This Life Cycles - Frogs pack explores the life cycle of frogs through increasing vocabulary through reading and writing about frogs. Flap Book • This is a record of learning as you move through the information. • Put the book together – instructions are included. • Complete the first page before you start the unit. • As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. • The students may go back and add information as they learn new things. Posters • Print and go! • These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed. • There are two sets – the second set has detailed information. • The third set has the life cycle. A Reader • Print and go! • This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half. • Re read and place in your class library. Jigsaw task • Print and laminate for long term use. • These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement. Print and Go • The following pages will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about frogs. Please make choices about which task are suitable for each student in your grade. Pond Life • What do frogs eat? • Label parts of a frog • Frogs can/have/ are • Tadpoles can/have/are • Egg spawn can/is/are • Venn Diagram – frog/tadpole • Definitions • How do frogs move? Information Report • These pages will assist in writing a report. Spinner • Color copy and laminate. • Add a split pin to attach the arrow. • Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the frog cycle. • What I know about frogs • Frogs planner – with and without lines • Information Report Planner Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Life Cycle - Ladybug pack explores the life cycle of Ladybugs through increasing vocabulary through reading and writing about Ladybugs. Learning Journal • This will be a record of learning as you move through the information about Ladybugs. • Put the book together first– instructions are included. • Complete the first page before you start the unit. • As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. • The students may go back and add information as they learn new things. Posters • Print and go! These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed. • There are two sets – the second set has detailed information. • The third set has the life cycle. A Reader • Print and go! This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half. • Re read and place in your class library. Jigsaw task • Print and laminate for long term use. • These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement. Print and Go • The following pages will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about ladybugs. • Please make choices about which task are suitable for each student in your grade. • Interactive Note page • Leaf Life • What do Ladybugs eat? • Label parts of a ladybug • Ladybugs can/have/ are • Larvae can/have/are • Eggs can/is/are • Venn Diagram – Ladybug/larvae • Research and answer • Order the cycle Information Report • The following pages will assist in writing a report. • Spinner Color copy and laminate. Add a split pin to attach the arrow. Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the ladybug cycle. • What I know about ladybugs Ladybug planner – with and without lines • Information Report Planner COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Chicken Life Cycle pack explores the life cycle of chickens through increasing vocabulary as students read and write about chickens. Record of Learning • This will be a record of learning as you move through the information about chickens. • Complete the first page before you start the unit. • As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. • The students may go back and add information as they learn new things Posters • These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed. • There are two sets – the second set has information. • The third set has the life cycle. Reader • This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half. • Re read and place in your class library. Jigsaw Task • Print and laminate for long term use. • These jigsaws – break up cards will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement. • Two spellings for fertiliser/fertilizer Recording of Learning • These templates will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about chickens. • Please make choices about which tasks are suitable for each student in your grade. Print and go section • Interactive Note page, • Egg life, What do chickens eat? Label parts of a chicken, • Eggs/Hatchling/Hens can/have/are • Venn Diagram – chick/hen • Research and answer facts • Order the life cycle • What is an Omnivore? Informational Report • The following pages will assist in writing a report. • Spinner - Color copy and laminate. Add a split pin to attach the arrow. Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must give some facts about that part of the chicken cycle. • What I know about chickens, chicken planner – with and without lines. • Information Report Planner - Two spellings for fertiliser/fertilizer Photo Prompts • Battery Hens • Day In the life of a chicken • How many ways can we eat eggs? • Describe how to crack an egg? • These can be printed off or shown on your interactive screen as a prompt. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Bee Life Cycle - The life cycle of a bee is about community. Every bee has a role and makes their community survive. This pack will enable your students to understand each role and phase within the bee life cycle. Journal for Bees This will be a record of learning as you move through the information about Bees. Put the book together first– instructions are included. Complete the first page before you start the unit. As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. The students may go back and add information as they learn new things. Write about with facts • Print and go! • These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed. • There are two sets – the second set has detailed information. • The third set has the life cycle. Reader about Bees • Print and go! • This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half. • Re read and place in your class library. Jigsaw tasks about Bees • Print and laminate for long term use. • These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement. Print and Go tasks for Bees The following pages will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about bees. Please make choices about which task are suitable for each student in your grade. • Interactive Note page • What do Bees eat? • Label parts of a Bee • Bees can/have/ are • Larva can/have/are • Eggs can/is/are • Venn Diagram – Bee/larva • Research and answer • Order the cycle Informational Report on Bees The following pages will assist in writing a report. • Spinner - Color copy and laminate. Add a split pin to attach the arrow. Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the Bee cycle. • What I know about bees • Bee planner – with and without lines • Information Report Planner COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Butterfly Life Cycle pack explores the life cycle of butterflies through increasing vocabulary using reading and writing about butterflies. Recording Book • This is a record of learning as you move through the information. • Put the book together – instructions are included. • Complete the first page before you start the unit. • As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. • The students may go back and add information as they learn new things. Posters • Print and go! • These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed. • There are two sets – the second set has detailed information. • The third set has the life cycle. A Reader • Print and go! • This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half. • Re read and place in your class library. Jigsaw task • Print and laminate for long term use. • These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement. Print and Go • The following pages will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about butterflies. Please make choices about which task are suitable for each student in your grade. • Label parts of a butterfly • Butterflies can/have/are • Chrysalis can/have/are • Pupa can/is/are • Venn Diagram – butterfly/chrysalis Information Report • These pages will assist in writing a report. • Spinner • Color copy and laminate. • Add a split pin to attach the arrow. • Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the frog cycle. • What I know about butterflies • Butterflies planner – with and without lines • Information Report Planner COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Life Cycle Bundle pack explores the life cycle of Bees - Butterflies - Chickens - Frogs - Ladybugs - Spiders through increasing vocabulary using reading and writing about animal life cycles. Each pack has - Recording Book • This is a record of learning as you move through the information. • Put the book together – instructions are included. • Complete the first page before you start the unit. • As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. • The students may go back and add information as they learn new things. Posters • Print and go! • These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed. • There are two sets – the second set has detailed information. • The third set has the life cycle. A Reader • Print and go! • This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half. • Re read and place in your class library. Jigsaw task • Print and laminate for long term use. • These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement. Print and Go • Label parts of the animal • These can/have/are • Venn Diagrams for comparisons Information Report • These pages will assist in writing a report. • Spinner • Color copy and laminate. • Add a split pin to attach the arrow. • Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the cycle. • What I know about life cycles • Information planner – with and without lines • Information Report Planner COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Spider Life Cycle - Spiders we love them or we hate them! Some kids are fascinated by them and we need to share which ones are safe and which ones are not. This Spider Life Cycle Pack will support your grade through various tasks and increase their knowledge about arachnids. ✎ Word Wall and Vocabulary Cards ✎ Learning Journal This will be a record of learning as you move through the information about spiders ✎ Posters Showing each stage of the cycle. Print and go! Two versions and two printing color options ✎ A Reader - Print and go! ✎ Jigsaw task – to help improve vocab and can be used for sequencing ✎ Print and Go tasks Interactive Note page Spiderling life What do spiders eat? Label parts of a spider Spiders/Eggs/Hatchling Spiders can/have/are Venn Diagram – spider, spiderlings Research and answer Order the Cycle - Arachnids ✎ Information Report – planners and templates ✎ Picture Writing Prompts These can be printed off or shown on your interactive screen as a prompt. Words to describe spiders What I like and don’t like about spider webs A Day in the Life of a Spider Up Close and Personal How do you feel when you see a spider? What do you think I found in my spider web? I think Spiders are… Themes – spiders, arachnids, science COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Mother’s Day Bundle - Celebrate Mother’s Day with this bundle, it has everything you need to make many choices for years to come. There are four packs included in this bundle. This Mother’s Day Interactive Card gives your students the opportunity to record memories, facts and thoughts about their mother. Every year when we make this card we get amazing feedback from our parents. This Mother’s Day pack will help create a large card that has many sections. There are instructions with photos to help assemble the card. Mother’s Day PowerPoint of Facts This PowerPoint will assist in building an understanding of Mother’s Day and why we hold it as an important calendar event and acknowledge it in the way we do. • Use this as a PowerPoint and share with your grade. • Discuss each slide and ask questions about their understanding. **Mother’s Day – Craftivity. ** A gorgeous coupon hand bag with a card is the end result of this task. There are many opportunities to write and discuss what Mother’s Day means and how we celebrate it as families. Handbag Craftivity with coupons Have fun making this coupon bag for Mother’s Day Mother’s Day A Bouquet - Surprise the mothers in your room with a handmade bouquet this year. They will love this creation and you will have heaps of fun making this bouquet with your students. Mother’s Day – Make a Bouquet How to make a bouquet – Print off the instructions and display for students to follow - There is. step by step guide included. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on the 5th May each year. While Cinco de Mayo has become more about the Mexican culture it is about the bravery and perseverance of a culture to over throw the French. Explore the Cinco de Mayo facts, photos, vocabulary and put together your very own Cinco de Mayo Interactive Notebook. Our Cinco De Mayo Lapbook contents include Interactive NoteBook Includes a color cover and black/white cover There are photos with the instructions There are spaces to record – what you know, want to know and any new learning. Record food facts, musical instruments, the flag colors, new words, national dress, facts about Cinco de Mayo, an acrostic poem, locate Mexico on a map and What’s in a piñata? Vocabulary Cards Use these to help with the writing tasks and build word knowledge Fact Cards Use these as discussion starters Can be used to sort or put on display Photos for display Use as writing prompts Can be attached to your bulletin boards Writing tasks Cinco de Mayo prompts with two versions of lines Add a picture to your text What’s in your piñata? My favorite Mexican food to eat A map Where is Mexico? COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This World Environment Day PowerPoint is designed to share why and how we celebrate and acknowledge World Environment Day. Share the PowerPoint and encourage discussion about the content and what we can do to make our planet the best place we can make it. Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

World Environment Day - This World Environment Day PowerPoint is designed to share why and how we celebrate and acknowledge World Environment Day. Share the PowerPoint and encourage discussion about the content and what we can do to make our planet the best place we can make it. There are recording templates to support the Powerpoint contained in the zip file. Our Recording Template Pack supports the Powerpoint contained in the zip file. • What do we need to keep doing and what can we stop doing to make our planet a better place to be? • Record words to describe World Environment Day • Plus, minus and interesting ideas about our planet • Alphabet Key – Our Planet • What I see, I think and I wonder about our planet • Environment Day Fact Chart • World Environment Day 3 facts, 2 opinions and 1 question I have • Compare and contrast our world 50 years ago and today • Convince your grade to look after our planet. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

These recording templates support the Powerpoint contained in the zip file. • What do we need to keep doing and what can we stop doing to make our planet a better place to be? • Record words to describe World Environment Day • Plus, minus and interesting ideas about our planet • Alphabet Key – Our Planet • What I see, I think and I wonder about our planet • Environment Day Fact Chart • World Environment Day 3 facts, 2 opinions and 1 question I have • Compare and contrast our world 50 years ago and today • Convince your grade to look after our planet. Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Letter writing is an art! We love to receive letters and what better way than write one first. This pack will show you why and how we should write letters. There are posters, templates and ideas to use to get your students to write letters. This pack includes - • Posters for - Why do we write letters? Why write a letter, Parts of a letter • Rubric for letter Writing • What do we know about letter writing? • Why do we write letters? • What steps are needed after we write a letter? • What does a letter look like? • What does an envelope need on it? • Address an envelope to your family? • What other items do we post? • What are the busiest times at the post office? • Draw the logo for our postal service • Design and make your own mailbox • Design your own stamp • How to make an envelope #1 • How to make an envelope #2 • Add a graphic to a letter to say ‘Thank you to the Tooth Fairy" and ‘We Should Have More Recess • 12 different pages to use to write a letter COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Skip Counting - Addition - Problem Solving are all covered in this BBQ activity. Skip counting provides an understanding of number patterns. The skip counting skill helps with the four operations and gives confidence to solve problems. Our BBQ Problem Based Learning task explores a menu and solving the price of food eaten. Prompts for purchasing BBQ menu items There are prompts to use for display. They will motivate your students to draw, record their BBQ choices and then cost each order. Skip Counting Mats The skip counting mats are provided to review 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 7s and 10s from a zero and non zero starting point. Start at 0 or start at any number. Student Workbook Select the pages you want to be printed in your students’ books. Some students may not need all the pages. Use play money to help work out the skipping patterns. Small whiteboards can be used to record the skipping pattern. Interactive Note Book Pages These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work. Draw the BBQ order on the front and under the flap work out how much the order would cost. The answer key is provided at the back of this pack. Teach the students how to record dollars and cents. Answer Keys COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Lemonade Stand - Make a Model and create a Financial Plan. This Project Based Learning (PBL) task is to design a Lemonade Stand model to scale and produce a business plan to sell lemonade to customers. I use these steps for Project Based Learning in my teaching and learning space. Setting the stage for the learning that is about to happen and make a link back to a real life scenario The teacher negotiates the criteria for evaluating the projects Students become project designers Students discuss information needed for their designs Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project Students create their projects Students prepare to present their projects Students present their projects Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the agreed criteria Students can work individually, in pairs or in groups. They work through a task to design an outcome using their creative abilities. The task is usually interdisciplinary and can involve Numeracy, Literacy, Science, Design and Technology. The teacher’s role is to guide, check in and help to uncover content to be covered. Focus – Design Technology, Economics and Mathematics Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Skip Counting - Addition - Problem Solving are all covered in this BBQ activity. Skip counting provides an understanding of number patterns. The skip counting skill helps with the four operations and gives confidence to solve problems. Our BBQ Problem Based Learning task explores a menu and solving the price of food eaten. Prompts for purchasing BBQ menu items There are prompts to use for display. They will motivate your students to draw, record their BBQ choices and then cost each order. Skip Counting Mats The skip counting mats are provided to review 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 7s and 10s from a zero and non zero starting point. Start at 0 or start at any number. Student Workbook Select the pages you want printed in your students’ book. Some students may not need all the pages. Use play money to help work out the skipping patterns. Small whiteboards can be used to record the skipping pattern. Interactive Note Book Pages These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work. Draw the BBQ order on the front and under the flap work out how much the order would cost. Answer key provided at the back of this pack. This section has the answer keys for the Student Workbook and the Interactive Note Pages. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Who doesn’t love ice cream? This Ice Cream Math pack is engaging, colorful and full of addition ideas. Use this Ice Cream Shop to create your own ice creams and work out the cost for each one. It is your choice if you show your students how to record money. My extension students do, but my other students do not. Use bundling sticks or Base 10 blocks to work out the cost. Check on a calculator – they love doing this. Prompts for Ice Cream Shop This is a sample of the prompts to use for display. They will motivate your students to draw, record their ice cream and then cost each one. Number Bonds There are two types of mats in this pack. (plus two printing options). You can choose what dice to use – 6-10-20 sided! Set One – roll two dice and add both collections together. Set Two – Roll two dice and place the largest collection in the large ice cream. Now work out what you need to add to the smaller number rolled to make the larger number. Copy and laminate them use whiteboard marker to write your equations. Check with a buddy before rubbing out. Student Workbook This is a sample of the pages available. Select the pages you want in your students’ book. Work through the Number Bonds first – Answer Key at the end of this pack. Use the costing pages to work through the examples and then let the students design their own. The work with the previous number bonds will help you to work out which ones to include in the booklet for each child. Adding Ice Cream Scoops This section has two tasks. Set One – add to 10. You can use two or more scoops of ice cream. Set Two – add between 11-26 with two or more scoops of ice cream. Interactive Note Book Pages These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work. Draw the ice cream on the front and under the flap work out how much the ice cream would cost. Answer key provided at the back of this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

At the end of this Fractions – Making a Fraction Farm your students will have produced a farm based on fractions, decimals and percentages. Each step in this project based learning project is clearly explained and supported by resources in the pack. Included in this PowerPoint are Curriculum Standards for Common Core and Australian Curriculum A description of what Project Based Learning is A Learning Intention – ‘I will show what I know about fractions The Nine Steps a) What do we know about fractions using manipulatives? Photo of examples provided. Fraction wall graphics included. b) A rubric for assessment to track progress and give feedback throughout the unit. c) Designing the farm for fraction work – determining the scale and size of animal or crop fields. Examples are provided to explore before students develop their own farms. d) Discovering more about fractions through INB pages e) Accumulating more knowledge – develop your own posters about knowledge – examples provided. f) Comparing fractions- decimals – percentages g) Presenting the work with guidelines h) Reflecting on my work through a written response Extra resources – Fraction Walls, Fractions posters that include – vocabulary, equivalent fractions and the four operations I use these steps for Project Based Learning in my teaching and learning space. Setting the stage for the learning that is about to happen and making a link back to a real life scenario The teacher negotiates the criteria for evaluating the projects Students become project designers Students discuss the information needed for their designs Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project Students create their projects Students prepare to present their projects Students present their projects Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the agreed criteria COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Our Project Based Learning Design a Cubby House or Tree House has prompts, posters and rubrics that will help you to design some amazing cubbies or treehouses. Our students love designing and producing models that mean something to them. Explore tree/cubby houses and work out which design will influence your STEM process. There are five posters to help guide you through the Design a Cubby House process. There are four Cubby Designs to make comments on and reflect positives or negatives for your own design. Design a Cubby House Learning Book – Copy the pages and place them together in a book. Work through each page together and check in often. Share great work along the way and provide help with giving feedback Digital Learning Option Guide for Design a Cubby House We have used the free version of Book Creator and we made a new class assignment within the app. When they have completed the task they upload this to Showbie – which is also a free version. Rubric Assessment included for Design a Cubby House Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Time Lap Book - Learning to tell the time can be hard for some students. Use this colourful learning tool to engage and challenge students. This Time Lap Book is set up to record learning goals and show learning. The pack includes - Detailed photos to help you to put the Lap Book together with specific instructions. Pages can be copied onto white paper or on coloured paper as I have done. I have provided a colour version as a third printing option. Goals are clear and the Lap Book will show evidence for o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. The goals beyond this are to extend your students. Cards to help sequence days of the week, months of the year and seasons. These can be printed as is or on coloured card and laminated. You may wish to use them to glue into your everyday Math Book and then copy them into the Lap Book. They can be used as sorting cards too. Additional goals are given but they are not part of this Lap Book, they are for extension tasks. A tracking page to see where your students are and what their point of need for teaching is. An Excel spreadsheet is in the zipped file for you to keep track of digitally too. Just add your student names, the file is formatted so that it will colour according to skill level. A section that includes tasks to do with a focus group if they need work to consolidate the following tasks - a) Make your own clock before you add one to the Lap Book b) Work on days of the week, months of the year and sequencing the seasons. Goal tags to glue into the lap book. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.