This phonics activity, ‘Final Consonant Diagraph ‘sh” encourages students to say each word and choose the word with the matching ‘sh’ sound at the end.
This reading activity, ‘Find the Word’ provides opportunities for practice with matching pictures to common words.
This graphic organiser, ‘Flying Away’ supports students in developing writing skills by comparing and contrasting texts, focusing on the use of adjectives to create meaning.
This sight words list, ‘Fry Lists 1’ features words that occur most frequently in early reading encounters. Available in different levels of difficulty, these high-frequency word lists are essential for language development as they include words which often cannot be sounded out or illustrated.
This sight words list, ‘Fry Lists 2’ features words that occur most frequently in early reading encounters. Available in different levels of difficulty, these high-frequency word lists are essential for language development as they include words which often cannot be sounded out or illustrated.
This sight words list, ‘Fry Lists 3’ features words that occur most frequently in early reading encounters. Available in different levels of difficulty, these high-frequency word lists are essential for language development as they include words which often cannot be sounded out or illustrated.
This sight words list, ‘Fry Lists 4’ features words that occur most frequently in early reading encounters. Available in different levels of difficulty, these high-frequency word lists are essential for language development as they include words which often cannot be sounded out or illustrated.
This sight words list, ‘Fry Lists 5’ features words that occur most frequently in early reading encounters. Available in different levels of difficulty, these high-frequency word lists are essential for language development as they include words which often cannot be sounded out or illustrated.
This sight words list, ‘Fry Lists 6’ features words that occur most frequently in early reading encounters. Available in different levels of difficulty, these high-frequency word lists are essential for language development as they include words which often cannot be sounded out or illustrated.
This graphic organiser, ‘Glossary’ supports the teaching of reading and writing by giving students a template for recording new words and their meanings.
This graphical organiser, ‘Halloween Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to think about what they associate with Halloween. It is a fun resource that can be used without preparation across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the word ‘Halloween’ to list things that they know and associate …More
This word puzzle, ‘Halloween Crossword’ provides students with the opportunity to use skills including vocabulary, reasoning and spelling to find the correct Halloween related words to complete the puzzle. It encourages students to identify and understand the terms being used and to build on their vocabulary of key words used when discussing Halloween concepts. An …More
This word puzzle, ‘Halloween Unscramble’ is a great activity that encourages students to study the sounds and spellings of words associated with Halloween. Students will be challenged to unscramble letters to find common words used on Halloween. An answer sheet is also provided.
This word puzzle, ‘Halloween Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary and improve their spelling of words associated with Halloween. Students must scrutinize the spelling of each word on their list, ensuring new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.
This word puzzle, ‘Halloween Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of words associated with Halloween. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct words. An answer sheet is provided.
This Assessment Item, ‘High Frequency Words’ features a list of commonly used words arranged into three sets. It supports reading, writing and vocabulary development.
This Assessment Item, ‘High-Frequency Words Assessment’ can be used by teachers to record the words a student knows on sight, on three occasions.
This understanding text exemplar ‘Homophones’ shows students how to correctly use the words ‘wood’ and ‘would’. It is aimed at encouraging students to look critically at words and to use context clues in order to ascertain which spelling of a word that sounds the same should be used in which context.
This understanding text exemplar ‘Homophones’ guides students to correctly use the words sheer and shear, and whether and weather. It is aimed at encouraging students to look critically at words and to use context clues in order to ascertain which spelling of a word that sounds the same should be used in which context. It …More
This phonics activity, ‘Identify the Beginning Sounds’ encourages students to say the word for each picture and find the word below.
This graphic organiser, ‘In a Nutshell’ provides students with the opportunity to evaluate their own writing and identify areas for improvement.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends’ encourages students to choose the word to complete each sentence.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends’ encourages students to find the word to match the picture and the sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends’ encourages students to say each word and choose the correct beginning sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends’ encourages students to say each word and choose the correct beginning sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends Beginning Sound’ encourages students to say each sound and select the word with the same beginning sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends Initial Sound’ encourages students to say the initial sounds and choose the word to complete the sentence.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends Match’ encourages students to match each beginning sound to the correct word.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends Pictures’ encourages students to say each consonant blend, look at each picture and find the word to match.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends Pictures’ encourages students to look at the picture, say each sound and find the word to match.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Consonant Blends Sentences’ encourages students to say the initial sound and choose the word to complete the sentence.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds A to L’ encourages students to say each sound and find the picture and word that begin with that sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds A to L’ encourages students to say each sound and find the picture that begins with the same sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds Beginning’ encourages students to read each question and select the word that starts with the correct beginning sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds M to Y’ encourages students to say each sound and find the picture and word that begin with that sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds Match’ encourages students to say each word and match it to a word that has the same beginning sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds Match’ encourages students to say the name of each picture and find the word that starts with the same beginning sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds Match’ encourages students to say the name of each picture and find the word that starts with the same beginning sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds Names’ encourages students to say each name and find the letter/s of the beginning sound of the name.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds Names’ encourages students to say each name and find the letter/s of the beginning sound of the name.
This phonics activity, ‘Initial Sounds Pictures’ encourages students to say the picture name and find the picture that starts with the same sound.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Latin Word Parts,’ helps students become independent readers. It is aimed at developing students’ vocabulary by teaching them how to identify the meanings of Latin root words.
This phonics activity, ‘Long Vowels’ encourages students to say the word for each picture and find the matching word in the box below.
This phonics activity, ‘Long Vowels’ encourages students to read each example aloud then choose the word with the long vowel sound.
This graphic organiser, ‘Making a Glossary’ supports the teaching of reading and writing by giving students a template for recording new words and their meanings.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Making an Aquarium’, features a procedural text about purchasing and setting up a fish tank. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, drawing a conclusion, cause and effect, detail, reasoning, predicting outcome, sequence, and classification. Answer sheet provided …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Mapping Farms’ allows students to distinguish farming from long ago to that of farming today.
This reading activity, ‘Match the Word’ provides opportunities for practice with matching pictures to common words.
This reading activity, ‘Match the Word’ provides opportunities for practice with matching pictures to common words.
This reading activity, ‘Match the Word’ provides opportunities for practice with matching pictures to common words.
This reading activity, ‘Match the Words’ provides opportunities for practice with reading sentences and matching words.
This reading activity, ‘Match the Words’ provides opportunities for practice with reading sentences and matching words.
This reading activity, ‘Match the Words’ provides opportunities for practice with reading sentences and matching words.
This phonics activity, ‘Matching Final Diagraphs’ encourages students to say each word and choose the word with the same ending sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Matching Initial and Final Consonants Blends’ encourages students to choose the correct word using the picture and the sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Matching Initial Diagraphs’ encourages students to say each word and choose the word with the same beginning sound.
This phonics activity, ‘Matching Vowel Sounds’ encourages students to say each pair of words and find the word with the same vowel sound and spelling.
This reading activity, ‘Matching Words ‘ provides opportunities for practice with reading sentences and recognising particular words within them.
This graphic organiser, ‘Metaphors and Similes’ supports the teaching of reading and writing by giving students a template for identifying the meaning of figurative language.
This phonics activity, ‘Matching Vowel Sounds ‘ee’ and ‘ea” encourages students to say the word and choose the sound to complete the word.