Over 20 years experience teaching New entrants/Year 1s in New Zealand and overseas (K- Grade 1). Currently working as a literacy intervention specialist teacher and learning support coordinator!
Low floor/high ceiling tasks or rich tasks, are great for multi-leveled or mixed ability classes or groups as there is a low entry point and plenty of scope for extension.There is no single right answer as long as learners can justify their responses. This encourages rich math discussion. Being creative and thinking outside the box is encouraged!This bundle contains 4 resources. Each contains 25 printable open-ended math problems, focusing on numbers from 0-10, 10-2-, 20-50, and 50-100, in 2
Make phonics practice engaging, effective, and low-prep with these Roll and Read decodable fluency games aligned to the NZ Ready to Read Phonics Plus progression and the Science of Reading. This resource includes 6 game boards at each of the 7 stages - Kākano-Rākau. 42 game boards in total! The words are fully decodable at each level. Perfect for structured literacy classrooms, these hands-on phonics activities help students build: ✅ Decoding fluency ✅ Sound-symbol knowledge ✅ Automat
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
Fully updated March 2025 - links checked, new words added, and formatting updated! Help students learn to read sight words from the Fry First 100 list with these fun QR codes. Once scanned students will be able to listen, watch and sing along with 127 songs and activities based around these early words. The words covered include ALL of the Fry First 100 Words! Great for word work or daily 5 stations. Can be used individually, in small groups or with the class. Great for independent work and l
Looking for math tasks that challenge every learner without requiring multiple worksheets?These open-ended math word problems to 10 use a low-floor, high-ceiling approach, allowing students to enter the task at their own level while extending mathematical thinking through multiple possible solutions.Perfect for maths groups, warm-ups, number talks, math centers, intervention, and mixed-ability classrooms.Low Floor, High Ceiling Tasks for Mathematical Thinking Encourage rich mathematical discussi
Low floor/high ceiling tasks or rich tasks, are great for multi-leveled or mixed ability classes or groups as there is a low entry point and plenty of space for extension.There is no single right answer as long as learners can justify their responses. This encourages rich math discussion. Being creative and thinking outside the box is encouraged!All 25 questions focus on numbers from 10-20. Encourage children to use the number line included on each page, equipment and/or draw to help solve the
Support spelling, encoding, and phonics mastery with these 72 decodable dictation sentences aligned to a structured literacy and Science of Reading approach. Created for New Zealand classrooms using the Ready to Read Phonics Plus progression, these dictation activities help students strengthen the critical connection between: ✅ Phoneme awareness ✅ Orthographic mapping ✅ Encoding and spelling ✅ Decoding skills ✅ Sentence fluency ✅ Writing confidence Each sentence is carefully designed t
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Writing
Need independent center activities to support learning numbers and counting to 10, 20, and then 100? Well here it is! This pack includes 3 resources totally 93 QR codes. Each QR code links to a variety of YouTube songs and clips, teaching numbers and counting by ones to 100. 31 QR codes for numbers 0-10, 31 for numbers 0-20, and 31 for numbers 0-100. This resource covers numbers and counting by ones to 10, 20, and then 100, counting forwards and backward, words and numerals, forming numbers,
Make phonics practice engaging, differentiated, and low-prep with these Tic Tac Toe decodable phonics games aligned to the NZ Ready to Read Phonics Plus scope and sequence. Perfect for structured literacy classrooms, these interactive games help students build: ✅ Decoding fluency ✅ Automatic word recognition ✅ Sound-symbol knowledge ✅ Reading confidence ✅ Oral reading practice ✅ Independent phonics skills Students take turns reading decodable words while playing a fun Tic Tac Toe game fo
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
Graphic organisers/organizers are a fantastic way to help students organise/organize their thinking. Included in this resource are 10 print and go graphic organiser templates to support visual thinking routines in your classroom. There is also a link to an editable Google Slides™ document. Graphic organisers/organizers included;Brainstorm, KWL,Y Chart, 3-2-1,Draw and Write,Venn Diagram,Is, Is Not,4 Square, Cause and Effect, andStoryboard. Ideas for using Visual Thinking Routines…Use with all
FULLY UPDATED 7-19-21 - All links checked and updated, new words added to include ALL words from Magenta - Blue! Help students to learn to read sight words from Magenta, Red, Yellow, and Blue reading levels (NZ) with these 99 fun QR codes. Once scanned students will be able to listen, watch and sing along with more than 100 songs and activities based on these early words. The words covered include ALL words (based on the Reading Rockets list) from Magenta - Blue including a few bonus Green wo
Looking for decodable sentence practice aligned with the Ready to Read Phonics Plus scope and sequence? These decodable sentences with picture support help students build decoding fluency, sentence reading confidence, and comprehension using a structured literacy approach. Perfect for small groups, literacy rotations, intervention, early finishers, and explicit phonics instruction. Decodable Sentences with Pictures Ready to Read Phonics Plus Aligned | Structured Literacy | Science of Reading Su
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
70 QR codes linking to read-aloud texts, supporting the teaching and learning of the IB Learner Profiles. 7 picture books for each of the 10 IB Learner Profiles included; caring, knowledgeable, thinkers, reflective, communicators, risk-takers, inquirers, principled, open-minded, and balanced. 70 QR codes in total! These QR codes can be used independently by students at stations, centers, or as fast finisher activities, or as a whole class. They can also be used for listening to reading duri
This resource contains 25 printable open ended math problems, focusing on numbers between 50 and 100, in 2 formats - 1 question per page for students to write on and A5 task cards.Low floor/high ceiling tasks or rich tasks, are great for multi-leveled or mixed ability classes or groups as there is a low entry point and plenty of space for extension.There is no single right answer as long as learners can justify their responses. This encourages rich math discussion. Being creative and thinking
Help students learn to read sight words from the Fountas and Pinnell Kindergarten and First Grade list with these fun QR codes. Once scanned students will be able to listen, watch and sing along with 102 songs and activities based on these early words. The words covered include ALL of the words on the F & P Kinder and Grade 1 list! Great for word work or daily 5 stations. Can be used individually, in small groups, or with the class. Great for independent work and learning and spiral review
PreK - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
These 40 sight word sentences combine with 80 pictures to create an interactive way to practice reading early sight words. Use as an independent centre activity, reading rotation task, early finisher activity or for spiral review. Low prep and reusable again and again with all pictures able to be used with all sentences allowing over 3000 sentence combinations! The words chosen cover 62 of Fry’s First 100 sight words, 47 Dolch words from Pre-Primer, Primer, and 1st Grade, and 42 Fountas and Pi
Does your school use the Scholastic Bookroom resource? If so, try these reading response activities as follow-up work to the books. 10 activities with answer keys link to books at Level D of the resource. Print and go. Activities linked to skills being learned at this level! Comprehension, visual thinking tools, vocabulary development, recall, fun, text evidence, high-frequency sight words, setting, character, and more! The 10 books included in this set are; A day at the beach At the toys
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
A bundle of 2 great resources including all of the first 300 Fry words! Word searches are a great, fun way to practice recognition of these high-frequency sight words. Use them as part of your literacy rotation or stations, centers, Daily 5, or spiral review. #word finds, #word-finds, #wordfinds, #word searches
Buy both and save! QR code links to clips and songs teaching Fry's First 200 words. 246 QR CODES! Help students to learn to read sight words from the Fry First and Second 100 list with these fun QR codes. Once scanned students will be able to listen, watch and sing along with 246 songs and activities based on these early words. The words covered include ALL of the Fry First and Second 100 Words! Great for word work, daily 5 stations, reading rotations, or home learning. Can be used individ
This pack of 31 QR codes link to read alouds on YouTube all about plants, gardens, seeds, roots, stems, leaves, growing vegetables, flowers, and trees etc. Fiction and non-fiction texts are included. They support the teaching and learning of reading and unit of inquiry. QR codes are great for inclusion in your daily 5 reading stations, reading rotations and centers, listening to reading, for students who finish early, who need further instruction, are visual or auditory learners, or just for
QR code links to 31 songs and clips supporting the teaching of numbers to 20.Skills included ... reading numbers to 20, teen numbers, counting forward and backward, ordering numbers, counting sets, recognizing patterns, and subitizing! QR codes are great for your math group rotation activities, independent activities, fast or early finishers, home learning, and spiral review of previously taught concepts. FULLY UPDATED April 2025Check out QR Codes - Numbers and Counting to 10 here!You might als
Over 20 years experience teaching New entrants/Year 1s in New Zealand and overseas (K- Grade 1). Currently working as a literacy intervention specialist teacher and learning support coordinator!
Teaching style
Individual learning programmes. Fun, hands on activities.
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