Jacqui Sharp Resources

At the beginning of each month, fill in the calendar month with the dates, days and months. Add the appropriate weather symbols for each day as they happen. At the end of the month, tally up the results and analyse what the weather was for the month. This activity will encourage students to sort the days of the month in order, check they have the right season, month and year, and finally observe the weather patterns for the month.

Encourage your students to observe and record weather patterns by identifying where on the Beaufort Scale what the weather today is. Record it on the monthly chart and on the Tally Chart. At the end of each month write an analysis of the weather.

The Maori Alphabet ‘Arapu Reta’ Alphabet cards are designed to be used digitally on a computer as part of a teaching and learning lessons and/or downloaded, printed out and laminated. The 15 individual letter cards once laminated can be written on adding more words. The 5 pages of individual letters and pictures are designed to be laminated, cut out and used for matching letters and pictures. This package contains 1 colour Alphabet card with letters and pictures 1 colour Alphabet card with le

These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. You can print these practice pages 1 per page or 2 per page These can be laminated for children to use as independent writing practice where they copy what is on the card into their handwriting books. Teachers could also show them on a screen for all to copy from once the teacher has modelled formation of the letter.

Sky, grass, dirt handwriting practice These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. The sky, grass, dirt colours help guide students when forming their letters. Letters with tall sticks touch the top of the sky, letters with no tall sticks or tails fit on the grass line, letters with tails go into the dirt. Print these practice pages  These can be laminated for children to write on with whiteboard markers (take photos for evidence)printed out and put in L pockets, childre

Students place the pegs on the picture that matches the letter sound. Encourage them to make the initial sounds of each picture. use the letter sound cards that students have learnedyou could use the sound wheels in Seesaw where students circle the correct picture, sounding out the initial letter and saying the word

Have a pile of sticky notes (or use the letter cards provided) and pictures for them to match. This should be teacher led the first time students use this game. write the letters on the sticky notesor next stage children write the letteror use the letter cards to matchYou could also just pick out the letters and sounds you are working on in your scope and sequence.

Students need to learn how to comment on blog posts. This poster is a reminder of the do's and the don'ts of posting netiquette (internet etiquette).

Students match the letter card to a picture. Play it like a Bingo, with one person showing the letters  and saying the sound.Or students could just match the letters to the cards.Students should be saying the sounds as they match the letters to the pictures.

Have a pile of sticky notes (or use the letter cards provided) and pictures for them to match. This should be teacher led the first time students use this game. write the letters on the sticky notesor next stage children write the letteror use the letter cards to matchYou could also just pick out the letters and sounds you are working on in your scope and sequence.

Students have to find the assigned letter in the grid and colour each one. If they find them all then the coloured pattern will become the letter. Students can then colour in the pictures that relate to the sound and letter. Encourage students to say the sound and the name of the letter. Use these as followup activities when you are focussing on certain letters. Print these as a handout or laminate for students to use whiteboard markers.

Early Lower Case These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. There is a dot and directional arrow to guide students to start in the right place when forming their letters. There are letters to trace over and space to practise forming their letters. Print these practice pages. These can be laminated for children to write on with whiteboard markers (take photos for evidence)printed out and put in L pockets, children write with whiteboard markers on the L pocketprinted out

Early Uppercase and Lower Case These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. There is a dot and directional arrow to guide students to start in the right place when forming their letters. There are letters to trace over and space to practise forming their letters. Print these practice pages. These can be laminated for children to write on with whiteboard markers (take photos for evidence)printed out and put in L pockets, children write with whiteboard markers on the L poc

Forming Letters writing practice (Upper and Lowercase)  These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. There is a dot and directional arrow to guide students to start in the right place when forming their letters. Laminate these letter writing practice mats and students can practise their formation of letters. You could also use them as a printed assessment where you can observe children filling them in and ticking off all the correctly formed letters. You can use these fo

Forming Letters writing practice (Lowercase)  These handwriting cards have been designed with the New Zealand font. There is a dot and directional arrow to guide students to start in the right place when forming their letters. Laminate these letter writing practice mats and students can practise their formation of letters. You could also use them as a printed assessment where you can observe children filling them in and ticking off all the correctly formed letters. You can use these for phoneme

Pencil Practice Some children come to school not knowing how to hold a pencil or form letters. These Pencil Practice pages are ideal for them to practise their pencil control. They support the motor skills that are needed for handwriting. Most of the pages have a starting dot where children can place their pencil and some have arrows to guide them. Some of the pages have fun outlines of graphics where students can continue to practise their pencil control. These practice pages could be printed 2

Students use these cards when they are writing their stories. The pictures and words all start with the same beginning phonics sound. These can be used in teaching sessions and independently by students. You can print slides 2 and 3 back to back or slides 2 and 4 back to back.

Pencil Stories Some children come to school not knowing how to hold a pencil or form letters. These Pencil Stories pages are ideal for them to practise their pencil control. They support the motor skills that are needed for handwriting. Students use pencil, pens or felt tips to track the paths for the characters to follow. Five pages are in Black and white for children to write directly on. Those five pages have coloured duplicates suitable for laminating. The rest of the pages are in colour. On

Print these cards, cut out and fold on the double black line, laminate and use as Flash Cards for sounding out the sounds and letter names.

Print out, cut and laminate these cards. Mix the cards up and get students to match the letter sound to the pictures.