Help develop strong oral and written storytelling skills in your classroom with the help of this useful writing centre! Designed with early writers in mind, use just the three type of picture cards (where? who? what?) as visual support to prompt rich oral storytelling or combine their use with our helpful templates and writing sheets to capture their narratives as they begin writing. Here’s what’s included - 45 different setting cards (where) - picture + text 6 per A4 page 57 different character cards (who) - picture + text 6 per A4 page 54 different event cards (what) - picture + text 6 per A4 page ‘Tell Me A Story’ mats (colored boxes only) - 4 versions A4 page ‘Tell Me A Story’ mat (colored boxes and writing space) - 4 versions A4 page ‘Tell Me A Story’ writing page with space for illustration plus checklist for editing To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.

Help build your students vocabularies and make learning those tricky digraphs and dipthongs easier with these different hands-on sorting activities suitable for small groups, literacy centers or homeschooling. Ready to print activities for the sounds - AI/AY/AW/AU/OI/OY/AR/OR/ER/IR/UR/EA/EE/EY/CK/NG/CH/TH/SH/WH/PH Choose from picture only mats, word only or blank ones - mix and match to suit the needs for your students. Over 100 pages of ready to print activities perfect for introducing, identifying, differentiating and reviewing the different digraphs and dipthongs. Here’s what’s included - SOUNDS INCLUDED so far - AI/AY/AW/AU/OI/OY/AR/OR/ER/IR/UR/EA/EE/EY/CK/NG/CH/TH/SH/WH/PH sorting mats for each sound (3 versions - blank, picture only + word only) - 1 per A4 page picture + word sorting cards for each digraph - 14 per A4 page picture only + word only sorting cards for each digraph - 8 of each type per A4 page File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children learning to identify rhyme and practice producing rhyming words. The 18 different I Spy mats focus on the short vowel sound word families children making them ideal for children beginning to spell. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Answer cards provided for each I Spy Mat allowing children to check their own work independently - the perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! This updated BUNDLE (Oct 2018) includes - _ AG Word Family - tag, bag, flag, rag, wag, zigzag _ AM Word Family - jam, clam, dam, ham, pram, ram _ AN Word Family - can, fan, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, van _ AP Word Family - cap, gap, map, nap, tap, zap _ AT Word Family - cat, bat, bat (baseball), fat, mat, rat _ ED Word Family - led, bed, fed, red, sled, wed _ EN Word Family - men, chicken, den, hen, pen, ten _ ET Word Family - set, get, jet, net, pet, vet, wet _ IG Word Family - rig, dig, fig, gig, pig, wig _ IN Word Family - tin, bin, fin, pin, spin, twin _ IP Word Family - rip, chip, dip, drip, lip, sip, ship, skip, whip _ IT Word Family - kit, hit, knit, pit, sit, zit _ OG Word Family - cog, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log _ OP Word Family - hop, chop, cop, lollipop, mop, stop, top _ OT Word Family - hot, cot, dot, knot, plot, pot, pot, rot _ UG Word Family - shrug , bug, hug, jug, mug, plug, rug, tug _ UM Word Family - yum, drum, hum, gum, plum, sum, thumb _ UN Word Family - run, bun (bread), bun (hair), gun, nun, sun