CVC, CCVC, CVCC Activities Bundle Practice decoding and spelling CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words using our six hands-on activities. Use these resources as a reading activity, with your guided reading group, or as a whole class activity to practice decoding and spelling CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words. This resource bundle…
We’ve put together a set of response activities for the Year 1-3 Social Sciences big book “Painting Stories – Exploring our Spaces“. This Painting Stories resource has been designed to meet both literacy and Aotearoa New Zealand Histories teaching and learning objectives. We’ve included both literacy and Aotearoa New Zealand History activities to keep…
These Phonics and Structured Literacy teaching slides have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of six target sounds and letters: j, k, v, w, y, z. This teaching tool could be used as a warm-up at the start of a structured literacy session, as revision or as a whole class lesson. …
This comprehensive resource provides 10 independent activity sheets designed for Year 2 students to practice essential literacy skills autonomously. These activities are ideal for literacy rotations, homework, or early finishers, allowing students to work without interrupting the teacher. Please note: We’ve included a version with “Year 2” in the heading and a version without…
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
This colourful set of 28 Compound Sentence Task Cards helps students understand one of the key sentence structures. Print and laminate these task cards for regular use! These grammar-syntax activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR). This resource is a practical addition to your structured literacy programme. Activities link directly to the Common Core…
Celebrate your students’ sight word success with our range of editable New Zealand Sight Words Certificates. They are designed to work with the Magenta to Orange words of the NZ high-frequency colour wheel. This pack features 17 SUPER Sight Word certificates. Either print and write on these certificates or type into the editable text boxes…
Go paperless with our Autumn Digital Writing Prompts! Encourage independence with this easy to use writing activity pack featuring 30 autumn/fall writing prompts. This Google Resource will have your students writing persuasive arguments, narratives and explanations using Google Slides in no time! Each slide that features the word “fall” is also repeated with the word “autumn”…
Unlock the power of descriptive writing in your junior classroom! This comprehensive, no-prep unit provides everything you need to teach your Year 1-3 students how to write with vivid detail using the five senses. Transform simple sentences into rich, imaginative descriptions and watch your students’ writing confidence soar. Say goodbye to “It was nice”…
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
These activities have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of nine consonant patterns. The consonant patterns included in this set are ff, ll, ss, zz -tch, -dge, qu, wh, and x. With initial modelling and scaffolding, these activities are intended to be completed independently to build students’ skills in following…
This complete unit, built for the NZ Curriculum (Phase One, Years 2-3), provides everything you need to systematically and explicitly teach the nine most common suffixes using an evidence-based, morphology-first approach. The nine suffixes included are -ing, -ed, -es, -s, -er, -est, -ly, -ful, and -less. Built on the principles of the Science of…
Superhero Creative Writing Activities Year 2-3 In this creative writing task for students working at phase one: year 2 and year 3, we have included: 3 cloze writing activities to practice using precise nouns, adjectives and adverbs 3 creative writing prompts 3 planning guides 1 exemplar for each superhero self-assessment activities Links to…
This colourful set of 48 Simple Sentences, Fragments and Run-on Sentences Task Cards helps students to understand one of the key sentence structures. Print and laminate these task cards for regular use! These grammar-syntax activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR). This resource is a practical addition to your structured literacy programme. Activities link…
Transform your phonics instruction with these vibrant, evidence-based Consonant Digraphs Posters. Designed explicitly for early readers, this resource provides clear visual anchors, mouth formation cues, and word examples to help students confidently master the trickiest first-year spelling rules. Perfect for structured literacy classrooms, structured intervention, or home learning! Are you looking for an easy, effective…
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