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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.

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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.
New Year's Day Activities and Goals
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New Year's Day Activities and Goals

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This is a free set of activities for New Year’s Day. This is a PDF file. 9 Pages. It is kid friendly and an enhancement to teaching character traits in ELA. It’s also a great way for students to be aware of their qualities and how they can work to achieve their goals. You can turn it into a bulletin board when your students are done. Sample pictures are included. A new updated version will be uploaded here for next year. - Nyla.
Homophone Word Wall
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Homophone Word Wall

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This Illustrated Homophone Word Wall set includes... - 64 Word wall cards with pairs of homophones (some triplets too). - A homophone definition poster in the form of a graphic organizer. - A large 'definition of a homophone' sentence strip. 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. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2015
Irregular Verbs Memory Game
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Irregular Verbs Memory Game

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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.
Beauty and the Beast Retelling Worksheets
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Beauty and the Beast Retelling Worksheets

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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. Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Father's Day Cards with Writing Prompts
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Father's Day Cards with Writing Prompts

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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
Greek Roots Word Wall
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Greek Roots Word Wall

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Greek Root Word Wall: This is an illustrated Greek Root word wall. Each Greek Root card has a matching picture with a short definition in brackets. It can be used as headers for doing ‘root of the day’ focus walls or it can be used as a stand alone word wall. Twenty-seven of the most commonly used Greek roots are used in these cards: 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. For Grades 4 and 5. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Cube Lesson Plan
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Cube Lesson Plan

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Cube Lesson Plan for ages 8 to 10. If you are teaching about solids, have a lesson plan ready to go for introducing cubes. This lesson has activities for small groups that follow the 5E lesson model. A worksheet is also included with an answer key. 7 printable pages. By TeacherNyla Nyla’s Crafty teaching
Base 10 Blocks - Clip Art
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Base 10 Blocks - Clip Art

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Use this set of Dienes block clip art to make your Base 10 Blocks place value worksheets, games and printables for commercial or classroom use. Contains: - A total of 32 images: eight different colours of the unit, tens, hundreds and thousands base 10 blocks. Each of the colours are black and white, classic blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple. - An editable worksheet template. All images are 300 dpi in png format with transparent backgrounds. Terms of Use Use this for for commercial or classroom use. If you include them in your digital downloads (free or priced) all you have to do is credit Nyla's Crafty Teaching by including a clickable link to my TES Resources Store. Redistributing, editing, selling, or posting these graphics or any part there of (by themselves and not in a resource or product) on the Internet are strictly prohibited without first gaining permission from the author. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital millennium Copyright Act. Please contact me directly through my blog or TES Resources Store if you wish to be granted special permission. Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Free Groundhog Day Face Masks
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Free Groundhog Day Face Masks

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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. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2012
Valentine's Day Bookmarks - Free
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Valentine's Day Bookmarks - Free

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For the Valentine’s Day, here are a eight free hilarious Bookmarks. Each one has a riddle on the front and the answer on the back. These Free Valentine’s Day Bookmarks can be used as rewards or just to share some love and laughter.
Prefix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples
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Prefix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples

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Prefix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples. Use these Illustrated Prefix Cards to keep your students engaged in fun activities that reinforce the definition of each prefix and examples of words that take on the meaning of the prefix when it is added to them. Over two dozen of the most common prefixes are used in these cards, they 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. *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-'. These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 8 cards per page and the larger set has 4 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. For Grades 3-5. 13 Pages. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2013
Suffix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples
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Suffix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples

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Suffix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples. Use these Illustrated Suffix Cards to keep your students engaged in hands-on activities that introduce the definition of each suffix and examples of words that take on the meaning of the suffix when it is applied to them. Over two dozen of the most common suffixes are used in these cards, they are: ous, ory, ling, el, fy, ant, able, ible, ness, ence, ive, eer, ier, ess, ment, er, less, et, or, ism, ship, hood, ful and ly.. Use these cards in your reading and vocabulary centers. They can also be used as sight word cards. Instructions for use are included along with directions for playing two games that I use with my students. These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 8 cards per page and the larger set has 4 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. 13 Pages. For Grades 3-5.
3D Shape Word Wall
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3D Shape Word Wall

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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. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2014
Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Activities
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Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Activities

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These Martin Luther King Jr. literacy activities has Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 'I Have a Dream’ speech as the focus of this writing center. These are writing activities are also focused on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The first activity is a Q & A trivia about Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, based on a brief biography (included). The trivia questions are presented on the faces of cubes so the kinesthetic students can have fun rolling the cubes to get a question to answer. Verbal/linguistic minded students can make a game of it by answering orally OR introverted students can write the answers out on the color coded answer sheets provided. An answer key is included. The second activity is focused solely on Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. In this activity, students go on a hunt to find his direct quotes from the speech. They can create an anthology of MLK quotes or write out their favorite quotes on mini placards. These can be put on display as a part of an Martin Luther King Jr. bulletin board display. For Grades 3-5. 15 Pages.
Prefixes and Suffixes Matching Activity
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Prefixes and Suffixes Matching Activity

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Use these Prefix + Root word + Suffix cards in many ways. It contains thirty sets of Big Words which are really root words with their matching prefixes and suffixes. These are words like: disagreement, unacceptable, indefinitely, maladjusted, unemployment, disrespectful, etc. The prefixes used are: un, dis, mal, pre, in, re and inter. The suffixes used are: ful, able, ed, ment, ly, and ible. Ways to use them: Use the cards as they are (already matched up) in your word walls. Sorting Game: Cut out each prefix, root word and suffix and group them into three groups - prefixes only, root words only, and suffixes only. Then students can take turns to pull out a root word from the root word pile and match it correctly to a prefix from the prefix pile and to a suffix from the suffix pile. Say It, Keep It: Use the cards with the prefix + root word + suffix intact for this game. A caller will keep all of the cards in the deck, pick the first card and read the root word out loud (without showing it to the other players). He can ask the others to name either a prefix or suffix that would match the root word. The first player to name it gets to keep the card. Then the caller picks another card and this process is repeated until all of the cards are used up. The player with the most cards wins the game! These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 6 words per page and the larger set has 4 words 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.
Elapsed Time Rulers - 12 hour and 24 hour Time Spans
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Elapsed Time Rulers - 12 hour and 24 hour Time Spans

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Elapsed Time Rulers! There are many ways to teach elapsed time and over the years I've learned that having a visual time span for the students to follow is the easiest and fastest way for them to understand and map out elapsed time for themselves. These elapsed time rulers are available in three different time spans: - 24 hour ruler (from 12:00a.m. to 12:00p.m. to 12:00a.m. again) - a.m. 12 hour ruler - p.m. 12 hour ruler I colour coded them in red and blue; red for the hours (upper half) and blue for the minutes (lower half). Five minute and fifteen minute increments are also shown in blue. Use it like a number line. Count on from the starting time to the completion time of an event. Directions are included. Teachers can print them on transparent sheets to use with an overhead projector to demonstrate their use. To print them out for the students, use 8.5 x 14 (legal) sized paper to accommodate the full length of the rulers.
Fraction Dominoes Game
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Fraction Dominoes Game

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Fractions are fun with these colourful fraction dominoes! This game is perfect for enriching fraction lessons and is great as an activity on its own. It has 54 fraction domino cards with 3 doubles and three blanks included. Print out on card stock paper and cut out cards OR print on regular paper, laminate each sheet then cut out cards using a guillotine. To play, match the numeral fraction to its corresponding shape fraction. For higher grades, equivalent fractions can be matched. Instructions for playing and a game modification for higher students are included.
Prefix Suffix and Root Word Bundle
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Prefix Suffix and Root Word Bundle

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This bundle has three sets of activity cards. Prefix cards, Suffix Cards, and Word Building Cards for Root Words and their matching prefixes and suffixes. You can use the prefix cards (the 1st card set) to keep your students engaged in fun activities that reinforce the definition of each prefix and examples of words that take on the meaning of the prefix when it is added to them. The prefixes used 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. Likewise for the suffix cards (the 2nd card set) ... The suffixes used are: ous, ory, ling, el, fy, ant, able, ible, ness, ence, ive, eer, ier, ess, ment, er, less, et, or, ism, ship, hood, ful and ly. For the Prefixes and Suffixes Matching Activity (the 3rd card set): Use these Prefix + Root word + Suffix cards in many ways. It contains thirty sets of Big Words which are really root words with their matching prefixes and suffixes. These are words like: disagreement, unacceptable, indefinitely, maladjusted, unemployment, disrespectful, etc. The prefixes used are: un, dis, mal, pre, in, re and inter. The suffixes used are: ful, able, ed, ment, ly, and ible. Each card set has three activities of their own. So this bundle has a total of nine activities.
Classroom Labels plus Editable labels Polka dot Style
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Classroom Labels plus Editable labels Polka dot Style

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Polka Dot Classroom Labels: These are 142 classroom labels. Plus editable labels! Label your containers, drawers, cabinets, shelves, student trays and more. This file contains rectangular labels that are 6.3cm x 12.7cm each illustrated with corresponding pictures. They print on 8.5” x 11” (letter) sized paper with 6 cards per page. Please download the preview to see more (in actual size)! These labels are arranged in eight sections: 1 General classroom supplies (42 cards) 2 Craft Supplies (24 cards) 3 Math Resources (20 cards) 4 Science Tools (18 cards) 5 Social Studies and Drama Supplies (12 cards) 6 Listening Center Supplies (6 cards) 7 Tech Supplies (6 cards) 8 Paper Procedures (6 cards) 9 Editable Blank Cards (6 cards) The last set of cards are fully editable for you to add your own personalized labels. This is a PowerPoint file. Please make sure that you have Microsoft PowerPoint (not PowerPoint viewer). 35 Pages
3D Shapes Worksheets - Sorting Activities - Nets - Posters
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3D Shapes Worksheets - Sorting Activities - Nets - Posters

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Everything you need to teach about 3D shapes is found in this illustrated tutorial booklet. From definitions and real world examples to a nets folding activity. Shapes featured are cubes, cuboids, spheres, cylinders, cones, triangular pyramids, rectangular pyramids and triangular prisms. The sections in this book are: ★ Introduction to 3D Shapes ★ 3D Shape Definitions ★ 3D Shape Examples (real world) ★ 3D Shape Nets ★ 3D Shape Properties ★ 3D Shape Memory Game ★ 3D Shape Posters ★ 3D Shape Word Wall ★ 3D Shape Sorting Activity ★ Nets of 3D Shapes (with flaps) ★ Nets of 3D Shapes (without flaps) ★ 3D Shape are Everywhere (a theme based quest) ★ Foldable cut-out Activity for Notebooks ★ 3D Shape Attributes worksheet (with Answer Key) ★ Naming 3D Shapes Worksheet (with Answer Key) ★ Matching 3D Shapes Worksheet (with Answer Key) The nets provided have been created with and without flaps for your students. Use the nets with the flaps to make durable models (print on card Bristol board paper). The nets without flaps should be used for investigating the attributes of each shape Allow students to number each face, cut each net into individual 2D shapes to see how these 2D shapes attach in such a way that they form a 3D Shape. The final page contains a table for students to record the number of faces, edges and vertices on each 3D shape from the folding activity. For Grades 3-6. 60 Pages. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2013