“Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s hockey night tonight!” Canadian folk singer Stompin’ Tom Connors’ classic tribute to the greatest game on earth is now a beloved children’s book! Explore the wonderful game of hockey along with the life of Stompin’ Tom Connors in this uniquely Canadian unit! This unit includes the following items to help use this Story Study in your classroom. suggested lesson plans full coloured vocabulary cards – please be careful as I have included alternate words and pictures for certain cards. Labels for Comparison T-Chart My Predictions Worksheet Full coloured and black and white Vocabulary trading cards (differentiated) complete with co-ordinating background Sentence Builders worksheets Interesting Words & Expressions worksheet Think About It Worksheets – perfect for measuring comprehension and Stompin’ Tom Conners Biography Stompin’ Tom Conner Biography Worksheet It’s Hockey Night in… drawing activity Youtube links to Stompin’ Tom Videos Links to purchase the book in Canada and the US Want a fantastic craftivity that goes great with this unit? Check out First Grade Frenzy’s Hockey Player! Hockey Player Craftivity Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

Responding to literature is one of the hardest tasks new readers and writers learn to undertake. These worksheets, which are perfect for writing centres and scaffolding for your students, are designed to work with any story or book that your students may be working on at any time. This product is a perfect way to ease your students into independently responding to literature. The activities are designed to help your students remember, understand, analyze, and evaluate what they are reading. These NO-PREP activities are bound to get your students thinking and responding to literature in a variety of fun, engaging, and interesting ways. Each theme has several no prep printables for your students to to dig into their stories and for you to evaluate their progress. There is something for every learner in this package. Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at Have a great day!

Do you find your homeroom periods to be hectic? Are your students trying to get your attention, speaking too loudly, or not participating in the morning routine like you would like them to? Do you have to juggle attendance, homework, lunch money, and notes from home? If you have answered yes to just one of these questions, March Brain Busters just might be a little piece of calm that you need to start your day. This file contains a PowerPoint and pdf file for you to use first thing in the morning. 20 Brain Busters and their answers are included as well. Project the Brain Buster of the day onto your SmartBoard, or equivalent, and have your students think of what the answer could be while you are doing your attendance recording, checking homework, and all the other things you have to do before your actual classes start. There is a monthly recording sheet for the students to keep track of the answers they come up with. This product has been designed to help English language learners learn the nuances of the English language, to challenge students to think “outside of the box”, and to work on problem solving skills. They are also visually appealing so that the students can re-tell the Brain Busters to family members and friends once they have learned to answer and meaning behind each problem. Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

Do you find your homeroom periods to be hectic? Are your students trying to get your attention, speaking too loudly, or not participating in the morning routine like you would like them to? Do you have to juggle attendance, homework, lunch money, and notes from home? If you have answered yes to just one of these questions, April Brain Busters just might be a little piece of calm that you need to start your day. This file contains a PowerPoint and pdf file for you to use first thing in the morning. 20 Brain Busters and their answers are included as well. Project the Brain Buster of the day onto your SmartBoard, or equivalent, and have your students think of what the answer could be while you are doing your attendance recording, checking homework, and all the other things you have to do before your actual classes start. There is a monthly recording sheet for the students to keep track of the answers they come up with. This product has been designed to help English language learners learn the nuances of the English language, to challenge students to think “outside of the box”, and to work on problem solving skills. They are also visually appealing so that the students can re-tell the Brain Busters to family members and friends once they have learned to answer and meaning behind each problem. Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

Dismissing students, whether for recess, lunch hour, or after school can be a noisy, complicated, and frustrating part of the school day! These dismissal cards can help your students get dismissed quietly and calmly while you learn all about their home life, their interests, their dreams, and their opinions. Included in this download is 180 dismissal cards - enough for 1 dismissal per day for an entire school year. However, these cards are so versatile that they can be used more than once - making it possible to use them for any dismissal you may have until the end of the school year. Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

Are you looking for a solution to getting your homework assigned quickly and efficiently? Want to give out homework just once a week - and staple or glue it easily into your students’ agendas? Look no further! These easy to use, fully editable 1/2 page homework slips are exactly what you need! All twelve months of the year are included with culturally diverse clipart. These homework slips come in 3 different forms. Group A is completely blank with text boxes for you to add your own categories and assignments. Group B has specific subjects “locked down” on the page, but text boxes are provided for the date and assignments. Group C is completely blank with checkmark boxes for your students to use and fill in their own homework assignments. Text boxes are provided for the date and you may add your own text boxes if you would like to add the homework assignments to the slip. Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

Are you a new educational blogger and looking for ideas? Are you a seasoned educational blogger and some ideas to help keep you motivated and blogging on a consistent basis? If you fall into one of these categories, A Whole Year of Blogging is for you! This product has 60+ blogging ideas broken up into monthly themes. Please keep in mind that these ideas are only that – IDEAS! You must tweak your blog posts to reflect your own personality, educational philosophies, target audience, and most importantly, your brand. The ideas presented in this file contain ideas for both EVERGREEN content (blog posts that are continually relevant and stays “fresh” for your readers) and TIME SENSITIVE content (blog posts that are only relevant for a specific period of time). These ideas are strictly guidelines for what to put on your blog and when to do it. My only advice is that if you choose to jump into the wonderful world of blogging, make sure that you remain committed and consistent with it in order to gain (and train!!!) your readers. Due to the nature of how this product is made, no product preview is available. Please look at the picture to see how the month of September is set up. The rest of the product is made the same way. Happy blogging everyone!

These centres are the perfect complement to any 2-D geometry unit in the primary grades. Students will practice their recall of plane figures, build and recognize patterns, and use task cards to help them explore plane figures in a meaningful and engaging way. This unit contains the following items to help you scaffold, review, and set up centres about 2D shapes and patterns (plane figures): • 15 full coloured plane figure posters for classroom display • 44 Name that Shape worksheets • 2 Draw that Shape worksheets • 2 Follow the Pattern Worksheets • Shape manipulatives for Task Cards or independent learning • 10 Task Cards – please check on each card for Canadian and US spelling options • All BLACKLINE MASTERS Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle Journal writing for the entire month of July. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. 5 visual writing prompts for your students. Canadian and American spellings inlcuded – please check which one is suitable for you BEFORE printing 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle Journal writing for the entire month of August. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. 5 visual writing prompts for your students. Canadian and American spellings inlcuded – please check which one is suitable for you BEFORE printing 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle Journal writing for the entire month of June. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. 5 visual writing prompts for your students. Canadian and American spellings inlcuded – please check which one is suitable for you BEFORE printing 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle Journal writing for the entire month of September. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. 5 visual writing prompts for your students. Canadian and American spellings inlcuded – please check which one is suitable for you BEFORE printing 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle Journal writing for the entire month of October. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. 5 visual writing prompts for your students. Canadian and American spellings inlcuded – please check which one is suitable for you BEFORE printing 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle Journal writing for the entire month of February. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. 5 journal brainstorming pages for each topic 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle Journal writing for the entire month of March. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. 5 visual writing prompts for your students. Canadian and American spellings inlcuded – please check which one is suitable for you BEFORE printing 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle Journal writing for the entire month of April. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. 5 visual writing prompts for your students. Canadian and American spellings inlcuded – please check which one is suitable for you BEFORE printing 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

This unit has everything you need to tackle journal writing for the entire month of January. It is designed to make it quick and easy for you and your elementary students to complete your journal writing block with as little prep time as possible! This unit will take you through a month of journal writing with your students. Each week, a new topic is introduced with a visual prompt. Students are encouraged to brainstorm and visualize their writing by completing a prompting sheet before adding an entry to their journal. Decorative writing paper complete with the prompt of the week is included to allow students to choose the paper they would like to write on. At the end of the month, special writing paper is included so that students may pick the entry that they like best to be published. This unit is designed to last 1 month and includes the following: 1 journal cover colouring sheet 5 visual writing prompts for your students. Canadian and American spellings inlcuded – please check which one is suitable for you BEFORE printing 5 journal brainstorming pages for each topic 2 different writing papers for each topic prompt. Students can choose which paper they would like to write on for their weekly journal 5 blank pages for writers who need more space 1 end of the month Masterpiece that students can use to choose for their best entry of the month. This can be used for display or evaluation purposes. This unit is also great to supplement your Work on Writing activities in your classroom! Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

Do you find your homeroom periods to be hectic? Are your students trying to get your attention, speaking too loudly, or not participating in the morning routine like you would like them to? Do you have to juggle attendance, homework, lunch money, and notes from home? If you have answered yes to just one of these questions, May Brain Busters just might be a little piece of calm that you need to start your day. This file contains a PowerPoint and pdf file for you to use first thing in the morning. 20 Brain Busters and their answers are included as well. Project the Brain Buster of the day onto your SmartBoard, or equivalent, and have your students think of what the answer could be while you are doing your attendance recording, checking homework, and all the other things you have to do before your actual classes start. There is a monthly recording sheet for the students to keep track of the answers they come up with. This product has been designed to help English language learners learn the nuances of the English language, to challenge students to think “outside of the box”, and to work on problem solving skills. They are also visually appealing so that the students can re-tell the Brain Busters to family members and friends once they have learned to answer and meaning behind each problem. Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

Do you find your homeroom periods to be hectic? Are your students trying to get your attention, speaking too loudly, or not participating in the morning routine like you would like them to? Do you have to juggle attendance, homework, lunch money, and notes from home? If you have answered yes to just one of these questions, June Brain Busters just might be a little piece of calm that you need to start your day. This file contains a PowerPoint and pdf file for you to use first thing in the morning. 20 Brain Busters and their answers are included as well. Project the Brain Buster of the day onto your SmartBoard, or equivalent, and have your students think of what the answer could be while you are doing your attendance recording, checking homework, and all the other things you have to do before your actual classes start. There is a monthly recording sheet for the students to keep track of the answers they come up with. This product has been designed to help English language learners learn the nuances of the English language, to challenge students to think “outside of the box”, and to work on problem solving skills. They are also visually appealing so that the students can re-tell the Brain Busters to family members and friends once they have learned to answer and meaning behind each problem. Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!

Do you find your homeroom periods to be hectic? Are your students trying to get your attention, speaking too loudly, or not participating in the morning routine like you would like them to? Do you have to juggle attendance, homework, lunch money, and notes from home? If you have answered yes to just one of these questions, Brain Busters just might be a little piece of calm that you need to start your day. This file contains a PowerPoint and pdf file for you to use first thing in the morning. 20 Brain Busters and their answers are included as well. Project the Brain Buster of the day onto your SmartBoard, or equivalent, and have your students think of what the answer could be while you are doing your attendance recording, checking homework, and all the other things you have to do before your actual classes start. There is a monthly recording sheet for the students to keep track of the answers they come up with. This product has been designed to help English language learners learn the nuances of the English language, to challenge students to think “outside of the box”, and to work on problem solving skills. They are also visually appealing so that the students can re-tell the Brain Busters to family members and friends once they have learned to answer and meaning behind each problem. Should you have any questions or comments about this product, feel free to email me at missmonica@iheartgrade3.com Have a great day!