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

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

Is spelling homework driving you crazy? Is the preparation of it eating up all of your precious time? Then here is the answer for you …. 39 weeks of spelling lists to cover your teaching year. Word families and high frequency words. Two levels – A and B. EDITABLE FORMAT This resource is provided in two formats: * An editable WORD document – adjust it to suit you! Add dates, change spelling to suit your part of the world, etc. * A PDF document – print it out as it is and write dates on before photocopying and giving to your students. 39 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. EXAMPLE – word family ‘OP’: Level A Word family – top, pop, shop, chop, drop, stop High frequency – but, was Level B Word family – all of level A words, plus: topple, develop, floppiest, galloping, lopsided, scallop. High frequency - when, what, who, where, why UK OR USA SPELLING? The lists are made using UK spelling but the WORD document is editable so if there are any words that need altering, it’s easy peasy! What do I do? Simply send the 10 week list home with the student at the beginning of the term. Ask them to keep it somewhere safe. The student refers to this list each week to learn the words. Test the students on this list at the end of each week. No more … * lists with spelling mistakes. * lists with untidy printing. * excuses about lists left at home/school. * random lists full of words without a spelling focus. * sitting up till midnight or using your weekends to prepare spelling lists. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Junior Journals - 'Journal Hunts' for numbers 40-49. New Zealand classroom resource. Worksheets: 10 Journal Hunts (+ answer sheets) These 'Journal Hunts' are similar to a 'scavenger hunt'. In each journal, students are asked 32 questions and the answers are found in either the text or the pictures. There is one question per page. This is a great activity to reinforce the skill of skimming and scanning. Answer sheets are provided - very easy to mark! A reference sheet is provided. This outlines the meaning and gives examples for words such as synonyms, syllables, adjectives, etc. Two certificate templates are provided to celebrate success and participation in this activity. There is room for students to write their answers on the worksheet (some of the longer answers may need to be written on the back of the sheet). Alternatively, children can write their answers in their exercise book and the question sheets can then be reused with another group. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. Made by a teacher, for teachers. A great resource for your reading programme. It will save you hours of time! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Activity sheets for Junior Journal 52 for your classroom reading programme. This resource will save you hours of time! A worksheet for every item in the journal (2 stories, 2 articles and 1 poem) * Ordering events. * Code breaking. * Compound words. * Cloze. * Nouns and verbs. * Select the correct words. * Drawing. * Who questions. * Maori / English vocabulary. * Complete a chart. * Unjumble words. Also included is a 'Junior Journal Hunt'. 32 questions - one question for every page in the book. Questions relate to the text (eg comprehension, word study, etc) and the pictures. A word study reference sheet is included for your students to refer to (less interruptions while you're with another group!) and certificate template to celebrate the children's success and effort. Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Activity sheets for your classroom reading programme using Junior Journal 51. A worksheet for every item in the journal (3 articles, 2 stories,1 poem) * True or false? * Complete the sentence. * Nouns and verbs. * Article hunt. * Cloze. * Compound words. * Ordering events. * Rhyming words. * Word frames. Also included is a 'Junior Journal Hunt'. 32 questions - one question on each page. Questions relate to the text (comprehension, word study, etc) and the pictures. Word study reference sheet included for the students to refer to (less interruptions when you're with another group!) Certificate templates included to celebrate the children's success. This resource will save you hours of time! © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Worksheets for 'Junior Journal 50' (New Zealand Reading) Excellent resource for your reading programme. Made by a teacher … for teachers. This resource contains: * Ordering events. * Cloze, compound words, suffix (-ful). * Word search. * Alphabetical order, unjumble the words, circle the correct spelling, word frames. * Drawing and predicting. * True or false? * Journal hunt (like a scavenger hunt - for the whole book). Question sheet, answer sheet, word study reference sheet, certificate templates. Answer sheets included (where applicable) Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Worksheets for Junior Journals 45-49. (New Zealand) A worksheet for every story, article, poem and play in the Junior Journals 45-49. 30 quality worksheets in total. Excellent for classroom use. Made by a teacher, for teachers. Great for photocopying. Most of the worksheets can be reduced from A4 to A5 if necessary. Worksheet activities include: * cloze * ordering events * labelling * collective nouns * general comprehension questions * symbols * matching 2 parts of a sentence * prediction, message, etc * code breaking * drawing * adjectives, nouns, verbs * story hunt * Te Reo. * wordfind * antonyms * alphabetical order * word frames * matching * compound words * craft * rhyming * 'who' questions * multi-choice quiz * question marks * onomatopoeia All worksheets have a space for students to write their name. Early finishers can colour the blackline images and decorate the border. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. This is an excellent classroom resource to use in your reading programme. It will save you hours of work! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Worksheets for Junior Journals 40-44. (New Zealand) A worksheet for every story, article, poem and play in the Junior Journals 40-44. 28 quality worksheets in total. Excellent for classroom use. Made by a teacher, for teachers. Great for photocopying. Most of the worksheets can be reduced from A4 to A5 if necessary. Worksheet activities include: * cloze * ordering events * designing a label * sorting * spelling rule - singular to plural * fact or opinion * true or false * poster * contractions * word endings (s, ed, ing) * labelling * compound words * general comprehension * rhyming words * life cycle * word frames * article hunt * 'what' questions * synonyms * wordfind * sp and st words * personification All worksheets have a space for students to write their name. Early finishers can colour the blackline images and decorate the border. Printing and/or photocopying permission is granted to the purchaser only. This is an excellent classroom resource to use in your reading programme. It will save you hours of work! Please see my other listings for additional Junior Journal resources. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This is a bundle for Level A, B, C of the 'Communic-8' game. An activity/game that supports learning in oral language and math (geometry). TASK: Can you direct your buddy to draw an identical image to the one you are holding? Students are paired. Person A is given an image. He/She must use his/her amazing communication skills to give instructions to Person B to draw an identical image. Person A cannot watch what Person B is drawing. This activity results in students becoming better at using specific vocabulary (eg, shape, position, direction, size). SUPER FUN ��� your students will love it! Each of the three levels contains: * 30 different task cards * Teacher notes Level A - Basic Level B - Intermediate Level C - Challenging © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

An activity/game that supports learning in oral language and math (geometry). TASK: Can you direct your buddy to draw an identical image to the one you are holding? Students are paired. Person A is given an image. He/She must use his/her amazing communication skills to give instructions to Person B to draw an identical image. Person A cannot watch what Person B is drawing. This activity results in students becoming better at using specific vocabulary (eg, shape, position, direction, size). SUPER FUN … your students will love it! This resource contains: 30 different task cards Teacher notes This is LEVEL C (challenging). Two other levels are available: Level A (basic) Level B (intermediate) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

An activity/game that supports learning in oral language and math (geometry). TASK: Can you direct your buddy to draw an identical image to the one you are holding? Students are paired. Person A is given an image. He/She must use his/her amazing communication skills to give instructions to Person B to draw an identical image. Person A cannot watch what Person B is drawing. This activity results in students becoming better at using specific vocabulary (eg, shape, position, direction, size). SUPER FUN … your students will love it! This resource contains: * 30 different task cards * Teacher notes This is LEVEL B (intermediate). Two other levels are available: Level A (basic) Level C (challenging) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

An activity/game that supports learning in oral language and math (geometry). TASK: Can you direct your buddy to draw an identical image to the one you are holding? Students are paired. Person A is given an image. He/She must use his/her amazing communication skills to give instructions to Person B to draw an identical image. Person A cannot watch what Person B is drawing. This activity results in students becoming better at using specific vocabulary (eg, shape, position, direction, size). SUPER FUN … your students will love it! This resource contains: * 30 different task cards * Teacher notes This is LEVEL A (basic). Two other levels are available: Level B (intermediate) Level C (challenging) © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Alphabetical Order. Worksheets for students to cut, group, order and glue words into alphabetical order. 3 different levels: * all words have a different starting letter * some words have the same starting letter * all words have the same starting letter 2 different worksheets at each level. 2 A5 size worksheets on A4 paper. Blank template included. Answer sheets included. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Tortoise Flip Book for the story 'Esio Trot' by Roald Dahl. Variety of blackline templates so you can custom design your own flip book. Small and large tortoise templates. Blank shell templates as well as ones with text/patterns. Able to be used for general tortoise activities, not just with the story 'Esio Trot'. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Fun Activity Sheets for Roald Dahl's great story - The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me. Great for photocopying / printing. Includes: * newspaper article template * job match - cut and paste * word search * order events from the story * design an alternative book cover * design a poster for the LWCC * design a bag for The Grubber * animal research templates - giraffe, pelican, monkey * problem/solution match - cut and paste * letter template x2 * drawing tasks * who am I? * design a new kind of sweet * design some cool sweet wrappers * character interview template * quiz - 25 questions * giraffe craft * stick puppets - colour and black and white Your students are bound to have fun with these great activities. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

3 Billy Goats Gruff - classroom resources Stick puppet templates - goats, troll and bridge Colour and black and white - Various options. Attach to an ice-block stick and have fun! Encourages story retelling and oral language development. Label the goat worksheet (with answer sheet). 2 per A4 sheet. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Stick puppet templates for the story ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. 15 different black and white templates. Draw the facial expressions on the people. Glue the templates back to back with a craft stick in between. This way you can flip the stick around to show how the character’s feelings change in the story. For example, one side of the stick can show Little Red Riding Hood happy and the other can show her confused. Great for story retell, oral language development, puppetry skills, imaginative play, etc. The templates include all of the ones you can see in the photos, as well as another page with variations of the wolf in grandma’s bed. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Stick puppet templates (black and white) for the story ‘The Little Red Hen. Various animals are included due to the many different versions of the story. Simply print the ones you need. Templates Include: * Hen * Cat * Rat / Mouse * Pig * Horse * Cow * Dog * Duck * Goat * Wheat seeds * Packet of seeds * Watering can and plants * Wheat * Mill * Flour * Oven * Bread * Blank template Great for story retell, oral language development, puppetry skills, imaginative play, etc. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Stick puppet templates (black and white) for the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Templates Include: • Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Baby Bear • Goldilocks • Porridge Bowls x3 • Chairs x3 • Beds x3 • Broken Chair • Goldilocks’ mother • Goldilocks’ house • Three Bears’ house • Forest pathway • Goldilocks sleeping in bed • Goldilocks waking in bed Template Options: There are 2 different templates for the Bears – happy face and confused face. There are 2 different templates for Goldilocks – happy and shocked/surprised. Attach these back-to-back with a craft stick in between. Simply turn it around to show the change of emotion during the story. A template is also provided of Goldilocks without any facial features. Your students can identify her emotions as they change throughout the story and then draw them on the template. There are also 2 different templates for Papa and Mama Bear’s bed – nicely made and slept in. Great for story retell, oral language development, puppetry skills, imaginative play, etc. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources