A super-fun activity for Valentine’s Day. Make these secret code wheels and use them to write a secret message/card for someone special. Included: ♦ 15 templates (different pictures in each wheel). ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Joke – for your students to decipher using their code wheel. ♦ Writing template – for your students to write a secret message on. ♦ 2 card templates – for your students to write a secret message in. Pictures on the inner wheels: Furry love monster, cupcake, cupcake with sign, heart (dotty), heart (concentric), heart (zig-zag), heart (stripes), heart (scalloped edge), flower, tree with hearts, bee, bee mine, bear, lovebug, frog. What you need: All you need is a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin), or alternatively just use a push-pin and attach it to a pin board or something soft like an eraser. They work fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. This template: This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and symbols on the inner wheel. Other templates that are available from my TES store: Blank Template Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and number (ordered) Alphabet and number (jumbled) All of the templates are also available as a 'bundle' for a heavily discounted price. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A snowman lift-the-flap template. A fun booklet for your students to make and present information in. The Templates: • Snowman with snow background. With border. A4 size. • Snowman with snowflake background. With border. A4 size. • Snowman with no background. A4 size. • Snowman with no background. A5 size. How to make: 1. Decorate/draw/write in the ‘belly’ templates. Use as many as you want. 2. Staple the ‘belly’ pieces onto the snowman. 3. Cut out (do this only for the snowmen templates that do not have a border) Ideas for inside the snowman: * Winter vocabulary. * Facts about winter. * Words that begin with ‘S’. * Differences / similarities between summer and winter. * Things I like to do in the winter (pictures or writing). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Jellyfish Template that can be used to make a flip book. A fun and creative task that your students will love! Use as many 'body' templates as you wish, then staple them together on top of the 'master' jellyfish. Ideas for use: writing a report (diet, appearance, predators, etc), writing words that begin with J, presenting jellyfish facts, using as part of an 'under the sea' unit, etc... © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Super-fun stick puppets! Simply laminate and attach a craft stick. Great for oral language development, co-operative learning, topic based study (eg antarctica), drama, performance skills, engaging reluctant learners, etc … Can also be used as a writing prompt (eg script writing, narrative writing, descriptive writing …) This set contains 30 coloured puppets (29 with costumes/props and 1 without). Also included is a template for your students to create their own penguin stick puppet. Your students will LOVE making up performances with these colourful stick puppets. © Suzanne Welch, 2016 Visit my store for more stick puppets and other great classroom resources. Your feedback is appreciated. Thank you.

Tortoise lift-the-flap template. A fun booklet for your students to make to present information in. A variety of templates are provided for your printing/copying convenience. There are 2 sizes - small and large. How to make: 1. Cut out the tortoise and shell templates. 2. Decorate/draw/write in the shell templates. Use as many as you want. 3. Staple the shells onto the body of the tortoise. Ideas for inside the tortoise shell: · Adjectives that describe tortoises. · Questions I have about tortoises. · Facts about tortoises. · Design / invent a tortoise catcher and draw it. · Words that begin with ‘T’. · Differences / similarities between tortoises and turtles. · Report writing - diet, appearance, predators, etc. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Lift Santa's sack and draw or write what you would like for Christmas! Use as many pages as you wish (great when students all work at different speeds). This resource contains 4 variations of the template .... * Santa and sack * Santa and sack with empty speech bubble * Santa and sack with speech bubble (Ho ho ho. What would you like for Christmas?) * Santa and sack with a heading - Merry Christmas You get ... * 4 different templates * Sack template - plain * Sack template - top (has a tie) A great Christmas craft during the festive season. Could also be used for other writing activities. For example, publishing a Christmas poem. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Let your students become a ‘Secret Agent’ or a ‘Spy’ for the day with this fun Halloween resource. They will thank you for such a cool lesson! Here’s what your students can do: 1. Make a secret code wheel. 2. Use the code wheel to decipher some Halloween jokes. 3. Write a secret message on one of the Halloween themed writing templates. Included: ♦ 9 fun wheel templates ♦ 1 page of Halloween jokes to decipher (answers also included) ♦ 3 different Halloween themed templates for writing a secret message on ♦ Teacher notes / instructions Pictures on inner wheel: Cobweb, ghost, ghost holding a candy bag, pumpkin, monster (cute), zombie/monster twins, witch’s hat (draw a head & face under it), candy, skull and crossbones. This resource: This resource is for a secret code wheel that uses the Alphabet – capital and lower case letters. Please see below for my other types of code wheels. Other Halloween Secret Code resources: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and symbols Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and number Or save money and purchase all 3 resources as a bundle: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel - Bundle © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Let your students become a ‘Secret Agent’ or a ‘Spy’ for the day with this fun Halloween resource. They will thank you for such a cool lesson! Here’s what you can do: 1. Make a secret code wheel. 2. Use the code wheel to decipher some Halloween jokes. 3. Make a pumpkin booklet from the Halloween jokes. 4. Write your own secret message on one of the Halloween themed writing templates. Included: ♦ 9 fun wheel templates ♦ 5 Halloween jokes to decipher. Displayed in a pumpkin template (make a booklet after) ♦ 3 different Halloween themed templates for writing a secret message on ♦ Teacher notes / instructions Pictures on inner wheel: Cobweb, ghost, ghost holding a candy bag, pumpkin, monster (cute), zombie/monster twins, witch’s hat (draw a head & face under it), candy, skull and crossbones. This resource: This resource is for a secret code wheel that uses the alphabet on the outer wheel and numbers (1-26) on the inner wheel. Please see below for my other types of code wheels. Other Halloween Secret Code resources: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and symbols Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet (lower and upper case) Or save money and purchase all 3 resources as a bundle: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel - Bundle © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This is a bundle of secret code wheels that have a Christmas Theme. There are 6 different types of code wheels: * Alphabet and alphabet (ordered a-z) * Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) * Alphabet and number (ordered 1-26) * Alphabet and number (jumbled) * Alphabet and symbol * Blank - write the alphabet and create your own code Each resource has 16 Christmas designs on the inner wheel. 5 of the resources contain Christmas jokes for your students to decipher with their wheel (the blank one doesn't contain the jokes). All of the resources contain Christmas themed templates for writing a secret code on. View the individual listings for additional details. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Children love mystery and being a detective! Your students will have so much fun making and using these secret code wheels during the Christmas season. This template has the upper case alphabet on the outer wheel and the lower case alphabet (jumbled) on the inner wheel. See below for other options. Instructions: 1. Colour the picture on the inner wheel. 2. Cut both of the wheels out. 3. Join the wheels together by using a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin). 4. Use your code wheel to find out the answers to the jokes that are written in code. 5. Make up your own Christmas code writing and record on the writing templates that are provided. 6. Give your secret code writing to someone else to decipher. Included: ♦ Teacher notes / instructions. ♦ Code wheel template – 16 different black/white pictures to choose from. ♦ 2 Christmas jokes to decipher. ♦ Writing templates to record your own secret message. The 16 Pictures: snowman, snowflake, star, Christmas tree, Santa, Santa (head), reindeer, reindeer (head), stocking, sleigh, gift, wreath, candle, bells, holly, flying elf. Other templates available in my store: Alphabet and numbers (ordered) Alphabet and numbers (jumbled) Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and symbol Blank template Also available in a money saving BUNDLE. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Children love mystery and being a detective! Your students will have so much fun making and using these secret code wheels during the Christmas season. This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and symbols on the inner wheel. See below for other options. Instructions: 1. Colour the picture on the inner wheel. 2. Cut both of the wheels out. 3. Join the wheels together by using a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin). 4. Use your code wheel to find out the answers to the jokes that are written in code. 5. Make up your own Christmas code writing and record on the writing templates that are provided. 6. Give your secret code writing to someone else to decipher. Included: ♦ Teacher notes / instructions. ♦ Code wheel template – 16 different black/white pictures to choose from. ♦ 2 Christmas jokes to decipher. ♦ Writing templates to record your own secret message. The 16 Pictures: snowman, snowflake, star, Christmas tree, Santa, Santa (head), reindeer, reindeer (head), stocking, sleigh, gift, wreath, candle, bells, holly, flying elf. Other templates available in my store: Alphabet and numbers (ordered) Alphabet and numbers (jumbled) Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Blank template Also available in a money saving BUNDLE. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Children love mystery and being a detective! Your students will have so much fun making and using these secret code wheels during the Christmas season. This template has 26 blank spaces on both of the wheels. Write the alphabet on the outer wheel and make up a code for the inner wheel (alphabet, number, symbol). See below for other options. Instructions: 1. Colour the picture on the inner wheel. 2. Write the alphabet in the spaces on the outer wheel. 3. Write a number, letter or symbol in the spaces on the inner wheel. 4. Cut both of the wheels out. 5. Join the wheels together by using a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin). 6. Use the code wheel to write a secret code (templates included). 7. Give your secret code writing to someone else to decipher. Included: ♦ Teacher notes / instructions. ♦ Code wheel template – 16 different black/white pictures to choose from. ♦ Writing templates to record a secret message. The 16 Pictures: snowman, snowflake, star, Christmas tree, Santa, Santa (head), reindeer, reindeer (head), stocking, sleigh, gift, wreath, candle, bells, holly, flying elf. Other templates: Alphabet and numbers (ordered) Alphabet and numbers (jumbled) Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and symbol Also available in a money saving BUNDLE. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Children love mystery and being a detective! Your students will have so much fun making and using these secret code wheels during the Christmas season. This template has the upper case alphabet on the outer wheel and the lower case alphabet (ordered) on the inner wheel. See below for other options. Instructions: 1. Colour the picture on the inner wheel. 2. Cut both of the wheels out. 3. Join the wheels together by using a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin). 4. Use your code wheel to find out the answers to the jokes that are written in code. 5. Make up your own Christmas code writing and record on the writing templates that are provided. 6. Give your secret code writing to someone else to decipher. Included: ♦ Teacher notes / instructions. ♦ Code wheel template – 16 different black/white pictures to choose from. ♦ 2 Christmas jokes to decipher. ♦ Writing templates to record your own secret message. The 16 Pictures: snowman, snowflake, star, Christmas tree, Santa, Santa (head), reindeer, reindeer (head), stocking, sleigh, gift, wreath, candle, bells, holly, flying elf. Other templates available in my store: Alphabet and numbers (ordered) Alphabet and numbers (jumbled) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and symbol Blank template Also available in a money saving BUNDLE. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Children love mystery and being a detective! Your students will have so much fun making and using these secret code wheels during the Christmas season. This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and numbers 1-26 (jumbled) on the inner wheel. See below for other options. Instructions: 1. Colour the picture on the inner wheel. 2. Cut both of the wheels out. 3. Join the wheels together by using a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin). 4. Use your code wheel to find out the answers to the jokes that are written in code. 5. Make up your own Christmas code writing and record on the writing templates that are provided. 6. Give your secret code writing to someone else to decipher. Included: ♦ Teacher notes / instructions. ♦ Code wheel template – 16 different black/white pictures to choose from. ♦ 2 Christmas jokes to decipher. ♦ Writing templates to record your own secret message. The 16 Pictures: snowman, snowflake, star, Christmas tree, Santa, Santa (head), reindeer, reindeer (head), stocking, sleigh, gift, wreath, candle, bells, holly, flying elf. Other templates available in my store: Alphabet and numbers (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and symbol Blank template Also available in a money saving BUNDLE. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Children love mystery and being a detective! Your students will have so much fun making and using these secret code wheels during the Christmas season. This template has the alphabet on the outer wheel and numbers 1-26 (ordered) on the inner wheel. See below for other options. Instructions: 1. Colour the picture on the inner wheel. 2. Cut both of the wheels out. 3. Join the wheels together by using a split pin (otherwise known as a brad pin). 4. Use your code wheel to find out the answers to the jokes that are written in code. 5. Make up your own Christmas code writing and record on the writing templates that are provided. 6. Give your secret code writing to someone else to decipher. Included: ♦ Teacher notes / instructions. ♦ Code wheel template – 16 different black/white pictures to choose from. ♦ 2 Christmas jokes to decipher. ♦ Writing templates to record your own secret message. The 16 Pictures: snowman, snowflake, star, Christmas tree, Santa, Santa (head), reindeer, reindeer (head), stocking, sleigh, gift, wreath, candle, bells, holly, flying elf. Other templates available in my store: Alphabet and numbers (jumbled) Alphabet and alphabet (ordered) Alphabet and alphabet (jumbled) Alphabet and symbol Blank template Also available in a money saving BUNDLE. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A bundle price for purchasing all 3 of the Halloween Secret Message Code Wheels: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and symbols Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet (lower and upper case) Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and number See separate listings for details.

Let your students become a ‘Secret Agent’ or a ‘Spy’ for the day with this fun Halloween resource. They will thank you for such a cool lesson! Here’s what you can do: 1. Make a secret code wheel. 2. Use the code wheel to decipher a secret text from a witch's spell book. 3. Write your own secret message on one of the Halloween themed writing templates. Included: ♦ 9 fun wheel templates ♦ Secret text from a witch's spell book. ♦ 3 different Halloween themed templates for writing a secret message on ♦ Teacher notes / instructions Pictures on inner wheel: Cobweb, ghost, ghost holding a candy bag, pumpkin, monster (cute), zombie/monster twins, witch’s hat (draw a head & face under it), candy, skull and crossbones. This resource: This resource is for a secret code wheel that uses the alphabet on the outer wheel and symbols on the inner wheel. Please see below for my other types of code wheels. Other Halloween Secret Code resources: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet (lower and upper case) Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel – Alphabet and number Or save money and purchase all 3 resources as a bundle: Halloween Secret Message Code Wheel - Bundle © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Stick puppet templates - Animals and people. Black and white so children can colour them. Included: ♦ 18 animals ♦ 17 people (8 boys, 1 old man, 6 girls, 2 babies) ♦ Blank template to create your own characters/props. The Animals: Dog, walrus, mouse, pig, goat, sheep, bull, cow, duck, cat, lion, elephant, hippo, giraffe, llama, chicken, horse, alpaca. Colour, laminate (optional) and attach to a craft stick. Students can then use these puppets to create puppet shows. Great for oral language development and co-operative work. Use as part of your reading programme to retell stories. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Sheriff Chompalot has arrested you for littering in the ocean! To gain your freedom from the ‘Ocean Jail’, you must decipher some texts about ocean creatures. These texts are written in ‘shark tooth’ code (commonly known as ‘pig pen’ code). Will you be able to gain your key to freedom or will you remain in prison forever? Interesting, fun facts about 15 ocean creatures are written in code and displayed on grey ‘notebook’ paper. A plain copy of the codes is also included (ie, no background). US and UK spelling included. This resource includes: * scenario cards * teacher notes * list of the 15 ocean creatures * code breaking tool (alphabet grid) * 15 code breaking task sheets * answers * templates to write your own coded texts The 15 ocean creatures: Crab, dolphin, fish, hermit crab, jellyfish, lobster, manatee, octopus, seahorse, sea lion, shark, starfish, stingray, turtle, whale. A super-fun activity for learning about ocean creatures which incorporates writing, reading, critical thinking and problem solving. Get your code-breaking cap on! © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun Christmas activity that you can display in the classroom and then take home to hang on the Christmas tree. 2 Design Options: ♦ lift the flaps to reveal a Christmas picture and write a Christmas wish on the back of the star. ♦ lift the flaps to reveal a Christmas wish and have the picture on the back of the star. Included: ♦ Star templates – 30 different picture options. ♦ Instructions – construction, colouring, writing. ♦ Blank template to draw your own picture. 2 Paper Sizes: There are 2 files included in this resource to suit many classrooms around the world. ♦ A4 paper size. ♦ Letter paper size. Suitable for: I believe this activity is suitable for approximately 8 years and over. Some precision with cutting and gluing is required. 2 pieces of paper are used to make each star (front and back). There are 30 different pictures included for the ‘back’ star template which allows plenty of choice for you and your students. Pictures from 5 different clip artists have been used so there is some variation in the style of pictures. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources