I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
With Halloween coming up, I have created some resources relating to Halloween.
Content:
Teacher Notes
4 Word Searches
20 Pictures and Words Cards
36 Playing cards for snap or matching pictures game
How many Words in a Word Game on PowerPoint
Words within a Word Worksheet
Print off and laminate the cards and pictures as many times as required: Use for Snap! matching picture game and matching words to pictures, children can even try sorting the words into alphabetical order.
There are four word searches to complete in lower and upper letters.
Vocabulary building game:
Play the PowerPoint slide to demonstrate to children how they can put together different letters from the word “Halloween” to make different words. There is also a worksheet for this activity. E.g. Children can make the words - hello, we, now etc.
Early finishers can try making different words from ‘pumpkin’ on their whiteboards.
You can organize different games station in your classroom - each table has a different games activity for students to enjoy.
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Please see UK version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-games-word-searches-playing-cards-picture-word-match-ups-words-within-word-12007226
With Halloween coming up, I have created some resources relating to Halloween.
Content:
Teacher Notes
4 Word Searches
20 Pictures and Words Cards
36 Playing cards for snap or matching pictures game
How many Words in a Word Game on PowerPoint
Words within a Word Worksheet
Print off and laminate the cards and pictures as many times as required: Use for Snap! matching picture game and matching words to pictures, children can even try sorting the words into alphabetical order.
There are four word searches to complete in lower and upper letters.
Vocabulary building game:
Play the PowerPoint slide to demonstrate to children how they can put together different letters from the word “Halloween” to make different words. There is also a worksheet for this activity. E.g. Children can make the words - hello, we, now etc.
Early finishers can try making different words from ‘pumpkin’ on their whiteboards.
You can organise different games station in your classroom, i.e each table has a different games activity for children to enjoy.
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Please see US version - Halloween words (candy corn, candy apple and candies)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-games-word-searches-playing-cards-picture-word-match-ups-words-within-a-word-us-12007241
A Thanksgiving mixed bag of differentiated math worksheets and practical activities ideal for math centers.
Content
Teacher notes (5 pages). You could set up math stations for students.
Optional lesson starter PowerPoint (0 to 20) – Whole class counting aloud backwards and forwards. You can assess students’ knowledge - which number comes after 7 or what numbers comes before 11 and practice one more/one less.
Picture Number Puzzle Strips x7 (color/b/w) – The strips range from 1 to 10, 11 to 20 and then counting by 2s to 20; counting by 2s using odd numbers, e.g. 1, 3, 5 etc and even numbers – 2, 4, 6 etc.
Numeral cards 0- 20 in words and figures for various activities such as matching numbers to number words; sorting odd and even numbers.
3 sets of Picture cards (pumpkin, pumpkin pie and ‘We are thankful’ cards) – to be used with a variety of activities with the numeral cards, as outlined in teacher notes. E.g. Group activity, you or a student can shuffle the cards 1 to 10 and place them face down on the table. Another student takes a card and then count out the picture cards to match the number.
Tens frames and turkey cards for various activities such as missing number in an equation.
Place for example 7 cards on the tens frame and then write:
7 + ____ = 10 The student will see 3 empty spaces on the tens frame.
Cut and stick activity - Counting up to 5.
Thanksgiving Counting worksheets (2 pgs) - Students count the pictures and write the number in the space provided.
Color and count worksheets (2 pgs)
Students read and count carefully how many of the pictures they need to color in.
Missing Numbers worksheets (7 pgs)
Students fill in the missing number above each turkey. Students are counting by 1s forward and backwards starting from any number.
Write the number before and after (2 pages) - Students trace inside the middle number and then write the number that comes before and after.
Trace over numbers and words up to 10
This resource comes in color and b/w. Students can practice forming their numerals and counting the pictures alongside the number.
Useful editable ready-made question strips you can ask to start off the hands-on activities.
Please see preview pane.
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An assembly presentation with worksheets activities about why Thanksgiving is celebrated includes the Pilgrims voyage on the Mayflower and Squanto.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation for assembly or class lesson - 24 Slides
Worksheet 1 – Students write 4 things they are grateful for
Worksheet 2 – Students match the product from which the food is made, e.g. match wheat to bread; pumpkin pie/pumpkin; milk/cow etc.
Worksheet 3 – Finding out about a country that celebrates thanksgiving - The worksheet includes questions to guide the students in their fact-finding activity.
Vocabulary building - Students make as many words as they can out of ‘Thanksgiving’. A fun activity - at the end of the lesson find out who has the most words.
Word Searches (x3)with Solutions
Follow up word search activities
Extension work for more able readers - Questions to research
The worksheets are optional and can be used after an assembly or a class lesson.
The presentation is to tell students about Thanksgiving Day and how it is celebrated. They can also talk about how they celebrate this holiday at home.
The second part of the presentation briefly informs students how the thanksgiving festival came about.
Extra activities:
Students can find out about when and how other countries celebrate thanksgiving and whether they call it by another name.
E.g. The United Kingdom (Harvest Festival)
Students can choose another country of their choice – Worksheet 3 template.
Depending on the ability of your students: You can print off Slide 13 of the presentation and ask students to write sentences or a short paragraph with the words displayed about Thanksgiving
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This product relates to schedule timetable cards. It contains two types of headings ‘Timetable’ and ‘Schedule’.
Updated with clipart images of clocks and card in a .png file which will allow you to resize and layer the clocks into your documents, and also clipart images of subjects which you can just insert on the subject cards if you do not wish to cut out and laminate the pictures.
There are 48 pictures to choose from - just print, laminate and cut out and place alongside the subject/activity with blu tack or velcro.
Content:
Teacher’s Notes
-List of words on PowerPoint - allowing you to insert your own text and pictures
-List of words on PDF - just print and laminate.
-56 ready-made cards with clocks in pdf
-Blank cards with just clocks printed on it - you insert the text
-Extra blank cards for your use
Clipart images of clocks and card in .png file so you can resize and layer in your documents.
Clipart of subject images.
List of headings on cards:
• Timetable
• Schedule
• Literacy
• Reading
• Guided Reading
• Silent Reading
• Writing
• Phonics
• Spelling
• English
• Maths
• Numeracy
• Revision
• Test
• Exam
• Carpet time
• Science
• History
• Geography
• Story Time
• Drama
• Assembly
• Music
• Singing
• Games
• P.E.
• Dance
• R.E.
• Art
• Design
• Technology
• D & T
• Art and Design
• ICT
• Computing
• Gym
• Handwriting
• Pack up
• Show and Tell
• Free Time
• Golden Time
• Tidy up
• Choosing Time
• Library
• Circle Time
• Citizenship
• Lunchtime
• Dinnertime
• Play Time
• Break
• Snack
• Home Time
• Cooking
• Baking
• Morning Register
• Afternoon Register
• Brain Gym
• S.T.E.M.
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You may be interested in multipurpose editable labels: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/editable-labels-cards-classroom-management-12049542
This resource relates to St. David’s Day celebrated on 1 March.
An editable presentation on the facts of Saint David/Saint David’s Day which can be used in assembly or as a lesson.
Content:
A Presentation (55 Slides) on facts about St. David and how the day is celebrated.
There are questions and answers throughout the presentation to involve the children.
Questions to recap on what they have learnt.
It is divided into sections:-
Background to St. David’s life
Connection between Wales and Argentina
Myths and legends - E.g. Why is St David seen with a dove on his shoulder standing on a small hill.
Celebrations
Reflection
-A prayer (optional)
(3 pages)- Teacher’s notes on assembly referring to the slides.
Optional Follow-up worksheets:
Write and draw 4 things you can remember about St David
Flags of Wales : Children colour in the flag of Wales and the cross of St David (Answer key provided)
Puzzle pieces to put together then label the picture. (colour & b/w) (Welsh flag)
2 video links: You can click on the links in the Presentation.
Video 1 is a commentary by children on St David’s Day Preparation - Tour around St David’s City (4 mins 3)
Video 2 is a commentary by children on St David’s Day Parade and making a dragon. (3 mins 40)
Please see preview pane of some of the slides in the presentation.
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A St. Valentine-Themed resource but it can be used at anytime of the year.
Aimed at YR/YR1, SEND.
Content:
• 6 Lovebug Worksheets in colour (Also in b/w)
• 7 Hidden Hearts Worksheet
• 8 Hidden Roses Worksheet
• 1 Blank Lovebug worksheet for your use
• Number Track with/without hearts
• Number Line
Lovebug Worksheets
Students count the hearts on each side of the bug and then write in the missing numbers in the equation and solve. Some reception children in the second term would be able to solve the equations and do the hidden hearts and roses worksheets.
7 Hidden Hearts Worksheets
These worksheets entail subtraction methods, either counting up to work out the answer or counting back.
Students can use the number track/line to help them. E.g. If there are 6 hearts and 2 are hidden, students can count up from 2 to get to 6 or use the 6 – 2 method.
Students can use their fingers or mental arithmetic strategies.
8 Hidden Roses Worksheets
These worksheets are similar to the hidden hearts worksheet except that the roses are hidden in the middle of the glyphs.
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This is a St Patrick’s Day theme product which contains five different maths activities.
Optional preparation: You can cut out the puzzle pieces and have children assemble them or get the children to cut out the sheets of puzzle pieces and they can assemble and glue onto a separate sheet of paper or into their workbooks.
Content:
• Differentiated puzzle pieces for children to match up numbers 1 to 10 and 11 to 20. The puzzles are in colour and b/w.
Pictures on the puzzles are gold coins with a shamrock and lucky horseshoes.
• Worksheet - Match up numbered gold coins with a picture of a shamrock in the centre by drawing lines to the correct tens frame or twenty frame (double tens frame).
• Worksheet - Count the number of coins and draw a line to the correct tens frame or twenty frames (double tens frame)
• Block Bar Chart worksheet in colour/b&w with 2 differentiated question sheets (with Answer Sheet):
Worksheet 1 with 8 questions
Worksheet 2 with 11 questions
• Cut and glue picture pattern worksheet (with Answer Sheet) – Children cut out the next picture(s) in the sequence.
Pictures: leprechaun, green hat, Irish harp and shamrock.
• Children can make up their own picture patterns with the pictures using the worksheets provided.
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You may be interested in this St Patrick’s Day Bundle which contains 3 separate products on assembly/lesson, myths and legends and additional St Patrick’s worksheets:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-bundle-presentation-worksheets-lesson-plans-facts-on-st-patrick-myths-legends-word-work-12067949
Free resource for puzzle numbers 1 to 5:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-shamrocks-counting-1-to-5-sort-and-match-early-years-yr-12078403
This Advent resource contains a reading comprehension on Worksheet A with 5 questions for the children to answer on Worksheet B.
Worksheet C is grammar and word work on the text. A dictionary is optional if some children find the word work challenging.
Large Advent word search for vocabulary building and associated task. When all the words are found in the grid, there is a separate worksheet for the children to put the words into alphabetical order.
Answers included.
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These are worksheets and information cards relate to Advent and Christmas.
Content:
• Gap filling activity (2 pages) with Answer Sheets
• Differentiated cut and paste activity
• Information cards to go with cut and paste activity
• Colouring sheet for students to colour in the candles with the correct colours
Gap filling activity (2 pages) with Answer Sheets
Students read the very short texts - 2 on each worksheet and use the words from the word box to complete the sentences.
Differentiated cut and paste activity with Answer Sheet
Students cut out the description for each candle and glue next to the correct candle.
One page of cut and paste sheet has a picture of the candles.
Also included are a set of 5 information cards which you can laminate and place on students’ table to help them complete the cut and paste activity.
Colouring Sheet
This sheet contains Advent candles which you can give to students to colour in using the information cards to colour the Advent candles correctly. The information cards borders are in colour and b/w.
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This product contains a bundle of products relating to inside and outside church features and objects and words relating to church services.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation Lessons
Lesson Plans
Worksheets
Cut and Paste Activities
Write the room - Children move around the classroom to complete their activity sheets
Word Searches
Crosswords
Differentiated puzzle activities
Vocabulary Card/Flash Cards
Word Wall Cards with facts about church features
Please see individual product for more detailed descriptions.
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This resource relates to the church and its features and contains mini fact word cards to display and can also be used as flash cards. A lovely addition to my Visiting a Place of Worship.
In addition to the word cards, there are worksheet activities.
Content:
Teacher’s Notes - Describes activities in detail.
2x sets of 35 word wall cards which you can laminate for durability and display on your classroom wall. They can also be used as flash cards to increase students’ vocabulary.
2x Write the room activity worksheets and corresponding number tiles. The church objects on the worksheets are numbered 1 to 8.
Preparation: You will need 8 of the word wall cards to place around the classroom. Ensure the numbers on the cards match the numbered pictures on the worksheets.
Write the Room Worksheet 1
Font 2. Cross 3. Bible 4. Chalice
Write the Room Worksheet 2
5. Pews 6. Church 7. Ciborium 8. Pulpit
There are number tiles 1 to 8 which you can laminate.
2x Match and Stick Activity Sheets – There are 8 pictures and words to match up and stick on the worksheets provided. There are extra word tiles for bread – unleavened bread, wafer and host.
Use blu tack/double-side tape and place the numbers on the word card.
Students move around the classroom with their worksheet and match the number on their worksheet to the number on the word wall card. So, next to number 5, the student will write ‘Pews’ on their worksheet.
Tick and sort worksheet activity with extension for more able students.
There are 8 pictures of which 4 of the pictures relate to Christianity. Students tick and colour the pictures that relate to Christianity.
For extension:
The pictures that do not belong to Christianity, students could say or write what religion they pictures relate to. (Answer Sheet included)
Please see Preview Pane.
There are also blank word cards on PowerPoint if you wish to insert more church features.
UK/US Spelling for one of the worksheets and 6 of the word cards.
List of words with photos:
Ciborium
Church
Stained-glass window
Bible
Altar
Stoup
Font
The Cross
The Crucifix
Rosary
Pews
Pulpit
Hassock or Kneeler
Chalice
The Eucharist
Votive candle
Church collection
Hymn book
Hymn board
Handbells
Tabernacle
Aisle
Nave
Thurible
Confessional box
Ichthus
Paten
Sprinkler and Aspergillum
Bell tower/Belfry
Church spire
Graveyard
Organ
Piano
Candle
Lectern
Cruet
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You may be interested in related resource: Visiting a Church
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christianity-visiting-a-place-of-worship-church-flash-cards-worksheets-writing-keystage-1-10003743
This product relates to apple-themed emotions/feelings. There are exercises on when a person experiences two emotions at the same time, e.g. happy and excited about a new baby sister. The worksheets in this product includes gap-filling exercises and answering questions, reading sentences and depending on its context match with two emotions and completing sentences.
Content:
Apple Emotions Gap Filling Exercises (2 pages)
Double Emotions/Feelings Matching Activity Worksheet with and without pictures
Emotions: Writing Sentences using picture word box
Black and white worksheets
Answer Sheets
These are extra social skill worksheets on feelings and can be used in small groups or as a whole class activity. You can pair up good and weaker readers to complete the worksheets/activities.
Total download: 17 pages which incl. colour and b/w worksheets, answer sheets and Teacher Notes.
This product is part of the Apples Bundle
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This resource relates to Earth Day emotions but can be used all year round. These are fun activities to increase vocabulary and to practice matching skills, scaffolded gap filling and recognizing patterns (AB, AABB and ABC).
Content:
Teacher Notes
Earth face emotions (3 pages) with writing guide lines
Earth face emotions (3 pages) without writing guide lines
Matching images - Draw lines to match the same Earth face emotions
Earth face worksheets (cut and paste) – Patterns (AB, AA BB, ABC)
Write the Room activity
Black and white worksheets
Answer Sheets
For the write the room activity, laminate and cut out the cards A to H and place around the classroom. The recording sheets include sentences A to H with missing gaps for students to write the correct emotion as on the cards.
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This product contains 5 sets of cut and paste worksheet activities relating to adding up Euro money coins and sorting the correct amount of money to pay for an item. You will see that two people bought an item for the same amount of money but paid with different coins.
Useful resource to assess and review student’s knowledge of coins and value and using exact change to pay for items when shopping.
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Content:
Items up to 10c (pages 1-60: inc. b/w worksheets)
Items 11c to 20c (pages 63-122: inc. b/w worksheets)
Items 21c to 50c (pages 125-184: inc b/w worksheets)
Items 51c to €1.00 (pages 187-250: inc b/w worksheets)
Items €1.01 to €2.00 (pages 253 – 316: inc b/w worksheets)
The worksheets also include alternative ways of writing the Euro, i.e. with the comma.
Just view the pages you need to print off.
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This product contains 5 sets of cut and paste activities relating to adding up New Zealand dollars and cents, and sorting the correct amount of money to pay for an item. Students look at how much each item costs, cut out the coins, sort, total the amount and decide which combination of coins to stick below each picture so that they add up to the same price as the item.
Beneficial resource to assess and review student’s knowledge of coins and value and using exact change to pay for items using different denominations.
You can incorporate these worksheets into your lesson and/or use as reviewing money.
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Content
Items up to 50c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items for 60c up to 90c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items for $1.00 up to $1.50 (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items $1.60 to $2.00 (inc. b/w worksheets)
Just view the pages you need to print off and hand out to your students.
NB: Only the 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 coins are used.
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This product contains fun activities relating to pumpkins emotions/feelings. It contains matching activities, visual discrimination games and drawing facial expressions on pumpkins and worksheets.
Content:
Teacher Notes (2 pages) plus acknowledgement of clipart used
Identify and match pumpkin emotions to words worksheets (incl. Answer Sheets)
Picture cards with and without labels for each emotion
Pumpkin Emotions Mats
Worksheet – ‘How are you feeling today?’ (differentiated)
Pumpkins: Drawing Emotions Worksheet
Find and Count Emotion Pumpkins (3 Worksheets)
Black and white worksheets and emotion cards included
The teacher notes suggests how the resources can be used, for example, preparing cards and pumpkin emotion mats for differentiated matching activities, Snap and memory games are options.
Preparation: Print, laminate and mats and cut apart cards and labels for long use.
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Download: 55 pages
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This product is on the topic of patterns/patterning using pumpkin emotions to learn about ABC patterns. Students will complete worksheets on different pattern sequences and have an opportunity to create their own patterns using the images provided.
Content:
Teacher Notes (3 pages)
Pumpkins Emotions Patterns – Cut and Paste (11 Worksheets)
Pumpkins Emotions: Copy the Pattern (5 Worksheets)
Blank worksheets to create own patterns – cut and paste pictures
Blank worksheets to create own patterns of emotion/feelings words
Description of Pumpkin Faces Mat (labelled) for reference
6 Sheets of Pumpkin Emotion Faces Pictures for cut and paste activities (color and b/w)
Answer Sheets
The product involves cut and paste activities.
There is an extension activity to reinforce emotion words for early finishers: writing emotion words as patterns instead of using pictures, e.g. AABB -
sad sad happy happy sad sad happy happy
Learning objective:
Some students will be able to work out and continue a sequence of patterns
Able to identify different emotions
Copy a sequence of patterns and create own patterns
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This Halloween pumpkin-themed resource is ideal for students to review 2D shapes. Activities consist of matching up the same shape objects, trace shape outline and select the correct multiple-choice answers to name the shapes.
Content:
Teacher Notes
2D Shapes Jack-O’-Lantern Match Up: Same Shapes Worksheets
Match Jack-O’-Lantern Shapes to 2D Shape Outlines and Trace
Name the 2D Halloween Pumpkin Shapes (3 Worksheets)
2D Find and Colour Jack-o’-lantern Shapes
Differentiated Word Searches (x3) with Solution
Black and white worksheets
Differentiated Wordsearches (3 Sets) with Solutions:
Set 1: Identify the 2D shapes and then look for the shape name.
Set 2: Read the shape words and find them in the grid.
Set 3: Picture and word together.
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For US Version:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12759772
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This non fiction reading comprehension resource is about the variety of pumpkins at harvest and its connection to Thanksgiving and Halloween and the products that contain pumpkin such as bread, soup, coffee, the popular pumpkin pie and the pumpkin used as decoration in the lead up to Halloween, i.e. jack-o’-lantern.
Content:
Teacher Notes
Reading passage: 1 page
12 Comprehension questions relating to the 1 page text
4 Separate Reading passages
Word Work and Grammar
Multiple Choice
The reading passage (1 pages) and comprehension questions are suitable for strong readers.
The same reading passage has been divided into 4 worksheets each page with not more than 3 questions.
This non fiction text contains information about the origin of the word ‘pumpkin’ and the early cultivation of pumpkins by Native Americans and their association with European settlers’ First Thanksgiving; the carving of the pumpkin into jack-o’-lanterns and who brought over the custom to America.
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Worksheets:
US paper size and A4 size (Inc. Answers and b/w worksheets.:)
You may be interested in Reading Comprehension 2: Easier versions
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12762982
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