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.
This set of Editable Classroom Labels (ovals with polka dot trim) are for you to label everything in your classroom. Label your library bins, stations, containers, drawers, cabinets, shelves, books, mail boxes, student trays and more. This file contains rectangular labels in two sizes: 4 per page and 6 per page. There is a whole page of black and white polka dots and other whole pages of other single colours (white, grey, pink, red, orange, yellow, purple, green, and brown), as well as other pages with a variety of multi-color rainbow theme dots, and Fall theme polka dots. They are to be printed on 8.5 x 11 (letter) sized paper. Just click in the text boxes and type your own personalized labels. This is a PowerPoint file. Please make sure that you have Microsoft PowerPoint (not PowerPoint viewer).
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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.
This set includes 15 words (each on its own card). Each emotion word has a matching picture right on the word card. The following words are found in this set: angry, anxious, bored, confident, disappointed, frightened, embarrassed, happy, hurt, interested, jealous, sad, satisfied, surprised, and thoughtful. These are great for letting students play with and use if they are having a hard time identifying how they feel in certain situations. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 11 (letter) sized paper. Grades 1-3.
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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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Food chains and food web terms are referenced in this 'I Have... Who Has...?' game which is a great tool for memorizing the meaning of these terms. The terms here are producer, herbivore, photosynthesis, carnivore, consumer, predator, prey, organism, omnivore, decomposer, scavenger, micro-organism, fungus, habitat, energy, food chain and food web. This is recommended for small groups for reinforcement. 17 Cards. 5 Pages. For Grades 3-5.
Spring is here and the flowers need to get sorted. It’s time match them up into the affix baskets that are labelled with the prefix or suffix that matches the root word on each flower. 14 Pages. For grades 3-5.
This set contains:
8 prefix basket labels and 8 suffix basket labels.
6 flowers 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 flower.
32 root word cards for suffixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different flower.
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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These are printable ruler templates in both cm ruler templates and inch ruler templates. The inch rulers come in sets of half inch, quarter inch, one eighth inch, and one sixteenth inch increments. The metric rulers are available in mm and cm increments. Each page has five rulers and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 14 (legal) sized paper. Printing tip: To make sure that they print to scale, always select 'Print actual size' in the printing window. Once they are laminated you can use them over and over again. 14 Pages.
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Cinderella the fairy tale Retelling Worksheets with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of Cinderella. 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 Cinderella.
Pages 11-13: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts.
Pages: 14-25: Black and White versions of everything above.
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This illustrated word wall set is perfect for helping your students to remember the spelling and meanings of the key food chain and food web terms: habitat, organism, producer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, consumer, food chain, food web, scavenger, decomposer, predator, prey, energy, and photosynthesis. 6 Pages. For Grades 3-5. Three word wall cards per page.
Measurement task Cards! Use these measurement task cards to introduce the cm and mm. The set includes a free tutorial about measuring with a ruler. There are a total of 24 task cards with pictures of everyday objects and a brief statement about the length or height of the object to be expressed in cm. Your students can measure each object directly from the card because they are drawn to scale, and fill in the blanks to complete each statement. Also included is a printing guide and printable rulers. The game 'Scoot' can be played with these as well.
I used British spellings for the terms 'centimetre' and 'millimetre'.
14 Pages. For grades 3-5.
The Ugly Duckling - Story Retelling Worksheets - with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of The Ugly Duckling. 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 2-9: Mini-book pages for the story of The Ugly Duckling.
Pages 10-12: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts.
Pages: 13-23: Black and White version.
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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.
These are five lesson plans for the writing process using descriptive writing. This engaging unit takes students through the stages of writing from start to finish, by developing and refining their own ideas into a well published final product. Descriptive Writing is a means of expressing one's environment through the perceptions of his senses. Sight, smell, touch, sound and taste, are used to vividly describe the environment so that the author can transport the reader into his environment. It is compulsory that a child is taught the necessary skills to develop a good descriptive story structure, which will improve their writing skills across the curriculum as well as develop their self-esteem and promote literacy.
Fulfils requirements for:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
3D Shape illustrated word wall. The solids included are: cube, cuboid / rectangular prism, sphere, cone, cylinder, triangular pyramid, square based pyramid, triangular prism, solid, 3D shape, face, edge, and vertex. It also has illustrations and real world pictures of each shape on each word card. A large ‘definition of a 3D shape’ sentence strip is also included for you to place just above your word wall in your classroom. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 14 (landscape legal) sized paper. 7 Pages. For Grades 2 to 5.
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Measurement Task Cards for Inches! Use these measurement task cards to introduce the inch. The set includes a tutorial about measuring with an inch ruler. There are a total of 12 task cards, each with two pictures of everyday objects and a brief statement about the length, height or width of the object to be expressed in inches. Your students can measure each object directly from the card because they are drawn to scale, and fill in the blanks to complete each statement. They can also fill out their answers on the record sheet. The game 'Scoot' can be played with these as well.
These task cards include:
- 2 tutorial cards
- 12 object to be measured in inches only
- 6 objects to be measured in half inch increments – for third grade students
- 6 objects to be measured in quarter inch increments – for third grade students
- 2 student recording sheets
- Answer keys
*Printing tip* To make sure that they print to scale, always select 'Print actual size' in the printing window.
13 pages.
Celebrate Easter Time by making Easter Math Clocks. These clocks have numbered Easter eggs as hours and a chick on the hour hand and the minute hand. They also have a panel at the base for showing digital time to mach the analog time. Hour strips ranging from 1 to 12 and minute strips ranging from 00 to 59 are included for analog to digital matching.
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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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Use these measurement task cards to introduce the inch using printable inchworm rulers. The set includes a tutorial about measuring with an inchworm ruler. There are a total of 6 task cards, each with two pictures of everyday objects and a brief statement about the length, height or width of the object to be expressed in inches. Your students can measure each object directly from the card because they are drawn to scale, and fill in the blanks on the card to complete each statement. A worksheet and answer key are also included to be used with the cards.
These task cards include:
2 tutorial cards
12 objects to be measured in inches only
1 Worksheet
2 Answer Key Cards
Printable Inchworm Rulers
A printing guide
9 pages.
Practice matching equivalences among fractions, decimals and percents by playing this card game like Dominoes!
The first page contains cards with fractions and decimals only. This is ideal for beginners. The second page has cards with fractions, decimals and percents. Students should move on to matching the entire set of cards after they have mastered matching the ones on the first page.
32 Cards. Grades 3-6.
This is a Spring themed Compound Words puzzle. The cards are perfect for group work and stations. Each puzzle card has the compound word at the top with a picture and the two cut-apart words below with matching pictures. This set has 24 compound words (closed compound words) and they can also be used as flashcards. 6 Pages. For Grades 1-3.
The compound words in this set are: outdoor, raincloud, ladybug, butterfly, rainbow, dragonfly, flowerpot, eggshell, honeybee, grasshopper, raindrop, bullfrog, bluebird, toadstool, thundercloud, buttercup, honeypot, flowerbed, springtime, doghouse, raincoat, beekeeper, overcast, and honeycomb.
The size of these cards may be right for you but if you would prefer to have them smaller, you can always set them to print on a smaller scale such as 4 pages per printing page. As long as you print the files from your already saved files, these instructions would work because if you print straight from the downloaded page on the web, the printing settings of the web page would be limited. In Adobe Reader, go to print, under page sizing and handling, select ‘multiple', then under ‘Pages per Sheet' select 4. It will also give you the option of choosing landscape or portrait orientation. You can play with these to see which layout optimizes the space on the paper the best.
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