'Your one stop shop for ENGAGING, AUTHENTIC ideas to keep your students busy, and schools wanting you to come back. Resources that are easy to use with links to some amazing websites and a host of free resources.'
Teaching is one of the most creative jobs I know, even after 30 years of teaching I realise that every day is different. You may be teaching the same subjects and grades, but it's children that make teaching both the challenging and rewarding profession that I have known.
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'Your one stop shop for ENGAGING, AUTHENTIC ideas to keep your students busy, and schools wanting you to come back. Resources that are easy to use with links to some amazing websites and a host of free resources.'
Teaching is one of the most creative jobs I know, even after 30 years of teaching I realise that every day is different. You may be teaching the same subjects and grades, but it's children that make teaching both the challenging and rewarding profession that I have known.
Creating
A Selection of games for numeracy and literacy to use as warm ups, brain breaks or extension activities for fast finishers. Sea Themed, with BLM that can printed off and coloured in to keep them busy.
Boggle Game
Number of the day
Categories worksheet and game
What are your spelling words worth?
A handy resource for casual teachers, includes a blank so that you can make up your own games.
This bundle includes all of my Themed Brain Break, Time Fillers or Extension Activities
Aliens/Space
Christmas
Easter
Halloween
Harmony Day
Sea
Fairy Tale
This bundle of Christmas activities is well under half the price if you were to buy each product individually. There are over 200 pages of invaluable resources, information great websites to explore to use with the IWB or perhaps complete some of the fun web quests included in the K-6 thematic unit of work
**K-6 Thematic Unit of work- Cross Curricular **
This unit of work covers most subject areas so that the learning and activities involved in the pack are authentic, engaging and relevant to the theme of Celebrations (Particularly the theme of Christmas).
**Fast Finishing, Brain breaks or extension activities with a Christmas theme **
The Fast finishing activities would make great brain breaks or challenges to be used in group or for individual tasks in literacy or maths rotations. Plenty there to get the brain ticking over.
**Christmas Acts of Kindness **
Christmas is all about the spirit of giving so the editable acts of kindness will encourage your students to consider the needs and feelings of others around them. It is amazing what a positive classroom environment this resource creates
** Elf yourself and Reindeer yourself**
Both of the PDF's included in this pack make for a fun classroom Craft activity and classroom display. The results are hilarious and students love to see each others as Santa's little trusty elves or his tried and trusted Reindeer friends
**Christmas Mandalas - Geometry, concentric circles and symmetry **
All of these mathematical concepts are covered in this wonderful resource. The results are nothing short of impressive.
Encourage your students to examine symmetry and design using mirrors for inspiration.
Use the Christmas templates to create a personalized mandala where each child can express through art......the meaning of Christmas.
For those of you who love to teach line and zen tangles, these templates lend themselves beautifully to this activity.
A Selection of games for numeracy and literacy to use as warm ups, brain breaks or extension activities for fast finishers. Fairy Tale themed with BLM that can printed off and coloured in to keep them busy.
Boggle Game
Number of the day
Categories worksheet and game
What are your spelling words worth?
A handy resource for casual teachers, includes a blank so that you can make up your own games.
SPELLING TERM 4
GRADE 1
This makes a great addition to your primary spelling resources. I have created a set of spelling lists for each of the grades. This pack contains a set of activities for each spelling list.
• Instructions included in each of the sets of word lists
• On each page there is a new set of list words for you to practice (see the word list below)
• Firstly read each word in the word list
• Then copy and write each word 3 times
• Lastly, each letter has a value. Work out how much each word is worth using the table provided.
Week 1 Long “a” pattern –a-e words
Week 2 Long “o” pattern –o-e words
Week 3 Short “oo” pattern –oo words
Week 4 Long “a” pattern –ay words
Week 5 Long “o” pattern –ow words
Week 6 Short “o” pattern -ow words
Week 7 Long “i” pattern –i-e words
Week 8 Long “o” pattern –oa words
Week 9 Long “oo” pattern words
Week 10 Long “e” pattern –ee words
Use this resource for…
✔ Homework
✔ Morning Work
✔ Literacy Centres
✔ Early Finisher Tasks
✔ Spelling Intervention
✔ Distance Learning
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Do your students need extra sight word practice?
Do you need activities that your students can complete independently?
This is the perfect resource for you!
Cover all of your bases with this bargain Activity Pack which contains 7 files for use in the classroom. What do you get?
What do you get in this pack?
Powerpoint version of all of the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Words for use on the interactive whiteboard
BINGO cards that can be used for word recognition and sight word practice.
Color by word (UK AND US VERSIONS)
Teacher suggestions are included in the pack-(Settings can be adjusted for US Letter size from within your printer settings)
A4 and A3 sized Game Boards for you to use with the flashcards, or to create your own games to reinforce sight word recognition and fun. Brightly coloured and engaging to create an authentic learning task for your students.
Worksheets for 2 of the words chosen from the Sight Word List
Flashcards for use with games such as memory, fish, snap, or for testing each other.
Use these in conjunction with the Game Boards to create some fun activities for your students
159 pages
The best part?
This resource requires LITTLE PREP and is easy to use.
You will receive a zip file with a PDF and PowerPoint version of this resource. Please ensure that you have the software to unzip a compressed file.
Description
These literacy anchor charts will make teaching different ELA skills easier!
These JUST PRINT reading anchor charts come in large poster size for teaching and classroom displays . They have been created in A3 size for clear printing.
I have also included transparent PNG versions of the charts so that you can create your own charts (NB: You cannot alter the graphics)
Each Anchor Chart includes two different teacher versions and each in color and black and white background for saving ink when printing
Anchor Charts are crucial to students understanding, reinforcing, and applying a skill. Use the charts as a reference for teaching a specific literacy skill.
You can make individual reference cards of your own by either using the PNG files included or by adjusting the print settings on your computer. You will receive PPT, PDF and PNG versions of each chart.
What is included in this set?
Writing checklist
Author’s Purpose
When to use capital letters M.I.N.T.S reference
Retelling a story
Visualizing text
Making Inferences
Character Traits
Reading is thinking
Making Connections
Identifying Key Ideas
Why this book??
Have you bookmarked, pinned and saved hundreds of links?
Do you promise that one day you will sort them out?
This book may be the answer to your organisational dreams. It is designed to be an easy to use, interactive resource. It has been sorted into categories with links to provide answers and help for frequently asked questions posed in posts on Facebook and other social group forums.
400 hyper-linked webpages and PDFs
This small investment will save you hours of your precious planning time and money. By investigating the comprehensive list of websites and links to free resources you can inexpensively build on your vital pool of resources. It is estimated teachers spend $2000 annually on resources. Let this book help to keep some of this money in your pocket
Contents
Mindfulness in the Classroom
Art
Anti-Bullying and Resilience
Drama
Music and Singing
PDHPE and Games
Geography
History
Science
Curriculum
Maths
Literacy
Behaviour Management
Classroom Management
Relief Teaching Resources
Fabulous Freebies
Wonderful Weeblies
Educational Blogs
Aboriginal Education
Report Writing
Special Needs
Pinterest for Teachers
Facebook for Teachers
New Scheme Teachers and Accreditation
CV and Job Applications
Brain Breaks and Time Fillers
Internet Safety
Interactive Whiteboards
Thinking Skills
This is the bundle for your Stage 2 students.
Year 3
This resource booklet is a time saver for all primary teachers. Within the book are links and activities which will help keep a year 3 class busy for a week or more. There are links to units of work, videos, interactive games, fantastic apps and printable activities. Based around the theme of Animals, children will have opportunities to engage in some wonderful activities base on the story book "Giraffes can't dance" by Giles Andreae
All resources and sites that have been selected are free, or through subscription (with no fee)
To get maximum benefit from this eBook you will need to really explore the links and contents to adapt and modify to the children you will be working with.
The suggested timetable is linked to hundreds of ideas for CAPA and PDHPE.
Year 4
This booklet uses one of my all time favourite stories, "Lester and Clyde" by James H. Reece. A wonderful tale that explores the themes of pollution on the environment, recycling, and of course frogs. There are resources linked to all of these ideas within the booklet. Your students may enjoy a research project using a Webquest, or investigate how far a 'cottonball frog' can jump. This resource is a time saver; there are some fabulous links for you to explore and make these units of work your own.
To get the best use out of this booklet, I encourage you to click on all of the available downloads and links. There are many treasures hidden in here. The Pinterest board alone is full of some fantastic and engaging activities for the theme of frogs and caring for our environment. You could easily stretch this unit to a month with all the ideas available.
Free Classroom management booklet included and this bundle includes a set of ICEBREAKER cards
Over 600 pages of ideas and activities!!
This bundle has my most popular resources in it. "The Survival Kit for Casual Relief Teachers"-111 pages of ideas and activities linked across all KLA's. This is a great starter for any Casual Teacher's resource kit, so many ideas that are guaranteed to make your life a little easier.
Easy Links-Wonderful websites for very busy teachers Have you bookmarked hundreds of links? This book may be the answer to your organisational dreams. It is designed to be an easy to use, interactive resource. It has been sorted into categories with links to provide answers and help for frequently asked questions posed in posts on Facebook and other social group forums.
Booklet Bundles which are all integrated across all KLA's to make programming easier. These booklets are for all classes with links to online versions of picture books through slideshare or youtube, integrated lesson plans and a fully interactive timetable which links to all of my pinterest boards. Never be short of an idea again. Themes are 'Under the Sea'and 'Animals'
'First and Second hand accounts'- linked to Australian events in recent history eg opening of the opera house, Harbour Bridge, Apology to the Nation, Cyclone Tracy, Cliffy Youngs marathon run, Cathy Freemans gold medal run. This resource makes teaching first and second hand accounts of events, authentic and engaging.
Fairy Tales- K-2 A themed unit of work on Fairy Tales for infants classes. Enough activities in here to be differentiated for middle primary students too.
'Optical illusions - a great brain break to use or can be integrated with Art, to create some fantastic 3D art projects
'Scattergories'-this game is a fantastic addition to any teachers toolkit, complete with lists for lots of variety
Digital links booklets- 2 downloads with suggested links to apps and websites for Numeracy and Literacy. A fantastic resource if you don't know where to start looking for resources on the internet
The files shown in this bundle incredible value You will get 30 ebooks in total
This is a winzip file so please make sure you have a programme to open it. Click on each book title to see a description of the product.
Survival Kit for Casual Relief Teachers
Easy Links-Wonderful websites for very Busy Teachers
Animal Themed Booklets
Sea themed Booklets
First and Second Hand Accounts- Australian Topics
Optical Illusions
Scattergories Game
Literacy Links
Numeracy Links
Fairy Tales
Lateral thinking game
Editable behaviour bracelets
Behaviour Posters
Fishing for Answers
Blank word search template
Harmony Day activities
Fast finishers bundle and Xmas activities
A Selection of games for numeracy and literacy to use as warm ups, brain breaks or extension activities for fast finishers. Easter themed with BLM that can printed off and coloured in to keep them busy.
Boggle Game
Number of the day
Categories worksheet and game
What are your spelling words worth?
A handy resource for casual teachers, includes a blank so that you can make up your own games.
A Selection of games for numeracy and literacy to use as warm ups, brain breaks or extension activities for fast finishers. Harmony day Themed, with BLM that can printed off and coloured in to keep them busy.
Boggle Game
Number of the day
Categories worksheet and game
What are your spelling words worth?
A handy resource for casual teachers, includes a blank so that you can make up your own games.
You will get a powerpoint presentation and PDF in this bundle
This 30 page booklet comes with a 7 page booklet of behaviour management strategies. The theme for the term 2 booklets is "Under the Sea". The focus books in this booklet are "Tiddler the Story Telling Fish" by Julia Donaldson, and "There's a Sea in my Bedroom" by Margaret Wild. Spelling and word work is based on the words from " Tiddler" and I have made a Quizlet to use to support the teaching of these words. The booklet has sections on hints for relief teachers,reading and literacy, numeracy, thematic work, celebration days for term 2 and a page of suggested apps that are a fantastic addition to your teaching resource kit. Worksheets are included for spelling and literacy as well as a feedback sheet which you are able to copy so that you can leave feedback for the classroom teacher you are replacing. There are over 60 links to websites included in the booklet. Please view the video presentation to get a comprehensive idea of what is included in the booklet.
This resource could be differentiated for use with year 1 or Year 3. To use this resource effectively you need to explore all of the links provided and tailor make the suggested activities to suit your teaching style and the learning needs of your student.s All of the hard work searching the internet for inspiration and resources has been done for you.
The suggested timetable has interactive links to my Pinterest board, so that your resources will continue to grow as more pins are added. Within the book there are over 60 links to websites, and for those of you who follow my 'Surviving Casual Teaching' Facebook group, you will know that I have a good working knowledge of helpful teaching resources. I recommend that you buy copies of the picture books for days when you may not have IWB capability. You can never have enough picture books in your life!!!
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This 30 page PDF, comes with a Behaviour management PDF with plenty of ideas for your relief teaching ideas. View the short powerpoint above to get an idea of what is contained within the booklet. The focus book chosen is "The Snail and the Whale", enjoy a beautifully read youtube video of the story. It is a wonderful picture book to have in your personal library. The activities are linked to all KLA's and I am thrilled to have collaborated with Adrian Bruce goteachthis.com and Kylie Elizabeth from Ripper Reading Resources who have generously given their permission to include one of their fantastic resources. Two fantastic games to add to your Survival Teaching Kit.
This resource could be differentiated for use with year 2 or Year 4. To use this resource effectively you need to explore all of the links provided and tailor make the suggested activities to suit your teaching style and the learning needs of your student.s All of the hard work searching the internet for inspiration and resources has been done for you.
The suggested timetable has interactive links to my Pinterest board, so that your resources will continue to grow as more pins are added. Within the book there are over 60 links to websites, and for those of you who follow my 'Surviving Casual Teaching' Facebook group, you will know that I have a good working knowledge of helpful teaching resources. I recommend that you buy copies of the picture books for days when you may not have IWB capability.You can never have enough picture books in your life!!!
The underwater theme is continued throughout this booklet, and the book chosen is "Turtle Bay"by Saviour Pirotta, illustrated by Nilesh Mistry. It is a based on a true story set in Japan, of a man who would spend his days at a certain time of the year, sweeping the beach. Taro, the young child in the story is fascinated by this, and in time he meets the beautiful turtles when they come onto the beach to lay their eggs. There are some fabulous links to websites in the thematic section of the booklet to support doing a mini unit of work on sea turtles. They are a fascinating animal, that is under pressure from human activity in the oceans. I am thrilled to be able to bring you some free resources from GoTeachThis and Ripper Reading Resources. The challenge with this booklet is to choose which of the wonderful resources you will use in your classroom. Over 30 pages and 80 links!! Save yourself valuable time searching the internet for resources, I have done all the hard work for you.
This resource could be differentiated for use with year 4 or Year 6. To use this resource effectively you need to explore all of the links provided and tailor make the suggested activities to suit your teaching style and the learning needs of your student.s All of the hard work searching the internet for inspiration and resources has been done for you.
The suggested timetable has interactive links to my Pinterest board, so that your resources will continue to grow as more pins are added. Within the book there are over 60 links to websites, and for those of you who follow my 'Surviving Casual Teaching' facebook group, you will know that I have a good working knowledge of helpful teaching resources. I recommend that you buy copies of the picture books for days when you may not have IWB capability.You can never have enough picture books in your life!!!
The focus of this booklet follows on the Under the sea theme, with the focus being on Whales. Dyan Sheldon "The Whales' Song" is beautifully read in a youtube clip, however I recommend buying the picture book to add to your collection. The illustrations in it are stunning, and you can see how closely the illustrator David Blythe and author have worked to bring this story to life. Please view the video above to give you an idea of everything that is incorporated into this unit. There is a lot of scope for information report writing, and persuasive writing within this theme. There are over 70 links to websites within the booklet, which is 34 pages of information and helpful activities to support your planning a day or longer into your "Survival Teaching Kit'.
This resource could be differentiated for use with year 2 or Year 4. To use this resource effectively you need to explore all of the links provided and tailor make the suggested activities to suit your teaching style and the learning needs of your student.s All of the hard work searching the internet for inspiration and resources has been done for you.
The suggested timetable has interactive links to my Pinterest board, so that your resources will continue to grow as more pins are added. Within the book there are over 60 links to websites, and for those of you who follow my 'Surviving Casual Teaching' Facebook group, you will know that I have a good working knowledge of helpful teaching resources. I recommend that you buy copies of the picture books for days when you may not have IWB capability.You can never have enough picture books in your life!!!
Year 5 Unit
The underwater theme is continued throughout this booklet, and the book chosen is "Turtle Bay"by Saviour Pirotta, illustrated by Nilesh Mistry. It is a based on a true story set in Japan, of a man who would spend his days at a certain time of the year, sweeping the beach. Taro, the young child in the story is fascinated by this, and in time he meets the beautiful turtles when they come onto the beach to lay their eggs. There are some fabulous links to websites in the thematic section of the booklet to support doing a mini unit of work on sea turtles. They are a fascinating animal, that is under pressure from human activity in the oceans. I am thrilled to be able to bring you some free resources from GoTeachThis and Ripper Reading Resources. The challenge with this booklet is to choose which of the wonderful resources you will use in your classroom. Over 30 pages and 80 links!! Save yourself valuable time searching the internet for resources, I have done all the hard work for you.
This resource could be differentiated for use with year 4 or Year 6. To use this resource effectively you need to explore all of the links provided and tailor make the suggested activities to suit your teaching style and the learning needs of your student.s All of the hard work searching the internet for inspiration and resources has been done for you.
The suggested timetable has interactive links to my Pinterest board, so that your resources will continue to grow as more pins are added. Within the book there are over 60 links to websites, and for those of you who follow my 'Surviving Casual Teaching' facebook group, you will know that I have a good working knowledge of helpful teaching resources. I recommend that you buy copies of the picture books for days when you may not have IWB capability.You can never have enough picture books in your life!!!
Year 6 Unit
The Island, by John Heffernan is a wonderful story about a blind boy who sees the beauty of the island he lives on, while the people around him cannot see it. A fantastic story with a link to a narration by the author. Some great links to accelerated literacy activities, and the theme of this booklet investigates our oceans and the threats to our marine life. Lots of links across all KLA's with a fully interactive timetable which links to my pinterest board. A free resource from GoTeachThis and Ripper Reading Resources, makes this amazing value for money and such a time saver. Stage 3 bundle is also available.
This resource could be differentiated for use with year 5 To use this resource effectively you need to explore all of the links provided and tailor make the suggested activities to suit your teaching style and the learning needs of your student.s All of the hard work searching the internet for inspiration and resources has been done for you.
The suggested timetable has interactive links to my Pinterest board, so that your resources will continue to grow as more pins are added. Within the book there are over 60 links to websites, and for those of you who follow my 'Surviving Casual Teaching' facebook group, you will know that I have a good working knowledge of helpful teaching resources. I recommend that you buy copies of the picture books for days when you may not have IWB capability.You can never have enough picture books in your life!!!
These cards are wonderful for use as a brain break or as a way of stimulating discussion in the classroom.
Use as a writing response card
Think, pair, share discussion
Would you rather strips for debating and speaking ideas.
Early finishing cards
Laminate to prolong the use of these cards
This 90 page Christmas unit has activities and links across all KLAs so that you need not spend hours searching the net for fun and engaging tasks. Includes both English and US spelling on some printables so that they can be used universally. Some links to free resources are included in this resource so there is plenty of exploring to be done.
You can use these activities as brain breaks, introductory tasks, time fillers... keep them on your USB for a quick and easy access.
Now includes additional resources....Behaviour management booklet and Attention Getters.
Since first compiling this resource in 2010, the classroom of the 21st Century has changed rapidly. Collaboration amongst teachers has also evolved, whether it be through Facebook, Blogging, Weeblies , Wiki spaces, Livebinder, Symbaloo, Twitter, Pinterest etc. There is so much on the internet now that at times it can become consuming and slightly overwhelming. I have included more website links and included a description of each website and what you will find there which is new. The activities remain the same. I have been building up my Pinterest Boards, so have included links to them within the book. Hope that you enjoy the layout.
After 30 years of teaching, I thought it was well overdue to start sharing all those gems that you use in your day to day teaching that help make learning more meaningful and fun.
I began to build a resource kit for myself when I began casual teaching, and then I realised just how many ideas and activities I had been using over the years. I have spent many hours searching through websites, searching books for great ideas and activities.
I have now collected and compiled my book of activities and hints for casual teachers ......
A survival Kit to take with you when the phone rings, and you aren't sure what to take with you.
The eBook can be used with any storage, to access when you need a quick activity or weblink. Copyright is granted to print off 1 copy for personal classroom use.
(Please respect copyright and do not share or attempt to sell PDF, or print hard multiple copies)
