‘Story sequencing worksheets’ This pack is related to the story ‘What the ladybird heard’ by Julia Donaldson. 18 page PDF printable product. Includes: Colour and black and white options Sequencing 6 main events Differentiated tasks Read (or listen to teacher), visualise and draw each main section - individual worksheets Use the colour cards as a whole class resource to model, retell and sequence the story sequence. Multipurpose product Enjoy. Please check your printer settings prior to printing.

ch and tch activities PowerPoint lesson - This lesson covers the alternative graphemes for the /ch/ sound and uses /ch/, /tch/ and /t/. A wonderful 179 direct instruction lesson that includes interactive slides. Teacher slide - how to use this powerpoint Tuning in - phonological awareness (hearing the /ch/ sound in words) Learning Outcomes & success criteria Reminder for mouth articulation Word level reading (ch, tch and t words) Sentence level reading Phonic Dictation Polysyllabic words - line under each syllable for you! Word building (click out of slide show mode to enable moveable features) Word sorting Reminder of all graphemes making /ch/ sound with examples Check for understanding: questions and write the correctly spelt word onto your whiteboard or booklet Aligns to the science of reading Well done! You can use the entire lesson or just focus on the graphemes you wish to cover (e.g. ch, tch or t) 179 slides (includes cover pages) Please note: this lesson has been updated (31/7/23) and now includes grapheme alternatives not just the /ch/ digraph. Enjoy!

This is a pack of questions that vary from Blank Level 1 to 4. Differentiation is provided by the way of single picture cards with questions, scenes (with several items displayed) and nursery rhyme pictures. Includes: An assessment checklist is included at the end of the resource to check off the student’s ability to answer the questions correctly. Suitable for classroom teachers, speech therapists and tutors. Questions are also provided for students who may require more scaffolding. single pictures with questions scenes with pictures nursery rhyme pictures with questions printable resource colour product differentiated

possum-magic Unsure how to approach comprehension for the book ‘Possum Magic’ by Mem Fox? Or do you need a great activity pack to leave for relief while you are absent? This is a great pack of activities that assists students connect to the text and gain an understanding of the story. Along with teaching of vocabulary at the appropriate points, this is a great print and go pack. 80 pages. For kindergarten, Pre-primary, Year one and Year two. possum-magic-printables includes: visualising the text prior to reading direct questions (main story elements and events) indirect questions label a possum map of Australia with food pages to display in your room (e.g. map of Australia, foods and characters) use the above items for a story retell (colour images provided as well as black and white images) story sequencing answer key provided opinion writing sentence stems (and, but, so, because) sentence types (statement, question, exclamation, command) text innovation write a story retell write your own magic spell cloze differentiated activities suggested lesson sequence (dot form and one page) teacher checklist (comprehension skills) answer key included and more! 80 pages (includes cover pages) please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area)

the-potato-people-story A massive activity pack to go with the story ‘The Potato People’ by Pamela Allen. 109 pages printable. Includes: suggested lesson sequence hyperlinks in content page visualise and predictions before reading read and draw pages story map (empty boxes to fill in) cloze (2x) description writing label writing sentence types (statement, exclamation, command and question) sentence stems (but, and, because & so) Vocabulary - 1x Dialogue word pages 2x true or false direct questions indirect questions main story elements events problem draw what you see creative writing 109 pages includes cover pages printable story prompt pictures (colour and black and white) story word cards write a retell write a summary book reports please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area) teacher/speech therapist checklists at end Use this over several weeks or for as long as you choose. A great pack to leave if you are going on a holiday, taking leave and so forth.

**where the wild things are questions for comprehension ** Need some comprehension questions and book activities for the story ‘Where the Wild Things are’ by Maurice Sendak? This print and go pack has everything done for you from visuals, comprehension questions, writing tasks and more. 151 page printable pdf document for K to Year 2 students. where the wild things are questions for comprehension includes; main story elements (e.g. characters, setting, problem…) colouring in pages prediction and visualisation creative thinking writing prompts feelings label writing description writing cloze pages (x2) read, write and draw sentence stem writing prompts vocabulary pages (nouns, verbs, word from the text - gnashed) speech bubbles sentence type writing prompts (statement, question, exclamation and command) true or false direct questions indirect questions blank story map templates story retell write your own story summary of story letter writing what would you change book report templates story visuals to use for retells plus one poster story words to display teacher checklists (x2) 151 pages includes cover pages hyperlinks in contents page Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area). This is massive value. Enjoy!

sky-grass-dirt-handwriting This is a pack for a phonics display that uses the handwriting sky-grass-dirt prompt to ensure that students are remembering how to write letters correctly as they learn them. 89 pages and editable options are included! Mouth articulation prompts, pictures and letters on each page. sky-grass-dirt-handwriting - includes: 89 pages (cover pages included) this is not an a-z tracing pack a phonics chart display - laminate and write on the words as you brainstorm them 3 different poster styles included one page blank sky-grass-dirt to laminate or print and go editable pages - calibre font in this section as not everyone will have my foundation font used letters a-z included mouth articulation prompts cute pictures of initial sound print - laminate and display or print as worksheets to use with your students (or both!) Please check your printer settings prior to printing. Thank you.

Need an engaging comprehension pack that relates to an Australia theme? Grab this… ‘Are we there yet?’ by Alison Lester! This pack is absolutely full of high-quality comprehension activities. I have also included a series of printables that you can use as a story display! 106 page printable resource. For grades Pre-Primary to Year 3. A fabulous way to link Australian Geography to literacy! are-we-there-yet-activities includes; suggested lesson sequence printables (e.g. all of the places in word cards, character cards, Australia map) connecting to text direct questions indirect questions writing prompts opinion writing description writing sentence stems (but, so, and, because) sentence types speech bubbles creative writing cloze 2x teacher check lists 106 pages (includes cover pages) engaging and high-quality This is a long text which is why I have not included this as a Kindergarten text however, it is up to you as a teacher and the needs of your classroom. Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area). Enjoy!

ai spelling words - A massive 227 slide direct instruction phonic lesson that teaches the grapheme alternatives for the /ai/ sound. PowerPoint format. ai spelling words include: ai, ay, a-e, a, ei, ey, eigh, ea tune in learning intentions success criteria teacher slides word level reading sentence level reading polysyllabic words phonic dictation editing word sorting word building check for understanding direct instruction format 227 slides (includes cover pages) Please use the word sorting and building activities outside of slide show mode to enable movement. I have included a question mark after each of those tasks so that the students cannot see the answers from the drop down menu. Students need to tap the word (or letter) and then drag it into place. Please use this lesson prior to teaching as some words or arrows will appear when you press the space, enter or mouse button. It is very simple to use.

christmas-sentences-worksheet A 69 page activity pack for sentence stem writing with conjunctions (and, but, so, because) and sentence types (statement, command, question and exclamation). christmas-sentences-worksheet includes; using conjunctions to continue the sentence determining the conjunction to use within a sentence what each conjunction means fragment or complete sentence sort write sentence types sorting sentence types determining the sentence type written BONUS activity - sentence type cards and sentence examples to sort! Just laminate and go - use as a literacy rotation or mat lesson. BONUS cards - conjunction word cards - and, so, but, because black and white product for Year One and Two students differentiated tasks teacher checklists - conjunction use and sentence type use 69 pages total - includes cover pages Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area). Please provide a review to support this creator! Thank you. I hope you find this useful.

fluency-word-list Fluency strips for vowel digraphs. Print and go! A great way to encourage fluency reading at a basic level (word level) that is also fun and engaging for students. 74 pages fluency word list pack includes; word strips - 10 words per strip 12 phonemes with multiple grapheme alternatives for each sound two strips per grapheme student certificates fluency charts for teachers to plot accuracy with speed blank pages to write your own words onto includes some diphthongs graphemes: /ai/ /ay/  /a-e/ /e/ /ee/ /ea/ /y/ /e-e/ /o/ /oa/ /o-e/ /ow/ /ar/ /a/ /i/ /igh/ /i/ /i-e/ /y/ /oo/ /ew/ /u-e/ /ue/ /ou/ /ow/ /or/ /aw/ /au/ /a/ /oo/ /u/ /er/ /ir/ /ur/ /or/ /oy/ /oi/ /e/ /ea/ /ai/ I use these after I have taught the sounds and graphemes quite explicitly. These can be a great activity to use in partner reading as students love to time themselves and beat their speed. I laminate these and students write tally marks onto them for how many times they read through the strips although I also have recording cards that they can use. The word lists are also a very handy resource for teacher use.

alternative graphemes lesson c k ck ch x q - There are so many grapheme alternatives for the /k/ sound. Not sure how to teach them all in one lesson? Grab this lesson. 193 slides PowerPoint lesson. learning intentions & success criteria spelling patterns explained word level reading sentence level reading alternative graphemes for the /k/ phoneme include; c, k, -ck, ch, x and q (as q, qu and que) word building word sorting yes or no? multi-syllable words (lines indicate where the syllables are so it is all done for you) phonic dictation (sentence level) check for understanding click out of slide show mode to enable the word sorting and any editable functions use this lesson to teach the concept of alternative graphemes for the /k/ sound or use it as a warm-up when you have taught this concept as many other sounds will be revised within words! use this same lesson for one week and build on the content - you do not have to use every slide within the first lesson! aligns to the science of reading 193 slides (includes cover pages) Enjoy!

digraph-cards-printable A 122 page pack of printable digraph word cards, teacher checklists, grapheme cards, teacher word lists and student awards. Follows my consonant digraph pack. graphemes used; ai, ay, a-e ee, ea, e, y o, oa, ow, o-e ar, a i, igh, ie, y, i-e oo, ew, ue (dipthong), u-e ou, ow or, aw, au, a oo, u er, ir, ur, or oy, oi e, ea, ai (short /e/ phoneme as in said, red, head) 122 pages includes cover pages. includes; word cards for each phoneme grapheme cards to use for sorting teacher checklists for each group teacher word lists (includes a list of all word cards in this pack) student awards for each level (19-30) trialled in my Year One classroom Mostly a black and white product nice borders so you can easily cut them out and they still have a border showing! Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page).

consonant-digraph-activities A 108 page activity pack for consonant digraphs. Includes read and draw and unjumble the sentence tasks. consonant-digraph-activities includes; consonant digraphs - sh, ch, wh, ph, th, ng and alternatives - -n, -tch and qu 108 pages (includes cover pages) read and draw pages read, write and unjumble pages teacher checklists a list of all sentences included (great to use in phonic dictation as well) use in small group literacy rotations matches the initial code read and draw pack Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print to printable area…). Thank you.

Creative writing for April - Keep on track with your writing plans and cover so many text types (or hand over to a relief teacher!). This monthly pack covers 18 different and differentiated text types and more prompts. A no prep printable pack of 169 pages. Use this yourself, hand over to a relief teacher, use for homeschooling or short leave. Seasonal topics and calendar date topics are included. For grades 1 - 6. Creative writing for April includes; teacher planning page for the month (includes an editable type in option) student monthly goals goal review advertisement sentence work (nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence stems, sentence types (statement, command, question, exclamation) and simple, compound and complex narrative retells narrative innovations narrative planning page narrative generation (with picture cues - black and white and colour option) description writing opinion writing persuasive text report writing research planning pages essay paragraph planner page letter writing journal writing response writing procedural writing dotted thirds writing paper generic templates (some - not all - have editable boxes to type your own question) student checklists and rubrics (writing I have done this month, rubrics = editing, recounts, narratives, persuasive texts, procedurals) teacher text type checklist 169 pages (includes cover pages) Please check your printer settings prior to printing. This product is set to letter size so please check (fit to page or print in printable area). Mostly a black and white product but some colour options are included. Northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere seasonal differences are included. I hope you find this so useful!

when to use er ir or ur - A direct instruction phonic PowerPoint lesson that teaches five grapheme alternatives for the sound /ur/. 230 slides. ‘when to use er ir or ur’ includes; grapheme alternatives include; ur, ir, er, or and ear tune in, learning intentions and success criteria mouth articulation slide word level reading (for all graphemes) sentence level reading polysyllabic word reading (words underlined in syllables for you) phonic dictation editing word sorting - click out of slide show mode to use word building - click out of slide show mode to use other graphemes slide check for understanding (includes a variety of questions and activity prompts) 230 slides (includes cover pages) You may wish to use this phonic lesson over one to two weeks. A good way to use this lesson again is to use this (once taught) as a weekly warm-up lesson!

ee ea ie words - A huge 307 slide PowerPoint direct instruction synthetic phonic lesson teaching the grapheme alternatives for the long sound /ee/. Students are engaged with many different activities that can be used over a week or two and then again for revision. ee ea ie words includes; 307 slides (includes cover pages) word and sentence level reading for each different grapheme graphemes included: ee, ea, ey, y, ie and e-e polysyllabic words (underlined for you) phonic dictation slides editing slides (with answers provided) homophones word building (click out of slide show mode to move the letter tiles) word sorting (click out of slide show mode to move the words) check for understanding direct instruction lesson format (lesson intentions, success criteria, tune in, concept building, check for understanding) answers provided engaging clipart and activities tried in my Grade Two classroom I use this lesson over one week (every day) and then again for revision/warm-ups You may wish to go through this lesson prior to use. When you press the mouse or space/arow buttons, some pictures or words may appear.  Enjoy this lesson!

grapheme alternatives for diphthong ear - graphemes include; ear, ere, eer tune in, learning intentions, success criteria, reading lesson components, check for understanding included contents page with links to navigate through the lesson easier word level reading Polysyllabic words (words underlined in syllables for you) sentence level reading dictation (sentence level) editing word sorting word building 195 slides includes cover pages teacher notes included in some slide show notes use the moveable slides outside of slideshow mode (e.g. word sorting, word building) highly engaging and tried in my own Year 2 class suitable for students between the years 1, 2 and 3 (catch up for year 4) A fantastic lesson that you can just read as is. Use this to introduce the concept and then each day to revise. You can also choose to do different activities each day, e.g. word building, word sorting, phonic dictation and so forth. It is up to you and what suits your students! Enjoy.

ng-word-list 74 page freebie. UPDATED! This is an activity to use after the phonic /ng/ sound has been taught. It also includes the spelling alternative -n (as in bank). It includes a variety of spelling activities that are all differentiated. ng-word-list includes the following; word lists -ng and -n word sorts letter tiles to laminate and use for word building word cards to laminate for word sorting word mats to laminate for the above activities read and draw pages read, trace and write pages fill in the missing sound colour in the pictures with the -ng sound generate a sentence from the given picture trace the ng sound segment the words This is such great value and it has been completely overhauled! Please take the time to provide a quick review. Thanks so much.