Can you believe it’s almost Term 4 already? Where has the year gone? 😱
As we begin to roll through Semester 2, the pressure is on as educators to start assessing our students’ curriculum knowledge in preparation for those dreaded end of year reports. We know all too well how challenging this time of year can be for teachers, which is why we’ve curated an extensive range of planning and assessment resources for our subscribers 💛 With a focus on low-prep, curriculum aligned content that’s easy to plan and teach, there’s something for everyone no matter your year level!
Our resource collection can be a bit overwhelming, so if you’re looking for tips on where to start, you’ve come to the right place 🙌🏼 Read on for some of our best suggestions and top tips for making your assessments a total breeze this semester!
Just want to see the whole range? No worries! Click here to check out all of our planning and assessment resources 💛
Planning can truly be the most challenging and time-consuming aspect of being a teacher 😰 From trying to keep on top of the curriculum to differentiating for student ability levels, there’s so much to think about that it can feel overwhelming. Never fear! Here at Top Teacher, our planning resources are made by teachers, for teachers, so you know they’re jam-packed with exactly what you need to simplify your semester planning.
Read on to explore some of our favourite planning resources and how you can use them to take your time back 💛
💛 Curriculum Planning Checklists 💛
Available for Foundation to Year 6, these checklists are available for each subject area in three different versions: a basic checklist with curriculum codes, an expanded version featuring all elaborations, and a planning version with blank space for note-taking. They’re also editable, so you can swap out or remove codes for different year levels to cater to differentiated classrooms! |  |
💛 Assessment Overview Checklists 💛
These quick-tick overviews feature the full V9 Australian Curriculum for each subject and year level. Add student names to the left column and record results throughout the semester using numbers, letters, tallies or ticks. You can also use the key to colour-code when each mark was given for easy reference. Use the editable function to type relevant text or simply print and go! |  |
💛 F-6 Unit Plans 💛
Our unit plans are your one-stop shop for a fully planned, curriculum aligned series of lessons! Currently available for Science, HASS, Health, persuasive writing and narrative writing (with more on the way! 🤫), these unit plans have been hand-crafted by our team with everything you’ll need to plan, teach and assess in a term. |  |
For early and lower years classrooms, play is crucial for developing fine motor and social skills, as well as for contextualising learning through kinaesthetic activity. So why not assess student learning through play as well? ⭐️
These resources are designed to make it easy to assess student play with curated templates, easy checklists and more.
💛 Social Skills Observation Checklist 💛
We love this checklist because it can be used during ANY classroom activity where students are interacting with their peers! Record how your students demonstrate their social skills in line with the Foundation Health V9 Australian Curriculum. Plus, the resource is totally editable, so you can curate it to suit any level of differentiation! |  |
💛 Pencil Grip Assessment Task 💛
While this resource features an easy one-page template to assess pencil grip, it also features a quick-tick checklist which can be used to assess any activity where early years students use a pencil! Use this checklist alongside fun pre-writing play activities like our Roll & Draw Pre-Writing Patterns or Pre-Writing Pattern Cards to keep students engaged. |  |
💛 A Picture of Me Fine Motor Task 💛
Next time your students want to free draw a picture of themselves, use this editable template to turn it into a super simple assessment task! Perfect for early years, this task assesses your students’ fine motor skills and awareness of the parts of their body. |  |
💛 Number Flower Craft: Representing Numbers to 10 or 20 💛
Everyone loves a craft! This interactive activity asks students to colour, cut and glue together a flower pot to represent a number of your choice up to 20. Using numbers, words, ten frames, tallies and dots, students can get creative while demonstrating their understanding of number. |  |
Our Mathematics assessment sets are the perfect way to plan and assess each strand of the V9 Australian Curriculum! These flexible resources are editable and available for all year levels from Foundation to Year 6 in three strands: Number & Algebra, Measurement & Space and Statistics & Probability.
Read on to explore each resource type and discover how to use them to simplify your Maths assessments! ⭐️
💛 Rubrics 💛
These editable rubrics break down each curriculum code into ‘I Can’ statements divided into columns for Working Towards, At Standard and Working Above. Simply highlight each applicable statement to track progress, create report comments or identify areas of strength and improvement. Differentiate by substituting rows with content from the year level above or below! |  |
💛 Semester 2 Assessments 💛
Our NEW Semester 2 assessments are perfect for an end of year round-up! Featuring 3-6 pages of questions covering every code in the V9 Australian Mathematics curriculum with answer keys included, this quick-print assessment is ideal for stress-free report writing and grading. Plus, using the included editing guides, you can alter certain questions for quick differentiation! |  |
💛 Printable Topic Assessments 💛
Need to quickly assess a single topic? Our Semester 1 assessments are divided into multiple 1-2 page activities by topic area, so you can quickly grab and print the assessment you need with ease. Use year-round as pre or post-assessments, track curriculum coverage with the handy included codes, and edit as needed by following the included editing guides! |  |
💛 Check-In POWERPOINT (F/1 ONLY) 💛
Foundation and Year 1 students will love our Check-In POWERPOINT, which can be used on the big screen as a whole class or on tablets in a 1:1 setting. Students respond to questions verbally or by using a mini whiteboard. Perfect for checking for understanding or as a pre or post-assessment. |  |
💛 Check-In Recording Sheets (F/1 ONLY) 💛
Designed to be used with Foundation & Year One students in a 1:1 setting alongside our Check-In POWERPOINT or flashcards, these recording sheets can also be used independently alongside other assessment activities. Each resource features multiple recording sheet options including colour, black and white, editable, digital and ‘print & go’ versions. |  |
💛 Check-In Flashcards (F/1 ONLY) 💛
This printable version of our Check-In POWERPOINT is perfect for Foundation & Year One classrooms without easy access to screens or tablets. Print, cut and store your cards for easy access year-round. You can use them as a 1:1 or small group task – or why not try enlarging your print to A3 and using them as a whole class? |  |
English can be one of the most challenging and subjective areas to assess 😰 Luckily, we’ve got you covered with curriculum-aligned templates, rubrics, checklists, assessment tasks and more!
💛 Teacher Word Lists PACKAGE 💛
Ideal for Science of Reading-aligned classrooms, this pack contains individual word lists for each major sound pattern.
Use to assess reading, writing or spelling as needed! |  |
💛 Phonemic Awareness Assessment 💛
This comprehensive, editable resource is perfect for assessing early years’ phonemic awareness.
Including a teacher guide with scripts and instructions, this resource is ideal for a low-prep, 1:1 assessment. |  |
💛 Writing Assessment Rubrics (F-3) 💛
This basic editable rubric is designed to be used with ANY writing task, whether it’s imaginative, informative or persuasive!
With handy links to the V9 Australian curriculum, the editable text could even be used for quick copy-paste report comments. |  |
💛 Writing Feedback Templates (4-6) 💛
Available for persuasive, narrative and informative texts, these editable templates allow students to self-assess their written work before comparing their marking to their teacher and a peer. We love how these templates allow students to easily see and understand the criteria they’re working towards and identify areas for improvement. |  |
💛 Get Creative: Just because a resource isn’t marked as an assessment doesn’t mean it can’t be used as one! Use our planning checklists to take notes and identify which of your favourite activities align with each curriculum code, and use these as part of your assessment roster 😍
💛 Record Everything: It’s always better to have too much data than not enough! Our class checklists (available to match every decor pack!) are perfect for quickly marking and recording against student names for any activity. This allows you to see student progress at a quick glance, making planning and assessment even easier.
💛 Use Daily & Weekly Activities: See student progression in real time by using repeated daily or weekly activities. For Maths, our Mental Maths packages (pictured in the big banner above!) for lower years and Daily 5 packages for upper years are a simple, streamlined way of tracking progress against the curriculum. And for English, you’ll love our warm-up powerpoints with matching optional recording sheets!
We hope these handy tips will ensure you have the smoothest Term 4 ever 😍 Don’t forget to use @topteacher to tag us in all your posts, we can’t wait to see what you get up to!
