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The great thing about telling stories in families and playgroups is that you can tell to small groups. This means that you can be a lot more intimate in your style, more specific and direct in your story content and be much more flexible in your response to your audience. The challenge however is that there is a tendency for these situations to be a lot less structured. Structure in places such as schools and kindergartens is created and maintained to cut down distractions and distracting behavi

These 12 sheets offer spelling work with a Christmas theme for Primary School children and those with Special Needs. Half of the sheets focus on phonics and half relate to morphological aspects of spelling or spelling rules. The sheets are clearly set out and can be worked on independently, requiring little teacher intervention: perfect for this busy season. They are also useful to send home for the holidays.

Making inferences in fiction texts is like putting the pieces of a puzzle together. Using these inference task cards, students will read eight short passages, then combine the clues in the text with their own knowledge to draw conclusions. This three-page worksheet will help bolster your third grader’s fiction comprehension skills as they practice using text evidence to answer questions and make inferences.