This worksheet, ‘A Little Book All About Me’ is a great way to get to know your students and for them to get to know each other. The worksheet can be folded into a mini booklet that includes colourful text boxes to prompt students to provide information about themselves, their interests and goals. These can …More
This ‘All About Me’ bunting template is a simple way to get to know your students and for them to get to know each other. Students must fill out and decorate their own bunting flag using information about themselves, with question prompts provided. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page which include cut-out …More
This writing text exemplar ‘Creative Prompts’ gives students an example of how to approach such a prompt. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan their writing and ask themselves questions about the ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘ where’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the story, then determine which ideas would be best to include in their …More
This worksheet, ‘Describing Myself’ is a fantastic activity that introduces adjectives and parts of the body. Students must select from the word banks or use their own adjectives to describe the features of their face. After completing the description, they can then use these details to help them draw their own portrait. Younger students tend …More
This quick reference chart ‘Drafting’ gives students a list of what to look for when they write their first draft. It is aimed at encouraging students to plan the content and organisation of their composition before they start writing, by paying attention to the details, sequence, and the introduction and conclusion of their texts.
This ice-breaker game, ‘Getting to Know You Bingo’ is a great activity that helps students get to know their new classmates. It is a well-known game in the style of a scavenger hunt where students must make their way around the room trying to find a classmate who matches each of the descriptions in the …More
This parent letter ‘Getting to Know Your Child’ asks parents or guardians to provide information about individual students such as personality, extra-curricular activities and learning habits. This is an ideal way for teachers to establish communication with the parents or guardians of new students at the beginning of the school year and to gather some …More
This learning activity ‘Graphing Our Names’ uses simple graphing concepts to record and analyse the lengths of students’ first and last names. This resource features record cards, formatted as 4 per page, to be cut out, distributed to students and filled in with the number of letters in their first and last name. The whole …More
This worksheet ‘How Do We Get Home?’ asks students to record the mode of transport they use to get home from school. It features images of some of the most common methods of getting home from school and provides a space for students to write their name next to the mode of transport they use. …More
This graphic organiser, ‘KWHL Chart’ prompts students to explore what they know about a topic, what they want to learn, how they think they could learn about these new ideas and what they have learnt following the process. This is a great resource that is clearly formatted to encourage students to take responsibility for their …More
This graphic organiser, ‘KWL Chart’ prompts students to explore what they know about a topic, what they want to learn and what they have learnt following the process. This vertical table is clearly formatted to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and to assist teachers in establishing their students’ prior knowledge. It …More
This graphic organiser, ‘KWL Chart’ prompts students to explore what they know about a topic, what they want to learn and what they have learnt following the process. This horizontal table is clearly formatted to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and to assist teachers in establishing their students’ prior knowledge. It …More
This graphic organiser, ‘KWL Chart’ prompts students to explore what they know about a topic, what they want to learn and what they have learnt following the process. This horizontal table is clearly formatted to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and to assist teachers in establishing their students’ prior knowledge. It …More
This worksheet, ‘Learn About Me’ is a fun resource that provides an outline of a body in which students can write details about themselves. It is a great back-to-school activity that encourages students to think about and share basic information about themselves with their classmates. Both a male and female outline template are available.
This worksheet, ‘Learn About Me’ is a fun resource that provides an outline of a body in which students can write details about themselves. It is a great back-to-school activity that encourages students to think about and share basic information about themselves with their classmates. Both a male and female outline template are available.
This worksheet, ‘My Favourite Things’ is a great way to get to know your students and for them to get to know each other. The worksheet features themed text boxes to prompt students to think and talk about their favourite things. These can be kept by the teacher or displayed around the classroom as a …More
This worksheet ‘My Time Capsule’ is a great activity to start a new school year. Students are asked to fill in information about themselves and about their goals for the coming year. An envelope template is included which students can cut out, assemble and decorate and label with their names. Students can then insert their …More
This worksheet ‘My Time Capsule’ is a great activity to round off the school year. After having filled out a time capsule entry at the beginning of the year, students are asked to fill in the information again and use it to compare their answers with those from the beginning of the year to see …More
This worksheet, ‘Numbers and Me’ is a is a simple way to use basic maths to get to know your students and for them to get to know each other. It is also a fantastic way to establish students’ knowledge of numbers including dates, measurements and time.
This worksheet, ‘Numbers and Me’ is a is a simple way to get to know your students and for them to get to know each other. It is also a fantastic way to establish students’ knowledge of numbers including dates, measurements and time.
This full colour ‘Our Class’ bunting template can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful back-to-school classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page with each flag featuring cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom. A black and white ‘Our Class’ bunting template is …More
This black and white ‘Our Class’ bunting template can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful back-to-school classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page with each flag featuring cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom. A full colour ‘Our Class’ bunting template is …More
This full colour ‘Our Class’ bunting template can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful back-to-school classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page with each flag featuring cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom. A black and white ‘Our Class’ bunting template is …More
This black and white ‘Our Class’ bunting template can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful back-to-school classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page with each flag featuring cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom. A full colour ‘Our Class’ bunting template is …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Report Plan’ supports the teaching of writing by giving students a template for planning the features of a report.
This writing organiser ‘Reports’ supports students to plan for writing a report.
This activity ‘Solving Puzzles’ features a selection of simple rebus puzzles for students to solve together in pairs or small groups. Working together to solve puzzles is a great way for students to get to know each other at the beginning of the year or to encourage students to work with different classmates throughout the …More
This writing prompt ‘The Summer Holidays’ is a great back-to-school activity to encourage students to look back on and write about what they did during the holidays. A brief recount checklist is included as well as space for planning. For students who are unsure of how to approach writing a recount, use Lesson Zone’s ‘Recount …More
This writing prompt ‘The Winter Holidays’ is a great back-to-school activity to encourage students to look back on and write about what they did during the holidays. A brief recount checklist is included as well as space for planning. For students who are unsure of how to approach writing a recount, use Lesson Zone’s ‘Recount …More
This set of ‘Two Truths, One Lie!’ cards can be used as a great getting-to-know-you activity at the beginning of a new school year. Each page is formatted with 4 colourful cards per page which can be cut out and given to each student. Students are asked to fill in three pieces of information about …More
This full colour ‘Welcome’ bunting template can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful back-to-school classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page with each flag featuring cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom. A black and white ‘Welcome’ bunting template is also available.
This black and white ‘Welcome’ bunting template can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful back-to-school classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page with each flag featuring cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom. A full colour ‘Welcome’ bunting template is also available.
This set of ‘Who Am I?’ cards can be used as a great getting-to-know-you activity at the beginning of a new school year. Each page is formatted with 4 colourful cards per page which can be cut out and given to each student. Students must then fill in these cards with information about themselves then …More
This worksheet, ‘Who’s in My Family’ encourages students to think about the members of their family and introduces them to the concept of the family tree. A simple example of a family tree is provided along with a black and white tree template and apple and leaf labels for students to fill in and colour …More