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Persuasive devices display / anchor charts and special needs adjustments
Persuasive devices are tricky for students to remember and use in their analysing and writing persuasive texts. We have solved that problem for you and created these highly attractive charts that your students can use as a reference point in your classroom. We have used the popular acronym AFORREST as a way of helping students remember the different devices. These resources will be very useful in your primary or elementary class and with secondary or high school students.
These are easy to use. Simply print the large anchor / display charts and put them up in your classroom where they can be easily seen. You may want to laminate them if you prefer. We laminate the small card size ones and place them on a simple key ring for students. They love them!
A Alliteration
F Facts
O Opinion
R Rhetorical question
R repetition
E Emotive language
S Statistics
T Triples (rule of three)
We have also made them into small playing card size for students to have their own individual set. These cards would be a very useful adjustment for any student with a Specific Learning Difficulty such as Dyslexia, as it provides easy access and enables them to easily and independently access your task. Included as well, is a reference sheet that can easily be photocopied and used in a range of ways to support students.
If you find these resources useful in your English or Politics class, please have a look at our other resources. We are committed to providing high quality resources to support teachers as do their most important work. Supporting students.
Included in this pack:
1 x persuasive writing vocabulary poster
1 page of 4 persuasive writing vocabulary cards
9 x AFORREST anchor charts
1 page of 12 AFFORREST cards
1 page of 12 AFFOREST overview for back of cards
1 x persuasive writing plan worksheet
Graphic outlines scaffolds for dyslexic and special needs students
These graphic outlines have been developed to enable you to provide support to your students. They are especially designed to support students who require scaffolding to access and organize information, such as students with Specific Learning Disability, Dyslexia, but we have found them useful for all students. We have included the ones that we had most success within our classrooms, because we know they work.
Included in the pack of 18 graphic outlines includes layout examples of how they can be used in subjects such as English, Math’s, History, Geography, Science, Health, Politics, Economics. The subject uses are endless. We have included a range of graphic outlines to cater for secondary and high school students as well as students in elementary or primary school settings.
HOW TO USE A GRAPHIC OUTLINE
Chose a graphic outline that appeals to you
Either use the ones with headings on or a blank one and insert your own headings.
Model to the class (or individual) exactly how to use it, and leave your example up as a reference point. (We suggest you enlarge it so it is easy for everyone to see).
As a class, complete a worked example together and provide feedback to students to ensure they understand how to use the graphic outline.
Make the graphic outline available whenever it is appropriate in any of your lessons.
OUR SUGGESTIONS
Although these have been designed to support you in making adjustments in your classroom, experience tells us that this type of scaffolding is useful for all students.
Graphic outlines are also useful for students who like to ‘doodle’ or draw their notes as it provides them with a framework.
By making them available for all students you are promoting inclusivity and no individual student feels embarrassed because they have something ‘different’.
Model, complete worked examples and have available several different graphic outlines in your classroom. Students, like us, will develop preferences for a particular layout.
If you have found these useful, be sure to check out our other resources to support you in your classroom.
Empathy maps resource for PSHE and religion teaching
Empathy is such an important skill to develop in our students. Having empathy enables students to make positive decisions to support people who are experiencing difficulties.
An Empathy Map is like a mind map that has guided questions to challenge your students’ thinking. The dilemmas we have selected are social justice issues that we know students are very passionate about. These Empathy Maps are especially designed for students in secondary and high school classes.
If you are passionate about emotional well-being, emotional literacy, exploring moral dilemmas and enabling your students to deal positively with challenging, yet common situations, then this resource is for you. It will also complement your Physical, Social, Health and Emotional (PSHE) and Religious Education Curriculums.
These no prep Empathy Maps are an engaging way to get your secondary and high school students thinking about how they would respond empathetically to others in challenging circumstances. We have developed each map based on real world challenges.
This Empathy Map is flexible in use. Use it as an independent stand-alone activity or as a follow up activity to support a whole class or group discussion exploring how we respond empathetically.
This high-quality resource is ready to print and use. There are 7 different Empathy Maps to allow you to select the one that works the best with your students and twenty social justice issues. Each map guides the students in their exploration of the issue.
Use these Empathy Maps as a whole class activity or in group or paired work. They complement our Empathy Discussion Cards, which explore common dilemmas for adolescents. These resources are perfect for every teacher who teaches PSHE, Religion or Well Being classes.
Promoting empathy discussion cards and posters for social and emotional learning
Do you want to promote empathy in your primary, elementary or middle school students? If so this resource is for you!
Empathy is such an important skill to develop in our students. Having empathy enables students to make positive decisions to support people who are experiencing difficulties.
If you are passionate about emotional well-being, emotional literacy, exploring moral dilemmas and enabling your students to deal positively with challenging, yet common situations, then this set of discussion cards is the resource is for you.
It will also complement Physical, Social, Health and Emotional (PSHE) and Religious Education Curriculums.
These no prep empathy discussion cards are an engaging way to get your primary and elementary students thinking about how they would respond empathetically to others in challenging circumstances.
These empathy cards are flexible in use. Use them as an independent stand-alone activity or as a follow up activity to support a whole class or group discussion exploring how we respond empathetically.
This pack will encourage your students to:
• Ask questions to clarify understanding
• Listen without judgment
• Share a response or action to demonstrate understanding
• Step into another’s shoes
This high-quality resource is ready to print and use. There are 16 moral dilemmas to discuss.
Included in this pack are:
16 x individual empathy discussion cards with back design in full color
16 x individual empathy discussion cards with back design in black and white
16 x empathy discussion posters
These resources have been used very successfully in our classrooms and we can’t wait to hear how they go in your lessons.
Thinking about empathy journal to support social and emotional learning
If you want an easy way to encourage and teach empathy to your students, this is exactly what you need!
Empathy is such an important skill to develop in our students. Having empathy enables students to make positive decisions to support people who are experiencing difficulties.
If you are passionate about emotional well-being, emotional literacy, exploring moral dilemmas and enabling your students to deal positively with challenging, yet common situations, then this resource is for you.
It will also compliment Physical, Social, Health and Emotional (PSHE) and Religious Education Curriculums
This no prep Thinking about Empathy Journal is an engaging way to get your primary and elementary students thinking about how they would respond empathetically to others in challenging circumstances.
This Empathy Journal is flexible in use. Use it as an independent stand-alone activity or as a follow up activity to support a whole class or group discussion exploring how we respond empathetically.
This pack will encourage your students to:
Ask questions to clarify understanding
Listen without judgment
Share a response or action to demonstrate understanding
Step into another’s shoes
This high-quality resource is ready to print and use. There are 24 moral dilemmas over seven pages. This resource, if used daily is five weeks’ worth of resources for each student in your class.
Included in this pack:
7 x page empathy student workbook
These resources have been used very successfully in our classrooms and we can’t wait to hear how they go in your lessons.
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Teaching positive self talk for social and emotional curriculum bundle
This comprehensive pack can be used effectively to work with elementary, primary and middle school students who are stuck in a negative mindset and need to reframe how they see situations.
The pack included a no prep printable 20 page workbook, affirmation station to enhance your classroom, affirmation cards and printable cards which encourage students to reframe their own self talk.
Self talk is something which can be changed and if you have students who’s default response is ‘I can’t’ then this work pack could do them the world of good!
Your students will love it!
Included in this pack are:
20 Page independant work pack with printable worksheets
1 x affirmation station class display with over 40 individual affirmations
40 x individual reframing your self-talk cards in full color (front and back)
40 x individual reframing your self-talk cards in black and white (front and back)
Emotion’s charades cards to help with emotional regulation
Teaching children emotions is an important business. These no prep, printable cards are perfect for teaching and reinforcing self-regulation in your classes, especially to your special educational needs students. Understanding our emotions is critical to self awareness and self-regulation.
This no preparation game can be used to teach emotions to your whole class, small groups or pairs. It is perfect for your kindergarten, pre-primary, early childhood or elementary class.
There are 48 coloured emotions cards, each with a clear emotion graphic and the corresponding word. We have also included a set of black and white cards with the same emotions.
There are clear instructions on how to use these cards with your whole class, in groups or in pairs. They are also suitable to use 1:1 to support students who require additional support in recognising and understanding emotions.
If you love using these, you will also find our other products which support teaching self-regulation useful in developing essential emotional understanding skills.
Included in this pack:
48 x individual emotions cards in full colour
48 x individual emotions cards in black and white
Self-talk student workbook for social and emotional learning - SEL
This 20-page student workbook is a go to, no prep, printable resource for elementary and primary students as they travel through the social and emotional lessons.
The emphasis is on self-talk, gratitude and affirmations with repetition and practice exercises to embed this concept and make it an asset to their learning.
If you have students who are negative and are struggling to see any good in themselves or others this workbook is a valuable tool to help in making them aware of their own self talk and its impact on their mental health.
This resource can be used in health lessons, pastoral sessions or with individuals who may be struggling with anxiety or depression.
This package contains:
1 x Workbook front cover
19 pages of student exercises focusing on self-talk and affirmations
This resource is supported by our self-talk classroom display pack.
Reframing my self-talk cards to laminate and promote an attitude of gratitude
These printable no prep 40 individual reframing my self-talk cards can be used effectively to work with elementary, primary and middle school students who are stuck in a negative mindset and need to reframe how they see situations.
The cards all have situations the students may find themselves in and a prompt to look at reframing their self-talk. They can be used as a whole class daily activity to promote an attitude of gratitude or with individuals.
Each card has a printable back design as well so when laminated they are easy to recognize.
Print them half size for a more effective use of paper or black and white for a more cost-effective printing option.
Your students will love them!
Included in this pack are:
40 individual reframing your self-talk cards in full colour (front and back)
40 individual reframing your self-talk cards in black and white (front and back)
Africa research and fact file early finisher project
Are you looking for fun, no-prep, Geography activities your kids can do when they have some free time? Wondering how to keep your early finishers occupied and entertained without them needing your help and attention? Then this Africa Fact file might be what you are looking for!
This easy, no prep early finisher is 7 pages of interesting and relevant information for students to learn about Africa. Elementary, primary, homeschool and high school students will be engaged and interested learning about a new country with facts to research, places and biomes. A wordsearch is included to keep this project fun and engaging.
A full teacher answer booklet is also included meaning no prep for the teacher. A fantastic go to resource for early finishers or end of projects.
Use these interesting and useful research activities to provide enrichment for those early finishers in your classroom! You can choose to use them as individual sheets or combine them and use the booklet cover.
Included in this pack:
7 page booklet with cover in black and white
7 page answer booklet with cover in full color
Gradual release of responsibility instructional posters and cards
This pack of signs and cards can be used in all classrooms from early elementary, primary, middle school and high school with all teachers who use the gradual release of responsibility within their classroom instruction.
The goal of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework is to provide appropriate instruction, moving students towards independence.
These posters can be displayed and referred to or the cards could be used to highlight which stage the instruction was on or moving to. A valuable addition to all classrooms.
Included are 3 x signs and 3 x cards :
I DO—you watch
WE DO—together
YOU DO—I watch
All signs and cards are in both color and black and white.
UK geography research and fact file early finisher project
Are you looking for fun, no-prep, Geography activities your kids can do when they have some free time? Wondering how to keep your early finishers occupied and entertained without them needing your help and attention? Then this UK Fact file might be what you are looking for!
This easy, no prep early finisher is 6 pages of interesting and relevant information for students to learn about the UK. Elementary, primary, home-school and high school students will be engaged and interested learning about a new country with facts to research, places and flags. A wordsearch is included to keep this project fun and engaging.
A full teacher answer booklet is also included meaning no prep for the teacher. A fantastic go to resource for early finishers or end of projects.
Use these interesting and useful research activities to provide enrichment for those early finishers in your classroom! You can choose to use them as individual sheets or combine them and use the booklet cover.
Included in this pack:
6 page booklet with cover in black and white
6 page answer booklet with cover in full color
Australia research and fact file early finisher project
Are you looking for fun, no-prep, Geography activities your kids can do when they have some free time? Wondering how to keep your early finishers occupied and entertained without them needing your help and attention? Then this Australia Fact file might be what you are looking for!
This easy, no prep early finisher is 7 pages of interesting and relevant information for students to learn about Australia. Elementary, primary, homeschool and high school students will be engaged and interested learning about a new country with facts to research, places and biomes. A wordsearch is included to keep this project fun and engaging.
A full teacher answer booklet is also included meaning no prep for the teacher. A fantastic go to resource for early finishers or end of projects.
Use these interesting and useful reserach activities to provide enrichment for those early finishers in your classroom! You can choose to use them as individual sheets, or combine them and use the booklet cover.
Included in this pack:
7 page booklet with cover in black and white
7 page answer booklet with cover in full color
Emotions dice activity to help with emotional self-regulation
These three no prep, printable emotions dice are an easy way to show our elementary and primary students how to identify our emotions and express them to help them build an emotional vocabulary. The dice also demonstrate to students that everyone feels negative emotions and what this feels like.
Not only that but understand what these feelings feel like and what we can do when we feel these emotions. This fun dice activity is a great way to start the conversations about emotions with our young people.
Both dice incorporate a mixture of positive and negative emotions for students to think about and identity.
To play, you’ll use only one of the two emotion words dice.
Simply roll the emotion words dice and the one with the prompts. Then answer the prompt you rolled using whatever emotion was rolled on the other die.
So for example, if you roll “Name one thing you can say when you feel this emotion” and “tired,” then you could answer the prompt by saying, “I’m so tired!” or “I’m exhausted!”
All pages of this resource are available in both full colour or black and white to suit your printing requirements.
This resource includes:
Instructions on how to use this activity
1 x emotions prompt dice net in full colour
2 x emotions dice net with illustrations in full colour
1 x emotions prompt dice net in black and white
2 x emotions dice net with illustrations in black and white
Classroom management rewards coupons – 44 FREE rewards for your students
These 44 individual reward cards or coupons can be used effectively for years of classroom management and gives you a variety of FREE classroom rewards. Use this resources with our rewards clip cards to motivate your students.
The reward cards can be used in a variety of behavior management or academic achievement classroom management systems. Our suggestion is that these cards be printed, laminated, cut out and then distributed to students when earned either for positive behavior reinforcement or for academic success recognition.
In order to earn one of these cards, students may be required to have a certain number of bonus points (based on the scale that you established) or have a full punch card. When a card is earned, you can either allow the student to hold onto the card until they would like to use it or set your own schedule for use so that the process remains more controlled.
Our suggestion is that these cards be printed, laminated, cut out and then distributed to students when earned either for positive behavior reinforcement or for academic success recognition.
These tools can be used throughout the year or as a bonus end of year reward system for a well-behaved class!
BUY ONCE, PRINT LATER, USE FOREVER!
The rewards are mostly free things you can implement easily within your classroom. The cards have been designed so they can be printed double sided and laminated to used repeatedly.
Print them half size for a more effective use of paper or black and white for a more cost-effective printing option.
Your students will love them!
Included in this pack:
44 individual reward cards in full color
44 individual reward cards in black and white
Graphic organisers to teach executive functioning to special needs students
These easy to use and student friendly graphic organisers help to teach organisation to any students who struggle with their executive functioning skills.
This resource is a simple no prep tool which allows students to build graphic organisers to help them daily by making clear what things they require for each day, lesson or to take home.
This tool is suitable for all students from primary, elementary and high school and printed at half size they are perfect for lockers or to use at home.
Some students do not develop executive functions to the same degree as their peers and organisation is a particular weakness for many neurodiverse students. Supporting their organisation with these easy visual charts enables them to know what is required for a particular lesson or day, allowing them to see improved success.
Included in this resource is:
30 printable pages of:
75 x equipment cards in full colour
25 x editable blank cards to fit the chart in full colour
10 x organisation charts in full colour
75 x equipment cards in black and white
25 x editable blank cards to fit the chart in black and white
10 x organisation charts in black and white
Project based learning (PBL) blank scaffold workbook with PBL briefs
The key to successful PBL tasks is to make then interesting and relevant to students. This resource allows students to identify their own project focus and work through it while following a scaffold to produce all the information you require.
This no prep, easy to use, printable workbook is suitable for home school classrooms, primary, elementary and high school students. 12 projects outlines have been included so students can choose one of those if they are struggling to find their won.
This booklet promotes autonomous learning and problem solving, which is the backbone of PBL, if you are tased with the delivery of PBL at your school and do not know where to start this workbook has everything all sorted!
Included in this pack:
1 X Project front cover
12 x project outline briefs for students to choose from
13 x blank project scaffolded pages to record progress and outcomes.
Communication cards for special needs students and teenagers
Communicating with neurodivergent young people can be very challenging. These cards are especially designed for those young people who prefer not to use assistive technology or where technology is not available.
A simple yet effective set of cards that require limited preparation and can be used time and time again. Just print and laminate these cards, and your young person will be communicating with those around them in no time.
An introduction card is included in this pack that lays out what the young person will require from the person they are communicating with. The text says:
I WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU
● Please be patient
● Please read what I write
● Please respond verbally
● Please look at me
This ensures a safe space is provided for the communication to occur in a respectful manner.
These communication cards are empowering because they allow the young person to:
● communicate with their peers and those around them
● be in control of exactly what they want to communicate
● use their written or drawing skills
● Use the cards multiple times in a variety of contexts
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PACK
● 36 THINK and WRITE cards that can be photocopied multiple times, with nine different young people.
● 9 ‘I WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU CARDS’ featuring 9 different young people
● 9 THANK YOU cards featuring different young people
● Clear and age-appropriate illustrations for your students to identify with
● A THANK YOU card to share with the person they are communicating with.
Phonics focus ‘Y’ sentences for early readers, literacy centers and morning work
This set of printable sentences focusing on the initial phoneme / sound ‘Y’ has so many uses in your Kindergarten, Pre Primary, or Elementary classroom. They are also great for homeschooling settings. We have combined graphics starting with ‘Y’ and high frequency sight words, to help you meet two learning goals at once!
Each sentence uses the repetitive sentence, ‘HERE IS THE’ to promote reading fluency and mastery of sight words. The images have been carefully selected to ensure your students can easily recognize what the image is, and hear the phoneme ‘Y’ in the initial position in each ’Y’ word. We have even identified the learning focus areas which you can use in your planning.
These sentences can be used individually by laminating each sentence and using them in your guided reading or literacy centers. They could be made into sentence books for each student to use as a home reader, or an in class independent reading activity. The tracing pages can be used as both reading and writing independent or group activities, and will reinforce phoneme / grapheme recognition, reading fluency and writing and handwriting skills.
We know you will appreciate how easy these are to use in your classroom and you will be delighted at your students’ progress and engagement.
The no color copy can be used as a reader too, and the student can personalize it to promote ownership and develop personal confidence in their reading. The copy with no images enables your students to draw their own pictures to reflect the text.
These three copies of emergent reader can be used in your literacy centers, your literacy lessons, as reading homework and in your guided reading and writing work. They are also very suitable for group and independent work.
These printable and easy to use readers will have your kindergarten, preprimary and elementary students reading in no time! Early success in reading experiences is vital and these magical little readers will help your students achieve just that. Reading success!
INCLUDED IN THIS PACK
● PDF file including three different formats of the phonic high frequency word book
● 11 printable pages to use in many ways in your classroom
● Clear and beautiful illustrations
● Sentence overview sheet
● A choice of color or black and white booklets, depending on your personal preference.
Phonics Focus ‘w’ sound for literacy centers and morning work.
This set of printable sentences focusing on the initial phoneme / sound ‘W’ has so many uses in your Kindergarten, Pre-Primary, or Elementary classroom. They are also great for homeschooling settings. We have combined graphics starting with ‘W’ and high frequency sight words, to help you meet two learning goals at once!
Each sentence uses the repetitive sentence, ‘THAT IS A ’ to promote reading fluency and mastery of sight words. The images have been carefully selected to ensure your students can easily recognize what the image is, and hear the phoneme ‘W’ in the initial position in each ’W’ word. We have even identified the learning focus areas which you can use in your planning.
These sentences can be used individually by laminating each sentence and using them in your guided reading or literacy centers. They could be made into sentence books for each student to use as a home reader, or an in class independent reading activity. The tracing pages can be used as both reading and writing independent or group activities, and will reinforce phoneme / grapheme recognition, reading fluency and writing and handwriting skills.
We know you will appreciate how easy these are to use in your classroom and you will be delighted at your students’ progress and engagement.
The no color copy can be used as a reader too, and the student can personalize it to promote ownership and develop personal confidence in their reading. The copy with no images enables your students to draw their own pictures to reflect the text.
These three copies of emergent reader can be used in your literacy centers, your literacy lessons, as reading homework and in your guided reading and writing work. They are also very suitable for group and independent work.
These printable and easy to use readers will have your kindergarten, preprimary and elementary students reading in no time! Early success in reading experiences is vital and these magical little readers will help your students achieve just that. Reading success!
INCLUDED IN THIS PACK
● PDF file including three different formats of the phonic high frequency word book
● 13 printable pages to use in many different ways in your classroom
● 36 individual sentences
● Clear and beautiful illustrations
● Sentence overview sheet
● A choice of color or black and white booklets, depending on your personal preference.