I am a primary school teacher with a knack for teaching to the multiple intelligences, particularly the visual learner. My resources are inspired by my experience of teaching different students with unique ways of learning. I love the magic of helping them to make connections in learning. The grades 3-5 are mostly what I cater to, however, I also have some great resources for grades 1 and 2.
I am a primary school teacher with a knack for teaching to the multiple intelligences, particularly the visual learner. My resources are inspired by my experience of teaching different students with unique ways of learning. I love the magic of helping them to make connections in learning. The grades 3-5 are mostly what I cater to, however, I also have some great resources for grades 1 and 2.
This Illustrated Homophone Word Wall set includes...
- 64 Word wall cards with pairs of homophones (some triplets too).
- A homophone definition poster in the form of a graphic organizer.
- A large 'definition of a homophone' sentence strip.
Each card is just over a foot wide, that's 33cm by 6cm. They are laid out as three cards per page on landscape legal sized paper.
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Use this set of verb cards which feature present tense and past tense of irregular verbs as a memory game, verb flash cards, or as a flip book.
The verb pairs here are: blow, blew, build, built, choose, chose, dig, dug, drink, drank, grow, grew, make, made, sit, sat, eat, ate, break, broke, catch, caught, cut, cut, do, did, draw, drew, find, found, give, gave, buy, bought, bring, brought, drive, drove, fall, fell, feed, fed, get, got, hold, held, hide, hid.
For the memory game, cut out each card, then shuffle them for a random order.
For the flip book, print each page, then bind them together along the tops. After this, cut each vertically along the center to divide the flip book in half so that your students can flip the pages on the left and right to match the pages on the right.
Story Retelling Worksheets for Beauty and the Beast with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of Beauty and the Beast. It is for grades 2-4 and makes a great addition to any fairy tales unit (black and white version also included).
Instructions for the teacher:
Just print out either the colour or black and white version and make copies of each page. Then guillotine them across the middle. That’s it. The instructions on page two are for your students to be able to do the rest for themselves. I kept it as simple as possible for them to easily make their own mini-book story retelling.
Pages 2-14: Mini-book pages for the story of Beauty and the Beast.
Pages 15-17: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts.
Pages: 18-33: Black and White versions of everything above.
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Father's Day Cards with a writing activity. It has cards for grandfathers, uncles, and dads. All cards are available in black and white for your students to colour and fill out. One of the cards has a pocket full of writing prompts for your students to write loving messages in it for their father. Two Father’s Day colouring pages are also included. 19 Pages
Greek Root Word Wall: This is an illustrated Greek Root word wall. Each Greek Root card has a matching picture with a short definition in brackets. It can be used as headers for doing ‘root of the day’ focus walls or it can be used as a stand alone word wall. Twenty-seven of the most commonly used Greek roots are used in these cards: auto, bio, chron, dyna, gram, graph, hetero, homo, hydr, hypo, logy, meter/metr, micro, mis/miso, mono, morph, nym, phil, phobia, phon, photo/phos, pseudo, psycho, scope, techno, tele, and therm. For Grades 4 and 5.
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I made these free printable eye masks for students to wear in celebration of Groundhog Day! Your students can assemble the parts and stick them together as a craft activity. Students who wear tested lenses can wear them on their hair I made these free printable eye masks for students to wear in celebration of Groundhog Day! Your students can assemble the parts and stick them together as a craft activity. Students who wear tested lenses can wear them on their hair (like a Bando).
This pack includes four different styles in full color:
One face mask with a happy groundhog.
One face mask with a frightened groundhog.
One face mask with a ground hog predicting six more weeks of winter.
One face mask with a ground hog announcing the arrival of spring.
Just print and laminate the pages then cut out your props. These pages are to be printed on legal sized paper (long) because of the long width of the glasses. Instructions for folding the spectacles are included.
For grades 1-3. Four pages.
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Prefix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples. Use these Illustrated Prefix Cards to keep your students engaged in fun activities that reinforce the definition of each prefix and examples of words that take on the meaning of the prefix when it is added to them.
Over two dozen of the most common prefixes are used in these cards, they are: mis, de, a, ab, abs, fore, tri, pre, re, dis, in, dif, semi, micro, ex, un, *im, sub, inter, pro, *im, tele, bi, super, under.
*Note that the prefix 'im-' has two meanings; one is 'into' and the other is 'not', so I have created two separate cards for the prefix 'im-'.
These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 8 cards per page and the larger set has 4 cards per page. The small set will save you ink and paper but many teachers have indicated to me that they preferred to have a larger set to make a bulletin board display. So, that's why I added the larger version.
For Grades 3-5. 13 Pages.
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Suffix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples. Use these Illustrated Suffix Cards to keep your students engaged in hands-on activities that introduce the definition of each suffix and examples of words that take on the meaning of the suffix when it is applied to them.
Over two dozen of the most common suffixes are used in these cards, they are: ous, ory, ling, el, fy, ant, able, ible, ness, ence, ive, eer, ier, ess, ment, er, less, et, or, ism, ship, hood, ful and ly..
Use these cards in your reading and vocabulary centers. They can also be used as sight word cards. Instructions for use are included along with directions for playing two games that I use with my students.
These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 8 cards per page and the larger set has 4 cards per page. The small set will save you ink and paper but many teachers have indicated to me that they preferred to have a larger set to make a bulletin board display. So, that's why I added the larger version.
13 Pages. For Grades 3-5.
Use these Prefix + Root word + Suffix cards in many ways. It contains thirty sets of Big Words which are really root words with their matching prefixes and suffixes. These are words like: disagreement, unacceptable, indefinitely, maladjusted, unemployment, disrespectful, etc. The prefixes used are: un, dis, mal, pre, in, re and inter. The suffixes used are: ful, able, ed, ment, ly, and ible.
Ways to use them:
Use the cards as they are (already matched up) in your word walls.
Sorting Game: Cut out each prefix, root word and suffix and group them into three groups - prefixes only, root words only, and suffixes only. Then students can take turns to pull out a root word from the root word pile and match it correctly to a prefix from the prefix pile and to a suffix from the suffix pile.
Say It, Keep It: Use the cards with the prefix + root word + suffix intact for this game. A caller will keep all of the cards in the deck, pick the first card and read the root word out loud (without showing it to the other players). He can ask the others to name either a prefix or suffix that would match the root word. The first player to name it gets to keep the card. Then the caller picks another card and this process is repeated until all of the cards are used up. The player with the most cards wins the game!
These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 6 words per page and the larger set has 4 words per page. The small set will save you ink and paper but many teachers have indicated to me that they preferred to have a larger set to make a bulletin board display. So, that's why I added the larger version.
This bundle has three sets of activity cards. Prefix cards, Suffix Cards, and Word Building Cards for Root Words and their matching prefixes and suffixes. You can use the prefix cards (the 1st card set) to keep your students engaged in fun activities that reinforce the definition of each prefix and examples of words that take on the meaning of the prefix when it is added to them. The prefixes used are: mis, de, a, ab, abs, fore, tri, pre, re, dis, in, dif, semi, micro, ex, un, *im, sub, inter, pro, *im, tele, bi, super, under.
Likewise for the suffix cards (the 2nd card set) ... The suffixes used are: ous, ory, ling, el, fy, ant, able, ible, ness, ence, ive, eer, ier, ess, ment, er, less, et, or, ism, ship, hood, ful and ly.
For the Prefixes and Suffixes Matching Activity (the 3rd card set): Use these Prefix + Root word + Suffix cards in many ways. It contains thirty sets of Big Words which are really root words with their matching prefixes and suffixes. These are words like: disagreement, unacceptable, indefinitely, maladjusted, unemployment, disrespectful, etc. The prefixes used are: un, dis, mal, pre, in, re and inter. The suffixes used are: ful, able, ed, ment, ly, and ible.
Each card set has three activities of their own. So this bundle has a total of nine activities.
Use this pack of Illustrated Latin Roots with definitions to keep your students engaged in fun activities that reinforce the definition of each Latin root with examples of words that take on the meaning of the roots that they contain. Instructions are included for two games your students can play with these cards; 'Say It, Keep It' and 'Root Buzz'.
There are 31 Latin roots in this set. Each card has a root and two word examples that feature the latin root. The roots are: ambi, aqua, aud, bene, cent, circum, contra, counter, dict, duc/duct, fac, form, fort, fract, ject, jud, mal, mater, mit, mort, multi, pater, port, rupt, scrib/scribe, sec/sect, sent, spec, struct, vid/vis, and voc.
These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 8 cards per page and the larger set has 2 cards per page. The small set will save you ink and paper but many teachers have indicated to me that they preferred to have a larger set to make a bulletin board display. So, that's why I added the larger version.
A storage box template is also included for these cards.
Aligned to Common Core Standards (CCSS): L.4.4b and L.5.4b. 25 pages. For grades 4 & 5.
This is a set of 25 Idiom Posters which display common idioms, their definitions (both literal and figuratively), with pictures and examples with the idioms being used in a sentence related to the picture shown. Your students will have a lot of fun learning about idioms! This file is a wonderful tool for teaching idioms because it has idioms that are current and presented in an attractive format. It incorporates simple definitions and examples of common idioms. Idioms are very difficult for English Language Learners but the illustrations are a huge help for preventing students from taking the literal meaning of each idiom. You can also use it to make a bulletin board of idioms.
You can also print them out on a smaller scale so that they can be used as revision flash cards. I included as many pictures (clip art) as I could because I like to have students make connections between the new vocabulary and the everyday situations that they are already familiar with.
Fulfills:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.A
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.
Fulfills as it related to idioms CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.B and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.B
Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms...
Use these Illustrated Homophone Dominoes Cards to keep your students engaged in a fun activity that encourages reading and matching. This game is ideal for re-teaching and reinforcement of homophones.
These cards have fifty pairs (including a few triplets) of homophones, some of them are: aloud/allowed, eight/ate, flower/flour, mussel/muscle, cellar/seller, doe/dough, night/knight, rose/rows, rite/right/write, no/know, raise/rays, see/sea, you/ewe, pour/pore, bored/board, scene/seen, peace/piece, etc. The illustrations are there to help visual learners to remember the words by their images. Encourage students to read the homophone pairs when they match them out loud especially the auditory learners.
For grades 3-5. Fifty homophone pairs. 12 pages.
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This pack has a total of nine posters and seven worksheets. The worksheets include writing and cut and paste activities. The posters explain subject nouns, singular subjects, plural subjects, and subject pronouns. This pack also explores singular and plural verbs and the rules for subject and verb agreement. An answer key is included for all worksheets.
Here's what you get:
*A Subject Definition Poster
*Noun Subject Worksheets
*Subject Pronoun Poster
*Subject Pronoun Worksheets
*Singular and Plural Subjects Poster
*Singular Verbs Poster
*Singular Verbs Worksheets
*Plural Verbs Poster
*Plural Verbs Worksheet
*Subject Pronoun and Verb Agreement Posters
*Subject Noun and Verb Agreement Posters
It fulfills the requirements for: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.C and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.F
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This is a colourful Spring themed Compound Word Dominoes Game. Students are to play in groups and match the cards end to end to form compound words. The cards are to be matched end to end by picture to picture for younger students or by word to picture for older readers. Page 3 is a reference guide for students to follow if they need the extra help. The compound words to be made include (but are not limited to): ladybug, raindrop, butterfly, rainbow, dragonfly, honeybee, grasshopper, and bullfrog. Six printing pages. For Grades 1-3.
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Homophones - Flash Cards for Homophones: Keep these Illustrated Homophone Cards on a ring binder in your reading stations as a handy reference for your students. They are ideal for re-teaching and reinforcement of homophones.
There are different definitions of homophones in many dictionaries. I stick to the basic rule: If the prefix 'homo' means 'same' and 'phone' comes from the word 'phoneme' which means 'sound', then the term 'homophone' means 'same sound'. This definition is simple and easy to remember.
These are 46 cards which include fifty pairs (including a few triplets) of homophones, some of them are: aloud/allowed, bare/bear, eight/ate, flower/flour, mussel/muscle, cellar/seller, doe/dough, night/knight, rose/rows, rite/right/write, no/know, raise/rays, see/sea, you/ewe, pour/pore, bored/board, scene/seen, peace/piece, etc. The illustrations will help visual learners to remember the meaning of each word.
Each card measures 7.5 cm by 9 cm and they fit on landscape letter sized paper (six to a page).
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Synonyms Word Wall. This Illustrated Synonym Word Wall set includes 60 word wall cards with pairs of synonyms and a large ‘definition of a synonym’ sentence strip, plus extra blank cards. Each word card has a pair of synonyms as well as corresponding pictures which portray the meaning of each word. Also included is a black and white version. Each card is just over a foot wide, that's 33cm by 6cm. They are laid out as three cards per page on landscape legal sized paper.
Here is a complete list of the cards in the order that they appear. They have been divided into two sets; Set 1 for grades 2 to 3 and Set 2 for grades 3, 4 and over.
Set 1:
Object/thing, observe/watch, angry/mad, assist/help, begin/start, bad/awful, below/under, bother/annoy, buy/purchase, close/shut, connect/join, combine/mix, easy/simple, equal/same, smart/intelligent, law/rule, lucky/fortunate, calm/peaceful, name/title, silent/quiet, rescue/save, trash/garbage, raise/lift, unusual/strange.
Set 2:
Accomplish/Achieve, answer/reply, artificial/man made, bargain/deal, choose/select, collect/gather, complete/finish, danger/hazard, empty/vacant, faithful/loyal, genuine/real, job/occupation, last/final, value/worth, order/sequence, reliable/dependable, brief/concise, casual/informal, clear/transparent, country/nation, enlarge/magnify, previous/former, instructions/directions, float/drift, hurry/rush, many/numerous, praise/compliment, dive/plunge, inspect/examine, necessary/required, beg/implore, amiable/friendly, gallant/brave, annul/cancel, abandon/forsake, sad/melancholy.
These are 13 fun CVC Whirly Word Wheels which help students to merge the beginning consonant sound to the VC ending in one-syllable words for beginners who can identify letter sounds but need practice to merge the sounds together to form words.
Each word wheel has illustrations of some of the words in the wheel and each wheel uses each of the vowels a,e,i,o and u as the middle sounds.
Prefix Word Wall: 36 prefix word wall cards, each prefix word card has a matching picture with its meaning in brackets. It can be used as headers for doing ‘prefix of the day’ focus walls or it can be used as a stand alone word wall. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5” x 11” (letter) sized paper. These cards incorporate simple definitions and examples of common prefixes. Prefixes are tricky for English Language Learners but the illustrations are a huge help for getting students to make connections to each prefix and its real world applications and meaning. You can also use this set to make a bulletin board of prefixes. For Grades 4-6.
Over two dozen of the most commonly used prefixes are used in these cards: mis, de, a, ab, abs, fore, tri, pre, re, dis, in, dif, semi, micro, ex, un, im(1), sub, inter, pro, im(2), tele, bi, super, under, uni/mono, bi/duo, tri, tetra/quad, quint/penta, sex/hexa, hepta/sept, oct, nona, deca, hecto, and kilo.
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This phonics foldable worksheet with word wheels for the hard and soft G sound provides engaging ways for students to practice reading and writing words beginning with the Hard or Soft G Sound. The first word wheel shows the hard G sound words and the second shows the soft G sound words. The worksheets are in black and white and the word wheels are both available in printable black and white and colour. Your students can use the foldables to:
Name the item in each picture.
Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap.
Sound out the Hard or Soft G Sound.
Read the words they traced.