*Updated July 2018 to now include a dedicated “samples” section. Teaching students to write engaging Explanation texts that explain how and why things happen can be a tough task for even the most accomplished teacher… ⭐UNTIL NOW⭐ Because the EXCELLENT EXPLANATION WRITING UNIT offers a COMPLETE SOLUTION to teaching all styles of EXPLANATORY WRITING. INCLUDING ✅ Sequences ✅ Causal Explanation Texts ✅ Consequential Explanation Texts ✅ Cycles ✅ Processes (Scientific, Mechanical and Biological events) ✅ Tutorials - Including videos ✅ Explanation of Historical Events ⭐ And much more NO PREP REQUIRED Perfect for Google Classroom, Office 365, SeeSaw or other digital platforms. Also includes a Print version. This HUGE BUNDLE offers a mix of hands-on, printable, and digital media resources. By the time you have finished this pack, your students won’t just be able to READ and COMPREHEND Explanations, but will also be WRITING their own with a high level of STRUCTURE, INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE. It will keep your kids kids excited and engaged for weeks as they work through the following areas: ✔ A concise teaching guide that can be taught to a class or self-directed by students. ✔ Understanding the four pillars of all explanations ✔ Structure and Features of effective explanations ✔ Writing Activities. (Both independent and group tasks) ✔ Multiple Templates and Graphic Organizers ✔ Video and Visual Explanatory writing prompts ✔ Explanatory Writing Checklists ✔ Explanatory Writing Samples for all levels ✔ Assessment Rubrics ✔ PLUS MUCH MORE. The entire collection is provided to you in EDITABLE PowerPoint and as a printable PDF eBook. Each lesson is a complete plan that eliminates your preparation time, but if you need to modify the content to suit a particular class, you can easily do so.

Expand and enhance the⭐ VOCABULARY ⭐of your students with this SET OF 16 beautifully HAND PAINTED WATERCOLOUR SYNONYM POSTERS for your classroom. These WOW WORDS will ensure that words like “good” and “hot” are commonly substituted with engaging language such as “SPLENDID” and “SIZZLING” They can be used as posters or classroom reference tools as they can be scaled to print at any size in HIGH RESOLUTION. Words Included ❤️ Big ❤️ Small ❤️ Happy ❤️ Sad ❤️ Said ❤️ Good ❤️ Moved ❤️ Got ❤️ Hot ❤️ Cold ❤️ Kind ❤️ Fast ❤️ Bad ❤️ Slow ❤️ Scared The artwork by “Artbrush by Erin” is exclusive to Innovative Teaching Ideas. Be sure to check out more of her great work.

⚡ THE POETRY POWER PACK IS HERE ⚡ Want to make poetry FUN, ENGAGING AND RELEVANT? This poetry unit is a complete solution for teaching and learning poetry to students. ❤️ ABSOLUTELY NO PREP REQUIRED ❤️, just download and start teaching in minutes. *************************************************************************** With four full weeks worth of work, you can either go all in or return as required throughout the school year. These aren’t just NO PREP, either – our teacher feedback has repeatedly told us these poetry activities are so clear that their students can self-study at their own pace. We have spent over ten years compiling, refining, and classroom-testing this Poetry unit to get it to the quality that it’s at now. It has been used by teachers around the world in various formats and is now available for the first time as a complete solution to teaching poetry in your classroom in an engaging and professional manner. Whatever you need to teach we have you covered. We’ve designed activities and lessons for 19 styles of poetry, including: ✍ Acrostic Poems ✍ Ballads ✍ Clerihew Poetry ✍ Diamante poems ✍ Epitaph ✍ Free Verse ✍ Haiku ✍ Irish Limericks ✍ Monody ✍ Monorhyme ✍ The Ode ✍ Palindromes ✍ Pantoum ✍ Quatrains ✍ Shape Poetry ✍ Concrete Poetry ✍ Sonnets and Villanelle. For each style of poetry you will find: ✏ Visually bright, informative teaching guides designed to appeal to kids ✏ Annotated poetry samples narrated by a professional voice actor ✏ Quality external learning links and resources ✏ Individual templates to download and print in both grayscale and color ✏ Poetry Assessment Rubric to help students produce their own high quality poetry ✏ Curriculum links, including Common Core This unique bundle of resources, activities, and media comes in a single PowerPoint with dozens of templates and documents for you and your students. You will also gain access to a PDF version with this purchase. However you use it, this packet will ensure that you easily meet Common Core Standard 10 for grades one through five. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW

Spelling = frustration for a lot of kids, but it doesn’t have to! This editable Bloom's Spelling Activity Matrix, PowerPoint, and task card set means no prep for you and fun, fast learning for your students. We have aligned this matrix to Bloom’s Taxonomy as well as Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. By following the matrix, students take control of their own learning and decide which activities they will do. It addresses all aspects of spelling in language that students of all ages can understand, so it’s not just for kids - ESL teachers can just as easily make this a go-to resource. This matrix will help your students discover how to use their spelling words effectively and creatively. This download contains a PDF version and an editable Word document that you can modify for any age or audience. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW

Take care of your most essential wall item for under a buck with our high-resolution alphabet poster set. This is a no prep set for you, just print and go! *************************************************************************** Every K-2 classroom needs an alphabet on display, and this flexible set will meet those needs, and more. As a PDF document, you just need to print and post to have your wall alphabet taken care of. These high-resolution images can be scaled to poster size with no pixilation or quality loss, and you can just as easily scale them down to card size for fun and easy games. You’ll immediately see how having your own scalable and printable set offers benefits that the traditional pre-printed packs can’t match. Want to customize these? You can also download this pack as an editable Word file for just a few dollars more! Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways.

When we were kids, a geek was the worst thing you could be. Tech-savvy youth are a bit more enlightened now, but you can encourage their love of innovation with this no prep, full week project. *************************************************************************** Want to train your students to imagine a better future and have the guts to pursue it? This inspirational, one-week project will encourage them to observe the world in greater detail, learn and use the vocabulary of progress, and appreciate the great things that the world’s thinkers and doers have provided them through technology. But this project doesn’t just focus on the present. Your learners will also have a chance to explore the potential of the future and begin to imagine how they can contribute to it. They will approach this task from four perspectives: 1. What does it mean to think BIG, and how can we do that? 2. What famous inventions changed our world in the past? 3. What current technology is revolutionizing our lives right now? 4. How could we use technology to enhance our future? We’ve included examples and instructions for each perspective, links to videos and multimedia, and an assessment rubric. The download contains a fully editable PowerPoint as well as a PDF version if you need a hard copy for handouts. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW About Innovative Teaching Ideas Terms Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clipart and font credits.

Never worry about your wall again! With 68 high-resolution, vibrant posters covering all major math concepts from grades 1-6, you will have a valuable reference for your students to refer to all year. We created these easy-to-understand, attractive posters to match Common Core and Australian Curriculum standards, but they will neatly fit into any other curriculum worldwide. As a resource that will be front and center in your classroom, we knew it was important for them to capture students’ attention. So, we hired professional graphic artists to put these together. It was worth it – they look amazing. For a complete table of contents, check the preview file. Some of our major topics include:  Mean, Median, Mode, and Range  Fractions, Decimals, and percentages  100 Counting Chart  Telling Time  Shapes  Understanding Expanded Notation  Prime and Composite Numbers  Understanding Fractions  Months and Seasons  4 Set Series on Angles  2 Variations of Fraction Walls  Understanding Decimals and Place Value  Less Than and Greater Than  Roman Numerals  Understanding the Math Toolbox  Understanding the Metric System  Shapes and Quadrilaterals  Times Tables Charts to 12  and much more! Looks good? If you would like more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW About Innovative Teaching Ideas Terms Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clipart and font credits.

Never worry about your wall again! With over 120 high-resolution, vibrant posters covering every major English concept from grades K-7, you will have a valuable reference for your students to refer to all year. We created these easy-to-understand, attractive posters to work with any elementary through junior high curriculum worldwide, and can be a go-to tool for keeping on track with Common Core standards. As a resource that will be front and center in your classroom, we knew it was important for them to capture students’ attention. So, we hired professional graphic artists to put these together. It was worth it – they look amazing. And they aren’t just for kids, either; ESL teachers love them. For a complete table of contents, check the preview file. Some of our major topics include:  8 Elements of Effective Writing (2 Variations)  Parts of Speech Including: Nouns, Adverbs, Interjections, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Pronouns, and Verbs,  26 Letters of the Alphabet in Victorian Modern Cursive Handwriting  24 Synonyms for Commonly Used Words  8 Poster Set Outlining the Key Elements of Writing Narratives  10 Poster Set Covering Colours (Colors for those of you in the U.S. )  8 Poster Set - Homonyms, Homographs and Homophones  The Writing Process Diagram  Months of the Year, Seasons, and Days of the Week for Young Writers  Visual: Let's Learn the Alphabet  Parts of a Paragraph  Alternate Parts of Speech Posters  Sounding out Words Chart  First 100 Most Commonly Used Words  Second 100 Most Commonly Used Words  Understanding Punctuation  Understanding Vowels  And much more! Like the sound of this? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW

Kids of all ages love dinosaurs, and they are a great topic to teach. There seems to be an unending fascination with these giant creatures which dominated earth for millions of years and then suddenly vanished. This collection of 13 Dinosaur Posters will really enhance any learning space at home or school, and help you and your students better understand Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. These Posters are all high resolution PDF images that can be scaled to meet any size requirements (including posters) and provide facts, images and information about the following 12 dinosaurs. Megalosaurus Pteranadon Tyrannosaurus Triceratops Brachiosaurus Stegosaurus Ankylosaurus Diplodocus Allosaurus Plesiosauria Velociraptor Archaeopteryx

Introduce your students to the imagination and mystique of Greek mythology while teaching concepts of cause and effect with this no prep and easily extendable lesson. *************************************************************************** The heroism and tragedy of Greek myths make them perfect springboards into a variety of writing and philosophical elements for elementary children. However, their complexity can make prep a chore. Save time for yourself with this completely prepared presentation – all you have to do is open and run the slideshow on your interactive whiteboard or computer. And if you want to keep going with the topic, the included extension tasks will keep kids busy for at least one more lesson. If you’d like to engage your students in two important topics at once, this quick and easy lesson is for you. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas Full Year Visual Writing Prompts Bundle Poetry Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies & STEM

Learning the alphabet is the first step for your child to learn how to read. With reading comes a greater vocabulary.(and curiosity) It helps kids express themselves about their environment and gain more knowledge. This great Poster will be awelcome edition to any classroom or with it's bright colours and simplicity.

Take care of your most essential wall item for under a buck with our fully editable, high-resolution alphabet poster set. This is a no prep set for you, just print and go! *************************************************************************** Every K-2 classroom needs an alphabet on display, and this flexible set will meet those needs, and more. As a PDF document, you just need to print and post to have your wall alphabet taken care of. These high-resolution images can be scaled to poster size with no pixilation or quality loss, and you can just as easily scale them down to card size for fun and easy games. You’ll immediately see how having your own scalable and printable set offers benefits that the traditional pre-printed packs can’t match. Want to customize these? You can also download this pack as an editable Word file for just a few dollars more! Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways.

Does a whole day of data entry sound like fun? If not, this account generator will automate it all for you in just a few minutes. You have better things to do than spend hours creating accounts. *************************************************************************** As Google Apps for Education becomes a classroom standard, you will increasingly need to deal with the headache of setting up dozens or even hundreds of accounts for your students. This unique tool is monster time saver that will enable you to get this job done in a flash. All you need to do is follow a few simple steps: 1. Provide the first name and last name of your users 2. Pick a password for everyone 3. Choose from 6 different naming protocols you wish to have for you Google Apps domain This tool will take care of the rest of it for you by populating all the email account fields and passwords instantly. If you need to create a high volume of accounts, you will discover, like many of our customers, that hours and hours of your time is worth far more than the cost of this download. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas Full Year Visual Writing Prompts Bundle Poetry Power Pack 110 Reading Activities Bundle

If your kids are struggling with math beyond integers, good visuals are your ticket. Once they see the clear relationships between these three concepts, their confusion will end! *************************************************************************** Fractions, percentages, and decimals are complex concepts for young learners. With these printable wheels, they will get a clear visual understanding of what each one means and how they are related to each other. This high quality set needs minimal preparation from you: just print, laminate, and attach a magnetic strip to the back for easy whiteboard use. These wheels cover the following measurements: Whole Halves Thirds Quarters Fifths Eighths Tenths Each measurement comes with four wheels, one for each of the concepts in the set and an unmarked wheel that you can adapt to other games and math activities. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas Math Posters Big Bundle ICT Computer Lab Bundle Teaching Digital Technologies & STEM

Students probably love writing narratives more than any other genre. It allows them to use freedom and knowledge to share their ideas in their own style. I have put together a series of 6 posters that will assist students in creating and reading narratives including. Plot Details Prediction Setting Characters Fiction and Non Fiction

This poster highlights the 'Big Three' search engines for teachers and students and highlights the strengths and weaknesses for each one. Google Search Wolfram Alpha Wikipedia Your students will definitely find this a useful resource next time they reach for a computer to look something up as it gives them both purpose and direction on what to use and how best to use it, I would recommend also taking a look at our "How to use Google Search like a Boss" Which has been hugely popular in teaching students how actually use Google Search with purpose and direction.

Tens Frames are used to teach children complements of 5 and 10. They use these to practice what’s missing from a set to make it complete. The ten frame uses the concept of benchmark numbers (5 and 10) and helps students develop visual images for each number. For example, this device makes it easy to see that 6 is 1 more than 5 and that 6 is 4 less than 10.

This maths reflection tool is aimed at students aged 6 - 14 gives a great insight into how your students feel about their abilities in maths, and what areas they still need to work on in the future. This task allows for both artistic and mathematically minded students to share what they know in the areas of the four operations and general maths. It takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours to complete depending upon your students age and ability.

Use these blank postcard templates to teach young writers and have a bit of fun along the way.

With the festive season almost upon us you might be considering doing some letters to Santa as part of your Christmas writing sessions. This easy to use template is completely free to download looks great and will definitely inspire young writers to put in plenty of great ideas and effort.