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English Year 1 Year 2 Language for Interacting With Others

Communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations

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111 resources

  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

    English Unit: K-2 Booklet- Perspective and Argument

    This Perspective and Argument Workbook supports K–2 students in exploring perspective and argument through creative, reflective, and text-ba...

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  • Unit Plan Year: F 1 2

    English Unit: B Year- K-2- Context

    This Context Workbook supports K-2 students in understanding how context shapes stories, experiences, and environments. It includes differen...

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  • Unit Plan Year: 2

    English Unit: Better Word Choices

    Embark on a linguistic adventure with our "Better Word Choices" unit! Designed to enhance vocabulary selection and interpersonal language sk...

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  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Oral Presentations

    This engaging and hands on unit guides students to prepare and deliver an oral presentation in front of their peers. It provides opportuniti...

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  • Unit Plan Year: 1

    English Unit: Speaking & Listening

    This engaging and hands on unit guides and encourages students to use interaction skills such as turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active...

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  • Unit Plan Year: 1 2

    English Unit: Emotions and Feelings

    This is a great unit to teach students all about expressing their own emotions as well as identifying emotions in others. Students will lear...

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  • Unit Plan Year: 2

    English Unit: Poetry

    This Poetry unit provides a great introduction to early years poetry. The unit will take you through examples of a Haiku, Shape, Acrostic, T...

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  • Presentation Year: 2

    Better Word Choices - Presentation

    Introduce students to the power of words with our captivating "Better Word Choices" presentation! Covering vocabulary selection and interper...

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  • Presentation Year: 1

    Oral Presentations - Presentation

    The ‘Oral Presentations with Pip’ presentation introduces students to oral presentations. It teaches students how to prepare and present a p...

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  • Presentation Year: 1

    Questions and Comments - Presentation

    The Questions and Comments Presentation introduces students to the differences between asking questions and making comments. It includes def...

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  • Presentation Year: 1

    Speaking and Listening - Presentation

    The Speaking and Listening Presentation introduces students to all of the interaction skills that successful speakers and listeners use. It...

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  • Presentation Year: 1 2

    Emotions & Feelings - Presentation

    This presentation is a simple way to introduce the concept of feelings and emotions to your students. It teaches students about facial expre...

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  • Presentation Year: F 1 2

    Ripper Rhymes - Presentation

    This presentation is an excellent way to introduce sound patterns in poetry to your class. The progressive presentation provides examples of...

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  • Presentation Year: F 1 2

    Syllable Showdown

    This presentation is a fun and inclusive game where students break lists of words into beats based on the number of syllables. Your class wi...

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  • Presentation Year: F 1 2

    Patterns in Poems - Presentation

    This presentation is a great way to analyse text features using simple and familiar nursery rhymes. Display on a projector or print each pos...

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  • Presentation Year: F 1 2

    5 Senses Word Cline - Presentation

    A presentation to support the Teach This Word Cline lesson plan.  Use the presentation to support a lesson with your class about word cli...

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Achievement Standards - English

    This full-colour printable resource displays English achievement standards for Foundation to Year 6, organised by strand and ACARA code. Eac...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1 2 3 4

    Reading Group Partner Reflections

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    What did you Think?

    In this final worksheet set, students reflect on their personal responses to The Patchwork Bike. They express opinions about what they liked...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Through Different Eyes

    In this worksheet set, students explore how the same story can change depending on who tells it. By reimagining The Patchwork Bike from diff...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Best Bike Ever

    This worksheet set invites students to reflect on why the patchwork bike is more than just something to ride. Through colouring, writing, an...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Our Patchwork Bike

    In this worksheet set, students explore the unique patchwork bike at the heart of the story. Through drawing, writing, and analysing, studen...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Story Through Their Eyes

    In The Patchwork Bike, the narrator shares a personal and joyful story about life, play, and invention near the no-go desert. This worksheet...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Patchwork Bike - Title Page

    Aligned with the NSW English Year B Units and Australian Curriculum V9, this title page supports the Perspective and Argument Workbook.

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    If it Happens to You…

    This worksheet set invites students to step into the story and ask themselves: What would I do if the chalk came to life? Through drawing, w...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    No Words Needed

    This worksheet set helps students explore how stories can be told without any words. Using Chalk, students learn to read visual cues, interp...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    What Might Happen?

    This worksheet set encourages students to make predictions based on visual clues in Chalk, a wordless picture book filled with suspense and...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    One Picture, Many Stories

    This set of worksheets explores how people can have different thoughts and feelings about the same visual text. Students will examine how Ch...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Drawn to Life

    This worksheet set supports students in responding to and interpreting visual texts, using the wordless picture book Chalk by Bill Thomson....

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Let’s Talk, Farmer Brown

    In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, the animals persuade Farmer Brown through letters-  but what if they had to talk to him instead? Thi...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Let’s Make a Deal!

    In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, both the animals and Farmer Brown want different things. Neither gets exactly what they want — inste...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Who Said it Best?

    In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, the animals and Farmer Brown go back and forth with persuasive letters. This worksheet set helps stu...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Moo Mail

    In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, the cows use letters to make persuasive demands. This set of worksheets helps students explore how t...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Animals Ask

    In ‘Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type’, the animals write letters demanding better living conditions from Farmer Brown. These worksheets hel...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    The Great Pet Debate

    This worksheet set builds students’ speaking and reasoning skills through structured debates. Using the familiar context of ‘I Wanna Iguana’...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Using Emotive Language

    This set of worksheets is designed to help students identify and use emotive language to enhance persuasive writing. Activities are based on...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Crafting Persuasive Letters

    This set of worksheets guides students through the process of writing persuasive letters, inspired by Alex's letters to his mother in 'I Wan...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    For and Against

    This worksheet set helps students explore how arguments are used to present differing views. Through sorting, matching, and writing activiti...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Making a Request

    This set of differentiated worksheets introduces students to the concept of making a polite request through the context of asking for a pet,...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Different Eyes, Different Ideas

    This set of worksheets helps students explore how people can view the same situation differently. Through drawing, matching, writing, and re...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    My Thoughts on the Story

    This worksheet set helps students form and express their opinions about texts. Through drawing, writing, and reflecting, students learn how...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Using Strong Words

    This set of differentiated worksheets helps students recognise and use persuasive words that express strong feelings, needs, or preferences....

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    What do you Think?

    This worksheet introduces Kindergarten students to the idea of personal opinions. Students sort everyday picture scenarios into ‘agree’ or ‘...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Seeing Through Different Eyes

    This worksheet set helps students understand the concept of perspective by exploring how different people or characters can see the same eve...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Perspective and Argument - Teacher Notes

    This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Perspective and Argument Workbook. 

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Plants Around the World

    These worksheets help students explore how different plants grow in different environments. They will identify, compare, and research plants...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Watching Flowers Grow

    These worksheets encourage students to observe flowers like scientists. They will practice drawing, describing, and experimenting with plant...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Context - Teacher Notes

    This resource provides a brief overview and teaching notes for using the K-2 Multi-Age Narrative Workbook. 

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Create your own…

    This activity encourages students to experiment with poetic language and structure. Students will use descriptive words and rhyme to create...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Story or Poem?

    This activity helps students understand the differences between poetry and narrative texts. They will explore the structure, language, and f...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Retell the Tale!

    This worksheet helps students practise story sequencing and summarising. Kindergarteners use pictures, Year 1 students write simple sentence...

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    Father's Day - Classroom Display Banner

    Honour fathers, father figures, and caregivers with this Father’s Day-themed classroom display banner. Designed for classroom walls, outfaci...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Vocabulary Selection Marking Rubric

    This user-friendly guide assesses students' proficiency in vocabulary selection and interpersonal language across various activities. With c...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Vocabulary Selection Assessment

    Evaluate your vocabulary prowess with our Vocabulary Selection Assessment! This assessment tasks you with choosing the most suitable words f...

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  • Resource Year: 2

    Better Word Choices Quiz

    Test your linguistic prowess with our Better Word Choices Quiz! Designed to assess your vocabulary selection skills, this quiz presents scen...

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  • Resource Year: 2

    Interview Character Cards

    Explore vocabulary and interpersonal language with our dynamic Character Cards resource! Featuring a diverse cast of characters, students en...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Can You Say It Better?

    ”Can You Say It Better?" is an engaging worksheet designed to enhance students' vocabulary and language skills. Through a series of sentence...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Tell Someone

    Introducing the "Tell Someone" worksheet, where students embark on a linguistic adventure exploring the nuances of interpersonal communicati...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Interpersonal Language Reflection

    "Interpersonal Language Reflection" encourages students to explore their communication skills through real-life scenarios. This resource pro...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Word Sort

    Explore a diverse array of topic-specific words tailored to Maths, English and Science, along with a supplementary list featuring words appl...

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  • Worksheet Year: 2

    Vocabulary Matching

    Explore and reinforce student understanding of key vocabulary with our Vocabulary Matching Worksheet! Designed to engage students in active...

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  • Resource Year: 2

    Who Said That? Cards

    Embark on an exciting journey of vocabulary discovery with our "Who Said That?" Cards! Explore quotes from various characters and profession...

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  • Resource Year: 2

    Topic Specific Word Sorting Cards

    “Topic Specific Word Sorting Cards" is an engaging educational resource designed to enhance students' understanding of key vocabulary across...

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  • Resource Year: 2

    Vocabulary Choices - Student Reference Card

    This student reference card sums up the main ideas from the ‘Better Word Choices’ unit for students to refer back to. It features a simple a...

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  • Resource Year: 2

    Topic Specific Words Class Display

    Immerse your classroom in a world of specialised language with our Topic Specific Words Class Display! Featuring pages dedicated to English,...

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  • Worksheet Year: 1

    Oral Presentations Assessment Marking Sheet – Year 1

    Use this marking rubric to assess students’ oral presentations. This rubric has been specifically designed to include the skills required at...

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  • Resource Year: F 1

    Weather Report – Role Play Pack

    With everything you need to set up a weather forecast for your classroom; this Weather Report Role Play pack is the perfect resource to help...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Oral Presentation Skills Poster Set – Year 1

    This Oral Presentation Skills Poster Set provides a clear visual reference for students to learn all about confident presenting skills and b...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Oral Presentation Skills - Student Reference Card

    This student reference card gives your students a simple and clear understanding of the different skills they need to present a successful o...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Speaking and Listening Marking Sheet

    This Speaking and Listening Marking Sheet is to be used alongside the resource ‘Talk Topics with Tom’ to assess students’ interaction skills...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Speaking and Listening Quiz

    The Speaking and Listening Quiz requires students to recall and retrieve their knowledge on interaction skills. Simply open the slideshow an...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Continue the Conversation

    Students generate topic-related responses to comments to continue the conversation in an appropriate manner.   

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Questions with Quin

    This Questions with Quin boardgame is a fantastic way to consolidate students’ understanding of questions. Students generate questions on th...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    This or That?

    This resource serves as a learning tool for students to navigate the intricacies of conversations as they decide which response is the bette...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Sort the Sentence

    This Sort the Sentence resource is a simple cut and paste activity which reinforces students’ understandings of the differences between ques...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Questions Class Display

    This Questions class display provides a clear explanation on the difference between open-ended and closed-ended questions. It also provides...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Listening and Speaking Reference Card

    This Listening and Speaking Reference Card uses simple icons and imagery which makes the perfect reminder of the core speaking and listening...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Listening and Speaking Poster Set

    This classroom Speaking and Listening poster display set provides a clear visual demonstration of how to be a successful speaker and listene...

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  • Resource Year: F 1

    Talk Topics with Tom Class Activity

    ‘Talk Topics with Tom’ is a versatile resource which can be used for individual, paired, small-group or whole class settings. These topic ca...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    My Feelings and Emotions Assessment

    This assessment can be to assess your students’ ability to identify their own feelings, how others are feeling by using facial expressions a...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Emotions and Feelings - Quiz

    This quiz allows students to revise and demonstrate their understanding of identifying emotions through facial expressions and actions. It a...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    How Would You Feel? Game

    This board game can be used as a fun speaking and listening tool to encourage your students to practise speaking about their feelings while...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    I Spy Emoji Zones

    This is a fun worksheet that is designed to be used along with the Zones of Regulation. Students look at each Emoji facial expression and th...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Colour a Feeling

    This worksheet is designed to be used along with the Zones of Regulation. Students look at each scenario and then colour the heart based on...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Feelings Cut and Paste

    These 2 worksheets assist students in being able to look at facial expressions to determine how others are feeling. Teachers may choose t...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Feelings Chatterbox

    These chatterboxes are a terrific speaking and listening activity that can be used with a teacher, adult or older partner to help younger st...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Feelings Bingo

    Feelings Bingo is a terrific game in which students will learn to identify different facial expressions that represent different feelings....

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Emotion Mats

    The Emotion Mats are a fantastic Emotions rotation or ‘Fast Finishers’ activity. Students are given the opportunity to practise creating fac...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    I Am Who Is - Feelings Game

    The ‘I Am Who Is - Feelings' class game introduces students to a variety of facial expressions and emotions. It is a terrific activity to do...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Feeling Sliders and Scales

    These Feeling Sliders and Scales are a terrific non-verbal way to check in with your students and how they are feeling. It encourages studen...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Emotions and Feelings - Student Reference Cards

    These Emotions and Feelings Student Reference Cards give students a basic understanding that everybody experiences different feelings in dif...

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Terrific Translations

    This teacher resource complements our range of lower primary poetry units by introducing language and cultural elements. Use our large co...

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Awesome Alliteration

    This board game will get your students thinking about alliteration and the patterns this poetic device can make. Students roll a die and say...

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    Patterns in Words Class Display

    This class display is a great way to introduce or reinforce rhyming words, syllables and alliteration with your lower primary class. The dis...

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  • Resource Year: 2

    Christmas Drawing Game

    This fun Christmas game is great for practising listening skills and responding to oral instruction, by drawing several Christmas themed pic...

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  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Wheel of Emotions Spinner

    This handy mood and emotion wheel, is a great way for students to express a variety of emotions and share how they’re feeling in a simple wa...

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +4

    Presentation Rubric

    Created as a resource request from one of our member teachers, this rubric and self-assessment is designed to be used for any student doing...

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2

    Word Cline Worksheet

    Worksheets to support the Teach This Word Cline lesson plan.  Use these worksheets to have a go at creating word clines. Students will le...

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2

    5 Senses Word Cline

    A lesson plan designed to teach your class about word clines.  Use the lesson plan to support a lesson with your class about word clines....

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +1

    The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Nursery Rhyme

    A colourful class display of a short  The Three Billy Goats Gruff poem.  

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  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +1

    The Gingerbread Man - Nursery Rhyme

    A colourful class display of a short Gingerbread Man poem.

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  • Worksheet Year: F 1 2 6

    (Re)Making Paper - Teacher Sheet

    This teacher sheet outline the instructions for a recycling activity where students turn scrap paper into beautiful, handmade paper bookmark...

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  • Resource Year: P F 1 2 +1

    Emotion Cards

    This set of cards has been designed to support students to effectively communicate their feelings and emotions. Use these cards as classroom...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    We All Have Feelings Poster

    This poster explores different ways of expressing emotions, including verbal, visual, body language and facial expressions and provides the...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    How Do You Feel? - Feelings & Emotions Poster

    This poster provides visual representations of feelings and emotions, and provides students with the vocabulary to express each one.

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  • Resource Year: 1 2

    Emotion Sketch Cards

    Emotion Sketch Cards were developed to assist lower primary students in understanding that language is used in combination with other means...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Back to Back Yes - Statements, Questions and Exclamations

    This game is designed to assist young students with understanding and identifying statements, questions and exclamations. This game is desi...

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  • FREE! Worksheet Year: P F 1

    Can you see how I feel?

    This worksheet encourages students to recognise emotions in other people and understand some of the ways we can use our body (and facial exp...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Feelings Charts - Animals

    These charts use various animals to show a variety of emotions.

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Feelings Charts

    These A4 charts depict a variety of common emotions. Students can use the charts to identify their own emotions or those of others. They are...

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  • Resource Year: 1

    Sentence Charades

    This game was made by request as a whole class grammar activity.

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