Make teaching the difference between living and non living easy! This pack includes low prep printables and centers that guide your students to learn the difference between living and non living. Watch your students categorize items with confidence. Lead your students to discover the concepts of living and non living through sequenced activities that are planned for you. Your students will be guided through a learning sequence that builds their knowledge about living and non living. Your students will love discussing how they classify items and will be proud to share their learning with you. What will you get in this product? ● I can statements to display in your classroom ● KWHL templates to record what you know, want to know, how you might find out new learning and your new learning ● Posters -two printing options, full color and a save ink version (I teach that plants do move – a Venus Fly trap certainly does, a vine can curl around a frame and plants turn toward the sun. Some schools teach that living things can move and others do not so the posters provide both options.) ● Matching - sorting pictures into categories of living and n living ● Print and Go - cut and sort the pictures and glue under the correct headings, record living and non living, explanations on how to classify, a reflection task ● Reader - print and go ● Interactive Note Pages Prep is quick and easy… Just print the student pages, gather the materials listed, and you’re ready for a fun and engaging class! This is what teachers, like you, have said about this product This was a fun and easy way for me to teach 1st graders about Living and Non Living Things. My students enjoyed the activities we did. Julie I love the assortment of resources in this product. I used it for morning work, independent work, homework and small group work. Love that it is no prep and easy to use. Great resource! Ashlee A beautiful layout of resources to help build my Biology resources - excellent picture and great range of activities easy to use and minimal prep! Love your work! Deanne Great resource! It was fun to use as a whole group to teach an engaging lesson on science. This resource is loaded with a ton of activities for all the students to use throughout the week both as a group and to work on independently! Nicole Copyright © Paula’s Place Teaching Resources 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.

Our Plants and Seeds Inquiry Unit will make the teaching of this topic engaging and full of learning. Discover how plants grow in a cycle, explore the vocabulary to strengthen your grade’s knowledge about plants. This is a print and go pack. What will you get in this product? A task based on ‘The Tiny Seed’ to tune your grade into plants and what happens to seeds. A KWHL to see what your students know about plants before you start. A Word Wall poster set allows you to list words you will need as you proceed through the unit. A Boggle task – lets the students explore words within words – 4 suggestions in color and black and white. Instructions on how to grow a Hairy Harry – 2 pages of instructions and 7 pages for the diary. Templates to record – what plants have, need and give us There is a print and go section that includes templates for recording - What parts of the plant do we eat? The sequence a plant cycle What is the purpose of plant parts? The correct labels of a plant A design for a new plant A design a recipe using plants What role does a bird/bee/sun/wind/soil and rain play in the life of a plant? The comparison for germination/pollination and deciduous/ evergreen The Investigation of photosynthesis, oxygen and seasons What grows from seeds? This is what teachers, like you, have said about this product… This was a great activity for my students. It was easy to understand and easy for them to do independently. Annie R Loved this for my blended class. It was helpful to have students make connections with the pieces of the activities and all the visuals. Rebecca C. Copyright © Paula’s Place Teaching Resources 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.

Our Christmas Around the World templates are a great way to present research on how we celebrate Christmas around the world. I have provided photos of some of the finished products. These photos are of the product before I updated the pack and added different fonts. Use library books and internet research to add the information for each section. The facts are not included in the pack. Templates included are for Africa, Australia, China, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, North Korea, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, USA Copy and go – there are color and black/white versions. For some countries, there is a male and female version to use in black and white. It is not intended that you do your own country using these templates. Have two children work on recording the information and then place all work in a class book to share. There is a page for peer feedback. 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.

Write a letter to Santa – there are so many options available in this pack. This Letter to Santa pack explores why we use letters and what makes a letter so that we can write a great Letter to Santa. Tasks include - • Why do we write letters? Brainstorm ideas on the template. • List what we should include in a letter – what parts are necessary? • Write about something you want, you need, you want for someone else and what doesn’t cost money…. • What happens after we write the letter? • What does a letter look like? • What does an envelope need on it? • Design your own Christmas stamp • Planning page for writing your letter • What would you ask Santa? • Write a persuasive letter to Santa – 2 options • Write a recount – 2 options • Toppers for your writing when on display • How to make an envelope #1, #2, #3 • How to make an envelope #2 • Writing pages for your letter – 24 options to choose from Click here to follow my store 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.

Design an Ugly Christmas Sweater - These tasks can be used with any ugly sweater! There are lots of them around at Christmas time. Loads of tasks to choose from - Improve the vocabulary used to describe and persuade others to wear an ugly Christmas Sweater. Word Splash Use these word splashes to describe the ugly sweater that is being worn. There is a blank one for you to draw your sweater and add words too. Design your own sweater Use the template to draw or use colored paper or add materials to make your dream ugly sweater. Vocabulary Cards Use these cards – color or black or white to build vocabulary. You can put them face down and draw one out at a time. Or assign cards too students to describe to the grade. Choose two cards to use to fill out the Venn diagram. Interactive NoteBook Pages - Use this to expand the way we describe our ugly sweaters. Record adjectives – phrases – nouns - sentences Writing Tasks The story behind my ugly sweater Pictures too add to your story My ugly sweater story – 2 versions I see, I think, I wonder Persuade someone to wear an ugly sweater DeBono Hat thinking 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.

Christmas Around the World - INB (Interactive Note Pages) Using our templates to look at how we celebrate customs around the world is a great way to compare and discuss what we do. This interactive note book will help you to record your research on templates for displaying around your room. These templates can also be used for Christmas to compare other customs at other times of the year ie Easter. This pack includes the following – Follow the instructions on how to cut and write on the INB page There are photos included to show what the finished research projects may look like. Copy and go – there are color and black/white versions. Use library books and internet research to add the information for each section. Have two children work on recording the information and then place all work in a class book to share or have on display. Countries included are – Africa, America, Australia, China, England, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Sweden and Tanzania. 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

Design your own Christmas Tree with these fun prompts. There are posters, printables and learning centers to use to consolidate addition and using arrays in the project based learning activity pack. Prompts for designing a Christmas Tree Use these posters to set up your display area and motivate your students to design amazing Christmas Trees. Print and glue the three pages for the banner together and use the single posters too! Printable Workbook These books are available in color and black and white. Choose the pages you want printed. The pages that have the options for trees, baubles, decorations etc can be displayed around the room and not placed in the booklets. Student Workbook These books are available in color and black and white. Choose the pages you want printed. The pages that have the options for trees, baubles, decorations etc can be displayed around the room and not placed in the booklets. Roll a Tree Design Use these mats to make your own tree. Use the colored ones and laminate them or share the black and white copy with each student. Decide what differentiation you need for groups and they may add two objects or three or more. Record work in your Math Book or on small whiteboards. Check costs with a buddy. Making Arrays The problem solving cards can be placed around the room or sets can be copied for small groups. Draw the arrays or make them with counters. Check the work with a buddy. There is a recording sheet and answer key. Answer Keys Answer keys are provided but the individual trees will have a variety of answers. 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 3D Shape Assessment Tasks pack will help to give hands on sorts and clip it tasks. Reinforce knowledge and check understanding quickly and efficiently with the three tasks included to explore these 3D Shapes. This section contains the following sections for 3D Shape Assessment Tasks - KWHL - Use the KWHL to find out what your students know, want to know and record new learning Recording sheets for listing what you know about individual shapes by individual students Recording sheets for a whole grade brainstorm Cards for sorting - This section contains title cards, cards for sorting in colour and black/white, the black and white version can also be copied onto the coloured card as another option, spare tags for drawing and adding your shapes to the sort Clip it cards - Cards for clipping with pegs in colour and black/white, clip the correct answer with the peg. The black and white version can be copied onto coloured card as another option. Read the description and download the preview before purchasing. 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 is not to be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Do you need a 3D Poster Set for display? This pack provides 3D Shapes Posters on some of the most well known 3D shapes. They look great on display. There are two versions of the 3D Poster Set, one in colour and one in black/white. The first version has the name of the shape, while the second version has attribute facts about the sides and vertices/corners. Shapes included are – • cone • cube • cuboid • rectangular prism • cylinder • hexagonal prism • ovoid • pentagonal prism • square pyramid • sphere • triangular pyramid Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. Themes – 3D shape, posters, 3D Poster Set 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 pack contains the following 85 cards for your Shape Word Wall plus spare cards to help brainstorm more shape words. This helps to navigate 2D and 3D shapes. There is a Word Splash and a KWHL. This is great for adding words over the time of your study on shapes. Use different colors and compare old and new words at the end of the unit of work. Cards include - 2D 3D acute angle arc base bigger center centre circle circumference closed shape concave concentric circles cone convex corner crescent cube cylinder decagon diameter diamond dodecagon edge ellipse equilateral triangle face flat hemisphere hendecagon heptagon hexagon intersecting irregular shapes isosceles triangle kite larger line net nonagon oblong obtuse octagon open curve oval parallelogram pentagon perpendicular point point prism pyramid quadrilateral radius ray rectangle rectangular prism reflect reflex regular polygons rhombus right angled triangle round scalene triangle semi circle side smaller solid sphere square square pyramid star straight straight angle surface symmetrical translate trapezium triangle triangular prism triangular pyramid vertex vertices wedge Packs contained in this bundle – 3D Assessment Grid 3D Posters with Faces 3D Posters 3D Shape Sort 3D Shape Lapbook Geometry Shape Word Wall Vocabulary Cards 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 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Character Traits and Compare and Contrast Tasks are perfect for looking at the similarities and differences between the book and the movie/s. Instructions Read the novel to your grade and then watch the two versions of the movie. This will provide the information for your grade to engage in the tasks. The comparisons will have more rigour with this background immersion. Task One What are character traits? Choose a friend you know well. Together fill out the Venn Diagram and then complete the page on your friend. Draw a picture of them in the middle of the page. Record what you like about them. On the second page add the words with evidence. Task Two As you read to the grade or watch the movie/s, students are to add character details for a character of their choice. The three sections of beginning, middle and end allow you to record any changes in characters as the story develops. The ‘beginning’ tab is for your first impressions. The ‘end’ tab for your final thoughts Task Three Traits and gathering evidence. This is for adding notes prior to making your own poster. You must add your evidence. For example – Charlie shows humour when he jokes about winning the ticket. Task Four Posters and presentation. These posters can be used to record the final presentation of traits and evidence. Your students may decide to draw their own characters. Photos are provided at the start of this pack, if you would like to share them for motivation. Task Five Compare and contrast the two movies. We used our key word research skills to compile a list using the internet. This is by no means complete. Your grade can make a list of similarities of their own. There are recording sheets to use. Research in pairs and then combine with another pair to add items. Share as a whole grade to make a grade list. 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.

Sharing books we love passes that passion of reading onto our students. Mrs Wishy Washy is a well loved book that is repetitive and just right for early readers to explore. The printables can be used for reading and writing tasks and allow for differentiation in your classroom. Tasks include - USA CCSS and Australian Curriculum aligned references for you to use in your planning Alphabet Key x 2 Words to describe Mrs Wishy Washy Matching animal to name (noun) Missing words Wordfind Is, can, has Nouns and adjectives for the three animals Matrix of mother and babies Venn Diagrams Beginning, middle and end task Recount I see, I think, I wonder Who, what, where, when, how picture writing planner Complications and Resolutions Craftivity – make Mrs Wishy Washy 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.

Turkey Trouble Book Study Companion Activities. Thanksgiving without eating turkey – unbelievable! The lengths this turkey goes to will keep you entertained. Study the text TURKEY TROUBLE and respond in a variety of ways with this huge variety of tasks to choose from. Vocabulary Cards These vocabulary cards can be used as Flashcards Sorting cards by using the ‘Parts of Speech’ labels Writing prompts by displaying around the room Word study prompts for class or individual lists They can be copied as they are or on colored card Word wall There are two versions for printing. These posters are an excellent way to brainstorm words together for reading and writing. Display in a prominent place in your room and watch your writers go! Visual Representation This section includes a page for each costume change. Students can draw what they think about each change. As you read aloud stop before you show the illustrations from the book. Record a summary for each change. Then predict a new costume change. Half Page Summary This sections includes a half page for each costume change. Students can draw what they think each costume is like. There is space for your students to record a description for each change. These make great books to put in your reading corner. Print and Go This sections includes Word splashes for each animal and the farmer Record words to describe eating pizza for Thanksgiving Plus, Minus and Interesting facts Alphabet Key I see, I think, I wonder Record three facts 3/2/1 – Facts, options, questions Text to text, self and world Compare and contrast Design a book cover Responding through the senses Book Review The Book Review templates allow for illustrations and a text response. The first page is great for setting up beginning, middle and ending so that the second page is easier to complete. Writing About the Reading Is-has-can tasks Writing letters- convince the farmers to leave the foxes alone Main Idea and sub points Author tools – what does the author do to keep us reading and interested? Interview questions Dialogue between characters Make an advertisement for the feast Write a different ending Write an innovation on the text Draw and label a story map Make a list of important facts from the text List the complications and resolutions Write a sequel Recount Summary 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 Pets - Printables and Templates is all about how we look after our Pets. There are recording options for your information and a Word Wall to place words you may need to complete the writing tasks. This pack includes - Word Wall Posters – print in colour and display to record words with your students you may use throughout the unit KWHL – complete the grid by adding what you know, want to know and new learning. Keep adding to this as you move through the learning Templates for making two small books about how to take care of your pets PET TALES, includes a book cover, and instructions to go home or you could use it as a class book. (Two spelling options for color/colour). If you do not have a pet, write about your dream pet. References to the Australian Curriculum and CCSS (USA) Pets - Printables and Templates are print and go templates Boggle for stethoscope and veterinarian What would you do for your pet if it was in the sun – thunder or snow? Pros and cons for having a pet – birds, cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, mice, rabbits, snakes and tortoises and a template for other pets What does a vet do? Research x-rays: human and animal Compare two animals – dog/cat, mouse/hamster, snake/tortoise or use the open template for other pets Describe your pet Steps to put together a fish tank Facts and opinions about birds, cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, mice, rabbits, snakes and tortoises Birds, cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, mice, rabbits, snakes and tortoises – can, have, need, are If I were a vet for a day Collect data on who owns pets and what sort they have – graph them What animal would you have if you could have any pet? Interview your grade to gather facts and opinions about pets Pets can-have-are-need Collect tally marks and make a graph of your own design Write about your dream pet 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.

Sharks Information Pack This pack provides information about Sharks, it is great for Shark Week. This Shark Information pack will assist in the writing of your own Informational Text, guided by a rubric. KWHL for Sharks There are colour, plus black/white versions and a one page version. This will assist in assessing what your grade knows and will help when writing the Informational Text - This is what we know about… - This is what we want to know … - This is how we will find out what we want to know…… - This is our new learning about …. Vocabulary Colour and black/white versions are provided. Spare tags for extra words. Display these words and discuss what they mean Facts These cards are discussion starters or display these facts about sharks and discuss what they mean. There are starters for the Informational Text to help build the paragraphs Posters These posters will assist in writing the text. Print off and display around the finished Informational Text Print and Go This includes a true or false glue sort labelling the shark, a fact recording sheet a Can - Have – Are task print and go fact sheets complete the fact sheets for each shark a blank template is also provided Reading The posters are to record the main ideas and the supporting information. The second task is to paraphrase the text Writing Use the posters provided in the poster section to assist in writing the text Print off and display around the finished Informational Text The rubrics are helpful in assessing the text A planner is included for the Informational Text Map to use There are a variety of papers and planners provided Posters Photo prompts to be used for displaying in your room. You must read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. Themes - shark | sharks | ocean | sea | information text | 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 is a much loved book by Roald Dahl. Fantastic Mr Fox is the perfect book to start serial reading as a class novel. Engage in the text by selecting from the many options this pack provides for you and your students. Vocabulary Cards can be used as Flashcards Sorting cards by using the Parts of speech labels Writing prompts by displaying around the room Word study prompts for class or individual lists They can be copied as they are or on colored card Word Wall There are two versions for printing These posters are an excellent way to brainstorm words together for reading and writing Display in a prominent place in your room and watch your writers go! Visual Representation This section includes a page for each chapter where students can draw what they think about each chapter as you read it aloud Record a summary for each chapter Print and Go Word splashes for Mr Fox, Mrs Fox, the Fox children, Badger, The Feats and each of the three farmers Plus, Minus and Interesting facts Alphabet Key I see, I think, I wonder Record three facts 3/2/1 – Facts, options, questions Text to text, self and world Compare and contrast the movie and the book, fiction and real foxes Design a book cover Responding through the senses Writing about the Reading Writing letters- convince the farmers to leave the foxes alone Quote and respond to change the story Main Idea and sub points Author tools – what does Roald Dahl do to keep us reading and interested? Interview questions – for the foxes and the farmers Dialogue between characters Make an advertisement for the feast Newsletter article about saving the foxes/getting the foxes Biographical sketch about Mr Fox Write a different ending Write an innovation on the text Draw and label the tunnels they made Make a list of important facts from the text List the complications and resolutions Write a sequel 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.

Wombat Stew is a much loved story about some adorable Australian animals. Follow Dingo as he tries to make a stew to eat while the other animals try to trick him. This book study for ‘Wombat Stew’ contains the following printables Getting to know the text Alphabet Key Parts of speech – classify the words and make a display What I know, want to know and new learning Alphabet Wall for a class display Working through the text tasks include - Beginning, middle, end Text Connections Problems and solutions Write a summary Story Elements I see, I think, I wonder A Dingo-Wombat-Emu-Echidna-Kookaburra-Lizard-Koala-Platypus is, can, has Use adjectives to describe Beyond the text tasks include - Main Idea and sub plots Conversations Venn Diagrams compare animal characters in Wombat Stew Change the ending A recipe to use Alternative coping methods Personality Traits Use adjectives List Australian animals Amazing illustration Visual Illustrations New Book Cover Book Reports Author Tools Interview questions Conversation between Wombat Stew characters Innovation on the text Sequel to text Make your own book Non-Fiction Responses for an Information Report include - Photos to use as display and conversation prompts Fact cards to share in colour and black/white Planners (USA and Non-USA spelling) Pages to use for writing text Information Text rubric (USA and Non-USA spelling) Map of the world Interactive Note Pages for planning (USA and Non-USA spelling) 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.

Some children at writing time get stuck for ideas. These Narrative Writing Prompts will help motivate your writers and you will never hear – “I don’t know what to write about.” Copy these in color and laminate before adding to your display board. There is a save your ink version. This pack contains • label choices for tag containers • a poster to print off in color and use as part of your display board • tags for plot ideas • tags for setting ideas • tags for character ideas • writing papers to allow for differentiation between your writers I have placed some of the tags on a pin board in buckets. They can be placed on a shelf too. The students choose a tag from each bucket – character, setting and plot and then weave the ideas into a narrative. Links to related products Persuasive Writing Prompts Writing Prompts and Ideas 100 Writing Prompt Pages Text Type Posters Text Type Posters, Planners and Trackers 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.

Writing a narrative takes lots of support. This Narrative Pack includes planners, posters and rubrics that will assist in providing all the support you will need. It includes - Instructions on how to use the writing pages with the rubrics Narrative Posters - What can we write about? - What does a narrative need? (Three versions for differentiation) Posters for How, What, When, Where, Why, How in full size and a poster that includes all 9 posters together Narrative Planners with 7 options Narrative Rubrics with three options - First option is one page with three levels- Second option is a mini version based on structure - Third option has six levels based on structure and language features Narrative Planners with rubrics based on the six levels in the rubric section – with and without lines Narrative Lined Pages and Templates 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.

Koala Lou is a beautifully written book that children just love to study. Australian literature is often about some amazing animal that has a lesson to learn. This book study for Koala Lou contains the following tasks - Getting to know the text Alphabet Key Parts of speech – classify the words and make a display What I know, want to know and new learning Alphabet Wall for a class display Working through the text Beginning, middle and end Text Connections Problems and solutions Write a summary Story Elements I see, I think, I wonder A Koala is, can, has Use adjectives to describe Beyond the text Main Idea and sub plots Conversations Venn Diagrams compare koalas to Koala Lou Change the ending A training schedule Alternative coping methods Personality Traits Use adjectives List Australian animals Amazing illustration Visual Illustrations New Book Cover Book Reports Author Tools Interview Questions Conversation between Koala Lou and her mother Innovation on the text Sequel to text Make your own book **Non Fiction Responses – Informational Report ** Photos of koalas to use as display and conversation prompts Vocabulary cards for information text, plus a spare page to add your own Fact cards to share in colour and black/white Planners for the informational text Pages to use for writing text Information Text rubric Map of the world Interactive Note Page for planning 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.