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Help your students master procedural writing, instructional writing or how-to writing. with this comprehensive collection of procedural writing posters and differentiated writing templates.Designed to support students as they learn to write clear and effective procedural texts, this resource introduces the key features of how-to writing, including titles, materials, numbered steps, action verbs and transition words. With visual posters, a model text and differentiated templates, students will ha

This creative low prep money craft helps students practise counting coins, skip counting, and addition while building their own caterpillar (or other creature of their choice). Students cut and assemble coins, then calculate the total value using a variety of strategies. Easily differentiated to suit all learners - students can create a caterpillar using the same coin type (e.g. all nickels for counting by 5s) or challenge themselves by using a mix of coins to practise more advanced addition ski

This creative low prep money craft helps students practise counting coins, skip counting, and addition while building their own caterpillar (or other creature of their choice). Students cut and assemble coins, then calculate the total value using a variety of strategies. Easily differentiated to suit all learners - students can create a caterpillar using the same coin type (e.g. all 5 cent pieces for counting by 5s) or challenge themselves by using a mix of coins to practise more advanced additi

This creative robot-making craft helps students practise counting money, skip counting, and addition using Australian notes while building their own robot. Students cut and assemble notes, then calculate the total value using a range of strategies. This task encourages students to work with larger values and multi-step addition, building confidence in real-world money skills. Easily differentiated to suit all learners - students can create a robot using the same note type (e.g. all $5 notes for

This creative low prep money craft helps students practice counting money, skip counting, and addition using U.S. bills to build their own robot. Students cut and assemble notes, then calculate the total value using a range of strategies. This task encourages students to work with larger values and multi-step addition, building confidence in real-world money skills. Easily differentiated to suit all learners - students can create a robot using the same bill type (e.g. all $5 notes for skip count

Elapsed Time Worksheets - Digital Clocks and Word ProblemsMake learning to calculate elapsed time fun, hands-on, and engaging! This no-prep, comprehensive and ready-to-use activity pack helps Grade 3-4 students master elapsed time through relatable, real-life scenarios. Designed for multiple levels, it makes abstract time concepts concrete while building confidence in time calculation skills. Ideal for classroom, homework, or enrichment, the pack includes worksheets, task cards, and digital cloc

Make understanding time and duration fun and hands-on! This no-prep activity pack helps students explore seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years through relatable, real-life scenarios. Perfect for building confidence with duration and sequencing of events, these activities engage students and make abstract time concepts concrete. What’s included:Sequence Daily Events - cut and paste activity (answer page included)Order from Shortest to Longest – cut-and-paste sequencing activity

Help your students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills with this Year 3–4 Problem and Solution Fiction Reading Pack. These original, engaging stories capture children’s interest while reinforcing literacy, reasoning, and comprehension skills. Designed for small group reading, literacy rotations, tutoring, independent practice, or homework, this resource encourages students to identify problems, think about solutions, and practise writing full-sentence answers. Students read the

Help your students build critical thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving skills with this engaging Year 5–6 Problem and Solution Fiction Reading Pack. Each story is original, relatable, and designed to capture children’s interest while reinforcing literacy and comprehension skills. Designed for small group reading, literacy rotations, tutoring, independent practice, or homework, this resource encourages students to identify problems, think through solutions, and practise writing full-sentence

Help your students think critically and spot similarities and differences with this Year 3–4 Non-Fiction Compare and Contrast Reading Pack. Ideal for small group reading, rotations, tutoring, independent practice or homework, this resource builds critical thinking, reasoning, and allows students to practise both bullet point and full-sentence writing. Each task consists of two original passages to compare and contrast and comes with a Venn diagram to organise ideas and three comparison questio

Challenge your students to think critically with this Year 5–6 Compare & Contrast Non-Fiction reading pack. Each task features two original passages on various topics, designed to develop key comprehension skills such as identifying similarities and differences, analysing information, and drawing conclusions. The pack includes Venn diagrams for students to organise ideas visually, alongside four carefully crafted comparison questions with full-sentence answers. This structure encourages indepen

Make fractions easy to understand and relatable! This fully editable and colourful pack of pastel rainbow posters helps students clearly see fractions as parts of a whole using numbers, words, shapes, and real-life examples with pizza slices. Designed to build confidence and understanding, these posters are perfect for classroom displays, anchor charts, or table references, giving students multiple ways to visualise fractions and connect them to everyday life. What’s included:1 × What Are Fracti

Boost your Year 5 and 6 students’ vocabulary and reading comprehension with this engaging nonfiction reading pack featuring 10 original texts. This resource is expertly crafted to support vocabulary development in context, strengthen comprehension, and improve writing skills. Students will learn to use new words confidently while exploring fascinating topics across science, history, and geography. Ideal for small group instruction, literacy rotations, tutoring, or homework, each text includes mu

Boost your Year 3 and 4 students’ vocabulary and reading comprehension with this engaging nonfiction reading pack featuring 10 original texts. This resource develops contextual vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills through rich science, history, and geography content. Ideal for small group instruction, literacy rotations, tutoring, or homework, each text includes multiple activities that reinforce vocabulary and comprehension skills. What’s inside: 3 x vocabulary expansion templates whe

Make comprehension clear and engaging with this ready-to-use QAR resource. Students will learn not just how to answer questions, but how to think about where the answers come from. This QAR Reading Comprehension Resource is designed for Years 5-6 and introduces the Question Answer Relationship strategy in a clear, structured way. Students practise answering Right There, Think and Search, Author and You, and On My Own questions using 10 short, original fiction texts. A template is also included f

This Thanksgiving Gratitude Paper Chain is an easy, low prep activity that supports writing, reflection, and positive classroom culture. It is simple to print and use and works for a wide range of primary and elementary grade levels. Students reflect on what they are thankful for using the stems "I am grateful for" and "I am grateful that". Students write and/or draw their responses on paper chain strips and link them together to create a meaningful Gratitude Chain display. This resource is ide

Bring fractions to life with this hands-on My Fractions Pizza craft! Designed to be low-prep and easily differentiated, this activity helps students visualise and create fractions in a fun, creative way. Students will design their own pizzas while exploring halves, quarters, and eighths - making it perfect for a range of abilities. The open-ended nature of this task allows for plenty of choice and creativity while reinforcing students’ understanding of fractions. What’s included:4 x pizza t

Bring place value to life with these two fun, hands-on Base Ten activities. Perfect for reinforcing number sense, addition, and place value understanding, these creative projects encourage learners to explore numbers in a personal and meaningful way using Base Ten Blocks (MAB). Students build their own Place Value Monster and find the base ten value of their name - both engaging ways to practise counting, grouping, and representing numbers. These low-prep, creative maths activities are ideal for

Help young learners build essential data and graphing skills with this comprehensive Graph Posters and Templates Bundle. This pack combines child-friendly graph posters and editable blank graph templates to support students as they learn to collect, organise, and display their own data with confidence. Helpful for introducing key graph types, displaying visual examples, and giving students hands-on practice with data representation. What’s Included:Graph Types PostersClear, colourful posters fea

This pack includes blank tally chart, pictograph, bar graph, line graph, and pie chart templates designed to help students collect, organise, and display their own data. Each template includes a completed example for easy reference (except for the pie chart), making it simple for young learners to understand how to record and present information clearly. You can print and use the templates as they are or access the editable versions to customise categories, headings, or data sets for their class