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Printing practise activity sheets for lower case letters a-z. Suitable for NZ junior classrooms. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. 14mm lines with a 7mm dashed line. The pages can be made into a workbook if you wish. A slightly larger left margin has been used to allow for stapling and two choices of title page are provided. Made on A4 size paper. Included: ♦ 26 pages: a-z alphabet ♦ Title pages (2 different layouts with either boy or girl graphic) Activities on each worksheet: ♦ Write your name. ♦ Circle/highlight the letter in the alphabet string (top of page). ♦ Trace the letter (start here dots are used) ♦ Write the letter (start here dots are used) ♦ Write the letter independently (no start here dots) ♦ Trace the words that start with the focus letter. ♦ Find and circle/highlight/colour the focus letter (always 5). ♦ Draw a picture of something that begins with the focus letter. The pages alternate with a boy/girl holding the sign. For the letter ‘x’ - words that contain the letter x have been used instead of words that begin with the letter x. A light grey font has been used for the tracing activities. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Number cards that can be used for handwriting/maths integration. Laminate the cards. Your students can then ‘write and wipe’. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. 3 Different Sets of Cards: ♦ 0-20 with empty tens frames (for students to record the number) ♦ 0-20 with counters in tens frames (for students to colour) ♦ 0-20 with empty box (you choose what to draw/write here) Examples of what your students might draw/write in the empty box: • Write the number (eg write 7 seven times) • Write the word (eg ‘seven’) • Draw a picture (eg draw 7 apples on a tree) • Write a math fact using the number (eg 5+2=7) 2 cards on each A4 sheet of paper. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A variety of microphone templates which will add fun to your classroom. Provided in: • Black and White – your students can decorate and personalise their own microphone. • Colour Examples of ways to use in your classroom: • Morning talk time • Oral language activities • Speeches • Poetry presentations • Plays (narrator) • Drama activities • Talent shows • Buddy reading • Singing • Character interviews Great for less confident students to use as it gives them something to hold on to while talking aloud to a group. Included: ♦ microphone without a label ♦ microphone with a label ♦ News ♦ Breaking News ♦ Morning News ♦ Daily News ♦ Today’s Notices ♦ Weather ♦ Narrator ♦ X Factor ♦ I’ve Got Talent ♦ 1 Minute of Fame ♦ 60 Seconds with …. All of the microphones are one to a page, except for the first two templates in the list above, which also come in two to a page. Laminate after cutting. This will keep them rigid and long lasting. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Alphabet and Numbers in ‘outline’ style lettering. ♦ Colour border ♦ Black / White border The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. ♦ Aa - Zz ♦ 0-10 Made on A4 size paper. Alphabet - landscape orientation Numbers - portrait orientation 5 different coloured borders – blue, pink, yellow, green, purple. Variety of uses …. Playdough mats, wall display, alphabet games, etc © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

The alphabet - Aa to Zz. Designed as cards for a wall display, but could be used in a variety of ways. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Made on A4 size paper. Rainbow border on every page. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Have your little learners practise writing their upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. After they’ve finished the writing they can move on to a cutting, sorting and pasting activity at the base of the worksheet. Here they need to identify 4 upper case and 4 lower case letters and glue them into two groups. Approximately 32 different fonts have been used throughout the activity sheets. Your students will need to use their knowledge of the letter shapes to group them successfully. Where the letters look the same (eg c, p, x) they’ll need to look at the size to determine which ones are which. Included: ♦ A-Z (one page for each letter) ♦ A-Z (one page for each letter) – with light grey letters for tracing over Please view the images to see the two different formats. There is a space at the top of the sheet for your students to write their name. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A great set of 60 activity sheets to help your students learn to spell the NZ essential spelling words from lists 1-8. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by one of 8 box shapes. Your students will determine what the mystery word is by looking carefully at the size and shape of the letters. Teaching aids are included to help you teach this. Your students can either write on the activity sheets or they can write the answer in their exercise book (questions are numbered to assist with this). If you put the sheets in a plastic sleeve and pop the answer sheet behind it, your students will be able to mark their own work ... perfect! Plus it cuts down on photocopying. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Each shape of the box matches the style of the letters in this font. For example, there is a ¾ height box for the letter ‘t’. Included: ♦ List 1 – 2 worksheets ♦ List 2 – 3 worksheets ♦ List 3 – 5 worksheets ♦ List 4 – 10 worksheets ♦ List 5 – 10 worksheets ♦ List 6 – 10 worksheets ♦ List 7 – 10 worksheets ♦ List 8 – 10 worksheets ♦ Answer sheets for all worksheets ♦ Teaching aids to help explain the letter boxes to your students Features: ♦ 10 words / boxes per worksheet ♦ Boxes are numbered 1-10 ♦ Each worksheet is labelled with a list number (eg 6e) List 8 = commonly misspelt words © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

These activity sheets are for sight words at the Yellow and Blue level. A total of 68 activity sheets. Students trace the focus word, have a go at writing it, and then cut the letter tiles and paste them into the empty boxes. There are additional letter tiles for words that are 1-5 letters in length. Students will need to sort out which letters they need to keep to make the word. A great activity for working on fine motor skills. Students also get to practise writing their name on every activity sheet. Words are written with the NZ Basic Script font. Lines are 14mm high with a 7mm dashed line. Made on A4 size paper (landscape orientation). Two worksheets per sheet. Worksheets are A5 size. High frequency words align to the NZ reading colour wheel: ♦ Yellow (31 words) ♦ Blue (37 words) These activity sheets are also available for other reading levels: * Magenta and Red * Green and Orange Words Used: Yellow: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father Blue: have help here’s home let need again laugh soon talked could had find end making under very were your walk girl about don’t last what now goes because next than fun bag coming did or cake run © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

64 alphabetical order task cards for lists 1-8 of the NZ Essential Spelling Words. Simply print, cut, fold in half and laminate. Folding in half will give you the word list on the front and the answers on the back. Perfect for independent work. Self-marking means no extra work for you! The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. ♦ 10 words per card. ♦ 8 cards per list. ♦ Total of 64 cards. Provided in both black and white and colour. The colours used in this resource are the same as the colours used for each list level in my ‘Essential Spelling Word Cards’ Resource. Click here to view. Great for word work, spelling practise, literacy centres, daily 5 activity, early finishers, etc. Designed on A4 size paper. 4 cards per page. Each card measures approximately 45mm x 135mm. List 8 = Commonly Misspelt Words © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

84 ‘Sight Word Watches’ for words at the Magenta, Red and Yellow levels of the NZ colour wheel. What’s the time? Sight word time! 1. Decorate 2. Cut (or just leave it as a wide band) 3. Wear (just use some tape to attach it to the wrist) Included: ♦ 25 pages of Magenta word watches ♦ 28 pages of Red word watches ♦ 31 pages of Yellow word watches ♦ 2 blank watch templates (add your own words) The font: The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The font is in ‘outline’ style, enabling your students to colour/trace the word. The size of the font varies as it depends on the size of the word. The smaller the word, the bigger the font. ♦ 5 watches per A4 size paper. ♦ Dashed cut lines between the watches. ♦ Simple watch design – easy to cut around. Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked Yellow: when came one it’s make an all back day into oh out play ran do take that then there him saw his got looking of yes mother from her baby father © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Alphabet Watches for junior students (A-Z) Bonus: number watches 1-20 also included. Included: ♦ Capital and lower case letter together (Aa) ♦ Capital letter (A) ♦ Lower case letter (a) ♦ Numbers 0-20 The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The size of the font varies as it depends on the shape of the letter. 1. Decorate 2. Cut (or just leave it as a wide band) 3. Wear (attach to the wrist with a little bit of tape) Activity Ideas: ♦ practise writing the focus letter on the strap. ♦ draw objects on the strap that begin with the focus letter. ♦ write or show facts to five on the strap of the 5 watch. ♦ draw six objects on the 6 watch. ♦ wear the watch on your non-dominant hand during handwriting … is the watch able to help you do super-duper printing? A fun activity for your ‘Letter of the Day’ and phonics programme. ♦ 5 watches per A4 size paper. ♦ Dashed ‘cut lines’ between the watches. ♦ Simple watch design that is quick and easy to cut around. ♦ Length of watch is approximately 18cm. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This activity is for words at the Magenta and Red level. A total of 53 activity sheets. Students trace the focus word, have a go at writing it, and then cut the letter tiles and paste them into the empty boxes. There are additional letter tiles for the Red words. Students will need to sort out which letters they need to keep to make the word. The Magenta words only have the letter tiles that are needed. A great activity for working on fine motor skills. Students also get to practice writing their name on every activity sheet. Words are written with the NZ Basic Script font. Lines are 14mm high with a 7mm dashed line. Made on A4 size paper (landscape orientation). Two of the same worksheets per page (the worksheets are A5 size). High frequency words align to the NZ reading colour wheel: ♦ magenta (25 words) ♦ red (28 words) These activity sheets are also available for other reading levels: * Yellow and Blue * Green and Orange Words Used: Magenta: I like going is mum look the am said to at went in me here my on dad a and come up can sat for Red: we get put with go no they today was where you she he this are will as too not but likes down big it little see so looked © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Make an alphabet wristband and wear it like a superhero! What impressive super power will you display? 1. Trace the letters. Then write the letters by yourself. 2. Decorate the ‘letter explosion’ in the centre. 3. Cut around the outside. 4. Wrap it around the wrist and attach it with a little tape. Of course, you don't have to make the wristband. You could use these templates in any way you wish. Included: 26 pages of wristband templates (A-Z) Features: ♦ Both capital and lower case letter formation. ♦ Pale grey font used for the letters that are traced over. ♦ Dashed centre line in a pale grey font to help with letter size. ♦ The templates have 3 capital letters and 4 lower case letters (except for ‘m’ and ‘w’ which have 2 capital letters and 3 lower case letters, due to their width). ♦ Simple shape to cut around. ♦ 3 templates to each A4 size page. ♦ Dimensions are approximately 185mm x 85mm. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. A ‘super’ fun activity for ‘super’ kids (and teachers). Let’s face it, we all like to be a superhero once in a while …. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Handwriting copy cards for the NZ essential spelling lists 1-8. ♦ 10 words per card. ♦ 4 cards per A4 page. ♦ 35 cards (plus one bonus card) The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Lists are 1-7 and list 8 is the ‘Commonly Misspelt Words’. Each handwriting card has the list number in the top right corner. A grey dashed line is used to indicate the half-way mark. The 'bonus card' is the days of the week and the words 'yesterday, today, tomorrow'. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A comprehensive pack of cards for junior students to learn to write the alphabet. Many options available …. simply print the ones you would like for your classroom. Designed to be laminated. Students ‘write and wipe’. Great for a literacy centre / daily 5 activity. The font: The font used is the 'New Zealand Basic Script'. The letter shapes are identical to those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook - ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The font styles: ♦ regular ♦ outline ♦ dotty Font colours: ♦ black ♦ light grey The selection of cards: ♦ lower case alphabet ♦ upper case alphabet ♦ lower and upper case alphabet with numbers ♦ numbers 0-9 ’Start here’ dots: You can select a card with or without a ‘start here’ dot on each letter/number. So much choice! With all of the variations listed above, you can select the appropriate alphabet cards for your students. For example, you might decide to print …. A lower case alphabet card in grey outline font with ‘start here’ dots. Or perhaps you need …. A number strip in black regular font to assist a student in maths. What ever you need, it should be here. All alphabet cards are A4 size and they have a coloured border. The numbers are ‘strips’ with 3 on each A4 page. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A comprehensive pack of cards for junior students to learn to write the Māori alphabet. Many options available …. simply print the ones you would like for your classroom. Designed to be laminated. Students ‘write and wipe’. Great for a literacy centre / daily 5 activity. The font: The font used is the 'New Zealand Basic Script'. The letter shapes are identical to those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook - ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The font styles: ♦ regular ♦ outline ♦ dotty The font colours: ♦ black ♦ light grey The selection of cards: ♦ lower case alphabet ♦ upper case alphabet ♦ numbers 0-9 ♦ upper and lower case alphabet, vowel macrons, numbers ’Start here’ dots: You can select a card with or without a ‘start here’ dot on each letter/number. This is available on: lower case alphabet, upper case alphabet, and number strips. It is not available for the cards that have both upper/lower case and numbers on it. So much choice!: With all of the variations listed above, you can select the appropriate alphabet cards for your students. For example, you might decide to print …. A lower case alphabet card in grey outline font with ‘start here’ dots. Or perhaps you need …. A number strip in black regular font to assist a student in maths. Whatever you need, it should be here. All alphabet cards are A4 size and they have a coloured border. The numbers are ‘strips’ with 3 on each A4 page. Alphabet: a e i o u h k m n p r t w wh ng © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Do you need some handwriting goals for your lessons? Well, here is a set of 12 ‘handwriting target’ cards. Each card has a target board with a pencil/arrow hitting the centre. A word beginning with the letter ‘S’ is written next to it (eg size, slope, spacing, speed …). Fun and easy for your students to remember. Included: ♦ 12 target cards (2 per page) ♦ teacher notes (brief outline of the 12 target words) ♦ visual prompts for assessment (targets and stars) Great for: ♦ forming success criteria in handwriting lessons ♦ deciding individual goals in handwriting lessons ♦ as a wall display A great reminder for what students need to do to earn a ‘pen licence’. For a great pen licence template, click here The font used on the cards is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Handwriting copy cards for 2 lists of Dolch words: 1. 220 Dolch words in frequency order. 2. 95 Dolch nouns in alphabetical order. ♦ 10 words per card. ♦ 4 cards per A4 page. ♦ 32 cards in total. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The letter/number shapes are the same as those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook – ‘Teaching Handwriting’. Each handwriting card is numbered in the top right corner. The nouns have the letter ‘N’ before the card number. A grey dashed line is used to indicate the half-way mark. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Great for a literacy centre activity – spelling and handwriting at the same time! Cut and laminate the cards. Students ‘write and wipe’. The font used is the 'New Zealand Basic Script'. The letter shapes are identical to those recommended in the NZ Ministry of Education Handbook - ‘Teaching Handwriting’. The font is in ‘outline’ style. 4 cards per A4 page. Each card has the essential spelling list number in the top right hand corner. 1 letter words are written 3 times on the card. 2 letter words are written 2 times on the card. All other words are written once on the card. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This is an activity that reinforces the recognition of high frequency sight words. Display a selection of the flies (on a board, on the floor, hanging, etc). Say a word. Your student(s) must find the fly with that word written on it, and swat it with a fly swatter. So much fun! You will need to provide the fly swat. Included: ♦ 315 coloured flies ♦ 315 black/white flies ♦ Blank templates (coloured and black/white) 315 Words: ♦ 220 Dolch words in frequency order ♦ 95 Dolch nouns in alphabetical order A solid background colour is used on the 220 words (9 different colours). A greenish/white stripe colour has been used on the nouns to differentiate them from the main list of words. See images for examples. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. Made on A4 size paper. 9 flies per sheet of paper. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources