Report Writing

Below are some of the resources I use when teaching information report writing. Click on each image to open the download site. You may need to check the page set up when printing to enable A3.

Narrative Writing

Below are some of the resources I use when teaching narrative writing. Click on each image to open the download site. You may need to check the page set up when printing to enable A3.

Spelling and Word Work Activities

Children can choose a number of activities to practise their spelling or word work lists.

Click on the image to open the download

There are twelve different activities in the file –

ABC Order

Pyramid Writing

Rainbow Writing

Bubble Writing

What's it Worth?

Colour Words

Fabulous Fonts

Letter Tiles

Magnetic Letters

Spelling Patterns

Whiteboard Letters

Vowels and Consonants

Word Work – Boggle

This document has ten different boggle pages. Click on the image to open the download.

Word Work – Scrabble Tiles

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Spelling or Word Work Lists

Children can use their own spelling lists (selected from writing approximations) or choose from the New Zealand Essential lists or Dolch lists.

Click on images to open downloads.

Word Work Title

This title can be printed over two A3 landscape pages to create a banner for your Word Work centre.

Numeracy Card Games

These are two pdf files, each with five card games that practice a range of knowledge to support numeracy learning.

     

Click on the thumbnails for the download site.

Dolch Word List 2 Loopy

Here is a set of loopy cards (I have... You have...) for Dolch list 2.  Click on the thumbnail to open the download site.

Easter Cards

Two free Easter cards for you to print.  Click on the thumbnails to open down load site.  Both are png files.

Dolch Word List 1 Loopy

Here is a set of loopy cards (I have... You have...) for Dolch list 1.  I went a bit OTT on the clip art so there is a link to a plain version as well.  Click on the thumbnail to open the download site.

Link to plain version here.

Dolch Lists

I use these lists in my classroom for word work within the Daily Five programme.  Daily Five is a great programme I use for independent literacy activities.

Environmental Backgrounds

With Earth Day fast approaching I have reposted the following...
I have been working with a group of children interested in how we can give back to our school and community through the environment.

I wanted to make a poster to share the roster we have for our compost activities which gave me the opportunity to create a border and background.  When making the tree I learnt more about gradients and fills - exciting!
These three posters are in a single .pdf document - click here for the link.

0–10 Memory Match or Snap

These cards will help early numeracy learners practise numbers, number words, finger patterns and ten frames.

Click on the thumbnail to open the download page.

Summerland Basic Sight Words

This year I am working with a child who needs to develop a bank of sight words.  We play a game where the child collects the known words and I am left with the unknown.  I haven't won yet and the smiles this creates are a joy to see.  I wanted to make a new set of cards to use instead of the very plain ones I found from a few years ago.  Aliens or monsters are a favourite.  The words are ones we use on our assessment sheet but I'm sure are pretty standard world wide - please comment if you would like others and I'll happily make.  There are four sets of 30 cards in the first three and 24 in the fourth.  Click on the thumbnails to open the download page.  Please link back to my blog if you add my work to your blog, web collection or website - thanks.

These cards are 8 x 8 cm when printed on A4.  Please click on the link for the download.

List 1

List 2

List 3

List 4