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RESOURCES TO THE STARS - YOU!! I want you Superstar teachers to feel that you have not only purchased a quality resource, but got it for a BARGAIN!
Every SINGLE resource has been created to make your life a little easier.
An activity sheet that combines the maths concepts of position and direction within a New Zealand ANZAC unit study (with a focus on World War 2 battles).
Students work on locating New Zealand battle locations in World War 2 using longitude and latitude.
Students will require access to an atlas or (more preferably) an online map app, such as Google Maps.
Students are provided with the recording sheet and an information card that contains information on four battles New Zealand was involved in, the dates of the battles and the country. Please note - they are not in order on the card!
Using the information cards and the coordinates on the recording sheet students then work out which battle took place in which country and when.
Includes; recording sheet, information cards, teacher instructions and answer sheet.
New Zealand Maori Legend Hatupatu and the Birdwoman. This is a neat activity to do with younger students (I have done it with Year 1 and up), though older primary students may enjoy adding their own creative element to it.
Students cut out cave ‘flaps’ and glue on the display sheet creating a space behind the flaps to hide Hatupatu.
This resource includes; the display sheet for publishing, cave ‘flaps’, instructions (including where to find the text for Hatupatu and the Birdwoman’) and Hatupatu image.
An activity to prompt or reflect on learning about body systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory and nervous).
This activity includes a recording sheet, a sheet of body part labels to cut and glue on to the recording sheet and a teacher note sheet.
Ideal for small groups.
Excellent for discussing understanding of body systems.
Worksheets to encourage student thinking about recycling.
Designed for small group work, but can be done individually.
This resource contains 3 worksheets, with the first two being able to be completed together and the third could be used as a follow up after further work and study of recycling.
Have students become familiar with words to use in describing degrees of probability.
This is a single worksheet where students place 5 words describing the probability of an outcome of a dice roll. Then they explain the reasoning for giving an answer to the last question.
The five words used in this resource are; Impossible, Poor, Equal, Good and Certain.
Agamographs provide a fun unique way of viewing art.
This resource is a fun hands-on Thanksgiving activity that combines two separate images into one are piece, which the viewer can then see – from different angles - each picture independently.
This activity involves coloring-in, cutting, gluing and folding. You will require; coloring-in materials (pencils, felts, etc), scissors, glue-sticks.
This resource has two Thanksgiving images (a Pilgrim hat and Mayflower ship) to put together and create the agamograph.
There are two levels of challenge;
the final image is composed of 8 strips (4 strips for the hat and 4 strips for the ship)
the final image is composed of 16 strips (8 strips for the hat and 8 strips for the ship)
I have also included blank templates for students to create their own two images to combine.
This resource also has a short stopmotion video demonstrating the construction of the agamograph. Note: this is my first ever TES video and while the quality is not blockbuster material, it does show how the art is made.
Agamographs provide a fun unique way of viewing art. My students are fascinated and get so excited with this art idea.
This resource is a fun hands-on Winter themed activity that combines two separate images into one are piece, which the viewer can then see – from different angles - each picture independently.
This activity involves coloring-in, cutting, gluing and folding. You will require; coloring-in materials (pencils, felts, etc), scissors, glue-sticks.
This resource has 7 Winter themed images (Woollen hat, Mitten, Scarf, Ice Skates, Cup of Cocoa, Tobogganing scene, Fireplace) to put together and create the agamograph. This resource has all the combination pairs (21).
There are two levels of challenge;
the final image is composed of 8 strips (4 strips for one Christmas image and 4 strips for another), suitable for younger students
the final image is composed of 16 strips (8 strips for one Christmas image and 8 strips for another)
I have also included blank templates for students to create their own two images to combine.
This resource also has a short stop motion video (the video preview) demonstrating the construction of the agamograph. Note: my video-making is still in its infancy and while the quality is not blockbuster material, it does show how the art is made.
This resource is a fun, engaging approach to working with multiples. Nothing says engagement like a mystery to solve! No doubt even older students will want to complete these sheets if they get hold of them.
All students need to do is locate and colour in the multiples of the number indicated on each sheet.
This resource contains 10 mystery pictures to uncover – one for each numeral 1 to 10.
Each numeral sheet has a clue to the picture that will be revealed.
Note: the number ‘0’ is also a multiple of each of the numbers 1-10.
Designed for Grades 3 through 6.
This is great as a supporting resource to multiplication facts, a math center activity (laminate and make reusable!), homework, an early finisher activity and many more uses.
There are two options for printing – 1. One whole sheet per numeral, and 2. Two numerals per sheet to save on photocopying.
This resource includes;
Teacher notes
10 sheets, one for each numeral 1-10
5 sheets, two numerals per sheet
Answer sheet
Agamographs provide a fun unique way of viewing art. My students are fascinated and get so excited with this art idea.
This Music themed art resource is also ideal for substitute/relief teachers needing a supporting activity for music.
This resource is a hands-on Music themed activity that combines two separate images into one are piece, which the viewer can then see – from different angles - each picture independently.
This activity involves coloring-in, cutting, gluing and folding. You will require; coloring-in materials (pencils, felts, etc), scissors, glue-sticks.
This resource has 8 Music themed images (xylophone, drum, maracas, piano, trumpet, an eighth music note, piano player, and guitar player), paired into 6 combinations, to put together and create the agamograph.
There are two levels of challenge;
the final image is composed of 8 strips (4 strips for one Music image and 4 strips for the other), suitable for younger students
the final image is composed of 16 strips (8 strips for one Music image and 8 strips for the other)
I have also included blank templates for students to create their own two images to combine.
A fun art activity that can be used through K-3. It promotes matching skills, visual discrimination and scissor and pasting practice.
This resource is ideal for
substitute/relief teachers needing a supporting activity for music
students who finish their work early
an independent learning center activity
This resource has also been designed with students within Special Education in mind, to work on visual discrimination skills.
Students, with or without assistance, are required to cut out the image segments, match them to the corresponding gaps in the main Music themed images and then color in.
A very clear and effective activity that promotes a number of skills for students with special needs to develop and practice.
This resource contains 4 worksheets
kids playing instruments
rock bank instruments
mixed instruments
percussion instruments
A fun art activity that can be used through K-3. It promotes matching skills, visual discrimination and scissor and pasting practice. An excellent no prep alphabet resource to have has part of being ready for back to school and throughout the year.
This resource has also been designed with students within Special Education in mind, to work on visual discrimination skills.
Students, with or without assistance, are required to cut out the image segments, match them to the corresponding gaps in the alphabet letter themed images and then color in.
A very clear and effective activity that promotes a number of skills for students with special needs to develop and practice.
This resource contains 26 worksheets with all the letters of the alphabet.
Alphabet Mystery Letters and Pictures are designed to support letter recognition for young students and students in Special Education.
This resource contains a Mystery Letter activity sheet for each letter of the alphabet and a Mystery Picture activity sheet for each letter of the alphabet. There is also a UK spelling version included.
Each activity sheet focusses on one letter of the alphabet and asks for the student to color in each box containing the focus letter. Once all have been colored in a mystery letter or picture will be revealed (sometimes best seen when held at arms length).
Included in this resource:
· 26 Mystery Letter activities
· 26 Mystery Picture activities
· Answer sheets for both
· US and UK spelling versions
The 100s board provides students with the opportunity to explore learning around number properties, place value and number sequencing.
This resource is great for independent learning, math centers or take a worksheet home for homework.
Two blank boards are provided for laying out jigsaw pieces. One is a blank grid. The second has the numbers 1-100 faintly visible for students who need an easier pathway to success.
Worksheets can be cut and the pieces glued on to a blank 100s board or into the student’s workbook.
The jigsaw pieces range in difficulty from pieces made up of columns and rows, to large regular shapes (i.e. rectangles) through to more complicated irregular shaped pieces.
The preview shows all the worksheets, plus the black and white and colour versions of one of the print and cut jigsaws.
This resource includes;
2 blank 100s boards – one blank grid and one grid with faint numbers
A set of 11 jigsaw pieces, black and white
A set of 11 jigsaw pieces, colour
A set of 11 worksheets
Teacher notes
Each set has jigsaw pieces shapes as such;
10s columns
10s rows
5s rows
2x5 blocks
Rectangle blocks of 4 numbers, 6 numbers and 9 numbers
Large rectangle blocks of numbers
Lots of ‘L’ shaped blocks
Shapes that form a symmetrical pattern
Mixed size shapes
‘Big L’ shapes
Big ‘chunks’
Yeah, I did give them crazy names, but that’s what they look like to me!
This is a set of alphabet display letters. They are basic zentangle designs that can be printed out in their colour versions or simply print out the blank outlines for colouring in.
Can be used for display titles, class mottos or messages, workstation or small group centre areas, bulletin boards, doors, walls, windows, or hallways.
I find when I laminate the letters the colours are more vibrant.
Approximate size 6¾ inches (17.5cm). These can be enlarged or reduced to suit.
Capital letters only. Each letter is on its own pdf sheet (set at landscape to best use font sizing).
Includes;
26 black and white outline capital letters
26 colour zentangle capital letters
These are worksheets that provide students an opportunity to practice two geometric transformation skills – reflection and resizing (Scale Factor, enlargement).
Each sheet is a complete exercise in itself and there are 7 Halloween themed images to choose from.
Each image has two choices of background to work with – 4x4 grid or 6x6 grid. You decide what is appropriate for your students.
Teacher notes and answer sheets are provided for all images on both 4x4 and 6x6 grids.
This resource is a practical hands-on math lesson resource about reflection and symmetry lines, that involves cutting and gluing.
If you need a quick ready to go math resource for juniors about reflection at short notice this may just be what you need.
The teacher notes give a lesson plan that I use this resource with.
This resource includes;
Shapes sheets for group discussion
Recording sheet for modelling
Sheet with irregular shapes
Individual recording sheets
Sheet of shapes for students to cut out
Answer sheet
This is a fun Easter activity that integrates writing and a craft activity within a holiday theme. Easter Bunny in Disguise has three writing genres to choose from – Description, Narrative and Persuasion.
Spring is here and the Easter Bunny is getting excited about delivering Easter gifts to all the children. But Easter Bunny is also worried about the Big Bad Wolf. The Big Bad Wolf will be hiding along the way and waiting to eat the Easter Bunny (the Wolf thinks the Easter Bunny is made of chocolate). Easter Bunny has decided to wear a disguise to fool the Big Bad Wolf.
Students dress up Easter Bunny in one of the costume disguises. They can then follow this up with the opportunity to write about their disguise choice.
In Descriptive Writing the students write a description of the Easter Bunny’s disguise. There is a Writing Planner for brainstorming and lined sheets for writing.
In Narrative Writing the students write a story of how the Easter Bunny fooled the Big Bad Wolf by disguising itself. There is a Descriptive Writing Planner template for brainstorming and sequencing out the story. Lined sheets for writing are included.
In Persuasive Writing the students brainstorm and write reasons why the Big Bag Wolf should not eat the Easter Bunny. The Persuasive Writing Brainstorm Planner Sheet provides a template for brainstorming disguise ideas. There are Brainstorm Planner Sheets provided for up to three reasons. These are available in three levels of recording – Dotted Line Basic Paper, Dotted Line Paper and Lined Paper.
Six different disguise options are included; Pirate, Astronaut, Santa, Doctor, Woodcutter and Footballer. These are in various formats.
This resource includes;
Full page Easter Bunny in completed disguise (black and white, colour)
½ page Easter Bunny in completed disguise (black and white, colour)
½ page Easter Bunny with disguise elements to paste onto Easter Bunny (black and white, colour)
Description Writing Planner
Narrative Writing Planner
Title Page for writing
Persuasive Writing Planner sheet
Dotted Paper
Lined Paper
Teacher Notes
A Halloween themed hands on activity for 1st and 2nd grade students. Students work with the concept of a half and a quarter and cut and paste representations of each.
This resource includes;
Teacher instructions, 2 recording sheets, images to cut into fractions, answer sheet examples.
Great for follow-up work, consolidation, revision and discussion about simple fractions.
The completed work can also make excellent wall displays of student learning and understanding.
This resource is a collection of fun hands-on activities that uses the binary number system to create mini pictures.
Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system.
Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems.
This resource contains;
4 x 4 binary grids
• One activity sheet of 15 puzzles
5 x 5 binary grids
• Two activity sheet sets of 12 puzzles each
6 x 6 binary grids
• Two activity sheet sets of 8 puzzles each
(4 x 2) x 8 binary grids [Rows of 8 made up of two sets of 4 block binary numbers]
• Three activity sheet sets of 4 puzzles each
8 x8 binary grids
• Three activity sheet sets of 4 puzzles each
• Answer sheets for all
• “How it works’ explanation on every sheet.
Each different binary grid size resource can be purchased separately. If you would like to check out each on its own please click on the links below.
Binary Number Grid Puzzles - 4 x 4 grids
Binary Number Grid Puzzles - 5 x 5 grids
Binary Number Grid Puzzles - 6 x 6 grids
Binary Number Grid Puzzles - (4 x 2) x 8 grids
Binary Number Grid Puzzles - 8 x 8 grids
This is a resource to introduce young students to the world of coding.
Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners.
Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out.
This resource gives an opportunity to expose early elementary students to the world of coding with the format used in the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr.
The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a blank box sequence to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet.
There are two ways this resource can be used;
As a cut and paste worksheet. There are 4 different coding worksheets, with answers.
As a reusable independent learning center activity. There are 4 activity cards and a set of ‘coding blocks’ to cut out and laminate. These can all be kept in a tray or container and the students can then take the activity and work with it.
This resource comes with;
Four worksheets of simple coding. The four increase in challenge.
Three bonus worksheets
Answers for each worksheet
The worksheets as reusable instruction cards
A set of direction blocks, grids, characters, objects and icons used in the worksheets