I am a primary school teacher with a knack for teaching to the multiple intelligences, particularly the visual learner. My resources are inspired by my experience of teaching different students with unique ways of learning. I love the magic of helping them to make connections in learning. The grades 3-5 are mostly what I cater to, however, I also have some great resources for grades 1 and 2.
I am a primary school teacher with a knack for teaching to the multiple intelligences, particularly the visual learner. My resources are inspired by my experience of teaching different students with unique ways of learning. I love the magic of helping them to make connections in learning. The grades 3-5 are mostly what I cater to, however, I also have some great resources for grades 1 and 2.
These are 13 fun CVC Whirly Word Wheels which help students to merge the beginning consonant sound to the VC ending in one-syllable words for beginners who can identify letter sounds but need practice to merge the sounds together to form words.
Each word wheel has illustrations of some of the words in the wheel and each wheel uses each of the vowels a,e,i,o and u as the middle sounds.
Prefix Word Wall: 36 prefix word wall cards, each prefix word card has a matching picture with its meaning in brackets. It can be used as headers for doing ‘prefix of the day’ focus walls or it can be used as a stand alone word wall. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5” x 11” (letter) sized paper. These cards incorporate simple definitions and examples of common prefixes. Prefixes are tricky for English Language Learners but the illustrations are a huge help for getting students to make connections to each prefix and its real world applications and meaning. You can also use this set to make a bulletin board of prefixes. For Grades 4-6.
Over two dozen of the most commonly used prefixes are used in these cards: mis, de, a, ab, abs, fore, tri, pre, re, dis, in, dif, semi, micro, ex, un, im(1), sub, inter, pro, im(2), tele, bi, super, under, uni/mono, bi/duo, tri, tetra/quad, quint/penta, sex/hexa, hepta/sept, oct, nona, deca, hecto, and kilo.
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This phonics foldable worksheet with word wheels for the hard and soft G sound provides engaging ways for students to practice reading and writing words beginning with the Hard or Soft G Sound. The first word wheel shows the hard G sound words and the second shows the soft G sound words. The worksheets are in black and white and the word wheels are both available in printable black and white and colour. Your students can use the foldables to:
Name the item in each picture.
Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap.
Sound out the Hard or Soft G Sound.
Read the words they traced.
Doubled Consonant Endings - Word Wheels and Foldables. These printable foldables are for your students to practice reading and writing the four Doubled Consonant Endings; ff, ll, ss, and zz. Use the phonics word wheels to introduce your students to the word families of the Doubled Consonant Endings. This set has four word wheels, one for each of these; ff, ll, ss, and zz. Everything is made in printable black and white form for your students to color them. There are colorful versions of the word wheels are included for optional use. Your students can use the foldables to:
Name the item in each picture.
Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap.
Underline the Doubled Consonant Endings in each word.
Sound out the Doubled Consonant Ending sounds in each word then read the words they traced.
This phonics foldable and word wheel provides engaging ways for students to practice reading and writing words beginning with the SH blend. Everything is made in printable black and white form for your students to colour them and a colourful version of the word wheel is also included for optional use. Your students can use the foldables to:
Name the item in each picture.
Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap.
Sound out the SH blends.
Read the words they traced.
Story Retelling Worksheets for Beauty and the Beast with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of Beauty and the Beast. It is for grades 2-4 and makes a great addition to any fairy tales unit (black and white version also included).
Instructions for the teacher:
Just print out either the colour or black and white version and make copies of each page. Then guillotine them across the middle. That’s it. The instructions on page two are for your students to be able to do the rest for themselves. I kept it as simple as possible for them to easily make their own mini-book story retelling.
Pages 2-14: Mini-book pages for the story of Beauty and the Beast.
Pages 15-17: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts.
Pages: 18-33: Black and White versions of everything above.
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PH Sound Word Wheel and foldable worksheet: This phonics foldable and word wheel provides engaging ways for students to practice reading and writing words beginning with the PH blend. Everything is made in printable black and white form for your students to colour them and a colourful version of the word wheel is also included for optional use. Your students can use the foldables to:
Name the item in each picture.
Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap.
Sound out the PH blends.
Read the words they traced.
This phonics foldable worksheet and word wheel provides engaging ways for students to practice reading and writing words beginning with the Qu sound. Everything is made in printable black and white form for your students to color them and a colourful version of the word wheel is also included for optional use. Your students can use the foldables to:
Name the item in each picture.
Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap.
Sound out the Qu sounds.
Read the words they traced.
The Three Little Pigs - Story Retelling Worksheets - with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of The Three Little Pigs. It is for grades 2-4 and makes a great addition to any folk tales unit.
Instructions for the teacher:
Just print out either the colour or black and white version and make copies of each page. Then guillotine them across the middle. That’s it. The instructions on page two are for your students to be able to do the rest for themselves. I kept it as simple as possible for them to easily make their own mini-book story retelling.
Pages 2-8: Mini-book pages for the story of The Three Little Pigs.
Pages 9-11: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts.
Pages: 12-21: Black and White versions of everything above.
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The Princess and the Pea - Story Retelling Worksheets - with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of The Princess and the Pea. It is for grades 2-4 and makes a great addition to any fairy tales unit (black and white version also included).
Instructions for the teacher:
Just print out either the colour or black and white version and make copies of each page. Then guillotine them across the middle. That’s it. The instructions on page two are for your students to be able to do the rest for themselves. I kept it as simple as possible for them to easily make their own mini-book story retelling.
Pages 2-7: Mini-book pages for the story of The Princess and the Pea.
Pages 8-11: Longer sheets for older students e.g. grade 4, who may not need the picture prompts.
Pages: 12-19: Black and White versions of everything above.
*Note*This issue is shorter than my other story retelling worksheets because the story line is much simpler, so the price is less than the others in the series.
Suffix Word Wall: This is an illustrated Suffix word wall. Each suffix word card has a matching picture with its meaning in brackets. It can be used as headers for doing ‘suffix of the day’ focus walls or it can be used as a stand alone word wall. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5” x 11” (letter) sized paper. This file incorporates simple definitions and examples of common suffixes. Suffixes are tricky for English Language Learners but the illustrations are a huge help for getting students to make connections to each suffix and its real world applications and meaning. You can also use this set to make a bulletin board of suffixes.
Thirty-six (36) of the most commonly used suffixes are used in these cards: ous, ory, ly, ling, el, fy, ant, able, ible, ness, ess, ment, er, less, ence, ive, eer, ier, et, or, ism, ship, hood, ful, dom, ist, en, sion, ish, al(1), acy, al(2), ate, tion, ical, and esque.
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Rapunzel Retelling Worksheets with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of Rapunzel. It is for grades 2-4 and makes a great addition to any fairy tales unit.
Instructions for the teacher:
Just print out either the colour or black and white version and make copies of each page. Then guillotine them across the middle. That’s it. The instructions on page two are for your students to be able to do the rest for themselves. I kept it as simple as possible for them to easily make their own mini-book story retelling.
Pages 2-10: Mini-book pages for the story of Rapunzel.
Pages 9-11: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts.
Pages: 12-22: Black and White versions of everything above.
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Father's Day Cards with a writing activity. It has cards for grandfathers, uncles, and dads. All cards are available in black and white for your students to colour and fill out. One of the cards has a pocket full of writing prompts for your students to write loving messages in it for their father. Two Father’s Day colouring pages are also included. 19 Pages
Sleeping Beauty - Story Retelling Worksheets - with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of Sleeping Beauty. It is for grades 2-4 and makes a great addition to any fairy tales unit.
Instructions for the teacher:
Just print out either the colour or black and white version and make copies of each page. Then guillotine them across the middle. That’s it. The instructions on page two are for your students to be able to do the rest for themselves. I kept it as simple as possible for them to easily make their own mini-book story retelling.
Pages 2-10: Mini-book pages for the story of Sleeping Beauty.
Pages 11-13: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts.
Pages: 14-24: Black and White versions of everything above.
Synonyms - Matching Cards for Diverse Learners: Use these Synonym Matching Cards to keep your students engaged in a fun activity that encourages reading and matching. This game is ideal for re-teaching and reinforcement of synonyms. These cards have sixty-two pairs of matching synonyms, which range from second grade words to fourth grade words so you can choose from the set, the cards that you want your students to use. Your advanced students can use the cards with larger and unfamiliar words if they have already mastered the matching of the easier words and are ready to move on to a more challenging match-up.
Some of synonym pairs in this set are:
Level 1 Cards: assist/help, object/thing, begin/start, below/under, close/shut, easy/simple, equal/same, law/rule, silent/quiet, raise/lift, etc.
Level 2 Cards: observe/watch, bother/annoy, buy/purchase, combine/mix, connect/join intelligent/smart, lucky/fortunate, calm/peaceful, rescue/save, unusual/strange, etc.
Level 3 Cards: artificial/man made, accomplish/achieve, inspect/examine, necessary/required, amiable/friendly, gallant/brave, annul/cancel, abandon/forsake, melancholy/sad, previous/former, etc.
The illustrations are there to help visual learners to make connections between the words and their shared meanings. Encourage students to read each card aloud as they match them (to help the auditory learners).
38 pages. Meets the L.4.5c Common Core Standards. Grades 2 - 6.
Students often confuse homographs with multiple meaning words. In this booklet, students will engage in games and activities that will allow them to compare words and categorize them correctly as either homographs or multiple meaning words. It includes a set of seventy-two illustrated word cards with definitions, six pull-out graphic organizers which can be used as posters for charts or to create a bulletin board, and a worksheet for both homographs and multi-meaning words which include an answer key for the teacher. 19 Pages.
Use this pack of Illustrated Greek Roots with definitions to keep your students engaged in fun activities that reinforce the definition of each root with examples of words that take on the meaning of the roots that they contain. Instructions are included for two games your students can play with these cards; 'Say It, Keep It' and 'Root Buzz'.
Over two dozen of the most commonly used Greek roots are used in these cards. They are: auto, bio, chron, dyna, gram, graph, hetero, homo, hydr, hypo, logy, meter/metr, micro, mis/miso, mono, morph, nym, phil, phobia, phon, photo/phos, pseudo, psycho, scope, techno, tele, and therm.
These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 8 cards per page and the larger set has 2 cards per page. The small set will save you ink and paper but many teachers have indicated to me that they preferred to have a larger set to make a bulletin board display. So, that's why I added the larger version.
A storage box template is also included for these cards.
For Grades 4 & 5. 22 Pages. Aligned to Common Core Standards (CCSS): L.4.4b and L.5.4b
Make learning fun by using these fans and puzzles to teach the rules of comparison for adjectives and adverbs.
The six types of rules are categorized on separate sheets for easy reference.
This set also includes a worksheet and answer key.
Use this set in three ways:
Comparison Race - A game for two or more players.
1 2 3 Puzzle Activity - A learning center for matching up positive, comparative and superlative adjective puzzle pieces.
A bulletin board display.
Fulfills the CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1g Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
18 pages. Grades 1-4.
Use these multiple meaning word cards as a memory game or as a flip book. It includes 30 multiple meaning word pairs: cold, right, light, band, bar, bark, bat, chest, leaves, saw, scales, well, orange, coat, watch, fly, flies, bowl, row, jam, glasses, wave, store, fry, box, ship, shed, spoke, bill, groom, green, tie, and date.
For the memory game, cut out each card, then shuffle them for a random order. You can use only the cards that have the multiple meaning words words that you want your students have more practice with. More instructions are included in the file.
For the flip book, print each page, then bind them together along the tops. After this, cut each vertically along the center to divide the flip book in half so that your students can flip the pages on the left and right to match the pages.
33 pages. Grades 1-4.
Multiple Meaning Words - Illustrated Word Wall: includes a large sentence strip which displays the definition of multiple meaning words for you to add above your word wall area. There is a total of 33 word cards. Each multiple meaning word card has a fitting pair of pictures to match the word.
Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 11 (letter) sized paper.
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