Hello!
My teaching experience includes teaching students at the Primary and the Middle school levels. I find each teaching experience so unique and a scaffold for further teaching and learning.
As learning is eclectic, I focus on creating resources that are not just practical and meaningful but also fun.
So connect with me to motivate, inspire, and empower.
Laurane @teach2tell.com
Hello!
My teaching experience includes teaching students at the Primary and the Middle school levels. I find each teaching experience so unique and a scaffold for further teaching and learning.
As learning is eclectic, I focus on creating resources that are not just practical and meaningful but also fun.
So connect with me to motivate, inspire, and empower.
Laurane @teach2tell.com
This useful pack on fractions will help your students to identify and work with fractions with a focus on eighths. Included are anchor charts and printables to reinforce conceptual content. All printables may be collated into a booklet for reference.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Student Cover for Booklet
Anchor Charts x 11 on Wholes and Eighths
Finding Eighths: circling shapes that show eighths
Identifying Halves, Fourths, Thirds, Fifths, Sixths, and Eighths
Colouring Eighths of shapes to represent the fractions (word form and number form)
Colouring shapes to represent the fractions called out; circling fractions called out
Colouring Eighths of groups
Colouring visuals to represent the fractions
Drawing Eighths: cutting shapes into 8 equal parts
Cut and glue fraction visuals to match fractions
Equal Shares: Eighths(cut and glue)
Spinning Eighths and colouring to show Eighths spun
Identifying visuals of Eighths and writing the fraction
Writing Eighths as fractions for given visuals
Interpreting ‘Fraction of’ problem: Eighths
Problem Solving: finding an eighth of a given number (visual support)
Problem Solving: interpreting a fractional amount as a standard number
Decomposing Eighths by colour coding two fractional amounts
This useful pack on fractions will help your students to identify and work with fractions with a focus on tenths. Included are anchor charts and printables to reinforce conceptual content. All printables may be collated into a booklet for reference.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Student Cover for Booklet
Anchor Charts x 13 on Wholes and Tenths
Finding Tenths: circling shapes that show tenths
Identifying Halves, Fourths, Thirds, Fifths, Sixths, Eighths, and Tenths
Colouring Tenths of shapes to represent the fractions (word form and number form)
colouring shapes to represent the fractions called out; circling fractions called out
Colouring Tenths of groups
Colouring visuals to represent the fractions
Drawing Tenths: cutting shapes into 10 equal parts
Cut and glue fraction visuals to match fractions
Spinning Tenths and colouring to show Tenths spun
Identifying visuals of Tenths and writing the fraction
Writing Tenths as fractions for given visuals
Interpreting ‘Fraction of’ problem: Tenths
Problem Solving: finding a Tenth of a given number (visual support)
Problem Solving: interpreting fractional amounts
Decomposing Tenths by colour coding two fractional amounts
This useful pack on fractions will help your students to identify and work with wholes and thirds. Included are anchor charts and printables to reinforce conceptual content. All printables may be collated into a booklet for reference.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Student Cover for Booklet
Anchor Charts x 7 on Wholes and Thirds
Finding Thirds: circling shapes that show thirds
Identifying Halves, Fourths and Thirds: representing as fractions
Colouring Thirds of shapes
Colouring a third of a group
Colouring visuals to represent the fractions
Drawing Thirds: cutting shapes into 3 equal parts
Cut and glue thirds to make a whole
Cut and glue fraction visuals to match fractions
Equal Shares: thirds
Spinning Thirds and colouring one third, two third or one whole
Showing thirds via cross-sections
Identifying visuals of Thirds and writing the fraction
Writing thirds as fractions for given visuals
Interpreting ‘Fraction of’ problem: thirds
This useful pack on fractions will help your students to identify and work with wholes and quarters. Included are anchor charts and printables to reinforce conceptual content. All printables may be collated into a booklet for reference.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Student Cover for Booklet
Anchor Charts x 9 on Wholes and quarters
Anchor Charts x 9 featuring ‘quarters’ terminology
Finding quarters
Identifying one half and one quarter
Colouring quarters
Showing quarters via cross-sections
Drawing quarters
Link to Nursery Rhyme, ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’
Link to Nursery Rhyme, ‘Pat a Cake’
Identifying quarters of Groups
Matching quarters to their Wholes
Matching quarters to Visuals
Writing quarters as Fractions
Ordering quarters in ascending order
Cut and Paste Equal Shares: quarters
Cut and Paste Fractions to Visuals
Spinning quarters and Halves
Spinning quarters: Word Form
Spinning quarters: Fraction Form
Interpreting Fractions Word Problem: quarters
This useful pack on fractions will help your students to identify and work with wholes and halves. Included are anchor charts and printables to reinforce conceptual content. All printables may be collated into a booklet for reference.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Student Cover for Booklet
Anchor Charts x 4 on Wholes and Halves
Identifying Wholes and Halves: colouring shapes
Identifying Wholes and Halves: colouring mixed themed visuals
Writing one half or one whole as a fraction: fruit visuals
Writing one half or one whole in words: fruit visuals
Writing one half or one whole as a fraction: food visuals
Writing one half or one whole as a fraction: 2D shapes
Colouring one half of each picture and writing the fraction
Colouring one half of a group of objects and writing the fraction
Cutting given pictures to show two equal halves
Finding pictures that show one half
Determining whether cut pictures show two equal halves
Drawing and cutting a shape to show two equal parts four ways
Identifying and writing a half of each group of objects
Nursery Rhyme ‘Jack and Jill’ activity: colouring half of a group
Nursery Rhyme ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ activity: colouring half of a group
Matching halves: cut and glue each fruit half to its whole
Making Equal Shares: cut and glue equal number of cookies to share between two people
Graphing Wholes and Halves: spinning the spinner to record wholes and halves
This useful pack on fractions will help your students to identify and work with wholes and fifths. Included are anchor charts and printables to reinforce conceptual content. All printables may be collated into a booklet for reference.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Student Cover for Booklet
Anchor Charts x 8 on Wholes and Fifths
Finding Fifths: circling shapes that show fifths
Identifying Halves, Fourths, Thirds and Fifths
Colouring a fifth of a shape
Colouring fifths of shapes to represent the fractions
Colouring fifth of groups
Colouring visuals to represent the fractions
Drawing Fifths: cutting shapes into 5 equal parts
Cut and glue fraction visuals to match fractions
Equal Shares: fifths (cut and glue)
Spinning Fifths and colouring to show fifths spun
Showing fifths via cross-sections
Identifying visuals of Fifths and writing the fraction
Writing fifths as fractions for given visuals
Interpreting ‘Fraction of’ problem: fifths
This useful pack on fractions will help your students to identify and work with fractions with a focus on sixths. Included are anchor charts and printables to reinforce conceptual content. All printables may be collated into a booklet for reference.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Student Cover for Booklet
Anchor Charts x 9 on Wholes and Sixths
Finding Sixths : circling shapes that show sixths
Identifying Halves, Fourths, Thirds, Fifths and Sixths
Colouring a Sixth of a shape
Colouring Sixths of shapes to represent the fractions
Colouring Sixths of groups
Colouring visuals to represent the fractions
Drawing Sixths: cutting shapes into 6 equal parts
Cut and glue fraction visuals to match fractions
Equal Shares: Sixths (cut and glue)
Spinning Sixths and colouring to show Sixths spun
Showing Sixths via cross-sections
Identifying visuals of Sixths and writing the fraction
Writing Sixths as fractions for given visuals
Interpreting ‘Fraction of’ problem: Sixths
Make learning of fractions all the more concrete for your students through a highly visual and conceptual approach, characteristic of the seven resources included in this mega bundle.
This bundle will equip your students with a thorough understanding of fractions: wholes, halves, fourths, thirds, fifths, sixths, eighths and tenths. Get more than 50% off with the purchase of this bundle.
Activities to teach and reinforce the understanding of fractions include:
✓ Anchor charts
✓ Identifying
✓ Finding
✓ Colouring
✓ Showing
✓ Writing
✓ Interpreting
✓ Spinning
✓ Drawing
✓ Making
✓ Matching
✓ Ordering
✓ Cut and Glue
✓ Link to Nursery Rhymes
** A student booklet cover accompanies each pack if you would like to collate all printables for reference and documentation. P
CHRISTMAS: CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD: CHRISTMAS IN BRAZIL
Christmas in Brazil fact cards will take your students on a Scavenger Hunt for interesting facts on how Christmas is celebrated in Brazil. Your students will have fun as they learn about the history, culture, custom, and tradition of Christmas festive celebrations in Brazil. The best part is that they will be able to document their learning in a flipbook/interactive notebook and design poster templates after finding answers to key questions. This is sure to make an interesting classroom display.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 16 Fact Cards on Christmas in Brazil
✓ 2 Recording Sheets
✓ 2 page Answer Key
✓ 20 Writing Templates featuring Christmas images;
1 blank poster included for students to self-illustrate.
✓ Flipbook templates (4 pages) on facts collected
✓ Banners (plain and decorated) reading, 'Merry Christmas'.
PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
Cover Page (8 options): Student details
♥ Brazil: flag, population, capital city, symbol, currency, Christmas greeting
♥ Festive Food: traditional Christmas meal, Christmas dessert
♥ Custom and Tradition: decoration, displays, Nativity scenes (Presepio), Epiphany, amigo secreto, Santa’s visit, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
→ * photographs of sample parts of completed flipbook included with assembly instructions. These can be shown on an interactive whiteboard to students to model compilation.
→ * Picture prompts help students to recall facts from the Scavenger Hunt, alternatively they can refer to responses on recording sheets.
ACTIVITY
♦ Place the 16 fact cards on Christmas in Brazil around the classroom. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to find the answers to all 16 questions on their response sheets. They must read the fact card to find the answer for each corresponding fact question on their response sheets.
♦ Early finishers who complete the Scavenger Hunt can design their posters and fill-in sections of the flipbook. Wrap-up the activity by getting students together and asking them to share the facts they found the most interesting. They may refer to their recording sheets, posters and flipbook.
CHRISTMAS: CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD: CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE
Christmas in France fact cards will take your students on a Scavenger Hunt for interesting facts on how Christmas is celebrated in France. Your students will have fun as they learn about the history, culture, custom, and tradition of Christmas festive celebrations in France. The best part is that they will be able to document their learning in a flipbook/interactive notebook and design poster templates after finding answers to key questions. This is sure to make an interesting classroom display.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 16 Fact Cards on Christmas in France
✓ 2 Recording Sheets
✓ 2 page Answer Key
✓ 23 Poster Templates featuring Christmas images;
1 blank poster included for students to self-illustrate.
✓ Flipbook templates (4 pages) on facts collected
✓ Banners (plain and decorated)
PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
Cover Page (8 options): Student details
♥ France: flag, population, capital city, symbol, currency, Christmas greeting
♥ Festive Food: Reveillon, Buche de Noel, Galatte des Rois, traditional Christmas meal
♥ Custom and Tradition: St. Nicholas Day, Nativity Crib, Yule Log, Le Pere Fouettard and Pere Noel, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
→ * photographs of sample parts of completed flipbook included with assembly instructions. These can be shown on an interactive whiteboard to students to model compilation.
→ * Picture prompts help students to recall facts from the Scavenger Hunt, alternatively they can refer to responses on recording sheets.
ACTIVITY
♦ Place the 16 fact cards on Christmas in France around the classroom. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to find the answers to all 16 questions on their response sheets. They must read the fact card to find the answer for each corresponding fact question on their response sheets.
♦ Early finishers who complete the Scavenger Hunt can design their posters and fill-in sections of the flipbook. Wrap-up the activity by getting students together and asking them to share the facts they found the most interesting. They may refer to their recording sheets, posters and flipbook.
Christmas in Italy fact cards will take your students on a Scavenger Hunt for interesting facts on how Christmas is celebrated in Italy. Your students will have fun as they learn about the history, culture, custom, and tradition of Christmas festive celebrations in Italy. The best part is that they will be able to document their learning in a flipbook/interactive notebook and even design poster templates after finding answers to key questions after the Scavenger Hunt. This is sure to make an interesting classroom display.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 16 Fact Cards on Christmas in Italy
✓ 2 Recording Sheets
✓ 2 page Answer Key
✓ 20 Poster Templates featuring Christmas images;
1 blank poster included for students to self-illustrate.
✓ Flipbook templates (4 pages) on facts collected
✓ Banners (plain and decorated)
PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
Cover Page (5 options): Student details
♥ Italy: flag, population, capital city, national animals, Christmas greeting
♥ Festive Food: Feast of the Seven Fishes, Panettone, Cenone
♥ Custom and Tradition: Epiphany, Presepe, La Bafana, St. Nicholas Day, Burning the Ceppo, Urn of Fate tradition, Christmas Eve Feast.
→ * photographs of sample parts of completed flipbook included with assembly instructions. These can be shown on an interactive whiteboard to students to model compilation.
→ * Picture prompts help students to recall facts from the Scavenger Hunt, alternatively they can refer to responses on recording sheets.
ACTIVITY
♦ Place the 16 fact cards on Christmas in Italy around the classroom. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to find the answers to all 16 questions on their response sheets. They must read the fact card to find the answer for each corresponding fact question on their response sheets.
♦ Early finishers who complete the Scavenger Hunt can design their posters and fill-in sections of the flipbook. Wrap-up the activity by getting students together and asking them to share the facts they found the most interesting. They may refer to their recording sheets, posters and flipbook.
Christmas in Germany fact cards will take your students on a Scavenger Hunt for interesting facts on how Christmas is celebrated in Germany. Your students will have fun as they learn about the history, culture, custom, and tradition of Christmas festive celebrations in Germany. The best part is that they will be able to document their learning in a flipbook/interactive notebook and design poster templates after finding answers to key questions. This is sure to make an interesting classroom display.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 16 Fact Cards on Christmas in Germany
✓ 2 Recording Sheets
✓ 2 page Answer Key
✓ 20 Poster Templates featuring Christmas images;
1 blank poster included for students to self-illustrate.
✓ Flipbook templates (4 pages) on facts collected
✓ Banner (plain and decorated)
PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
Cover Page (5 options): Student details
♥ Germany: flag, population, capital city, symbols, currency, Christmas greeting
♥ Festive Food: beer baste sausages, stollen, gluhwein, zimtsterne
♥ Custom and Tradition: Christkind, St. Nicholas and Krampus, Sternsingers, Advent, Der Weihnachtsmann
→ * photographs of sample parts of completed flipbook included with assembly instructions. These can be shown on an interactive whiteboard to students to model compilation.
→ * Picture prompts help students to recall facts from the Scavenger Hunt, alternatively they can refer to responses on recording sheets.
ACTIVITY
♦ Place the 16 fact cards on Christmas in Germany around the classroom. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to find the answers to all 16 questions on their response sheets. They must read the fact card to find the answer for each corresponding fact question on their response sheets.
♦ Early finishers who complete the Scavenger Hunt can design their posters and fill-in sections of the flipbook. Wrap-up the activity by getting students together and asking them to share the facts they found the most interesting. They may refer to their recording sheets, posters and flipbook.
Christmas in England fact cards will take your students on a Scavenger Hunt for interesting facts on how Christmas is celebrated in England. Your students will have fun as they learn about the history, culture, custom, and tradition of Christmas festive celebrations in England. The best part is that they will be able to document their learning in a flipbook/interactive notebook and design poster templates after finding answers to key questions. This is sure to make an interesting classroom display.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 16 Fact Cards on Christmas in England
✓ 2 Recording Sheets
✓ 2 page Answer Key
✓ 20 Poster Templates featuring Christmas images;
1 blank poster included for students to self-illustrate.
✓ Flipbook templates (4 pages) on facts collected
✓ Banners (plain and decorated)
PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
Cover Page (8 options): Student details
♥ England: flag, population, capital city, symbols, currency, Christmas greeting
♥ Festive Food: traditional Christmas lunch, Christmas dessert
♥ Custom and Tradition: decorations, displays, Carols by Candlelight, Santa’s visit, carol singers, Christmas dinner tradition
→ * photographs of sample parts of completed flipbook included with assembly instructions. These can be shown on an interactive whiteboard to students to model compilation.
→ * Picture prompts help students to recall facts from the Scavenger Hunt, alternatively they can refer to responses on recording sheets.
ACTIVITY
♦ Place the 16 fact cards on Christmas in England around the classroom. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to find the answers to all 16 questions on their response sheets. They must read the fact card to find the answer for each corresponding fact question on their response sheets.
♦ Early finishers who complete the Scavenger Hunt can design their posters and fill-in sections of the flipbook. Wrap-up the activity by getting students together and asking them to share the facts they found the most interesting. They may refer to their recording sheets, posters and flipbook.
Christmas in the Netherlands fact cards will take your students on a Scavenger Hunt for interesting facts on how Christmas is celebrated in the Netherlands . Your students will have fun as they learn about the history, culture, custom, and tradition of Christmas festive celebrations in the Netherlands. The best part is that they will be able to document their learning in a flipbook/interactive notebook and design poster templates after finding answers to key questions. This is sure to make an interesting classroom display.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 16 Fact Cards on Christmas in the Netherlands
✓ 2 Recording Sheets
✓ 2 page Answer Key
✓ 19 Poster Templates featuring Christmas images;
1 blank poster included for students to self-illustrate.
✓ Flipbook templates (4 pages) on facts collected
✓ Banners (plain and decorated)
PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
Cover Page (8 options): Student details
♥ The Netherlands: flag, population, capital city, unofficial symbols, Christmas greeting
♥ Festive Food: game meats, roast pork, gourmetten, pepernoot
♥ Custom and Tradition: St. Nicholas’ Eve, Sinterklaas and the Zwarte Pieten, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day.
→ * photographs of sample parts of completed flipbook included with assembly instructions. These can be shown on an interactive whiteboard to students to model compilation.
→ * Picture prompts help students to recall facts from the Scavenger Hunt, alternatively they can refer to responses on recording sheets.
ACTIVITY
♦ Place the 16 fact cards on Christmas in the Netherlands around the classroom. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to find the answers to all 16 questions on their response sheets. They must read the fact card to find the answer for each corresponding fact question on their response sheets.
♦ Early finishers who complete the Scavenger Hunt can design their posters and fill-in sections of the flipbook. Wrap-up the activity by getting students together and asking them to share the facts they found the most interesting. They may refer to their recording sheets, posters and flipbook.
Have your students practise research writing skills by collating and recording information in this editable flipbook on Christmas. The titles, pictures and writing prompts for each section of the flipbook scaffold writing and research.
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ITEMS INCLUDED
✓ Blackline flipbook templates
✓ Coloured flipbook templates
✓ Editable Flipbook (history, food, custom and traditions)
✓ Self-editing checklist
✓ Peer-editing checklist
✓ Teacher Marking Rubric: 3 options
✓ Writing sheets x 2
✓ Display Banner reading, ‘Merry Christmas' (plain and decorated)
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PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
♦ Cover Page (blackline-25 options; colour- 29 options): featuring graphics (not
editable)
♦ Christmas: history and origin
♦ Festive Food: food/candy specifically associated with Christmas
♦ Custom and Tradition: ways of celebrating and interesting facts
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EDITABLE TEMPLATES (2 – 4)
Templates 2-4 of the flipbook are EDITABLE. Simply, type inside text to edit content and save as a PDF file. The flipbook scaffolds the research process with guiding prompts. This could also serve as the first draft where students use the self-editing and peer-editing checklists to edit. Finally have students publish on given writing sheets or type out content from draft observing corrections (optional).
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SUGGESTED USE:
Have students refer to books, websites, and videos to record information on Christmas.
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HOW TO ASSEMBLE FLIPBOOK:
You can choose either of the two options.
→ Print out the templates in blackline. Cut around each template and assemble from smallest template to largest template. Have students colour in cover page. Staple at top tab for flipbook or glue descending order in notebook.
→ Print out the templates on cardstock (different colours). Cut around each template and assemble. Attach at top.
→ Print out the coloured templates and assemble.
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PREPARATION
→ For grades 2-3, bundle up to 6 sheets together after sorting, align them perfectly and cut.
→ For grades 4-6, students are old enough to cut and compile flipbooks on their own. I have my students compile all sections of the flipbook prior to research and writing.
Review addition facts and build number sense with these 32 addition scoot cards featuring a fun Christmas theme .
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There are two sets of Recording Sheets (Numbers 1-16 and 17-32). Students have a choice between the scaffolded (to elicit the desired response) and blank sectioned. An answer key is provided to have students independently check their answers.
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The addition skills reinforced in this pack are:
✓ writing an addition fact for a multiplication sentence
✓ writing an addition sentence for a given array
✓ writing the missing addend in an addition fact.
✓ writing the sum of two given numbers
✓ writing an addition sentence for a given illustration
✓ problem solving using illustrations
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HOW I USED THE PACKS IN THIS BUNDLE:
♦ For this 32 scoot pack, you may break up the activity and have students do cards 1-16 during one session and 17-32 the next. There are 2 recording sheets for this purpose.
♦ I generally have cards 1-16 placed on one section of the classroom walls, and cards 17-32 on the opposite side. Students solve at their own pace. This is to cater to all; students who would perhaps need more time and the early finishers.
**There is so much fun and excitement as kids walk around the classroom solving the cards. They seem to be racing to finish them all :)
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PREPARATION:
♦ Stack and perfectly align sheets. Cut along task card borders carefully. Work with 3 sheets at a time for better manipulation.
♦ Laminate cards for durability. There are four cards on a single sheet.
♦ Store cards in zip-loc bags (small plastic pouches). Label with the specific number operations skill featured.
♦ Place cards and copies of Recording Sheets (2 options) in file folder.
♦ Glue file folder cover (included) on folder.
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SUGGESTED USE
→ Small group rotations (cards may be rotated among small groups of students)
→ Math Centres
* Have work ready for fast finishers, alternatively assign a buddy for students who need help to finish.
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EVIDENCE OF LEARNING
After the entire class has finished solving the scoot cards, you can display the pdf file on the interactive whiteboard and discuss answers. This way students can reflect on their responses while referring to the questions again.
Have your students practise research writing skills by collating and recording information in this editable flipbook on Halloween. The titles, pictures and writing prompts for each section of the flipbook scaffold writing and research.
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ITEMS INCLUDED
✓ Blackline flipbook templates (21 pages)
✓ Coloured flipbook templates (21 pages)
✓ Editable Flipbook (history, food, custom and traditions)
✓ Self-editing checklist
✓ Peer-editing checklist
✓ Teacher Marking Rubric: 3 options
✓ Writing sheets x 2
✓ Display Banner reading, ‘Happy Halloween’ (3 options)
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PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
♦ Cover Page (25 options): featuring graphics (not editable)
♦ Halloween: history and origin
♦ Festive Food: food/candy specifically associated with Halloween
♦ Custom and Tradition: ways of celebrating and interesting facts
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EDITABLE TEMPLATES (2 – 4)
Templates 2-4 of the flipbook are EDITABLE. Simply, type inside text to edit content and save as a PDF file. The flipbook scaffolds the research process with guiding prompts. This could also serve as the first draft where students use the self-editing and peer-editing checklists to edit. Finally have students publish on given writing sheets or type out content from draft observing corrections (optional).
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SUGGESTED USE:
Have students refer to books, websites, and videos to record information on Halloween.
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HOW TO ASSEMBLE FLIPBOOK:
You can choose either of the two options.
→ Print out the templates in blackline. Cut around each template and assemble from smallest template to largest template. Have students colour in cover page. Staple at top tab for flipbook or glue descending order in notebook.
→ Print out the templates on cardstock (different colours). Cut around each template and assemble. Attach at top.
→ Print out the coloured templates and assemble descending order.
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PREPARATION
→ For grades 2-3, bundle up to 6 sheets together after sorting, align them perfectly and cut.
→ For grades 4-6, students are old enough to cut and compile flipbooks on their own. I have my students compile all sections of the flipbook prior to research and writing.
In whose honour was Valentine’s Day celebrated? How many candy hearts are produced for Valentine’s Day each year? Where is the oldest Valentine’s Day card displayed? Your students will enjoy knowing all about these fun Valentine’s Day facts with this 32 Scavenger Hunt pack.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
32 Fact Cards on Valentine’s Day
4 Recording Sheets
4 page Answer Key
16 Writing Templates featuring Valentine’s Day images; 1 blank poster included for students to self-illustrate.
Banners (plain and decorated)
ACTIVITY
Place the 32 fact cards on Valentine’s Day around the classroom. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to find the answers to all 32 questions on their response sheets. They must read the fact card to find the answer for each corresponding fact question on their response sheets.
Early finishers who complete the Scavenger Hunt can design their writing posters. Wrap-up the activity by getting students together and asking them to share the facts they found the most interesting. They may refer to their recording sheets and posters.
** You may break-up the activity and do cards (1-17) or (18-32) depending upon time available.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day in your classroom with this bright bunting banner reading, ‘Happy Valentine’s Day ’.
PREPARATION
Cut out each bunting flag and laminate for durability. Staple to a ribbon or display on a bulletin board (option to use apostrophe included).
Adhering to structure specific to a writing genre is necessary to generate a cohesive whole. This flipbook will scaffold the structural components of an opinion piece at every stage of the writing process.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Poster defining ‘Persuasive Writing’
Posters/Anchor Charts on the five ways to begin an Introduction: a scene, a quotation, a definition, a hypothetical question and a strong statement.
Posters/Anchor Charts on the three Body paragraphs and one concluding paragraph.
** These posters/anchor charts provide a visual structural example of how a persuasive piece is written.. The sections are colour-coded, so students can distinguish between the hook, opinion, and thesis statement in the Introduction, and topic sentence, supporting details, and concluding sentence for each Body paragraph.
Flipbook templates in black and white
Self-editing Checklist
Peer-editing Checklist
Teacher Marking Rubric
Lined sheets for publishing
Six writing task-card (colour and blackline) prompts
Graphic Organisers x 5 to scaffold structure
PARTS OF THE EDITABLE FLIPBOOK
THE WRITING PROMPT
There is a given writing prompt for students to write persuasively on. You also have the option of writing your own writing prompt.
THE INTRODUCTION
Prompt for students to include a hook, their opinion and a thesis statement.
THE BODY
Guideline for students to include a topic sentence for each of the three reasons, followed by supporting details and a concluding sentence. There are two templates for the body paragraphs.
THE CONCLUSION
Checklist for students to include a summary statement to re-state their opinion, brief summary of the reasons provided and a call to action.
PREPARATION
Have students compile all sections of the flipbook prior to research and writing.
This flipbook is sure to make the entire experience of writing, not just enjoyable, but more meaningful.