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Teaching is one of the most creative jobs I know, even after 30 years of teaching I realise that every day is different. You may be teaching the same subjects and grades, but it's children that make teaching both the challenging and rewarding profession that I have known.
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'Your one stop shop for ENGAGING, AUTHENTIC ideas to keep your students busy, and schools wanting you to come back. Resources that are easy to use with links to some amazing websites and a host of free resources.'
Teaching is one of the most creative jobs I know, even after 30 years of teaching I realise that every day is different. You may be teaching the same subjects and grades, but it's children that make teaching both the challenging and rewarding profession that I have known.
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Themed Worksheets
Ideal for Time Fillers, Extension Tasks, Daily Plan , Personal Journal …… perfect for Substitute and Supply Relief Teachers, or for you to leave for your students to work on if you are away from class.
Middle to Upper Primary Topic
Me
Animals
Space
Toys
Oceans
Monsters
Dinosaurs
Zoos
Fairy Tales
Environment
Recycling
Superheroes
About this resource
This collection of cross themed units will be an asset to any primary teacher’s toolkit. Activities embrace Blooms taxonomy with a variety of activities and learning styles in order to suit the needs of the children in your care.
These can be used by Supply Relief Teachers to supplement activities at a short notice if needed. Children can select a task or task that resonates with them to complete and share with their classmates.
Black line masters are provided for supplementary tasks if you need them.
For a longer block of time, you may like to encourage your students to choose more than one activity, use in personal journals, golden hour or as homework extension tasks.
Minimum materials are required to implement these activities, and technology is included as an option in some activities.
You will receive a zip file with 2 PDF files
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
over 300 pages of printable resources and templates to add to your teaching resource kit
I am so excited to have collaborated with some respected and talented resource makers who have given permission for full versions of some of their resources to be included in this E Book. Please take the time to check out the other wonderful resources that they have available online to help build your Relief Teaching Kit to be the ULTIMATE ‘bag of tricks’, guaranteed to impress both schools and students alike.
Printable resources are included in a single bundle for ease of printing (print on single side only if you are going to laminate)- over 300 items to print for your Ultimate Teaching bag of tricks!
Animal picture cards, puzzles and suggested games to play with them. Available in PDF and in Power Point
Place Value Cards
Numeral cards and games
Sight word cards
Comic templates
Writing genre scaffolds
Feedback templates
Blank Game boards
Fast Finishing ideas and extension activities
Activities for Numeracy
Activities for Literacy
Classroom management and organisation
Planning Templates
Flow Chart Graphic Organizer Clipart Set and PowerPoint Presentation.
5 pieces of clip art in a pack or bundle for your worksheets or educational resources. All images are 3 DPI with a transparent background so can be layered onto presentations easily.
Ideas for using these graphics are included
Idea 1- Make a copy to the PowerPoint provided so that you always have a master copy.
Copy and paste the png files on the slides, resize as needed. To use in a new PowerPoint presentation, you can also use the 4 templates provided. See example provided
Idea 2 -Integrate the PowerPoint features like “insert shape” “arrange vertically or horizontally” if you want your clipart to face in the opposite direction.
Insert symbols, equations, smart and word art to add variety to your presentations.
Idea 3- Change the shape of lines using the shape outline formatting tool, other shape effects include shadow, glow, 3D bevel, soft edges or reflection.
Include pictures from your computer or from the selection provided by PowerPoint search engine.
Images are in PNG format with a transparent background (there aren’t white areas around the edge) so they can be dropped into your documents easily, and layered with text or other images.
Includes:
5 graphic organizer Templates and PowerPoint Presentation with additional graphics to incorporate into your presentations. See the preview for more information.
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These engaging, visual writing prompts with pictures will get even your most reluctant writer writing!
These fun writing prompts are no prep, just print and go.
-These images are scaffolded by using the students senses to add interest to their writing
Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
-Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader’s interest. If you want your writing to jump off the page, then bring your reader into the world you are creating.
-When describing a past event, try and remember what you saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted, then incorporate that into your writing.
-Sensory details are used in any great story, literary or not. Think about your favourite movie or video game. What types of sounds and images are used?
What do your favorite characters taste, smell, and touch?
-Without sensory details, stories would fail to come to life.
-When sensory details are used, your readers can personally experience whatever you’re trying to describe, reminding them of their own experiences, giving your writing a universal feel. A universal quality is conveyed when the writer can personally connect with the readers.
-Another note about sensory details: there is no one sense that’s more important than another. It all depends on the scene you’re trying to create.
However, imagery, the sight sense, is a common feature in vivid writing.
-These are perfect for Writer’s Workshop, Work on Writing, Writing Centers, Substitute Teachers, and Fast Finishers.
-These quirky picture prompts are a great way to let the kiddos choose what they want to write about, while also helping to spark their imaginations!
-They are perfect for those “I don’t know what to write about!” kiddos.
They are also great for Work on Writing during your Daily 5 time, writing centers, fast finishers, writing homework, or leaving for a substitute teacher!
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF and PowerPoint version of this resource.
Each image is presented in
A full page image
A full page image with sensory prompts
Planning Template
Draft writing Template
Lined Paper
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As Valentine’s day approaches it is a wonderful opportunity for teachers to discuss the importance of our hearts, heart health and our emotional well being. This unit of work covers all bases and a range of subject areas and skills
Table of contents
Word Work - Definitions of words that contain the word ‘Heart’ and using inference to have a guess at the meaning of the word in the context of a sentence. Cross reference with the dictionary to check. Self assessment task for each one
Information report- our amazing hearts. Using butterfly hearts and tab style notebooks to record main facts and key points from the text
Acts of kindness- how our heart governs our emotions, Using the heart shaped templates to explore feelings and color, and to give examples of situations that would demonstrate understanding of the meaning of the given words.
Could you save a life?- CPR and emergency numbers around the world explored through infographics and YouTube clips
Love in the arts- exploring love as a theme for stories, movies, songs, art and books. Write a review or recommendation for a friend using the fun iPhone template provided
Word Search- highlighting the key words used in the descrtiptions of the anatomy of the heart
Healthy Eating- the importance of a balanced diet and the vital role it plays in heart health. Create a menu with the notebook template, and create a shopping list to help you plan!!! This could be followed up by a healthy class party!!
Exercise and a healthy heart’ the value of exercise in maintaining heart health. Students are encouraged to keep a diary of their physical activity over a week and graph and compare the class results in a mathematical statistics and graphing lesson
Self Assessment and checklists for students are included
Dice game to monitor and evaluate learning- this is a fun exit task
Don’t miss this opportunity to discuss how important heart health is this Valentines Day. Forget the chocolates!! Let’s focus on sending some love to our AMAZING HEARTS
You will receive a 5 page PDF UK and AUS, and UK spelling variations included in the pack
These story templates can be used on an IWB, on various other devices and are ideal for helping students to scaffold their writing to make it the best that it can be.
Checklists are included on each slide to monitor
My Checklist
Capital letters
Nouns
Powerful adjectives
Full stops
Description
Connective
Different punctuation
Synonyms
Compound sentence
Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Paragraphs
More than 7 words in a sentenceWord selections to use in each story
Brainstorming boxes for students to complete around all of the senses to support their writing.
Choice of 1 images to choose from.
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Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader’s interest. If you want your writing to jump off the page, then bring your reader into the world you are creating.
When describing a past event, try and remember what you saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted, then incorporate that into your writing.
Sensory details are used in any great story, literary or not. Think about your favourite movie or video game. What types of sounds and images are used?
What do your favourite characters taste, smell, and touch?
Without sensory details, stories would fail to come to life.
When sensory details are used, your readers can personally experience whatever you’re trying to describe, reminding them of their own experiences, giving your writing a universal feel. A universal quality is conveyed when the writer can personally connect with the readers.
Another note about sensory details: there is no one sense that’s more important than another. It all depends on the scene you’re trying to create.
However, imagery, the sight sense, is a common feature in vivid writing.
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF and PowerPoint version of this resource.
Each image is presented in
A full page image
A full page image with sensory prompts
Planning Template
Draft writing Template
Lined Paper
These story templates can be used on an IWB, on various other devices and are ideal for helping students to scaffold their writing to make it the best that it can be.
Checklists are included on each slide to monitor
My Checklist
Capital letters
Nouns
Powerful adjectives
Full stops
Description
Connective
Different punctuation
Synonyms
Compound sentence
Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Paragraphs
More than 7 words in a sentenceWord selections to use in each story
Brainstorming boxes for students to complete around all of the senses to support their writing.
Choice of 1 images to choose from.
Don’t forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love that feedback!
Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded.
These story templates can be used on an IWB, on various other devices and are ideal for helping students to scaffold their writing to make it the best that it can be.
Checklists are included on each slide to monitor
My Checklist
Capital letters
Nouns
Powerful adjectives
Full stops
Description
Connective
Different punctuation
Synonyms
Compound sentence
Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Paragraphs
More than 7 words in a sentenceWord selections to use in each story
Brainstorming boxes for students to complete around all of the senses to support their writing.
Choice of 1 images to choose from.
Don’t forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love that feedback!
Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded.
Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader’s interest. If you want your writing to jump off the page, then bring your reader into the world you are creating.
When describing a past event, try and remember what you saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted, then incorporate that into your writing. spookydeals19
Sensory details are used in any great story, literary or not. Think about your favourite movie or video game. What types of sounds and images are used?
What do your favorite characters taste, smell, and touch?
Without sensory details, stories would fail to come to life.
When sensory details are used, your readers can personally experience whatever you’re trying to describe, reminding them of their own experiences, giving your writing a universal feel. A universal quality is conveyed when the writer can personally connect with the readers.
Another note about sensory details: there is no one sense that’s more important than another. It all depends on the scene you’re trying to create.
However, imagery, the sight sense, is a common feature in vivid writing.
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF and PowerPoint version of this resource.
Each image is presented in
A full page image
A full page image with sensory prompts
Planning Template
Draft writing Template
Lined Paper
Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader’s interest. If you want your writing to jump off the page, then bring your reader into the world you are creating.
When describing a past event, try and remember what you saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted, then incorporate that into your writing.
Sensory details are used in any great story, literary or not. Think about your favourite movie or video game. What types of sounds and images are used?
What do your favourite characters taste, smell, and touch?
Without sensory details, stories would fail to come to life.
When sensory details are used, your readers can personally experience whatever you’re trying to describe, reminding them of their own experiences, giving your writing a universal feel. A universal quality is conveyed when the writer can personally connect with the readers.
Another note about sensory details: there is no one sense that’s more important than another. It all depends on the scene you’re trying to create.
However, imagery, the sight sense, is a common feature in vivid writing.
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF and PowerPoint version of this resource.
Each image is presented in
A full page image
A full page image with sensory prompts
Planning Template
Draft writing Template
Lined Paper
Do you need a last minute easy prep activity for your students for a special event day like Mothers’, Fathers’ days or Christmas.? These gift vouchers have special relevance for those receiving them as they really come from the heart .
Before embarking on the project encourage the children to visualise the person who will be receiving the gift voucher.
What do they really love?
What do they always ask you to do for them? (It would be nice to do something without being asked)
What are you able to do to help them
How do you think they are going to feel when they receive these wonderful treats?
It is so very important to make sure that the students understand their role in this activity. They must be prepared to follow through with their promise…no questions asked. Don’t put in vouchers for things that you are unable to do (eg mowing the lawn)
•You may like to print off the color versions so that your students can either cut around them individually and then staple into a booklet or cut around them in pairs and then made into a booklet.
•Create a blank cover for the booklets which has your students’ personalised design on it, or you may choose to use the ones provided in the resource.
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
•Blank sheets are provided for students to create their own gift vouchers if they would like to add some additional ones.
•Can be used for a variety of celebration days eg Mother and Fathers’ days, Christmas, teacher appreciation.
Other suggested gift ideas:
Walk the dog, weed the garden, water the garden, clean the blinds, wash the car, wash the bath, make lunches or a meal, pick a bunch of flowers, go for a walk together…have a brainstorming session with your kiddos and see what they come up with.
Suitable for a wide range of students to use.
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Writers employ the five senses to engage a reader’s interest. If you want your writing to jump off the page, then bring your reader into the world you are creating.
When describing a past event, try and remember what you saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted, then incorporate that into your writing.
Sensory details are used in any great story, literary or not. Think about your favourite movie or video game. What types of sounds and images are used?
What do your favorite characters taste, smell, and touch?
Without sensory details, stories would fail to come to life.
When sensory details are used, your readers can personally experience whatever you’re trying to describe, reminding them of their own experiences, giving your writing a universal feel. A universal quality is conveyed when the writer can personally connect with the readers.
Another note about sensory details: there is no one sense that’s more important than another. It all depends on the scene you’re trying to create.
However, imagery, the sight sense, is a common feature in vivid writing.
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF and PowerPoint version of this resource.
Each image is presented in
A full page image
A full page image with sensory prompts
Planning Template
Draft writing Template
Lined Paper
Suggested word examples for each part of speech
This ALL ABOUT ME lap book can be worked on throughout the first week of school, but older students should be able to finish the project in a single day, if necessary. The open-ended design makes it most appropriate for children in grades k-2, as they can each write and draw at their own developmental level.
•These books have been designed for use with Special Needs students in mind but can be used with any students.
•The purpose of this resource is to create an overview of each child for those instances when the regular classroom teacher may be away from class, and the sub or relief teacher needs a quick and easy overview of the students in the class.
•Assembly is easy with students cutting around the dotted designated lines and stapling or gluing the pages together into a booklet which can be displayed on the classroom wall or in a storage box for easy access.
•Children can have their information scribed for them by an adult or they can draw images that go with each page in the booklet.
1.All about me- what I want people to know about me (preferred name, likes- dislikes etc)
2.My family- whatever the child would like to share about themselves and their families
3.My Friends- Who I like to work with at school? Who I feel safe with at school? Who I like to play with at recess and lunch.
4.My Hobbies- What I like to do outside of school, my hobbies and interests….my ‘special things’
Anything else I would like to share with my carers and teachers
12 Emoji Themed Prompt Cards make guided reading fun
This resource includes 12 eye-catching prompt cards for during guided reading. These prompt cards will increase student engagement and foster comprehension during reading.
Do you find yourself helping your students to much when they stumble in reading? Constantly monitoring for our students when they make errors in reading can diminish a student’s confidence in themselves as readers when our goal is for students to can problem solve on their own at error.
These prompt cards are perfect tools to help you. They are designed for the beginning reader; however, can be effective for older students who continue to struggle at lower levels of reading.
Prompting areas include:
Re reading to check meaning
Checking to see if reading makes sense
Chunking
Looking at initial sounds
Reading fluency
Expressive reading
Does reading look and sound right?
Using all sources of information including pictures
Self monitoring for errors
Noticing Punctuation
Fixing mistakes at point of error
Thinking about the story and content
You will receive 1 PDF
Printing Tips
•These cards are best printed onto card stock and laminated in order to for your students to be able to refer to them as needed throughout the year.
•If you would like to use color printing but save on ink, then why not print 4 to a sheet? These will easily fit into a pencil case or on desks without taking up too much space.
•For Student reference, these can be printed, laminated and put onto a key ring for easy reference
Do you sometimes need a cross section of activities that cover a wide range of subject areas?
Are you asked to complete activities in computer time?
This resource is ideal for use bu a substitute or relief teacher who needs an easy no prep activity to keep a class engaged in meaningful learning, while covering the key learning strands of the curriculum
Included in this pack is a printable PDF and PowerPoint which can be used on the IWB or on individual computers making it ideal for distance learning
Included in the pack:
Art activity
Math problem solving
Brain teasers
Number Puzzles
English writing activity
Fitness activityA checklist is included at the end of the presentation for students to complete and hand in to be marked by the teacher.
Life cycle of butterflies is one of the many units of work covered across all grades
I have created an introductory video to show your students before working on the suggested tasks and activities provided.
I have included activities and printable worksheets with a host of suggestions so that you can tailor make this pack to suit your teaching style and the needs of your students.
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Do you find yourself with an extra 1-15 minutes at the end of the lesson to grab a quick and engaging activity?
-This fun pack of activities is guaranteed to have something to get your kiddos to engage with literacy, numeracy and some fun challenges.
-Brain teasers are a fun way to teach students how to use deductive reasoning. This kind of critical thinking is so important when helping students learn how to problem solve in math.
You will receive a PowerPoint presentation
What is in this pack?Rapid writing- get your students thoughts flowing with this fun 15 minute activity
Categories style game with a range of difficulty levels
Read and retell
If this is the answer, then what is the question?
Alphabet Brainstorm- a quiet reading follow up activity
How many words can you make?
Writing link to stimulate any lesson
What are your spelling words worth?
Number of the day ( a range of levels)
Creative thinking and logical thinking activitiesIf you liked this pack then you may enjoy these:
Motivate and engage your students with these fun no games that require little or no preparation. Perfect for Morning Meeting activities
-Fun Friday games, rewards and brain breaks, this NO-PREP game bundle is highly motivating for your students.
-From time to time, as relief teachers we will go to a classroom and find that there is no lesson plan waiting. If you are familiar with the subject at hand, you can typically use the textbook as a basis for a lesson about the topic currently being taught. However, an issue arises when you know little about the class’s subject.
Improvising for Relief Teachers
-It is best to come prepared for the worst with activities and ideas of things to do with students which will engage and keep them on task. Obviously, it is always best to relate any work that you give to the subject if you can, but if not, it is still important to keep students busy and on task. In terms of classroom management, the worst thing to do is to just let them talk. This can often lead to either disruption within the class or even worse noise levels that disturb neighbouring teachers.
-There are countless skills that students can develop through game playing such as critical thinking skills, creativity, teamwork, and good sportsmanship.
-They are great fun, and I have tried every one of them in my classes.
Quickly and easily plan an activity, physical education lessons or math and spelling game with these NO PREP ideas.
-We all need to have these games up our sleeve for those lessons that may run short by 1-15 minutes, or as a brain break.
This booklet is a must have for any teacher working as a Substitute or Relief Teacher.
-Easy to implement (simply have the PDF on your phone or external drive for easy reference)
Index is hyperlinked to make finding and activity even easier for you.
Included in the booklet are over 40 activities including:
Introduction
Icebreaker Questions
Would you rather?
This or that?
Kim’s Game
Human Knots
One Fact
Sort Yourselves Out
What’s the Mystery Object?
Celebrity Head
Alphabet Letters
Guess Who I’m Thinking of?
Heads Down, Thumbs Up
Silly Sally
Going To A Party, Going To The Moon
Hula Hoop Pass
Grandpa’s House, Grandmother’s Cupboard
It Could Be Worse
…and much more!
Create a beautiful, calm and organized class with this OCEAN ROADTRIP Themed editable pack with a bright sunny background. I have put together a pack to cover everything you might need. Take a look at the preview to see some of the items included.
This set is designed to meet the needs of abilities across a range of classes.
Master decor pack- which includes name desk cards with number lines and alphabets, an alphabet desk card, tub labels, group job labels, editable calendar, numbers in circle themed tags, name tags, colour posters, birthday cards, awards, alphabet cards, desk group name cards, editable cards to make your own.
alphabet cards with images
alphabet cards without images- ideal for copying or use with playdough and sorting
folder spines for easy identification
daily schedule
editable calendar
continents of the world
tub labels-rectangle and square
bunting
newsletter template-editable
punctuation posters
roman numerals
2D, 3D and nets of shapes
Number cards with ten frames
Times Table Charts A3
Roman Numerals A3
Continents A3
Punctuation Posters A3
Foundation style numbers and letters for NSW teachers (Other states- no problem as these are all fully editable
Additional A3 sheets included are:
weather chart
jobs list
daily calendar
classroom poster
maths language posters
maths mindset posters with emoji themes
angles
types of triangles
time facts
parts of speech posters
I have used Century Gothic as the placeholder in these slides but it is up to the teacher to individually modify them.
The lines may not suit the font that you are using and so I have provided you with a blank sheet that can be used for you to add the line style that is used in your particular school or district.
In Australia, for example, we have a different font style for each state and so it would be incredibly difficult to create a resource for everyone of them….hence this resource being made editable.
If you would prefer not to do the editing yourself, I am happy to do it for you for you for a small fee (you would need to provide the font for me to use as I don’t have all school fonts on my computer)
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)