Build reading fluency of 53 word families (265 words) featuring the vowels a,e,i,o, and u with this hands-on pack of fluency reader strips/accordion foldables. These accordion foldables may be glued into students’ interactive notebooks or stapled at the top to compile a mini strip booklet. Each set comes in: ⚫ Colour with words and visuals ⚫ Blackline with words and visuals ⚫ Blackline with just words The word families in focus are: VOWEL -A ✅ Words with –and ✅ Words with –ab ✅ Words with –ack ✅ Words with –ad ✅ Words with –ag ✅ Words with –ail ✅ Words with –ain ✅ Words with –ake ✅ Words with –ale ✅ Words with –all ✅ Words with –am ✅ Words with –ame ✅ Words with –an ✅ Words with –ank ✅ Words with –ap ✅ Words with –ar ✅ Words with –ash ✅ Words with –at ✅ Words with –ate ✅ Words with –aw ✅ Words with –ay VOWEL -E ✅ Words with –ed ✅ Words with –ell ✅ Words with –en ✅ Words with –et ✅ Words with –eat ✅ Words with –est VOWEL -I ✅ Words with –ick ✅ Words with –ig ✅ Words with –in ✅ Words with –ip ✅ Words with –it ✅ Words with –ice ✅ Words with –ide ✅ Words with –ike ✅ Words with –ill ✅ Words with –ine ✅ Words with –ink ✅ Words with –ing VOWEL -O ✅ Words with –og ✅ Words with –old ✅ Words with –op ✅ Words with –ot ✅ Words with –ock ✅ Words with –oke ✅ Words with –ore ✅ Words with –ow VOWEL -U ✅ Words with –ub ✅ Words with –ug ✅ Words with –un ✅ Words with –uck ✅ Words with –ump ✅ Words with –unk ⚫ Assembly instructions with photographs included in file. Reading will not be too overwhelming as your students fold and read each fluency strip foldable. This is definitely a great way to engage students in reading, besides this resource could also serve as an effective way to also teach vocabulary and spelling.

Use this fun hands-on spinner wheels pack to document the life cycles of 6 Arctic Animals. Both black and white and coloured wheel templates included. There are 3 different base templates to accompany each black and white and coloured wheel cover template. with labels of the life-cycle stages and images with just images for students to label the stages with just images and blank lines for students to label and write a brief overview of each stage in the animal’s life cycle The wheels turn easily anti-clockwise and feature the life cycles of the following Arctic Animals: Arctic Fox Harp Seal Puffin Reindeer Snowy Owl Walrus Please note these wheel templates do not feature detailed information on the life cycle of the above animals, but are a tool to document students’ findings on the life cycles from books, videos and/or the internet.

This centre activity bundle will provide your students with a fun way to practise the 1-12 times tables. Both colour and black and white templates included. ITEMS INCLUDED ✅ Centre Manipulatives in colour for times tables 1-12 ✅ Centre Manipulatives in black and white for times tables 1-12 ✅ Practice Sheets x 4 for each times table ✅ File folder cover for each times table THE ACTIVITY: ⚫ Students will feed each ‘Biggy Mouth’ animal by matching each multiplication sentence (food) to its product (animal). ⚫ Once students have matched each multiplication sentence with its product, they may complete the times tables activity sheets. There are four practice sheets; two sheets have the times tables horizontally written and the other two, vertically written. In the first sheet, the times tables are written in order, while the second sheet, the times tables are mixed up. PREPARATION: ⚫ Cut apart and laminate the times tables centre manipulatives for durability. ⚫ Glue the cover sheet for each times table on a file folder and place the laminated center maniupulatives along with the practice sheets inside. ⚫ Place at a maths centre.

Have your students go digital with this fun unit on budgeting that features interactive activities to enable students to plan a budget taking into account earned income, expenses, and a short-term spending goal. This resource is completely editable giving you the flexibility to modify it to suit your students’ needs. You will be able to change spellings, currency format and other written content by overwriting sample content. All clipart is secured in accordance with the artists’ terms of use. Content Students will work digitally on the following 4 main activities: Four tasks that facilitate an understanding of what it means to budget wisely. a. My Lucky Week Planning expenses with no relation to income. Students get a feel of expenses and work with whole and decimal numbers to calculate total cost. b. On a Budget Planning expenses in relation to a stipulated income. Students need to determine how to best budget to keep their expenses less than the given income. c. Reaching My Goal Planning expenses in relation to a given income and achieving a short term goal. Students work out a spending plan to achieve a short-term goal. d. My Personal Budget Drawing up a personal budget plan on the basis of personal income received and wants. students determine the feasibility of a budget plan through constructed reflection. ** Also included is a booklet cover if you would like to print students’ work and compile and task sheets, posters (colour and blackline) in an editable Power Point file. Other Activities Creation of Bar Graphs to show differences and comparisons in expenditure for the budgeting activities. Graphs are linked to charts in Google sheets. Students will be able to input their data to automatically reflect graph creation. Instructions are in the slide notes pane. Making wise choices from the Dream Collection Catalogue to achieve a short term goal. Constructive reflection on a budget plan with emphasis on spending patterns. Self-assessment, peer assessment, and teacher assessment using rubrics as a tool. SETUP AND USEAGE INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED IN FILE.

Looking to teach your students essetial elements of poetry? This comprehensive resource is designed to teach 12 essential poetic devices, ideal for National Poetry Month. With printable response sheets, interactive task cards with QR codes, and visually appealing posters featuring explanations of the poetic devices and sample poems, this resource promises to engage and inspire your students in their poetic pursuits. Your students will have the option to scan a QR Code, access a poetic element information card and respond to 4 questions for a total of 48 questions in all. And if you prefer not to use QR Codes, you can print the 12 poetry elements information cards from the pdf file and have your students refer to them as they respond to the questions. The stunning artwork in these posters makes a striking bulletin board display too. Items Included (US and British English Files) Landscape-size posters/information cards on 12 poetic elements (google drive and pdf). Every poster includes a clear definition of the poetry element it represents, complemented by an example poem that showcases its application. 12 task cards - with a QR Code and 4 questions on each card for each poetic element Response sheets x 6: (4 questions for each poetic element for a total of 48 questions) Answer Key – detailed responses for teacher reference to provide students with comprehensive explanations The 12 elements of poetry featured are: Alliteration Analogy Assonance Consonance Hyperbole Idiom Imagery Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Symbolism Activity Students have the option to scan the QR Code on each task card or refer to the print out of the poetic element information card to respond to the questions on their Response Sheets. If printing the poetic elements information cards, you may spread them around the classroom. I personally like to tape to walls, so they don’t get lost in all the excitement. Students work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to record their responses. Display the poetic elements information cards on the bulletin board post activity to craft an eye-catching and informative display. Post Activity Use the Answer Key to provide a comprehensive explanation for each response.

This graphing unit features interpreting data in bar graphs and pictographs. Data is collected using concrete materials such as visuals, dice, spinners, coins and M&M’s . This data is then represented in bar graphs and interpreted. The section on pictographs requires collected data to be interpreted. These no prep printables facilitate students to move from the concrete to the abstract. Graphs target students of different ability levels and are categorised into two main sections: ► ITEMS INCLUDED Cover Sheets x 2 (if compiling all pages into a booklet for students) ►2. SECTION ON PICTOGRAPHS The following pictographs are featured in this section. All graphs include questions that interpret collected data and symbols representing votes. ✓ Cupcakes Sold Pictograph ✓ Favourite Excursion Pictograph ✓ Bus Arrivals Pictograph ✓ Soccer Match Pictograph ✓ Pocket Money Spent Pictograph ✓ Ice-cream Sales Pictograph ✓ School Lunch Choices Pictograph ✓ Bake Sale Fundraiser Pictograph ✓ Favourite Pets Pictograph ►3. SECTION ON BAR GRAPHS The following bar graphs are contained in this section. All graphs include questions that interpret collected data. ✓ Lolly Bar Graph ✓ Roll-a-Dice Bar Graph ✓ Spin a Colour Bar Graph ✓ Spin a Sea Creature Bar Graph ✓ M&M’s Bar Graph ✓ Coin Toss Bar Graph ✓ Animals on a Farm Bar Graph ✓ Animals at the Aquarium Bar Graph ✓ Library Books Check Out Bar Graph ►VOCABULARY DISPLAY CARDS This section contains vocabulary cards featuring mathematical language used when working with bar graphs.

Use this flipbook organiser to scaffold the structure of a fiction Book Report. The prompts for each of the key elements of the Report will help students write effectively and keep on track. WHAT’S INCLUDED: → Six posters/anchor charts on a fiction book report and its key elements. Print, laminate and display in class and/or view as PDF slideshow. → Cover (editable) templates x 8 (students details and quote editable) → Editable templates x 5: The Setting, Main Characters, The Summary (x2), What I Thought (prompts editable) → Lined sheets for publishing x 4 → Teacher Marking Rubric x 3 → Self-editing and Peer editing Checklists → Banners (plain and decorated) ************************************************************************* SUGGESTED USE: ♦ Project the PDF file on the interactive notebook to introduce the parts of a fiction book report via the posters/anchor charts. Also show students the flipbook templates and completed sample. Discuss the requirements for each template of the book report. ♦ Have students collect information in their flipbook on the specific book under study. This could also serve as their draft where they could 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. ************************************************************************* 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 pages. 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. ************************************************************************* 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. DISPLAY After completion, display students’ flipbooks under the Banner. These flipbooks are sure to make an interesting bulletin board display.

Looking to teach your students the different types of poems using interactive notebook templates? This resource covers 14 different poem types with lesson plans, easy-to-assemble hands-on notebook templates, poem exemplars and checklist assessments. Perfect for engaging students in creative writing while helping them understand various poetic forms, this tool makes teaching poetry simple, fun, and interactive. Both US and British English spelling files are included. Items Included for each poem type: Easy cut and assemble Notebook Templates One-page Lesson Plan Poem Anthology Cover Sheet Table of Contents Poem Exemplars in color and black and white Self-Reflection Sheet Completed Poem Responses For Teacher & Student Reference Completed Poems For Teacher & Student Reference Assessment Checklist Instructions with visuals to assemble Notebook Templates The 14 Types of Poems in focus are: 5 W’s Poem A Simile Poem ‘About Me’ Acrostic Poem Antonym Diamante Bio Poem ‘About Me’ Cinquain Creature Alliteration Poem Haiku ‘I Am’ Poem ‘I Don’t Understand’ Poem ‘Just Because’ Poem Limerick Parts of Speech Poem ‘With My Senses’ Poem Step-by-Step Process for Teaching the Poem Types With This Resource Introduce the Poem Type: Follow the detailed lesson plan to explain the poem’s structure, purpose, and unique features to the students. Study the Exemplar: Students analyze the provided poem exemplar to understand its structure, word choice, and meaning. Discuss key elements like rhyme, syllables, or figurative language used in the example. Use Interactive Notebook Templates: Students use the provided interactive notebook templates as a scaffolding tool. These templates guide them step-by-step in crafting the initial draft of their own poem, following the poem type’s format. Create and Publish: Once drafts are completed, students transfer their final poems onto the publishing sheet for a polished version. This sheet can be compiled into a class poetry anthology, creating a collaborative showcase of their creative work. Assess with the Checklist: Utilize the Teacher Assessment Checklist to evaluate each student’s completed poem. The checklist ensures students have met the criteria for structure, creativity, and accuracy in their writing.