understanding that sounds are represented by various letter combinations Using sound letter knowledge to read familiar and unfamiliar words Using words in everyday writing to show comprehension and context Applying letter sound knowledge to spell familiar and unfamiliar words Making new words by changing the first letter or letters Building vocabulary Recognising rhyme Recognising and understanding homophones What is Included 22 Long U Word Family Activities Finding Long U: find the list words in the story Meaningful Words: write the meaning of the list words in the story context Writing Long U: combine list words to create a short story or paragraph More Long U Words: find more words with the same Long U grapheme Rhyming Long U: highlight words with the same end sound Onset: change the first letter or letters to make new words, answers included 7 Long U Activities Homophones, Homographs and Heteronyms: write meanings and sentences Find All the Words: underline all the words in the story with a Long U sound Missing Letters: fill in the missing Long U letters for each word Choose the Letters: fill in the missing Long U letters in a story context Word Family Sorting: sorting words into word families 4 Sight Words Activities Sight Words Sorting: sorting sight words into word families and analysis Sight Words Matching: cloze activity with sight words Sight Words Practice: check lists sorted according to Long U word family More Ways to Spell Long U 8 More Ways to Spell Long U: Vocabulary Challenge 12 Ways to Spell Long U: Words and Picture Chart 4 Teacher Resources Long U Story: Ewes in the Queue, 2 versions one with all black text and one with Long U words printed in green Story Word List, 37 Long O Words Spelling Group Lists: 5 lists ew, u, ue and u_e 8 Unusual ways Chart: Ways to Spell Long U About Clever Speller

Matching word and picture activities to easily learn many ways to spell the Long A sound in words. 6 Printable activities plus 2 copies of the phonics story are included. All words and pictured are from the original Long A phonics story ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’. Focus sound letters are printed in green to help students decode the Long A sound in words. Worksheets contain 7 Long E graphemes a, ai, ay, a_e, ea, ei, eigh Phonics Story ‘Three Free Wishes’ contains 9 Long E graphemes, 7 included in the worksheets plus 3 extra: e_e and ey How to Use Use for spelling lessons, word-work, homework, practice, literacy centers Print individual student worksheets or laminate for long lasting use. Print in colour or black and white. Clever Speller combines Phonics with Whole Language to help make sense of crazy English spelling and easily learn that sounds in words can be spelled in many ways. Note: there are 2 versions of the stories and 2 of the worksheets to accommodate both US and UK/Australian spellings of the words favourite/favourite, labelling/labelling and neighbour/neighbour

113 Word Cards showing 1 way the Short A sound can be spelled, (the Short A sound is usually only spelled in one way). All words are from ‘Dance of the Fancy Pants Ants’, a Phonics Story full of Short A sound words. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with colored Short A graphemes and one with same colored text text, (making 226 word cards in total), plus a copy of Dance of the Fancy Pants Ants Phonics Picture Book Story for learning to spell in an authentic context

89 Word Cards showing 4 ways the Short O sound can be spelled, ‘o’, ‘a’, ‘ou’, and ‘au’. All words are from ‘Poppy’s Top Shop’, a Phonics Story full of Short O sound words. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with coloured Short O graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 178 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Poppy’s Top Shop’.

92 Printable Word Cards showing 11 ways the Long I sound can be spelled, ‘eye’, ‘eigh’, ‘i’, ‘ia’, ‘ie’, ‘igh’, ‘i_e’, ‘uy’, ‘y’, ‘y_e’ and ‘ig’. All words are from ‘Diamonds in the Sky’, a Phonics Story full of Long I sound words. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with coloured Long A graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 184 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Diamonds in the Sky’.

161 Word Cards showing 5 ways the Short I sound can be spelled, ‘i’, ‘y’, ‘u’, ‘uy’ and ‘e’. All words are from ‘Itchy Witch’, a Phonics Story full of Short I sound words. Use the word cards for matching and sorting activities, games, flash cards and word walls. 2 versions of words cards are included, one with coloured Short I graphemes and one with same coloured text text, (making 322 word cards in total), plus a copy of ‘Itchy Witch’.

44 Bookmark and poster making printable activities for a hands-on way to learn about synonyms and antonyms. Your middle primary students will enjoy making these memorable learning aids to help build vocabulary, bring writing to life and improve comprehension. How to Use These Activities Breaking up bookwork time with practical activities is a welcome change from worksheets Complete the bookmarks as a lesson activity, or add synonyms over time to use as a ‘personal thesaurus’. Make posters with examples of synonyms and antonyms for each core word to brighten up your classroom and provide learning prompts for daily use What is included: 22 synonym bookmarks 22 synonym and antonym posters to make, 1 for each story word 2 copies of Long A Phonics Story, ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’, 1 plain text, 1 with the Long A words in green text Core word list of 22 words from the story Synonym word list, 22 core words plus 4 synonyms for each story word Antonym word list, 22 core words plus 4 antonyms for each story word About Story Based Learning Humans have been using stories to teach their youngsters about life since day dot. Everyone loves a story but it can quite hard to find them with any depth to explicitly teach spelling, which can make spelling rather boring! Our purpose written phonics picture book stories are full of words showing how sounds in words are spelled in many ways and bring spelling and grammar to life. Check out our store for a range of activities based on our original picture books and add life and colour to your spelling and grammar lessons

Pick’em All Up! Practice classifying Australian animals with this classic collect them all ‘Draw the Well Dry’ style of card game in printable format. Students in the classroom, at home or on holidays will have fun tricking each other as they learn about fascinating Aussie characters and how to sort them according to their class: marsupials, mammals, birds, reptiles or fish. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise. Animals in This Game: Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat Included in this resource: 30 Aussie animal playing cards with backing, makes a deck of 120 cards Extra cards: Instructions, Classification Guides, Action Card Guides Preparation: Print print 4 of each double sided for a total of 120 cards in the deck and laminate for long lasting use

Play games and learn to classify Australian animals with this fun set of printable cards. Students in the classroom, at home or on holidays will have fun playing Snap, Memory, Happy Families, Sorting or Creating Their Own. They will learn about fascinating Aussie characters and how to sort them according to their class: marsupials, mammals, birds, reptiles or fish. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise. Animals in This Game: Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat Included in this resource: 30 Aussie animal playing cards with backing, makes a deck of 120 cards 2 sets are included one with classification labels and one without, for beginning and advanced learning Extra cards: Instructions, Classification Guides Preparation: Print print 4 of each double sided for a total of 120 cards in the deck and laminate for long lasting use

Popular I Have Who Has game to learn the names of 30 Australian animals. 2 versions are included, an introduction and a challenge. Students at home, on holidays or at school will love learning about the interesting animals of Australia. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise. Animals in This Game: Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat Included in this resource: 30 Aussie animal cards with backing 2 sets are included one with animal names and one without, for beginning and advanced learning Preparation: Print print double sided and laminate for long lasting use

Aussie animal flash cards to learn the names of 30 Australian animals. Students at home, on holidays or at school will love playing memory, snap, matching and sorting to learn about the interesting animals of Australia. The cards area also useful for warm ups and pair group formation and activities. A perfect complement for your Living Things science theme, geography and non-fiction literacy units and will be a popular addition to your games collection. Play as a warm up or cool down, for early finishers, small groups, informal learning and to generally motivate, engage and energise. 2 versions are included, large and small size cards. Animals in This Game: Bandicoot, Barking Gecko, Bearded Dragon, Bilby, Black Swan, Brolga, Budgie, Cassowary, Cockatoo, Dingo, Echidna, Emu, Frill-neck Lizard, Galah, Goanna, Kangaroo, Koala, Kookaburra, Leafy Sea Dragon, Lyre Bird, Numbat, Pelican, Platypus, Quokka, Quoll, Ringtail Possum, Tasmanian Devil, Ulysses Butterfly, Wallaby, Wombat Included in this resource: 30 Aussie animal cards with backing 2 sets are included, large and small size Preparation: Print print double sided and laminate for long lasting use

Matching word and picture activities to easily learn many ways to spell the Long E sound in words. 9 Printable activities are based on the included original Long E phonics story ‘Three Free Wishes’. Focus sound letters are printed in green to help students decode the Long E sound in words. Worksheets contain 8 Long E graphemes ea, ee, eo, ey, i, ie, i_e, y Phonics Story ‘Three Free Wishes’ contains 12 Long E graphemes, 8 included in the worksheets plus 4 extra: ay, e, e_e and ei How to Use Use for spelling lessons, word-work, homework, practice, literacy centers Print individual student worksheets or laminate for long lasting use. Print in colour or black and white. Clever Speller combines Phonics with Whole Language to help make sense of crazy English spelling and easily learn that sounds in words can be spelled in many ways.

Matching word and picture activities to easily learn many ways to spell the Long I sound in words. 6 Printable activities in colour and black and white plus 2 copies of the phonics story are included. All words and pictured are from the original Long I phonics story ‘Diamonds in the Sky’. Focus sound letters are printed in green to help students decode the Long I sound in words. Worksheets contain 11 Long I graphemes eigh, eye, i, ia, ie, ig, igh, i_e, uy, y, y_e Phonics Story ‘Diamonds in the Sky’ contains 11 Long I graphemes How to Use Use for spelling lessons, word-work, homework, practice, literacy centers Print individual student worksheets or laminate for long lasting use. Print in colour or black and white. Clever Speller combines Phonics with Whole Language to help make sense of crazy English spelling and easily learn that sounds in words can be spelled in many ways.

Spelling worksheets and phonics activities using the ‘ay’ letter pattern in Long A vowel sound words. Activities include classic spelling contract, make a mini book, find the words in a picture, match words and pictures, rhyming, find the words in the story, vocabulary extension, book marks to make, manipulative phoneme cards, word and picture cards, ideas for hands on activities and assessment. These activities provide opportunities for students to develop phonological awareness and phonemic awareness and easily learn spelling patterns and rules, (phonics). This pack of no prep worksheets is based on 3 word lists, with words from the included Long A phonics story ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’ plus extra words and images. There are 2 levelled lists of 10 words each, plus a list of sight words. A variety of levelled activities make it easy to cater for a range of learning stages and differentiate for your students individual learning needs and interests. Contents Information: About this resource About Story Based Learning 3 Word Lists 2 levels, 10 words in each list list of sight words Baby Jake’s Birthday: Story on a Page 2 copies of Phonics Story with 103 Long A Words showing 9 different ways to spell the Long A vowel sound. Version 1 all text in black Version 2 Long A words printed in green 3 My Words To Learn List of Long A words to learn, Look Cover Write Check 2 levels plus sight words 3 Spelling Contracts Spelling activities for workbooks Write the word to match the picture worksheet 2 Mini Books Write words and draw pictures to make a mini book 2 Words in a Picture Find where all the Long A words belong on the picture 2 Match Words and Pictures Use as individual activities or laminate for re-use 2 copies: Colour and Black and White 3 Rhyming Long A Highlight the rhyming Long A words in the table Finding Long A Find the Long A words in the story Underline the Long A letters Vocabulary Extension Find more ay Long A words How many other sounds do the letters ay represent Answer guide Book Marks Bookmarks for easy reference Word Cards Plain black text Coloured Long A graphemes with pictures Phoneme Cards Cut out and combine the phonemes to make wordsActivity Ideas Practical ideas to teach and reinforce phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence Assessment Dictation Spelling Phonics

Spelling worksheets and phonics activities for the a_e letter pattern in Long A vowel sound words. Activities include classic spelling contract, make a mini book, find the words in a picture, match words and pictures, rhyming, find the words in the story, vocabulary extension, book marks to make, manipulative phoneme cards, word and picture cards, ideas for hands on activities and assessment. Often referred to as ‘magic e’ or ‘bossy e’, this grapheme is one of the most common ways to spell the Long A vowel sound in words. These activities provide opportunities for students to develop phonological awareness and phonemic awareness and easily learn spelling patterns and rules, (phonics). This pack of no prep worksheets is based on 4 differentiated word lists, with all words from the included Long A phonics story ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’. There are 3 levelled lists of 10 words each plus a list of ‘sight words’. A variety of levelled activities make it easy to cater for a range of learning stages and differentiate for your students individual learning needs and interests. Contents Information: About this resource About Story Based Learning 4 Word Lists 3 levels, 10 words in each list 1 list of 9 sight words Baby Jake’s Birthday: Story on a Page** 2 copies of Phonics Story with 103 Long A Words showing 9 different ways to spell the Long A vowel sound. Version 1 all text in black Version 2 Long A words printed in green 4 My Words To Learn List of Long A words to learn, Look Cover Write Check 3 levels plus sight words 4 Spelling Contracts Spelling activities for workbooks Write the word to match the picture worksheet 3 Mini Books Write words and draw pictures to make a mini book 3 Words in a Picture Find where all the Long A words belong on the picture 3 Match Words and Pictures Use as individual activities or laminate for re-use 2 copies: Colour and Black and White 4 Rhyming Long A Highlight the rhyming Long A words in the table Finding Long A Find the Long A words in the story Underline the Long A letters Vocabulary Extension Find more a_e Long A words How many other sounds do the graphemes represent Answer guide Book Marks Bookmarks for easy reference Word Cards Plain black text Coloured Long A graphemes with pictures Phoneme Cards Cut out and combine the phonemes to make words Activity Ideas Practical ideas to teach and reinforce phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence Assessment Dictation Spelling Phonics

Spelling worksheets and phonics activities using the ai letter pattern in Long A vowel sound words. Activities include classic spelling contract, make a mini book, find the words in a picture, match words and pictures, rhyming, find the words in the story, vocabulary extension, book marks to make, manipulative phoneme cards, word and picture cards, ideas for hands on activities and assessment. These activities provide opportunities for students to develop phonological awareness and phonemic awareness and easily learn spelling patterns and rules, (phonics). This pack of no prep worksheets is based on 2 differentiated word lists, with all words from the included Long A phonics story ‘Baby Jake’s Birthday’. There are 2 levelled lists of 10 words each. A variety of levelled activities make it easy to cater for a range of learning stages and differentiate for your students individual learning needs and interests. Contents Information: About this resource About Story Based Learning 2 Word Lists 2 levels, 10 words in each list Baby Jake’s Birthday: Story on a Page 2 copies of Phonics Story with 103 Long A Words showing 9 different ways to spell the Long A vowel sound. Version 1 all text in black Version 2 Long A words printed in green 2 My Words To Learn List of Long A words to learn, Look Cover Write Check 2 levels 2 Spelling Contracts Spelling activities for workbooks Write the word to match the picture worksheet 2 Mini Books Write words and draw pictures to make a mini book 2 Words in a Picture Find where all the Long A words belong on the picture 2 Match Words and Pictures Use as individual activities or laminate for re-use 2 copies: Colour and Black and White 2 Rhyming Long A Highlight the rhyming Long A words in the table Finding Long A Find the Long A words in the story Underline the Long A letters Vocabulary Extension Find more ai Long A words How many other sounds do the letters ‘ai’ represent Answer guide Book Marks Bookmarks for easy reference Word Cards Plain black text Coloured Long A graphemes with pictures Phoneme Cards Cut out and combine the phonemes to make words Activity Ideas Practical ideas to teach and reinforce phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence Assessment DictationSpelling Phonics