'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
'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
If you love using sketch style doodle notes with your students, or you like to create resources with them, then this pack has a variety of hatched shapes for you to incorporate into your designs and worksheets.
see the Preview for clearer images
These png files work perfectly with PowerPoint and can be changed using some of the design features that you can find there like color correct, artistic design and drop shadows to add a new dimension to your clipart. You will receive 46 files (23 black and 23 white)
stars
triangles
rounded squares
rectangles
octagons
question mark
exclamation mark
rhombus
diamond
hexagon
semi circle
chevron
plus sign
Do you need a last minute easy prep activity for your students for a special event day like Mothers’, Fathers’ days or Christmas.? These gift vouchers have special relevance for those receiving them as they really come from the heart .
Before embarking on the project encourage the children to visualise the person who will be receiving the gift voucher.
What do they really love?
What do they always ask you to do for them? (It would be nice to do something without being asked)
What are you able to do to help them
How do you think they are going to feel when they receive these wonderful treats?
It is so very important to make sure that the students understand their role in this activity. They must be prepared to follow through with their promise…no questions asked. Don’t put in vouchers for things that you are unable to do (eg mowing the lawn)
•You may like to print off the color versions so that your students can either cut around them individually and then staple into a booklet or cut around them in pairs and then made into a booklet.
•Create a blank cover for the booklets which has your students’ personalised design on it, or you may choose to use the ones provided in the resource.
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
•Blank sheets are provided for students to create their own gift vouchers if they would like to add some additional ones.
•Can be used for a variety of celebration days eg Mother and Fathers’ days, Christmas, teacher appreciation.
Other suggested gift ideas:
Walk the dog, weed the garden, water the garden, clean the blinds, wash the car, wash the bath, make lunches or a meal, pick a bunch of flowers, go for a walk together…have a brainstorming session with your kiddos and see what they come up with.
Suitable for a wide range of students to use.
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
Do your students love kings, queens, jesters and castles?
This resource is perfect for them. This is a powerpoint game which will help your students to develop their mathematical thinking skills with some fun problems from back in time.
To get the maximum benefit from this resource, it is best to use the support worksheets provided (or their workbooks to show proof of working out).This can be used on the IWB or it can be used on GOOGLE SLIDES .
This makes it an ideal resource for Distance Learning
(PLEASE NOTE: the sounds will not appear in the online presentation and the fonts may appear to be different)
This presentation will only work when it is in PRESENTATION MODE. It is essential that none of the slide order is changed because the slideshow is set up to link to each individual slide, depending on the students’ responses.
This presentation has 1 questions- making it ideal to use as a bell ringer, or warm up activity for your math rotations.
It can also be used as a stand-alone activity to focus on the area of working mathematically.
Encourage your students to show their working out using some of the following strategies
1.Writing down all the information that is found in the number problem
2.Determining what ‘units’ need to be included in the answer eg there were 25 eggs
3.Draw their ideas on paper
4.Use concrete materials
5.Work with a partner to think-pair-share their thoughts
6.Discourage your students from clicking on any of the star responses until they have done the working.
If you need to contact me, I am happy to help you
AIM :
You must research 3 reasons as to why dinosaurs may have become extinct, you must include evidence to support each of them. You may like to use the model below to write your findings and use them as a planning tool. When you have completed your research, you will decide which one is the most likely reason that dinosaurs became extinct in your opinion. Your project will be to present your theory, your evidence and your conclusion.
Once you have done your research it is up to you to decide how you want to present your research.
You have a choice of options on the next
page.
Decide which format you want to use and
gather all the tools and materials that
you will need to complete your task.
There are templates available if you would
like to use them.
Once you have explored the references supplied you must decide on a format for your presentation. The choice will be yours…… You may choose any of the following:
•Handwritten
•SWAY
•PowerPoint
•iMovie or Green screen video
•App of your choice
task to research possible reasons why dinosaurs become extinct
sources and links provided
a variety of modes of presentation for students to choose to present findings
green screen puppets and backgrounds provide
lapbook templates and scaffolds for mind mapping and planning
32 pages
You MUST include your chosen theory and support your choice in your presentation.
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Sugar SkullSymmetry Coloring Book:Integrate this booklet with Day of the Dead, or El Día de los Muertos a fun activity for Halloween and throughout the year!
This fun set not only gives you and/or your students a chance to color, but it also gives the challenge of finishing the outline of the intricate design themselves.
How to use this resource?
Students can use mirrors to help them to see the final image! The opportunity is there to copy from both the left and the right side of the image… fun challenge to test symmetry skills!
Finishing off
Once completed the outline, encourage your students to examine the color wheel to use complimentary, analagous, warm or cool colors for a different effect for each one. Use this as a research opportunity to explore the color palettes most widely used to complete these images.
An extra fun activity for older students is to see the history of Sugar Skulls and tattoos which have become increasingly popular.
What you get in this download
This is a PDF download and includes 25 fun designs to complete and color!.
Print out the whole packet, or choose from the provided individual PDFs to just print a couple!
Versions for right-handed and left-handed students are included to make it accessible and fun for everyone!
Click the “PREVIEW” button above to see this product in more detail!
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
These fun, no-prep affirmation coloring sheets are perfect for providing students with time to relax, express themselves creatively, and be inspired. They are great for early finishers to be used throughout the year.
Students may display them in their lockers, notebooks, and even take them home to place in their rooms! These coloring pages also make great end of the year student gifts. Coloring helps stimulate the brain and generate mindfulness in students of all ages. Just print and go!
Let students (or yourself) create their own art pieces by coloring these pages with any choice material including pencil crayon, crayon, felt, watercolor paint, chalk pastel, oil pastel or any medium you wish to use!
Enjoy the peacefulness that is an outcome of coloring and let your mind become mindful! Relax… Create… Imagine…
These are great for time savers, to use as an “early finisher” activity, or art. Keep your fast finishers busy, peaceful and at their desks! Great for an art center as well!
How to use:
You can use these in anyway you want but they are a great art center activity or Time Saver or “When Your Done” activity to keep fast finishing students quiet, busy and at their seats while you help others finish their tasks.
-The best part?
This resource requires NO PREP and is easy to use.
You will receive a PDF file
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
Cinco de Mayo is clebrated 5th May
Cinco de Mayo Lesson Presentation is a no prep activity, and includes a Quiz in powerpoint form and as an EASEL listing
Save yourself the time and energy of creating your own powerpoint about Cinco de Mayo.
In this resource you will get all the relevant information you need to teach your students about this important day.
Content:
In this lesson presentation you will get information on the following:
What is Cinco de Mayo?
History of Cinco de Mayo?
Who Celebrates Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo Traditions
Sensitive celebrations fo Cinco De Mayo
Mexican items- a glossary of terms
This resource is filled with colorful pictures and slides that will have students attentive and paying attention.
Use:
This resource can be used for both In-class and Distance learning.
In both learning environments the facilitator has the ability to present the document to the class and have students engaged.
This resource can be used on Cinco de Mayo or on any other day as this topic is very important.
File Format:
This file is in the Power Point (PPT) format which gives the facilitator the ability to present the document and even edit to their liking.
Terms of Use:
Please read the Terms of Use document attached in this file.
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader’s interest. If you want your writing to jump off the page, then bring your reader into the world you are creating.
When describing a past event, try and remember what you saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted, then incorporate that into your writing.
Sensory details are used in any great story, literary or not. Think about your favourite movie or video game. What types of sounds and images are used?
What do your favorite characters taste, smell, and touch?
Without sensory details, stories would fail to come to life.
When sensory details are used, your readers can personally experience whatever you’re trying to describe, reminding them of their own experiences, giving your writing a universal feel. A universal quality is conveyed when the writer can personally connect with the readers.
Another note about sensory details: there is no one sense that’s more important than another. It all depends on the scene you’re trying to create.
However, imagery, the sight sense, is a common feature in vivid writing.
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF and PowerPoint version of this resource.
Each image is presented in
A full page image
A full page image with sensory prompts
Planning Template
Draft writing Template
Lined Paper
Suggested word examples for each part of speech
Are you looking for a fun and interesting way to engage your students Learning and mastering addition facts with sums to 2 can be challenging for students, but not with this fun and interactive powerpoint.
This Powerpoint product includes 4 slides that your students can practice their addition fluency to 2. The first 2 slides use drag and drop characters where students can practice the strategy of counting on. For early learners, still at the counting from one stage, this strategy can be used but encouragement to count on can be developed using this resource.
The second set of 2 slides encourages counting on from the largest number given, to determine the answer which can be written in an editable box. If the presentation is run from this point in presentation mode, students can click on the slide to check their answers after filling in the answer boxes. I encourage you to make a copy of this presentation or to NOT SAVE changes, when you finish, otherwise your working out will remain on the slides.
It can be used for whole group instruction or independent work. You can assign a few slides per day for your students to practice. Simply make a copy of this product and choose the slides that you want to assign.
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
This is a powerpoint game which will help your students to develop their mathematical thinking skills with some fun problems from the farm.
To get the maximum benefit from this resource, it is best to use the support worksheets provided (or their workbooks to show proof of working out).This can be used on the IWB or it can be used on GOOGLE SLIDES .
This makes it an ideal resource for Distance Learning
(PLEASE NOTE: the sounds will not appear in the online presentation and the fonts may appear to be different)
This presentation will only work when it is in PRESENTATION MODE. It is essential that none of the slide order is changed because the slideshow is set up to link to each individual slide, depending on the students’ responses.
This presentation has 1 questions- making it ideal to use as a bell ringer, or warm up activity for your math rotations.
It can also be used as a stand-alone activity to focus on the area of working mathematically.
Encourage your students to show their working out using some of the following strategies
1.Writing down all the information that is found in the number problem
2.Determining what ‘units’ need to be included in the answer eg there were 25 eggs
3.Draw their ideas on paper
4.Use concrete materials
5.Work with a partner to think-pair-share their thoughts
6.Discourage your students from clicking on any of the star responses until they have done the working.
If you need to contact me, I am happy to help you
This ALL ABOUT ME lap book can be worked on throughout the first week of school, but older students should be able to finish the project in a single day, if necessary. The open-ended design makes it most appropriate for children in grades k-2, as they can each write and draw at their own developmental level.
•These books have been designed for use with Special Needs students in mind but can be used with any students.
•The purpose of this resource is to create an overview of each child for those instances when the regular classroom teacher may be away from class, and the sub or relief teacher needs a quick and easy overview of the students in the class.
•Assembly is easy with students cutting around the dotted designated lines and stapling or gluing the pages together into a booklet which can be displayed on the classroom wall or in a storage box for easy access.
•Children can have their information scribed for them by an adult or they can draw images that go with each page in the booklet.
1.All about me- what I want people to know about me (preferred name, likes- dislikes etc)
2.My family- whatever the child would like to share about themselves and their families
3.My Friends- Who I like to work with at school? Who I feel safe with at school? Who I like to play with at recess and lunch.
4.My Hobbies- What I like to do outside of school, my hobbies and interests….my ‘special things’
Anything else I would like to share with my carers and teachers
12 Emoji Themed Prompt Cards make guided reading fun
This resource includes 12 eye-catching prompt cards for during guided reading. These prompt cards will increase student engagement and foster comprehension during reading.
Do you find yourself helping your students to much when they stumble in reading? Constantly monitoring for our students when they make errors in reading can diminish a student’s confidence in themselves as readers when our goal is for students to can problem solve on their own at error.
These prompt cards are perfect tools to help you. They are designed for the beginning reader; however, can be effective for older students who continue to struggle at lower levels of reading.
Prompting areas include:
Re reading to check meaning
Checking to see if reading makes sense
Chunking
Looking at initial sounds
Reading fluency
Expressive reading
Does reading look and sound right?
Using all sources of information including pictures
Self monitoring for errors
Noticing Punctuation
Fixing mistakes at point of error
Thinking about the story and content
You will receive 1 PDF
Printing Tips
•These cards are best printed onto card stock and laminated in order to for your students to be able to refer to them as needed throughout the year.
•If you would like to use color printing but save on ink, then why not print 4 to a sheet? These will easily fit into a pencil case or on desks without taking up too much space.
•For Student reference, these can be printed, laminated and put onto a key ring for easy reference
Plan your perfect holiday to England with this research tool This planning activity was made for use with google-earth and integrated for use with a variety of presentation tools for final display of project material. Planning sheets and guides included.
An example of a finished project is included as a guide for your students. Based on Bloom’s taxonomy, there are a variety of presentation ideas for your students to use depending on their age level and IT skills.
You will receive a PowerPoint and PDF with the task outlined and a sample presentation to demonstrate to your students what the end result may look like
This will come as a zip file, make sure that you have the software to open it please
Use these pennants to both brighten your room and use as a teaching reference tool.
Encourage your students to think about their inner talk and focus on the key words while they are working on them. Let these beautiful pennants foster a positive mindset in your classroom.
They print beautifully in high color versions, or…if you would like there is a black and white version for your students to color their own.
This pack comes with both PowerPoint and PDF versions with printing tips so that you have the option to vary the size of your pennants, and save paper by printing two to a page- printing smaller versions onto card stock will also make great reward cards!!
There are 21 pennants in this pack
Do you sometimes need a cross section of activities that cover a wide range of subject areas?
Are you asked to complete activities in computer time?
This resource is ideal for use bu a substitute or relief teacher who needs an easy no prep activity to keep a class engaged in meaningful learning, while covering the key learning strands of the curriculum
Included in this pack is a printable PDF and PowerPoint which can be used on the IWB or on individual computers making it ideal for distance learning
Included in the pack:
Art activity
Math problem solving
Brain teasers
Number Puzzles
English writing activity
Fitness activityA checklist is included at the end of the presentation for students to complete and hand in to be marked by the teacher.
These Disco themed 3rd to 4th grade Printable Secret Picture Tile Activities are:
self-checking
interactive
calming - perfect for relief teachers to use when they are the teacher for the day.
WHAT MATH SKILLS ARE COVERED?
Multiplication Facts
2 x tables
3 x tables
4 x tables
5 x tables
6 x tables
7 x tables
HOW TO USE THES PUZZLES
for early finishers
independent math centers
homework
extra practice/review
for substitute and relief teachers as an engaging and fun activity
laminate or print on card stock so that you have a supply on hand for longer use and less mess
WHAT IS PROVIDED?
6 Secret Picture Tile Printables
Recording Sheet
Answer Key
Power Point version is included to use with IWB and PDF for easy printing
PowerPoint
Life cycle of butterflies is one of the many units of work covered across all grades
I have created an introductory video to show your students before working on the suggested tasks and activities provided.
I have included activities and printable worksheets with a host of suggestions so that you can tailor make this pack to suit your teaching style and the needs of your students.
Remember: For every $1 you spend on TPT, you can earn 1 credit. Every 2 credits earned equals $1 you can apply to future TPT purchases.
After purchasing this product, you must then review it to earn your credit. Positive feedback is always welcome, and if you are having any problems with the product please reach out to me via the Questions page before posting negative feedback.
These bright and colorful Multiplication and Addition grids with a variety of backgrounds, will make for a useful quick and handy reference for your students to add to their math tool kit
These Multiplication and Addition tables are designed to be used as a handy reference tool for your students.
Printing Tips
These cards are best printed onto card stock and laminated in order to for your students to be able to refer to them as needed throughout the year.
If you would like to use color printing but save on ink, then why not print 4 to a sheet? These will easily fit into a pencil case or on desks without taking up too much space.
When laminating select an Addition table on one side and back it with a multiplication table.
A Social Narrative is an effective way to teach children how to navigate a new situation, such as starting school or preschool.
Social Narratives can help children understand what to expect at school or preschool and they can be used to support orientation, which is particularly useful when children and families are not able to be on-site.
Encouraging children to try new foods once is a common social skill that needs to be frequently addressed.
As educators we always will say things like, “go on , give it a try’ or “You never know, you might love it", however we need to explicitly teach these skills.
This story can be used to help children to broaden their interest and likes in different foods
A Social Narrative is an effective way to teach children how to navigate a new situation, such as starting school or preschool.
Social Narratives can help children understand what to expect at school or preschool and they can be used to support orientation, which is particularly useful when children and families are not able to be on-site.
Encouraging children to try new foods once is a common social skill that needs to be frequently addressed.
As educators we always will say things like, “go on , give it a try’ or “You never know, you might love it", however we need to explicitly teach these skills.
This story can be used to help children to broaden their interest and likes in different foods