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The Naturally Creative Classroom

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Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have experience as an elementary teacher (1-5), teacher mentor, guest teacher and mom (twins!). The belief that ALL students can be creative thinkers guides all that I do. I am certified to teach gifted education and am pursuing my ESL endorsement. Elementary Math and integrated unit planning are my favorite subjects to teach. There is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

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Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have experience as an elementary teacher (1-5), teacher mentor, guest teacher and mom (twins!). The belief that ALL students can be creative thinkers guides all that I do. I am certified to teach gifted education and am pursuing my ESL endorsement. Elementary Math and integrated unit planning are my favorite subjects to teach. There is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Valentine's Maths Pack for Year 4
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Valentine's Maths Pack for Year 4

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Valentine’s Day Maths Pack for Year 4 Your students will fall in LOVE with this Valentine’s Day Maths Pack! Everything from word problems to puzzles and games. This pack is perfect for review, early finishers, small groups, centres and guest teachers! This pack includes: Valentine’s Day Word Problems Graphing Data and Picture Graphs Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Colour by Answer Ordering Numbers Multiplication and Division fact families up to 100 Area with tiling and multiplication- Design a house for Cupid using the given units! Comparing Fractions Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred Time and Money A 100 Chart hidden pictures- solve 100 problems to find the Valentine picture! Cupid’s Busy Day- a Multiplication Game for the hundred chart
Rekenrek Posters and Student Reference Sheets
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Rekenrek Posters and Student Reference Sheets

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Increase number sense by putting these posters up in your room! Included are rekenrek posters for numbers 1-20. Choose from plain white background or a colorful background posters! There is also a two-page reference sheet that students can have at their desk.
5 Magnetism Centers
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5 Magnetism Centers

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These centers will surprise and delight your students- and they may even teach them a little something about magnetism! These five magnetism centers are designed to be completed with materials that you already have in your home or your classroom. They are aligned to NGSS 3-PS2-3- Asking questions about magnetism and electricity. This Magnetism Centers Pack includes; *Teacher Instructions *Materials List *Detailed step-by-step instructions for each center *Assessment If you enjoy these centers, check out my Force and Interaction Unit Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/force-and-interaction-integrated-unit-plan-science-reading-and-writing-11120703
Summer Hidden Picture for 3rd Grade
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Summer Hidden Picture for 3rd Grade

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Who doesn't love a puzzle? This Summer Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is super motivating and features 120 3rd grade common core aligned problems. The following skills are covered: Find the missing number in a multiplication problem Rounding 3 digit addition and subtraction Fractions Multiplication and Division within 100 Word Problems Place Value This Hidden Picture is included in my: Summer Math Pack for 3rd Grade Common Core Standards 3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3, 3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.C.7, 3.NF.A.1
Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade
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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade

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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade Students LOVE completing puzzles! In this Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 120 math problems to reveal a Christmas Picture! This Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture includes: *Interpreting multiplication as a comparison *Measurement conversions *Elapsed time *Money *Simple fractions *Writing decimals as fractions *Division *Multiplication *Addition *Subtraction This Christmas Hidden Picture makes a great math center or early finisher project! 4.MD.A.1 4.MD.A.2 4.NBT.A.2 4.NBT.A.3 4.NBT.B.4 4.OA.A.1 4.NF.C.6
Thanksgiving Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Thanksgiving Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Thanksgiving Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers. Types of Problems Include: Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Money Time Tally Marks Base 10 Blocks Word Problems This Thanksgiving Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also part of my Thanksgiving Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thanksgiving-math-pack-11119478 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Halloween Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers. Problems include: Time Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Base 10 blocks Navigating the 100s Chart Order of Operations This Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also included in my Halloween Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-math-pack-11118961 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Valentine's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Valentine's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Valentine's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers. Problems Include: Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Place Value Base 10 Blocks Time Money This Valentine's Day Hidden Picture is also included in my Valentine's Day Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/valentine-s-day-math-pack-11119495 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Christmas Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers. Types of Problems Include: Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Word Problems Fractions Base 10 Blocks Navigating the 100s Chart This Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also part of my Christmas Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-math-pack-11119491 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Winter Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Winter Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Winter Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers. Problems Include: Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Place Value Base 10 Blocks Time Money This Winter Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also part of my Winter Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/winter-math-pack-11119493 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Fall Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. The standards in this Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture are 3rd -5th grade. This hidden picture makes great morning work, center work, review or enrichment! Problems include: Money Tally Marks Addition & Subtraction Word Problems Order of Operations Multiplication and Division This Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also included in my Fall Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fall-math-fall-money-fall-time-fall-word-problems-and-more-11118890 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6
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Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6

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This Christmas Maths Pack is 26 pages and designed for Year 6 students. It covers TONS of maths concepts in fun and engaging ways. This Christmas Maths Pack is perfect for the week before Christmas or holiday breaks! This Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6 Includes: *Coordinate Graphing Mystery Picture *Multiplying and Dividing Fractions *Rounding and Comparing Decimals to the ten thousandths *Volume *Colour by Product *Interpreting Line Plots with fractions *Fraction Word Problems *Order of Operations *Writing and Solving Equations *Scaling *Christmas Logic Problems *Ordered Pairs Check out the other UK Christmas Products available in my shop!
Christmas Maths Pack
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Christmas Maths Pack

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This Christmas Maths packet is geared towards 8-10 year olds. This Christmas Maths packet includes story problems for every operation, graphing, comparing numbers, fractions and more! Included you will find 25 pages of Christmas Maths: *Christmas themed word problems. Single and multi-step Christmas Maths problems for all operations *Christmas present 3 digit addition and subtraction Christmas Maths problems. Colour odd presents green and even presents red *Multiplication and Division Christmas tree fact families *Addition and Subtraction Christmas Maths tree fact families *Number Comparison- Compare two numbers using greater than, less than and equal to. Add in a missing number to make the number sentence true on this Christmas Maths Page *Rounding numbers to nearest 100 and 1000 *Elapsed Time - How long does Jeannette lie in bed awake until she can see if Santa came to her house? How long was Cheyenne wrapping presents? Find out with these riveting elapsed time Christmas Maths problems! *Graphing- William asks 100 of his closest friends what they want for Christmas. In this Christmas Maths page, use his data to make a graph, fractions, percents and more! *Fractions- Divide up Christmas biscuits and Christmas cakes *Number Patterns- Find the pattern and fill in the missing numbers. Identify the pattern *Shape Patterns- In this Christmas Maths page, find the patterns and fill in the missing shapes. *Hundreds Chart Puzzles- Avery can't open her Christmas Maths presents until she has finished these Hundreds Chart Puzzles. Help her!!! *Christmas Hidden Picture- Answer 100 Christmas Maths problems to find the Christmas Maths Hidden Picture! This Christmas Maths packet is a great supplement to your curriculum. Offer this Christmas Maths packet as review or offer this Christmas Maths as enrichment. Send this Christmas Maths packet home over break to keep students thinking. This Christmas Maths pack makes great morning work or an early finishers! Answer Key is included.
Christmas Maths Pack for Year 5
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Christmas Maths Pack for Year 5

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Christmas Maths Pack This Christmas maths packet is made with Year 5 in mind. This Christmas maths packet includes story problems, line plots, comparing numbers, fractions and more! Concepts are covered using games, hidden messages and hidden pictures. Adorable graphics compliment these fun problems. This Christmas Maths packet is perfect for the week before Christmas! Included you will find 37 pages of Christmas Maths: *Christmas Story Problems *Colour by Sum- Adding and Subtracting 3 digit numbers *Factors *Writing fractions with 10 or 100 as a denominator as a decimal *Comparing Decimals *Logic Problems *Line Plots *Area and Perimeter *Number and Shape Patterns *Time, Money, measuring *So much more!!!
Bucket Filling Power Point
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Bucket Filling Power Point

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Help prevent bullying in your classroom by explaining the concept of Bucket Filling to your students. This colorful Power Point outlines the major points and concepts of bucket filling in a child friendly way!
Multiplication and Array Map Project
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Multiplication and Array Map Project

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This End of the Year Math Project is a wonderful way to enforce and review multiplication and arrays as well as to add a little fun into the end of the year! It is designed for grades 3-5! It is designed to go along with my End of the Year Memory Book, but can also be used independently. This End of the Year Math Project Includes:: *Multiplication Map instruction sheets for teachers and students *Festival Map Example Images *Graph Paper *Two Memory Book Festival Map Product Options Option 1- Includes the units of each element of the map. Students will create arrays based on the given units Option 2- Students will decide the size of the attractions on their memory book festival map. They will decide the units and shapes of each attraction *Recording Sheets- Students will record the dimensions of the arrays they used as well as the corresponding multiplication facts *End of the Year Memory Book Map Product Descriptor- The Memory Book Map Product Descriptor is included so that you can easily grade this memory book festival map project. It covers map accuracy, components and effort. The Memory Book Multiplication Map Projects may be done individually or students may work in pairs and combine elements of their end of the year memory book to make their memory book maps. CCSS Math 3.OA.A.1 3.OA.A.2 3.OA.A.3 3.OA.A.4
10 Earth Day Activities and Resources
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10 Earth Day Activities and Resources

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10 Earth Friendly Activities perfect for Earth Day or ANY day! These projects were selected for this packet because they truly inspire a love of the environment and give kids simple, hands on activities that will give them ownership of the world around them. You can use these throughout the year or choose a few to use to celebrate Earth Day. These are also great for after school environmental clubs! This packet includes: *Packing a Waste Free Lunch *Mining Simulation *Milk Carton Herb Garden *Cave Painting *Earth Day Word Search & Answer Key *Backyard Bird Identification *Anatomy of a Bird *Backyard Bird Identification Journal *Leaf Journal *Parts of a Leaf *FREE field trips *Leaf Identification *Leaf Identification Journal *Shoe Box Composting *Helping to save the Monarch Butterfly
Where is the Principal Door Sign
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Where is the Principal Door Sign

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This door sign has been created for the needs of busy principals and teachers everywhere who never seem to be able to cross paths! This "The Principal Is..." Door Sign is available in four designs (two white backgrounds, two image backgrounds) as well as an editable sign. To use, print out on heavy cardstock and attach to a cookie sheet. Attach one of the included arrows onto a magnet to indicate where you are. You can also laminate and use sticky tack and an arrow to show where you are. Categories include: -Observing Learning in the Classroom -Supporting Students -Supporting Parents -Attending a Grade Level Meeting -Attending an IEP Meeting -Attending a Meeting Over the Phone -Bathroom! Be Right Back! -Participating in a Webinar -I'm Here! Come on in! -Attending an Admin Meeting at the District Office This sign also includes a reminder for the principal to be paged on his/her radio if you have a prearranged meeting.
Fall Creative Thinking Packet
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Fall Creative Thinking Packet

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This is a packet of 20 creative thinking Fall activities for Fall. Get your students thinking creatively right from the start of the year! These language rich creative thinking fall activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a fall activity packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas. This Fall Activity Packet will do just that! This Fall Activity pack does not have any holiday themed pages. Included in this Fall Activities packet you will find: *Student Cover- a blackline student cover is included in this fall activity *A Trip to the Apple Orchard *Human Hibernation *Time to Feed the Goats! *It Might Just Work *Fall Words *You’re So Cozy! *Raking Bind *Apple Picking *Fall Tinkering *Fall Math *There has GOT to be Another Use *No Pumpkins *A Squirrel and a GPS *Fall Memories *What is Fall or Autumn? *The Lane *Clean Ground *Just ONE Sip! *The Stubborn Tree *Fall Color Poem Sample Answers included with these fall activities to get you and your class thinking! This Fall Activity Pack also includes a Product Descriptor for easy grading! These Fall activities make a great Fall early finishers packet! Use these Fall activities as sponge activities to get your students thinking. Set up some Fall centers using these Fall Activities CCSS ELA .W.2.5 W.2.8 W.3.1 W.3.2 W.3.3 W.4.2 W.4.8 W.5.4 W.5.8 L.2.1 L.2.2 L.2.5 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1 L.5.2 L.5.3
Star of the Day/Week BUNDLE Grades 3-5
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Star of the Day/Week BUNDLE Grades 3-5

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This Star of the Day bundle includes writing paper, awards, rubrics, a personal dictionary and MORE!!!! Start the year off having students of ALL ages writing full paragraphs. Get to know each of your students individually and make them feel special with the included certificates! In this Student of the day bundle, students will be interviewed and their classmates will write about them using the details that they have learned. All materials are available in “Star of the Day” or “Star of the Week”. This packet is geared for grades 3-5. I also have a Primary packet available in my store. This Student of the Day /Student of the Week bundle includes: *Fully detailed lesson plans *Star of the Day books. Color and black line masters *Writing paper. Includes general and gender specific *Star of the Day and Star of the Week Certificates! A black line master is also included. *Daily evaluation quick check slips *Product Descriptor/Rubric for easy grading *Evaluation Descriptor posters. Post these so that students will always know what they will be evaluated on in their Student of the Day writing *My Word Book personal dictionary. This personal dictionary already has all of the Fontas and Pinnell sight words as well as Dolche sight words. There are also spaces for new words. Keep students accountable for their spelling This student of the day or student of the week project can last a month or all year. The skills they learn in this Student of the Day packet will last a lifetime. This Student of the Day writing project teaches and improves: -community building -spelling -vocabulary -creative writing -main idea -paragraph writing -sentence writing -punctuation and conventions -verbs, adjectives, nouns -parts of speech -grammar -summarizing Student of the Day or Student of the week makes a great activity for writer’s workshop! Research shows that students who write frequently are better readers! Star of the Day or Star of the Week books will make treasured keepsakes for your students! CCSS ELA Standards: W.3.2 W.3.5 W.3.10 W.4.2 W.4.4 W.4.10 W.5.2 W.5.4 W.5.5 W.5.10 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1