Level 3 teacher with 20 years of classroom teaching experience. Masters in Education (learning disabilities and difficulties). Creating resources to assist with differentiation. Fun early childhood resources to inspire.
Level 3 teacher with 20 years of classroom teaching experience. Masters in Education (learning disabilities and difficulties). Creating resources to assist with differentiation. Fun early childhood resources to inspire.
anzac-day-lessons Grab this prepared ANZAC PowerPoint lesson. Covers the topic of ANZAC history in a simplified manner for primary school students. Includes photographs. 75 slides.
anzac-day-lessons includes;
learning intentions
success criteria
tune in
lesson content
real photographs
background knowledge
current ways to acknowledge anzacs
checking for understanding questions
thinking points to consider
please note: when you press the mouse click, space or enter bar, some letters or words will appear (use in slideshow mode)
choose the amount of slides you wish to cover with your class prior to the lesson
75 slides includes cover pages
I hope you find this useful.
the-life-of-a-potato Do you need a PowerPoint lesson that teaches the potato lifecycle for you? It’s all done, just play and read! 45 slides. For K-3 students. Photographs and clipart used.
potato-growth-stages includes;
lesson outcomes
success criteria
discussion prompts
each lifecycle explained
lifecycle shown on one slide (compilation)
photographs and clipart used
what the potato plant needs to grow and stay alive
check for understanding questions at the end
when you press the mouse or space bar, the answers will appear
Play in slideshow mode
Enjoy.
ways-to-cook-potatoes PowerPoint lesson - Your students will love this topic! This links in nicely to many different themes such as farming, lifecycles, cooking, potatoes (as a unit) and food. 62 slides.
ways-to-cook-potatoes includes;
learning intentions
success criteria
discussion points
information about potatoes
different ways to eat potatoes (hot or cold)
checking for understanding questions
when you press the space or mouse button, the answer will appear
photography that is beautiful and engaging
cute clipart
two activity follow up discussion/activity suggestions
links nicely to the potato lifecycle powerpoint lesson
62 pages includes cover pages.
ways-to-cook-potatoes A PowerPoint lesson. Your kids will love this topic. This links in nicely to many different themes such as farming, lifecycles, cooking, potatoes (as a unit) and food. 62 slides.
ways-to-cook-potatoes includes;
learning intentions
success criteria
discussion points
information about potatoes
different ways to eat potatoes (hot or cold)
checking for understanding questions
when you press the space or mouse button, the answer will appear
photography that is beautiful and engaging
cute clipart
two activity follow up discussion/activity suggestions
links nicely to the potato lifecycle powerpoint lesson
62 pages includes cover pages.
potato-life-cycle-worksheet Need an activity pack and follow up worksheets to cover the topic of potato lifecycles? 84 page printable product. A science-based unit that incorporates literacy skills. For grades K-3.
potato-life-cycle-worksheet includes;
learning outcomes
lifecycle sequencing tasks
pictures for sequencing the lifecycle of the potato (or to use directly into student workbooks - you choose!)
some colour lifecycle pictures
mostly black and white worksheets
writing tasks - differentiated
sentence stem writing
question pages to check for understanding
creative thinking
drawing pages
same and different tasks
description template
labelling task
venn diagram for same and different
84 pages includes cover pages
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area)
lifecycle of the potato explained in brief terms for you!
This unit can be continued over many weeks or be as short as you want it to be! It goes nicely with my comprehension pack for the story ‘The Potato People’ by Pamela Allen.
Enjoy!
ways-to-eat-potato poster set Are you teaching cooking, home economics or doing a fun potato-themed unit? These posters will engage your students, prompt learning and provide information on the ways to eat potatoes, cooking methods and prompt creative thinking skills. 45 page printable poster/word card set.
ways-to-eat-potato includes;
32 A4 posters in colour
9 pages of word cards (mostly black and white)
ways to eat potatoes (e.g. fries, wedges, mash, hash browns, salad, roast and more)
ways to cook potatoes (e.g. oven bake, fry in oil, boil in water and toast)
cooking poster words (e.g. peel, chop)
activity posters (e.g how do you like potatoes, students who like crinkle cut potatoes, students who like flat potatoes and so forth). Laminate these posters and simply write the students names on when doing a taste test activity. You can also get students to write their names onto small post it notes and attach to the poster. These posters can be enlarged to an A3 size if that suits you better.
45 pages includes cover pages
nicely bordered
please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area)
These go nicely with the ‘Ways to eat potatoes’ powerpoint and the lifecycle of potatoes powerpoint lessons!
potato-man-game Looking for a game that is educational, fun and students will stay focused? A really cute printable potato man, woman and person game. Encourages a variety of skills such as; subitising to 6, addition of dice, matching and reading words. 45 pages.
printable-potato-man-game includes;
instructions
game boards
game pieces to print, laminate and use
dice boards
dice tokens
word cards
differentiated
so much fun
Matches well with a potato unit. Just plain fun too!
Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area). Thank you.
Enjoy!
stages-of-potato-growth-pictures Need some visuals for your classroom science area? Here is a 24 page poster pack that includes full page posters, flashcards, word cards and thinking prompts!
stages-of-potato-growth-pictures includes;
A4 page posters showing the 5 stages
A4 page posters showing individual stages
word cards
flashcards
thinking prompt posters & word cards
clipart images only
24 pages includes cover pages
very cute and engaging images
easy to read fonts
goes well with ‘The potato people’ comprehension pack and potato lifecycle worksheets!
Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page or print in printable area).
Enjoy and thanks!
Christmas Themed Writing prompts - This product is appropriate for Kindergarten to Year 4. Includes 83 pages Printable PDF document. Colour Posters to decorate your room and use as teaching prompts for text types. Black and white worksheets to complete.
‘Christmas Themed Writing prompts’ includes:
Colour Posters to decorate your room or use as teaching prompts
Black and white writing templates
Text types: persuasive text, description, letters, recipes (2x), lists, acrostic poem, A-Z list,
7x pages of smaller task cards - writing prompts (use as a lucky dip)
Blank lined paper for your own choice
Cute clip art
Enjoy!
This power point explains the benefit of skip counting by fives. It also shows the collection of five objects with each skip count.
Included:
direct instruction style lesson
WALT - we are learning to (lesson outcomes)
differentiated: count to 20, 50 and 100 by fives.
number lines
ten frames (showing five)
hundreds chart are shown to represent counting by five in different ways.
tally marks
picture quantities
Fingers (on hands)
Easter eggs are shown in the beginning slides for a fun way to inspire counting!
Extension slides included
Checking for understanding
*55 slides (includes cover pages)
beautiful clipart used
Please go through this slide first. Some numbers may appear when you press the enter/space or arrow key on your keyboard. Fonts may differ on different computers.
Thank you.
Skip Counting by fives - Halloween theme - want to teach skip counting by fives but want to link it to your Halloween theme?
Includes:
WALT - what we are learning to do
Direct Instruction format lesson
Count by fives to 20, 50 & 100
Count by fives on: number line, 100s chart, fingers (on hands), picture quantities, tallies.
Extension slides provided
Halloween clipart (not scary)
Checking for understanding
Just read the lesson and go
Please go through this PowerPOint lesson prior to using it with your children. Some numbers will appear when you press the tab/enter/arrow or mouse click and your font size/style may be different on your computer.
Enjoy.
Halloween Colour in pages - do you want a quick and easy Halloween activity? Grab these Halloween cuties. There are no scary images! Massive value-pack - 54 page PDF printable document (includes cover pages)
Kind regards,
Jennifer
christmas-number-lesson A massive 121 slide math number warm-up PowerPoint in Christmas theme! Such a cute and engaging warm-up that covers so many essential concepts.
christmas-number-lesson includes;
learning intentions
number recognition to 100
subitise to ten
count from random numbers
count backwards 20-1
identify missing numbers
count quantities (in ten frames)
addition
subtraction
friends of ten
doubles
place value
skip counting (2, 5, 10)
make a number story about a given picture
121 slides includes cover pages. Please go through the show first and use in powerpoint slide show mode. When you press a mouse, space bar or arrow button, numbers or images will appear. It is all scripted for you but you can add your own comments.
I use this lesson in its entirety over a two-week period prior to Christmas holidays but you can just use a different section each day if you wish. It is entirely up to you! This lesson is intended to revise previously taught concepts as a daily warm-up.
Please review.
Counting Activities - 71 page PDF printable product. Differentiated pack for Kindergarten to Year two.
Includes:
71 pages (includes cover pages)
some editable pages
teacher checklist for counting skills (includes an editable checklist)
counting quantities
think boards (includes place value, tallies, number stories, number sentences)
so many uses
includes number flashcards to 120 (two sets of different sized cards)
Print to A4 or A3 (I used A3 in my classroom). Check your printer settings prior to printing.
Enjoy.
Short e spelling alternatives PowerPoint Lesson - 217 slide lesson covering the graphemes for the short /e/ sound including; e, ea, ie, ai, eo, ei, ay, u and a. A step by step differentiated lesson that does all the hard work for you. For grades 1-3.
Short e spelling alternatives PowerPoint Lesson includes;
word and sentence level reading
phonic dictation
word building
word sorting
syllable level reading (syllables underlined for you)
editing sentences with short e graphemes
checking for understanding questions (e.g. which word is spelt correctly, write each phoneme into a sound box and more)
learning intentions and success criteria
very engaging and interactive
helpful whether you are unsure how to teach phonics or a seasoned pro
217 slides includes cover pages
answers included
when you click the mouse or enter key, letters or images will appear
notes in many slides included
digital product (download, save to your computer and display)
use in slideshow mode (except for the word building and word sorting - these must be used outside of slideshow mode)
Use over 1-2 weeks and then again as a warm-up lesson to revise these concepts!
2D shapes with example - Want a great lesson to teach 20 2d shapes with clarity? Grab this direct instruction lesson. Covers 20 shapes. Choose how many shapes you wish to teach and how much description you wish to cover. A very interactive and engaging lesson. Updated *4th August, 2024. Now includes 243 slides.
2D shape properties powerpoint includes;
2d shapes included; circle, square, triangle, oval, star, rhombus, crescent, heart, hexagon, pentagon, octagon, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, semi circle, decagon, heptagon, nonagon, hendecagon, dodecagon
learning intentions, success criteria and tune in
shape name slides (look and say together)
shape property vocabulary slides * now includes number prefixes
shape properties of each shape explained
shape sort activity
who has the shape?
real world shape pictures section
shape hunt activity
how many sides?
how many corners?
curved or straight?
fun check for understanding activity (e.g. name this shape and guess my shape!)
activities for the class (e.g. draw this shape, make this shape from play doh)
When you purchase this product you will receive a link to dropbox (download, save and use!). If you do not have dropbox, simply create an account for free!
Please check the slideshow first. Use in slide show mode. When you press the space bar, arrow or mouse button, some words will appear. Use the shape sort outside of slideshow mode.
Christmas Reading and Writing PowerPoint - 109 slide PP lesson that encourages students to read Christmas-theme words and sentences. Students are encouraged to say the sounds and blend them to read the word accurately. This also includes spelling and writing tasks. Look at the picture and write the word. Click the mouse (or space bar) and the word appears. Finally, look at the picture and generate your own sentence. Alternatively, the teacher can say a sentence (just like phonic dictation) and the students can write it.
christmas-words-and-phrases includes;
109 slides (includes cover pages)
reading at a word level (digraphs, trigraphs, quadgraphs and dipthongs are underlined)
you may wish to ask students to read one syllable part at a time
reading at a sentence level
The reading component includes a picture when you press a button to see if the word has been read accurately
This activity is great for students who have vocabulary difficulties and do not relate the word to the picture!
For the spelling tasks, students look at the picture (say the sounds in their head) and write the word. When you press a key on your keyboard, a word will appear
For writing a sentence - look at the picture and students can write a sentence on their whiteboards or in their writing books alternatively, just do it as a dictation activity you can use this lesson daily over a two or three week period leading up to Christmas as a great warm-up lesson.
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fun-facts-about-western-australia Not sure where to begin when teaching the facts on W.A.? This is a 70 slide PowerPoint that includes information that your students will love to know! For years 1-3.
facts-on-western-australia includes;
background information on Western Australia
places in Western Australia
state emblems
animals found in Western Australia
resources in Western Australia
explicit and clear lesson design - learning intentions, success criteria, content and checking for understanding (answers provided)
real photographs included
this is all done for you!
specifically relates to content in ACARA (& W.A. HASS geography curriculum for Grade 2) - use for any year level though!
encourages students to learn about their own state (or neighbouring states if living out of this state!)
Please note: when you click the arrow or space bar (in slide show mode) some text boxes will appear.
International-Women’s-Day This is a poster set for classrooms, plus there are three generic posters that can be used in the staffroom.
International-Women’s-Day - Includes the following:
33 different posters
3 styles - 15x with name, known for and year of birth, 15x with name and a famous quote, 3x generic posters
colour posters
clipart pictures (very cute!)
please check your printer settings prior to printing (fit to page?)
an easy print and go product to encourage discussion (show on the smartboard to discuss)
Thanks.
light-and-sound-worksheets 140 page lesson and worksheet pack complete with summative assessments.
light-and-sound-worksheets includes;
9 lessons on sound
10 lessons on light
teacher checklist per lesson for two outcomes
summative assessments
cover pages if you wish to make student booklets
Please check your printer settings prior to printing (e.g. fit to page, print in printable area).
This unit fits well with the literature unit ‘What the ladybird heard’ which I have created in my store.
Please provide a review.