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Calendar of Events and Report Cards

Hello We are a new private school, and finding it hard to get information that state schools receive, I have 2 questions.....please... 1. Where can I

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K-3 Teaching Tips and Tabs

*SIGN IN BOOK ... Have a sign-in book - for children to practise 'signing' in when they arrive for the day...or you could even set up a 'comments' book

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Handprints Class Display

IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT. HAND PRINTS WERE TAKEN ALLOWED TO DRY. THEN PASTED THE HAND PRINTS INTO A PEACOCK THE REST YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT WHEN YOU

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A dictionary And Parts Of Speech Game

A dictionary And Parts Of Speech Game... This idea came to mind when children had just started to use the dictionary and were curious to know the meaning

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Vocabulary Building Game

Vocabulary Development Game This game is played like the traditional game of Dog and the Bone. Children are divided into 2 equal groups. A small circle

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Prep Maths Planning

This is my first year teachig prep and I'm the only prep teacher at the school. Im finding it difficult to work out what order I should be teaching the

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NEW RESOURCE - 81 Olympic Games Clipart Images

NEW RESOURCE: 81 Olympic Games Clipart Images

*Includes Black and White and Colour Images from our 45 Olympic Games Word Cards.

*PLEASE NOTE: Once purchased, this clipart is yours to keep and use in any non-commercial way for your very own purposes only thanks - please be aware that we still own the copyright.

*Now available for a small fee...

Enjoy...

Donna and Team..

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NEW RESOURCE - 45 Summer Olympic Games Words

NEW RESOURCE: 45 Printable Olympic Games Words and Pictures

*Ideal for literacy reference and activities, as well as Olympic Games bulletin boards and display.....

*DON'T FORGET TO MAKE THEM SMALLER IF YOU LIKE BY PRINTING MORE TO A PAGE....

*Matching Olympic Games Clipart Images now also available for a small fee...

Enjoy...

Donna and Team..

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Cleaning Laminated Worksheets

Shaving cream is a child friendly and sweet smelling alternative for cleaning laminated worksheets.

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Handwriting for Preps

Hi I was wondering if anyone knew a site where you can make your own handwriting sheets for preps to trace in the middle of the letter rather than dotted

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A great way to teach word families

A relief teacher on my Kindy class had the kids complete a word wheel with 'at' words. What made this special and memorable was that it was in the shape

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NEW RESOURCE - Word Families - Long Vowel 'u'

NEW SET OF WORD FAMILY CARDS ADDED.... MORE COMING SOON...

*Set of 19 words - with families - 'ool', 'oon', 'oot', 'une' ...

*Loads of layout choices.....just words, just pictures, one letter missing, middle vowel grapheme missing etc...

*Just Pictures is FREE to download.

*Use your printer settings to print as big or as small as you like.

*More ideas for use....

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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Toy Writing Idea

One writing activity I do is descriptive writing. Early in the season, I start collecting sale catalogs for Christmas that are only toys. Toys R Us will

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Blends

Hello I am a student teacher of mature age! Please can anyone tell me is there a definitive list of digraphs and blends? Is the onset and rime blends

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NEW RESOURCES - 55 Sets of Contractions

NEW RESOURCE: 55 Printable Contractions Sets

*Ideal for matching games such as 'memory', 'snap', 'I have / who has' and partner work.

*Great for general literacy reference and activities, as well as bulletin boards and display.....

*DON'T FORGET TO MAKE THEM SMALLER IF YOU LIKE BY PRINTING MORE TO A PAGE....

Enjoy...

Donna and Team..

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NEW RESOURCE - Anzac Day Ode

NEW RESOURCE: Anzac Day Ode

*Printable Poster / Sentence Reconstruction for the Anzac Day Ode..

*PRINT AS AN A3 OR A4 SIZE.

*Ideal for your 'Songs and Poems Box' - laminate and cut out - children re-construct the song....via lines / phrases, and words....

*Ideal for use with Anzac Day Words

Enjoy...

Donna and Team..

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Writing Ideas

1. Provide small photos of class members for students to choose from. Children write about the things that they like about the student. Lots of modelling

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Help Needed for Chatty Year 2s

I have a class full of very chatty year 2 children, many of the children talk over each other and don't listen to instructions, all and any ideas of a

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PLANTS CLASSROOM DISPLAY

I MADE THESE AS DISPLAYS - WITH THE CHILDREN - ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS. 1. BUSHES A ROSE BUSH 2. CREEPERS AND CLIMBERS PUMPKIN. MONEY PLANT & GRAPE

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Praise Bulletin Board Display

THIS WAS A BULLETIN BOARD I PUT UP FOR MY CLASS CHILDREN. I COLLECTED DIFFERENT PHRASES FOR PRAISING A CHILD FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. I MADE T SHIRT CUT-OUTS

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Reception Smart Board Ideas

I am very excited and fortunate to have a new Reception class starting next week. (I have been doing contracts and relief teaching for the last 2 years,

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1st Time Prep Teacher

I am teaching prep which is my 1st class, I am a graduate and only have 8 students. Very small school, but I am concerned because the students need a lot

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Guided Reading Assessment

by: Kim H Do you track your students in anyway during or after Guided Reading ? I would love to know how you organise it if you do

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The Farm using De Bono's 6 Thinking Hats

Our Year 1 integrated topic for next term is The Farm. We have been using De Bono's 6 Thinking Hats in term 1 for various activities but I would like to

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NEW RESOURCE Easter Concept Book

NEW RESOURCE: Easter Concept Book

*Children illustrate and finish the sentence - When I think of Easter, I think of.......

*Includes black and white copies..

*Ideal for use with Easter Printables Word Cards....

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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Best way to set up writing groups....

Hello there everyone.... I have a kindergarten class....with 3 ability groups.... (top middle and bottom), I have about half an hour for writing each

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NEW EASTER IMAGES AND WORDS

UPDATED IMAGES: Easter Words...

*New images in time for Easter.

*Matching concept book being uploaded tomorrow..

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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NEW RESOURCE: My Family Concept Book

NEW CONCEPT BOOK - MY FAMILY...

*Children write and illustrate about the members in their immediate family and their extended family.

*Includes black and white copies.

*Works in well with My Family word cards. Children use the word cards to help 'label' each immediate and extended family member as they draw

*More ideas for use....

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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Harmony Day Ideas Please

It seems only yesterday we were celebrating Harmony Day 2011 and here we are about to celebrate it again next week March 21st. I am looking for a simple

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MORE WORD FAMILIES - LONG VOWEL 'O'

NEW SET OF WORD FAMILY CARDS ADDED.... MORE COMING SOON...

*Set of 20 words - with families - 'oat', 'one', 'ome', 'oke' ...

*Loads of layout choices.....just words, just pictures, one letter missing, middle vowel grapheme missing etc...

*Just Pictures is FREE to download.

*Use your printer settings to print as big or as small as you like.

*More ideas for use....

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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Behaviour Starting Prep Help

My 5 year son just started Prep and he has shocked me with his attitude. He will say no to the Teacher if he doesn't want to do something. He will answer

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Sight Words

Can I please get an idea of what sight words a child should know by the end of grade 1? eg. List 1, 2, 3..?? Thank yo

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MORE WORD FAMILIES - LONG VOWEL 'I'

NEW SET OF WORD FAMILY CARDS ADDED.... MORE COMING SOON...

*Set of 4 words - with families - 'ice', 'ide', 'ike', 'ile', 'ine', 'ive', 'ight' ...

*Loads of layout choices.....just words, just pictures, one letter missing, middle vowel grapheme missing etc...

*Just Pictures is FREE to download.

*Use your printer settings to print as big or as small as you like.

*More ideas for use....

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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Whole School Maths Program

Hi does anyone know of an excellent Mathematics program?? Our school is currently looking into getting a whole-school approach that is in line with the

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MORE WORD FAMILIES - LONG VOWEL 'E'

NEW SET OF WORD FAMILY CARDS ADDED.... MORE COMING SOON...

*Set of 44 words - with families - 'ee', 'eel', 'eep', 'eet', 'eal', 'eam', 'eat' ...

*Loads of layout choices.....just words, just pictures, one letter missing, middle vowel grapheme missing etc...

*Use your printer settings to print as big or as small as you like.

*More ideas for use....

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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FREE RESOURCE - Word Spacing Finger Guide Set

FREE Word Spacing Finger Guides Set

*Pointed finger guides for spacing between words....

*Includes left and right hands

*Includes black and white copies

*Laminate and use as is - or laminate and pop them onto a wooden popstick

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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Help needed with wall stories

I am embarking on my internship in a year two class. One of the activities my teacher would like me to do is a wall story (using a specific text) with

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Creative Writing

I'm wondering if anyone has some good ideas for Creative Writing lessons with Grade 2. I find it difficult to come up with engaging topics each week to

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Drop-down Menus for Writing

I have always believed in the benefits of drawing as a stimulus for great writing in the early years at school. On the students' Try page, which sits

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Help with Music

Hi. I am a Homeschooling mum and former Secondary school teacher, and am preparing a Kindergarten curriculum for my daughter. I would appreciate any suggestions,

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The power of Fluency Phrases

In my years of being both a K,2, and 3 teacher I have found that fluency phrases are much more powerful than just sight word practice. Most students outgrow

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UPDATED - Number Puzzles / Charts 0-20

UPDATED TO INCLUDE NUMBERS 0-20

*Each number chart includes, numeral, word and picture.

*Ideal as number wall / display charts or cut up into 3 sections for number puzzles....

*Great for place value work as '1' lot of 'tens' has 10 dots and is a consistant light blue colour throughout. The 'ones' numeral consists only of the appropriate number of dots, and matches the colour of the 0-9 numerals.

More Ideas for printable numbers puzzles / charts here....

Enjoy....
Donna and Team...

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Zeroing in on a Slice of the Writing Pie

Students are famous for trying to write about 'wide' topics: Friends, My School, My Hobbies, or My Life. No wonder they quickly run out of things to

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C2C for iPad

Hi, I hope someone can help. Is it possible to view the c2c units (from ed qld) on my iPad? One school says that safari can't open those files. I'd really

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Composite K/1 class help

Hi everyone, I find myself in a pickle and would love to hear advice/stories of experience from fellow teachers. I am a teacher with 20 years experience,

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IPOD for listening Post

Does anyone know where to get audio stories for children that I can download onto my IPOD and use at the listening post at school

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Daily 5 - Cafe

Has anyone used this before? I am team teaching in a K/1 & 1/2 and we are trying to implement this. If you have used it...is it successful? Do you enjoy

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Spacing words bookmarks

Hi, these little bookmarks are great for reminding about spacing (finger gap between words) and also have the cat model for letter placement on lines

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Grades One and Two

Hi, I've just been informed I will be teaching a 1/2 split. I just can't seem to get my head around how to structure activities for at least the first

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