‘Clip and Flip’ cards for Māori Numbers 1-20 A fun, hands-on activity for reinforcing the knowledge and recall of numbers 1-20. Instructions: Count how many ladybirds are on the front of the card. Read the words on the right. Match the Māori word with the number of ladybirds and place a clothes peg on that word. Flip the card over to see if you are correct. Take the peg off and try again with another card. Note: The cards do not come with the answer on the back so you will need to place a mark on the reverse side of the card. Just use something like a sticker or make a mark with a coloured pencil. Do this before you laminate the cards. Included: ♦ Cards for numbers 1-20 ♦ Cards for numbers 1-20 without any text (add your own). Words used: tahi, rua, toru, whā, rima, ono, whitu, waru, iwa, tekau, tekau mā tahi, tekau mā rua, tekau mā toru, tekau mā whā, tekau mā rima, tekau mā ono, tekau mā whitu, tekau mā waru, tekau mā iwa, rua tekau. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Cursive Handwriting - copy cards and tracing cards. Included: ♦ Alphabet reference chart showing the letter formation of Aa to Zz. ♦ Word cards – 5 words per card. 3 cards per page. For looking at and writing in your book. Eg. write one whole line of each word. ♦ Alphabet tracing cards. Basic letter formation – lower case and capital letters. Letters and words. ‘Dotty’ letter font. For laminating and using a whiteboard marker on them. 1 letter per page. Note to NZ buyers: unlike my other handwriting resources, this resource is not made with the NZ handwriting font. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of 36 handwriting copy cards. Each card contains 6 words that begin with a common blend, digraph or trigraph. bl br ch cl cr dr fl fr gl gr kn ph pl pr qu sc sh sk sl sm sn sp st sw th tr tw wh wr scr spl spr shr squ str thr 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’. Two cards on each A4 sized paper. ‘Ink-friendly’ black and white. Numbers 0-9 at the bottom of each card. Two sets of cards provided – half height numbers and full height numbers. Use the cards however you wish. For example: • Write one line of each word. • Put each word into a sentence. • Write a sentence (or two) that contains all 6 words. • Brainstorm a list of additional words after completing the card. • Use the cards in a word study activity. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of ‘Park the car’ activity sheets for sight words from magenta to orange. A great hands-on literacy activity that will engage many of your students (particularly your boys). * Words are written with the NZ Basic Script font. * Car parks are provided in both colour and black/white. (see photos) * Two blank templates are provided for you to make up your own car park of words. * You will need to provide your own toy cars, however there are some included that you can print, cut and laminate if necessary. This activity can be played and adapted to however works best for you and your students. Two examples are: ♦ Students play in pairs and take alternate turns. Person A says “Park your car on the word did”. Person B ‘drives’ their toy car and parks on the word. Person A checks and confirms if it was correct parking or not. Students could receive a ’point’ for each one they get correct or you could simply make it non-competitive. ♦ Students play in pairs and take alternate turns. Person A drives their car into a space and says “I parked my car on the word did”. Person B checks and replies “True” or “False”. The person parking the car can try to trick the other player. • More than one car park can be lined up to make it more challenging. • You can send a ‘car park’ home with your students as an alternate way of reinforcing sight word learning at home. • For reluctant readers they may feel more encouraged to participate if they get to bring in a toy car from home to use. Perhaps link it to a writing activity as well. • It doesn’t have to be a toy car … it could be a truck, motorbike, horse etc. High frequency words align to the NZ reading colour wheel: ♦ magenta (25 words - 3 activity boards) ♦ red (28 words - 3 activity boards) ♦ yellow (31 words - 4 activity boards) ♦ blue (37 words - 4 activity boards) ♦ green (49 words – 5 activity boards) ♦ orange (63 words – 7 activity boards) © 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 in an alternative border (scrappy style), in my store. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Battleships Game 3 different levels. 4 different templates within each level. Great for reinforcing a math lesson on CO-ORDINATES. Level 1: 11x10 grid. 5 different forces (7 to destroy). 4 different templates. Level 2: 17x14 grid. 8 different forces. 4 different templates. Level 3: 24x14 grid. Determine your own forces. 4 different templates. Chart provided to show air/land/sea forces. Instructions included. Co-ordinates are letter/number (eg B12) Land, Air and Sea forces. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A super-fun activity for your students during Easter. Make the secret code wheel and use it to decipher some Easter jokes. Then use the secret code wheel to write your own secret messages. Included: ♦ Secret code wheel template ♦ Teacher notes ♦ 12 Easter jokes to decipher (answers included) ♦ Various Easter themed templates for your students to write secret messages on How it works: Turn the inner wheel so that the ‘code ear’ is pointing to the letter of the alphabet that you see in the mystery code writing. Look at the letter of the alphabet that the ‘answer ear’ is pointing to and write it down. Continue in this way until all of the letters in the mystery code have been deciphered. 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. It works fine with paper if you don’t have a supply of card. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Practise your colour identification with these 3 gameboards. UK and USA spelling included (colour/color grey/gray) The Game: 4-in-a-row: ♦ Instructions and gameboards included. ♦ All you need is a dice and some counters. ♦ Suitable for 2 players. How to play: 1. Player A rolls the dice. 2. Player A reads the colour word that is located under the picture of the dice on the left side of the board. 3. Player A finds that colour on the gameboard and covers one of those squares with one of their counters. 4. Player B has their turn. 5. Players continue to take turns. The winner is the first player to get 4 of their counters in a row. Gameboard 1: red, yellow, blue, green, black, orange Gameboard 2: white, pink, brown, purple, grey, cream Gameboard 3: light blue, dark blue, light green, dark green, light brown, dark brown

Colour Mixing – flashcards, activity sheets, game and reference chart UK and USA spelling included (colour/color grey/gray) Flash Cards - 3 different types: ♦ colour splodges and word equations ♦ colour splodge equations – work out the final colour ♦ colour splodge equations – work out the missing colour Activity Sheets - 3 different types: ♦ colour the last splodge of the equation (print in colour) ♦ colour the splodges and work out the last splodge of the equation ♦ colour the splodges and work out the missing splodge Game: ‘Four-in-a-row’ game - instructions and gameboard. All you need is a dice and some counters. 1. Player A rolls the dice. 2. Player A reads the colour mixing equation that is located under the picture of the dice on the left side of the board. 3. Player A finds the answer to the colour mixing equation on the gameboard and covers one of those squares with one of their counters. 4. Player B has their turn. 5. Players continue to take turns. The winner is the first player to get 4 of their counters in a row. The 6 colour mixing equations: red + white = pink blue + yellow = green red + blue = purple white + black = grey green + red = brown yellow + red = orange

A super-fun way to practise handwriting, spelling, keyboard skills, etc. Laminate and use with a whiteboard marker. ‘Write – Type – Wipe’ The templates: ♦ Blank ♦ White ♦ Light Grey ♦ Dark Grey ♦ Blue ♦ Pink ♦ Green All templates come with or without the writing guidelines on the 'screen'. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Handwriting cards for New Zealand junior classrooms. 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. All letters are in lower case. The cards are designed to be laminated so your students can 'write and wipe'. 26 cards (a-z). Made on A4 size paper. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A birthday train for your classroom wall. Ideas: ♦ place photos of the children in their birthday month carriage. ♦ children write their name in their birthday month carriage. ♦ make ‘birthday wish gifts’ and pop them up the top of the carriage. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Give your students a licence to drive a PEN-CAR. Your students will love these and will strive to earn one! This resource contains 2 files for different classrooms around the world – spelling of LICENSE and LICENCE. The pen-cars come in 5 different colours (blue, red, green, yellow, pink). Your students will find it difficult to choose which one they would like to receive. Included: ♦ Pen licence - Large (5 different colours, 1 to a page) ♦ Pen licence - Small (5 different colours, 4 to a page) ♦ Certificate - (1 to a page) ♦ Wall chart – for your students to write their name on once they have their licence. Two different templates. ♦ Teacher recording / tracking sheet ♦ Teacher notes A great incentive for great handwriting! Licence Details: ♦ Student name ♦ Date of issue ♦ Issued by (teacher's name) ♦ Licence number (just make one up) ♦ Classroom number ♦ Student signature © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

New Zealand Handwriting Copy Cards. A-Z of animals. 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’. 4 sets of cards are included: ♦ Lined cards with full height numbers ♦ Lined cards with half height numbers ♦ Unlined cards with full height numbers ♦ Unlined cards with half height numbers A5 size (2 per A4) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Display cards with the Maori Days of the Week. Set 1 – Māori word only Set 2 – Māori and English word. Also includes one in a larger size with all 7 words. 2 per A4 page. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A double-sided reference card for students to have at their work station. Great for students who are still learning to write their name, recall letter shapes, know their colours, count forwards/backwards to 20, etc. Cut, place back-to-back, then laminate. The templates: ♦ black and white ♦ black and white with ‘colour’ circles shaded ♦ 10 x coloured border On the card: ♦ student’s name ♦ Aa-Zz alphabet ♦ number line 1-20 ♦ left/right ♦ colour swatches ♦ days of the week The font used on the cards is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are identical to those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Playdough Number Mats - Numbers 1-10 ♦ Your students make a playdough number and place it on the number on the card. ♦ Then they make some objects for the picture (a small picture in the bottom left corner of each card indicates what they need to make and place on the big picture). Make 1 spider for the web. Make 2 fish for the fish bowl. Make 3 cupcakes for the plate. Make 4 butterflies for the garden Make 5 buttons for the shirt. Make 6 sausages for the fry pan. Make 7 apples for the tree. Make 8 eggs for the nest. Make 9 worms for the pile of dirt. Make 10 candles for the birthday cake. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. A4 size. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Classroom Cash / Classroom Money Black and white templates for 3 sets of classroom currency. Denominations: $1 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 3 different sets: ♦ ‘interesting’ portraits ♦ historical portraits ♦ boy/girl portraits Suitable for a range of classroom levels. Ink-friendly – 4 to a page and in black/white. Copy onto coloured paper if you wish. Keywords: Classroom dash, Scholar dollars, Classroom currency, classroom money, play money, behaviour management, classroom economy, behaviour bucks, © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of 42 handwriting copy cards. Each card contains 6 words that contain a word family chunk. Word families: an at it et ig in all ing ot op un ay ook est ell ame ake ide ip ock uck ump unk ap ail ain ick ill ash ink ate ug eat ice ank ine oke ope ack ale aw ore The group of letters are usually contained at the end of the word, however in some words it is at the beginning or within the word somewhere. Example for ‘ank’: tank sank drank thank blanket ankle 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’. Two cards on each A4 sized paper. ‘Ink-friendly’ black and white. Numbers 0-9 at the bottom of each card. Two sets of cards provided – half height numbers and full height numbers. Use the cards however you wish. For example: • Write one line of each word. • Put each word into a sentence. • Write a sentence (or two) that contains all 6 words. • Brainstorm a list of additional words after completing the card. • Use the cards in a word study activity. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

NZ high frequency sight words game – ‘The Race into Space’. A fun and engaging game that encourages the practise of sight words. 2 gameboards for each colour from Magenta to Orange. Equipment needed: dice, counters, gameboard. Number of players: best played with 2. Aim of the game – roll the dice, read the word aloud and move your counter up the row of words towards ‘space’ (the stars). The first person to get all of their counters (rockets) up to the stars is the winner. Included: ♦ Coloured gameboards ♦ Black and White gameboards ♦ Blank template (black and white gameboard) ♦ Instructions / notes Words are written using the NZ Basic Script Font. Gameboards are coloured according to the group of words. The black and white gameboards have the colour word written in the bottom left corner. High frequency words align to the NZ reading colour wheel: ♦ magenta (25 words) ♦ red (28 words) ♦ yellow (31 words) ♦ blue (37 words) ♦ green (49 words) ♦ orange (63 words) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources