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.
Gender Noun Animals Memory Game for matching the masculine animals names to their feminine counterparts. This game can be added to any nouns unit for naming animals or to your animal or farm animal units. It consists of 18 pairs of animals. This set can also be made into a flip book, the instructions for that are included. The animals in this set are the masculine and feminine forms of cat, cattle, chicken, deer, dog, donkey, duck, elephant, fox, goat, goose, horse, lion, pig, rabbit, tiger sheep, and whale.
Prefix Suffix and Greek and Latin Roots Word Wall Bundle. In this zipped bundle you get the 4 in 1 word wall bundle of Prefixes, Suffixes, Greek Roots, and Latin Roots. There are 36 prefix word wall cards, 36 suffix word wall cards, 27 Greek Root word wall cards, and 33 Latin root word wall cards in this set. The definitions and illustrations are on each word card which makes this a great tool for memorizing the meaning of these roots and affixes. The illustrations are for visual learners to connect the roots and affixes to real life and to make sense of new and unfamiliar words. Just print, cut out and laminate the cards and use them as headers for doing ‘root of the day’ focus walls or use them as stand alone word walls.
The prefixes are: mis, de, a, ab, abs, fore, tri, pre, re, dis, in, dif, semi, micro, ex, un, *im, sub, inter, pro, *im, tele, bi, super, under, uni/mono, bi/duo, tri, tetra/quad, quint/penta, sex/hexa, hepta/sept, oct, nona, deca, hecto, and kilo.
* Note that the prefix ‘im-‘ has two meanings; one is ‘into’ and the other is ‘not’, so I have created two separate cards for the prefix ‘im-‘.
The suffixes are: 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, acy, *al, ate, tion, ical, and esque.
* Note that there are two different cards for the suffix ‘al’ because it has two different meanings.
The Greek roots 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.
The Latin roots are: ambi, aqua, aud, bene, cent, circum, contra, counter, dict, duc/duct, fac, form, fort, fract, ject, jud, mal, mater, mit, mort, multi, pater, port, rupt, scrib/scribe, sec/sect, sent, spec, struct, vid/vis, voc, fin/finit, and mob/mov/mot.
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This is a set of 25 Idiom Posters which display common idioms, their definitions (both literal and figuratively), with pictures and examples with the idioms being used in a sentence related to the picture shown. Your students will have a lot of fun learning about idioms! This file is a wonderful tool for teaching idioms because it has idioms that are current and presented in an attractive format. It incorporates simple definitions and examples of common idioms. Idioms are very difficult for English Language Learners but the illustrations are a huge help for preventing students from taking the literal meaning of each idiom. You can also use it to make a bulletin board of idioms.
You can also print them out on a smaller scale so that they can be used as revision flash cards. I included as many pictures (clip art) as I could because I like to have students make connections between the new vocabulary and the everyday situations that they are already familiar with.
Fulfills:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.A
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.
Fulfills as it related to idioms CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.B and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.B
Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms...
This pack has a total of nine posters and seven worksheets. The worksheets include writing and cut and paste activities. The posters explain subject nouns, singular subjects, plural subjects, and subject pronouns. This pack also explores singular and plural verbs and the rules for subject and verb agreement. An answer key is included for all worksheets.
Here's what you get:
*A Subject Definition Poster
*Noun Subject Worksheets
*Subject Pronoun Poster
*Subject Pronoun Worksheets
*Singular and Plural Subjects Poster
*Singular Verbs Poster
*Singular Verbs Worksheets
*Plural Verbs Poster
*Plural Verbs Worksheet
*Subject Pronoun and Verb Agreement Posters
*Subject Noun and Verb Agreement Posters
It fulfills the requirements for: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.C and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.F
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Use this set of verb cards which feature present tense and past tense of irregular verbs as a memory game, verb flash cards, or as a flip book.
The verb pairs here are: blow, blew, build, built, choose, chose, dig, dug, drink, drank, grow, grew, make, made, sit, sat, eat, ate, break, broke, catch, caught, cut, cut, do, did, draw, drew, find, found, give, gave, buy, bought, bring, brought, drive, drove, fall, fell, feed, fed, get, got, hold, held, hide, hid.
For the memory game, cut out each card, then shuffle them for a random order.
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 on the right.
This is a colourful Spring themed Compound Word Dominoes Game. Students are to play in groups and match the cards end to end to form compound words. The cards are to be matched end to end by picture to picture for younger students or by word to picture for older readers. Page 3 is a reference guide for students to follow if they need the extra help. The compound words to be made include (but are not limited to): ladybug, raindrop, butterfly, rainbow, dragonfly, honeybee, grasshopper, and bullfrog. Six printing pages. For Grades 1-3.
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These are worksheets and activities for St. Patrick’s day that you can do with your class. All of the worksheets are no-prep to save you time. It is most ideal for Grades 2-4. It has many literacy activities that teach about the St. Patrick’s day history and customs. This booklet encourages lots of writing and presents it in a fun way. It also includes a math board game for division facts for the numbers 2 to 5. Answer key pages are also included.
Contents:
St. Patrick’s Day Writing Pages
Countdown to St. Patrick’s Day
Making Words Worksheet Pages
St. Patrick’s Day Bracelets
Math Board Game for Division Facts with cards and directions
St. Patrick’s Day Word Search and Answer key
St. Patrick’s Day Alphabetical Order Sort with Answer Key
St. Patrick’s Day Crossword Puzzle with Answer Key
20 Pages
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Synonyms Word Wall. This Illustrated Synonym Word Wall set includes 60 word wall cards with pairs of synonyms and a large ‘definition of a synonym’ sentence strip, plus extra blank cards. Each word card has a pair of synonyms as well as corresponding pictures which portray the meaning of each word. Also included is a black and white version. Each card is just over a foot wide, that's 33cm by 6cm. They are laid out as three cards per page on landscape legal sized paper.
Here is a complete list of the cards in the order that they appear. They have been divided into two sets; Set 1 for grades 2 to 3 and Set 2 for grades 3, 4 and over.
Set 1:
Object/thing, observe/watch, angry/mad, assist/help, begin/start, bad/awful, below/under, bother/annoy, buy/purchase, close/shut, connect/join, combine/mix, easy/simple, equal/same, smart/intelligent, law/rule, lucky/fortunate, calm/peaceful, name/title, silent/quiet, rescue/save, trash/garbage, raise/lift, unusual/strange.
Set 2:
Accomplish/Achieve, answer/reply, artificial/man made, bargain/deal, choose/select, collect/gather, complete/finish, danger/hazard, empty/vacant, faithful/loyal, genuine/real, job/occupation, last/final, value/worth, order/sequence, reliable/dependable, brief/concise, casual/informal, clear/transparent, country/nation, enlarge/magnify, previous/former, instructions/directions, float/drift, hurry/rush, many/numerous, praise/compliment, dive/plunge, inspect/examine, necessary/required, beg/implore, amiable/friendly, gallant/brave, annul/cancel, abandon/forsake, sad/melancholy.
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.
These are Mother's Day Cards with with writing activity prompts inserted. It includes a collection of beautiful Mother’s Day Cards for grandmothers, aunts, and moms. 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 mother. Two Mother’s Day colouring pages are also included.
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.
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.
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.
St. Patrick’s Day is here and the gold coins need to get sorted. It’s time match them up into the pots that are labelled with the prefix or suffix that matches the root word on each coin. Note: This set has some extra pages added to make a bulletin board set. Suitable for grades 3-5.
This 18 page set contains:
8 prefix pot labels and 8 suffix pot labels.
6 coins for you to print then cut out (each in colour and black and white).
32 root word cards for prefixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different coin.
32 root word cards for suffixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different coin.
Bulletin board display props.
The prefixes featured for each bowl are un, dis, in, im, re, pre, ir, and mis. The suffixes are able, ible, ful, less, ly, ment, ness, and en.
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Penguins are here for the Winter and they want to go for a swim! It’s time match them up into the pools that are labelled with the prefix or suffix that matches the root word on each penguin. For Grades 3 - 6.
This 14 page set contains:
8 prefix pool labels and 8 suffix pool labels.
6 penguins for you to print then cut out (each in colour and black and white).
32 root word cards for prefixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different penguin.
32 root word cards for suffixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different penguin.
The prefixes featured for each bowl are un, dis, in, im, re, pre, ir, and mis. The suffixes are able, ible, ful, less, ly, ment, ness, and er.
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I made these free printable eye masks for students to wear in celebration of Groundhog Day! Your students can assemble the parts and stick them together as a craft activity. Students who wear tested lenses can wear them on their hair I made these free printable eye masks for students to wear in celebration of Groundhog Day! Your students can assemble the parts and stick them together as a craft activity. Students who wear tested lenses can wear them on their hair (like a Bando).
This pack includes four different styles in full color:
One face mask with a happy groundhog.
One face mask with a frightened groundhog.
One face mask with a ground hog predicting six more weeks of winter.
One face mask with a ground hog announcing the arrival of spring.
Just print and laminate the pages then cut out your props. These pages are to be printed on legal sized paper (long) because of the long width of the glasses. Instructions for folding the spectacles are included.
For grades 1-3. Four pages.
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