Have your little learners practise writing their upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. After they’ve finished the writing they can move on to a cutting, sorting and pasting activity at the base of the worksheet. Here they need to identify 4 upper case and 4 lower case letters and glue them into two groups. Approximately 32 different fonts have been used throughout the activity sheets. Your students will need to use their knowledge of the letter shapes to group them successfully. Where the letters look the same (eg c, p, x) they’ll need to look at the size to determine which ones are which. Included: ♦ A-Z (one page for each letter) ♦ A-Z (one page for each letter) – with light grey letters for tracing over Please view the images to see the two different formats. There is a space at the top of the sheet for your students to write their name. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A great set of 60 activity sheets to help your students learn to spell the NZ essential spelling words from lists 1-8. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by one of 8 box shapes. Your students will determine what the mystery word is by looking carefully at the size and shape of the letters. Teaching aids are included to help you teach this. Your students can either write on the activity sheets or they can write the answer in their exercise book (questions are numbered to assist with this). If you put the sheets in a plastic sleeve and pop the answer sheet behind it, your students will be able to mark their own work ... perfect! Plus it cuts down on photocopying. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Each shape of the box matches the style of the letters in this font. For example, there is a ¾ height box for the letter ‘t’. Included: ♦ List 1 – 2 worksheets ♦ List 2 – 3 worksheets ♦ List 3 – 5 worksheets ♦ List 4 – 10 worksheets ♦ List 5 – 10 worksheets ♦ List 6 – 10 worksheets ♦ List 7 – 10 worksheets ♦ List 8 – 10 worksheets ♦ Answer sheets for all worksheets ♦ Teaching aids to help explain the letter boxes to your students Features: ♦ 10 words / boxes per worksheet ♦ Boxes are numbered 1-10 ♦ Each worksheet is labelled with a list number (eg 6e) List 8 = commonly misspelt words ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

These activity sheets are for sight words at the Yellow and Blue level. A total of 68 activity sheets. Students trace the focus word, have a go at writing it, and then cut the letter tiles and paste them into the empty boxes. There are additional letter tiles for words that are 1-5 letters in length. Students will need to sort out which letters they need to keep to make the word. A great activity for working on fine motor skills. Students also get to practise writing their name on every activity sheet. Words are written with the NZ Basic Script font. Lines are 14mm high with a 7mm dashed line. Made on A4 size paper (landscape orientation). Two worksheets per sheet. Worksheets are A5 size. High frequency words align to the NZ reading colour wheel: ♦ Yellow (31 words) ♦ Blue (37 words) These activity sheets are also available for other reading levels: * Magenta and Red * Green and Orange Words Used: Yellow: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father Blue: have help here’s home let need again laugh soon talked could had find end making under very were your walk girl about don’t last what now goes because next than fun bag coming did or cake run ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

64 alphabetical order task cards for lists 1-8 of the NZ Essential Spelling Words. Simply print, cut, fold in half and laminate. Folding in half will give you the word list on the front and the answers on the back. Perfect for independent work. Self-marking means no extra work for you! The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. ♦ 10 words per card. ♦ 8 cards per list. ♦ Total of 64 cards. Provided in both black and white and colour. The colours used in this resource are the same as the colours used for each list level in my ‘Essential Spelling Word Cards’ Resource. Click here to view. Great for word work, spelling practise, literacy centres, daily 5 activity, early finishers, etc. Designed on A4 size paper. 4 cards per page. Each card measures approximately 45mm x 135mm. List 8 = Commonly Misspelt Words ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

84 ‘Sight Word Watches’ for words at the Magenta, Red and Yellow levels of the NZ colour wheel. What’s the time? Sight word time! 1. Decorate 2. Cut (or just leave it as a wide band) 3. Wear (just use some tape to attach it to the wrist) Included: ♦ 25 pages of Magenta word watches ♦ 28 pages of Red word watches ♦ 31 pages of Yellow word watches ♦ 2 blank watch templates (add your own words) The font: The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The font is in ‘outline’ style, enabling your students to colour/trace the word. The size of the font varies as it depends on the size of the word. The smaller the word, the bigger the font. ♦ 5 watches per A4 size paper. ♦ Dashed cut lines between the watches. ♦ Simple watch design – easy to cut around. Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked Yellow: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Alphabet Watches for junior students (A-Z) Bonus: number watches 1-20 also included. Included: ♦ Capital and lower case letter together (Aa) ♦ Capital letter (A) ♦ Lower case letter (a) ♦ Numbers 0-20 The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The size of the font varies as it depends on the shape of the letter. 1. Decorate 2. Cut (or just leave it as a wide band) 3. Wear (attach to the wrist with a little bit of tape) Activity Ideas: ♦ practise writing the focus letter on the strap. ♦ draw objects on the strap that begin with the focus letter. ♦ write or show facts to five on the strap of the 5 watch. ♦ draw six objects on the 6 watch. ♦ wear the watch on your non-dominant hand during handwriting … is the watch able to help you do super-duper printing? A fun activity for your ‘Letter of the Day’ and phonics programme. ♦ 5 watches per A4 size paper. ♦ Dashed ‘cut lines’ between the watches. ♦ Simple watch design that is quick and easy to cut around. ♦ Length of watch is approximately 18cm. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This activity is for words at the Magenta and Red level. A total of 53 activity sheets. Students trace the focus word, have a go at writing it, and then cut the letter tiles and paste them into the empty boxes. There are additional letter tiles for the Red words. Students will need to sort out which letters they need to keep to make the word. The Magenta words only have the letter tiles that are needed. A great activity for working on fine motor skills. Students also get to practice writing their name on every activity sheet. Words are written with the NZ Basic Script font. Lines are 14mm high with a 7mm dashed line. Made on A4 size paper (landscape orientation). Two of the same worksheets per page (the worksheets are A5 size). High frequency words align to the NZ reading colour wheel: ♦ magenta (25 words) ♦ red (28 words) These activity sheets are also available for other reading levels: * Yellow and Blue * Green and Orange Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Make an alphabet wristband and wear it like a superhero! What impressive super power will you display? 1. Trace the letters. Then write the letters by yourself. 2. Decorate the ‘letter explosion’ in the centre. 3. Cut around the outside. 4. Wrap it around the wrist and attach it with a little tape. Of course, you don't have to make the wristband. You could use these templates in any way you wish. Included: 26 pages of wristband templates (A-Z) Features: ♦ Both capital and lower case letter formation. ♦ Pale grey font used for the letters that are traced over. ♦ Dashed centre line in a pale grey font to help with letter size. ♦ The templates have 3 capital letters and 4 lower case letters (except for ‘m’ and ‘w’ which have 2 capital letters and 3 lower case letters, due to their width). ♦ Simple shape to cut around. ♦ 3 templates to each A4 size page. ♦ Dimensions are approximately 185mm x 85mm. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. A ‘super’ fun activity for ‘super’ kids (and teachers). Let’s face it, we all like to be a superhero once in a while …. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Handwriting copy cards for the NZ essential spelling lists 1-8. ♦ 10 words per card. ♦ 4 cards per A4 page. ♦ 35 cards (plus one bonus card) The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Lists are 1-7 and list 8 is the ‘Commonly Misspelt Words’. Each handwriting card has the list number in the top right corner. A grey dashed line is used to indicate the half-way mark. The 'bonus card' is the days of the week and the words 'yesterday, today, tomorrow'. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A comprehensive pack of cards for junior students to learn to write the alphabet. Many options available …. simply print the ones you would like for your classroom. Designed to be laminated. Students ‘write and wipe’. Great for a literacy centre / daily 5 activity. The font: 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 font styles: ♦ regular ♦ outline ♦ dotty Font colours: ♦ black ♦ light grey The selection of cards: ♦ lower case alphabet ♦ upper case alphabet ♦ lower and upper case alphabet with numbers ♦ numbers 0-9 ’Start here’ dots: You can select a card with or without a ‘start here’ dot on each letter/number. So much choice! With all of the variations listed above, you can select the appropriate alphabet cards for your students. For example, you might decide to print …. A lower case alphabet card in grey outline font with ‘start here’ dots. Or perhaps you need …. A number strip in black regular font to assist a student in maths. What ever you need, it should be here. All alphabet cards are A4 size and they have a coloured border. The numbers are ‘strips’ with 3 on each A4 page. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

New Zealand Essential Spelling Lists 1-7 (+ commonly misspelt words). A fun board game to help your students learn their spelling words. The variety of boards will give them a sense of choice and will help to keep them motivated to play. The cute graphics are bound to appeal to both you and your students. Included: ♦ 6 different game boards in 3 different styles (click on ‘preview’ above to see them all). All have a penguin theme. ♦ Word lists. ♦ Blank template to make up your own word lists (if necessary) ♦ Reference chart for students (homonym/homophone words that they will need to put in a sentence). How to play: A game for 2 or more players. Roll the dice and move your counter around the board. You will land on a coloured square. Another player will ask you to spell a word from that colour group from the essential spelling list that you are currently learning. You can spell the word out loud, or write it on a piece of paper. If you spell the word correctly, you receive one point. The winner is the player who reaches a predetermined number (eg 20 points), or whoever has the most points after an allocated time. Your students can play this game with anyone! Players do not need to be playing against others on the same word list. Great for daily 5, literacy centres, word study, early finishers, wet day games, etc. This game can easily be adapted to any spelling words. You will just have to write them on the blank template that is provided. Easy! Designed on A3 size paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A comprehensive pack of cards for junior students to learn to write the Māori alphabet. Many options available …. simply print the ones you would like for your classroom. Designed to be laminated. Students ‘write and wipe’. Great for a literacy centre / daily 5 activity. The font: 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 font styles: ♦ regular ♦ outline ♦ dotty The font colours: ♦ black ♦ light grey The selection of cards: ♦ lower case alphabet ♦ upper case alphabet ♦ numbers 0-9 ♦ upper and lower case alphabet, vowel macrons, numbers ’Start here’ dots: You can select a card with or without a ‘start here’ dot on each letter/number. This is available on: lower case alphabet, upper case alphabet, and number strips. It is not available for the cards that have both upper/lower case and numbers on it. So much choice!: With all of the variations listed above, you can select the appropriate alphabet cards for your students. For example, you might decide to print …. A lower case alphabet card in grey outline font with ‘start here’ dots. Or perhaps you need …. A number strip in black regular font to assist a student in maths. Whatever you need, it should be here. All alphabet cards are A4 size and they have a coloured border. The numbers are ‘strips’ with 3 on each A4 page. Alphabet: a e i o u h k m n p r t w wh ng ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Do you need some handwriting goals for your lessons? Well, here is a set of 12 ‘handwriting target’ cards. Each card has a target board with a pencil/arrow hitting the centre. A word beginning with the letter ‘S’ is written next to it (eg size, slope, spacing, speed …). Fun and easy for your students to remember. Included: ♦ 12 target cards (2 per page) ♦ teacher notes (brief outline of the 12 target words) ♦ visual prompts for assessment (targets and stars) Great for: ♦ forming success criteria in handwriting lessons ♦ deciding individual goals in handwriting lessons ♦ as a wall display A great reminder for what students need to do to earn a ‘pen licence’. For a great pen licence template, click here The font used on the cards is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Handwriting copy cards for 2 lists of Dolch words: 1. 220 Dolch words in frequency order. 2. 95 Dolch nouns in alphabetical order. ♦ 10 words per card. ♦ 4 cards per A4 page. ♦ 32 cards in total. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Each handwriting card is numbered in the top right corner. The nouns have the letter ‘N’ before the card number. A grey dashed line is used to indicate the half-way mark. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

NZ Essential Spelling Words from Lists 1-8 An fun activity to practise spelling words. How it works: This activity can be done independently or in a group with others. Each person has one sheet of paper with words from the spelling list they are currently working on. Students take turns to roll the dice, read the word that matches the dice number, and write the word in the column underneath. There are 9 spaces under each word. Students can either: Roll - read - write Or Roll - read - cover - write A blank template is also included, enabling you to customise the spelling words for your students. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. This enables your students to work on their spelling and handwriting at the same time! An option would be to laminate the page(s) and make it a ‘write and wipe’ activity. The list number is written in the top right corner of each page. Made on A4 paper. (List 8 = commonly misspelt words). ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Great for a literacy centre activity – spelling and handwriting at the same time! Cut and laminate the cards. Students ‘write and wipe’. 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 font is in ‘outline’ style. 4 cards per A4 page. Each card has the essential spelling list number in the top right hand corner. 1 letter words are written 3 times on the card. 2 letter words are written 2 times on the card. All other words are written once on the card. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Eleven Word Searches for Lists 1-4 of the NZ Essential Spelling Words. Included: ♦ 11 word searches in lower case letters ♦ 11 word searches in capital letters ♦ 11 Answer sheets ♦ Blank template – for your students to create their own word search Features: ♦ 10 words per word search. Words written in alphabetical order. ♦ 10x10 grid. ♦ A space for your students to write their name. No more unclaimed work lying scattered on the floor! ♦ Lists 1 and 2 – words are written in one of three directions. Arrow symbols provided on each sheet. ♦ Lists 3 and 4 – words are written in one of eight directions. Arrow symbols provided on each sheet. ♦ Tick boxes next to the word lists to enable your students to complete another activity with these words once they’re finished the word search. Eg. turn the sheet over and write the words in a sentence. (The tick boxes mean the words are not crossed out and unreadable). ♦ Simple graphic included on each sheet. ♦ List number written on each sheet. ♦ Calibri font. ♦ Select the best format for your students – capital or lower case letters. ♦ Large A4 size. Still great when reduced to A5 size. 1 x List One 2 x List Two 3 x List Three 5 x List Four ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

NZ Essential Spelling Lists 1-8 Word Cards Words written in ‘NZ Basic Script’ font. List 8 – commonly misspelt words. Each list has a different coloured border. These colours match the lists in my other Essential Spelling List Resource – 5 words on a card. Click here to view. 10 words on each A4 piece of paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

An engaging sight word activity …. particularly for your boys. Build a racing track and drive a toy car along it, reading the sight words as you go. This resource contains all 220 Dolch words. They are grouped in the following categories: ♦ Pre-primer ♦ Primer ♦ First Grade ♦ Second Grade ♦ Third Grade Provided in the following formats: ♦ Letter size paper ♦ A4 size paper The Dolch words are written on a piece of ‘racing track’. Print them off, laminate, and cut. Use as many pieces as you wish and combine them with the corners, starting grid and finishing line. Your students can design their very own racing track! You can use this resource to make up all sorts of games and activities. For example … * Make a racing track that is in the form of a loop. Roll a dice and travel that many spaces along the race track, reading the sight words as you go. Every time you pass the finishing line (chequered squares or flags) you score one point. Who can score 10 points first? * As above, but when you land on a word you count how many letters it has. You say the word out loud that many times. For example, if you land on the word ‘little’ you say it 6 times. * The teacher (or a buddy) says a word. Drive your car to that word. * The teacher (or a buddy) gives a clue to a word. Drive your car to that word. For example, drive your car to a word that starts with b and ends with k. Or, drive your car to a 3 letter word that rhymes with ‘man’. A different racing track layout can be built each time. Great for your creative learners! Included: ♦ Track pieces with one Dolch word written on each. ♦ Blank track pieces (to add additional words if necessary). ♦ Corners, starting grid and finish line. ♦ Teacher notes and a word list. Ink friendly - all in black/grey/white. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. This is a great font for students learning to read. Each word is written on a faint grey line. You will need to provide the toy cars. This resource is very versatile. Print more than one copy to make more track pieces, combine more than one set, etc. 4 track pieces (4 words) on each page. This resource is also available for NZ Sight Words (available in my TES store). © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

NZ handwriting copy cards. A-Z of countries around the world. Each card contains lower/upper case letter formation, the name of a country, 1-2 sentences about that country, and numbers 0-9. There are no countries that start with the letter X. Mexico has been used on this card as it contains the letter x. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. 2 sets of cards are provided: * half height numbers * full height numbers 26 cards (A-Z) Cards are A5 size. There are two cards per A4 page. A great way to learn about other countries while practising handwriting. If you have a number of devices, early finishers could then move on to researching more facts about the country. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources