I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
This non fiction reading comprehension resource is about the variety of pumpkins at harvest and its connection to Thanksgiving and Halloween and the products that contain pumpkin such as bread, soup, coffee, the popular pumpkin pie and the pumpkin used as decoration in the lead up to Halloween, i.e. jack-o’-lantern.
Content:
Teacher Notes
Reading passage: 1 page
12 Comprehension questions relating to the 1 page text
4 Separate Reading passages
Word Work and Grammar
Multiple Choice
The reading passage (1 pages) and comprehension questions are suitable for strong readers.
The same reading passage has been divided into 4 worksheets each page with not more than 3 questions.
This non fiction text contains information about the origin of the word ‘pumpkin’ and the early cultivation of pumpkins by Native Americans and their association with European settlers’ First Thanksgiving; the carving of the pumpkin into jack-o’-lanterns and who brought over the custom to America.
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Worksheets:
US paper size and A4 size (Inc. Answers and b/w worksheets.:)
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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12762982
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In this ‘I Spy’ autumn/fall related product, students have to seek and find 18 two-dimensional pumpkin shapes.
There are two sets of ‘I Spy’ worksheets: Students draw a circle around the matching shapes:
Set 1: For more able students who can find the shape regardless of the pumpkin pattern.
Set 2: For students who need to see the exact pattern and shape.
When all the shapes are found, students should write the name of the shape at the bottom of the worksheet.
In addition, there are 2D pumpkin flash cards with shape names which students can use to identify the shapes.
Alternative use: Play snaps or memory matching game with the cards.
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Shape names:
circle, square, triangle, rectangle, pentagon, oval, crescent, semi-circle, rhombus (diamond), trapezoid (Br. Trapezium), hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, star, parallelogram and heart.
Educational benefits:
Identify common 2D shapes
Reinforcing shape name vocabulary
Enhance visual discrimination skills
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This pumpkin-themed resource is ideal for students to review and reinforce their knowledge on 2D shapes. It contains matching up same shapes, tracing outline of shapes, multiple-choice activity - naming shapes and wordsearches. You can link it to Thanksgiving and harvest.
Content:
Teacher Notes
2D Shapes Pumpkin Match Up: Same Shapes Worksheets
Match Pumpkin Shapes to 2D Shape Outlines and Trace
Name the 2D Pumpkin Shapes (3 Worksheets)
Differentiated Word Searches (x2) with Solution
Black and white worksheets
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If you are looking for extra autumn resources on 2D shapes, then this resource will supplement your autumn theme.
This resource is part of the Pumpkin Bundle. You may be interested in other resources in this growing bundle.
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This growing bundle relates to pumpkin-themed products There are worksheets, PowerPoint presentations, I Spy 2D shapes, reading comprehensions and more.
Growing Content:
Pumpkins Emotions Feelings Worksheets
Pumpkins Emotions Patterns/Patterning Worksheets.
2D Shapes Pumpkins Worksheets Wordsearches Autumn Fall
‘I Spy’ Search and Find 2D Shapes Pumpkins
Pumpkins Reading Comprehension Worksheets Activities
Pumpkins Reading Comprehension Passages 2
Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Worksheets Presentations
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Benefits of purchasing bundles early:
Any additional products added after your purchase can be downloaded at no extra cost, which is one of the advantages of purchasing bundles.
You save money
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This product is on the topic of patterns/patterning using pumpkin emotions to learn about ABC patterns. Students will complete worksheets on different pattern sequences and have an opportunity to create their own patterns using the images provided.
Content:
Teacher Notes (3 pages)
Pumpkins Emotions Patterns – Cut and Paste (11 Worksheets)
Pumpkins Emotions: Copy the Pattern (5 Worksheets)
Blank worksheets to create own patterns – cut and paste pictures
Blank worksheets to create own patterns of emotion/feelings words
Description of Pumpkin Faces Mat (labelled) for reference
6 Sheets of Pumpkin Emotion Faces Pictures for cut and paste activities (color and b/w)
Answer Sheets
The product involves cut and paste activities.
There is an extension activity to reinforce emotion words for early finishers: writing emotion words as patterns instead of using pictures, e.g. AABB -
sad sad happy happy sad sad happy happy
Learning objective:
Some students will be able to work out and continue a sequence of patterns
Able to identify different emotions
Copy a sequence of patterns and create own patterns
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This product contains fun activities relating to pumpkins emotions/feelings. It contains matching activities, visual discrimination games and drawing facial expressions on pumpkins and worksheets.
Content:
Teacher Notes (2 pages) plus acknowledgement of clipart used
Identify and match pumpkin emotions to words worksheets (incl. Answer Sheets)
Picture cards with and without labels for each emotion
Pumpkin Emotions Mats
Worksheet – ‘How are you feeling today?’ (differentiated)
Pumpkins: Drawing Emotions Worksheet
Find and Count Emotion Pumpkins (3 Worksheets)
Black and white worksheets and emotion cards included
The teacher notes suggests how the resources can be used, for example, preparing cards and pumpkin emotion mats for differentiated matching activities, Snap and memory games are options.
Preparation: Print, laminate and mats and cut apart cards and labels for long use.
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Download: 55 pages
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This product relates to apple-themed data and graphing. Included in the product are worksheets on tallying, reading a pictograph and block graphs together with answer sheets and teacher notes.
Content:
Tally chart and interpreting data
Looking at a ready-made pictograph and answering questions
Block graph:
- reading data
- complete a tally chart
- complete a block graph
- answering questions on the block graph
Do Your Own Survey (Optional group activity)
Flash cards of a variety of apples (color/bw) - cut out the individual images
Pictures you can show for the pictograph activity (color/bw) -
Just print out the worksheets.
Optional: print out picture cards, laminate and cut out.
Students will:
complete a tally chart and answer 7 questions
look at a pictograph to interpret the information and 11 answer questions
complete a block graph from data supplied and 12 answer questions
Teacher notes outline each of the above and suggests how you can start the lesson to create interest. You could bring in a variety of apples and/or use the pictures of apples.
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This product is included the Apple Bundle.
This is a clip card/task card product relating to mixed consonant digraphs: ch, sh, th, ck, ng, ph and wh. The missing digraphs are at the beginning, middle and end of the word.
Content:
Match digraph to picture - clip or dab and write
Match digraph to picture task cards b/w
Match missing digraph to the picture in the oval shape
Match missing digraph to the picture in the oval shape (b/w)
There are two colour sets which you can print, laminate and cut apart: 4 cards per page.
The black and white sets can be cut and paste into students’ workbooks.
This resource is ideal for early finishers and/or if you wish to assessment your students on digraphs.
Preparation is required: print, laminate the cards and cut apart. Students use dry-wipe pens, dabbers or clothes pegs/pins to complete the activities.
Once you’ve prepared the clip cards, you can reuse them over and over again.
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These worksheets relate to mixed consonant digraphs. It also includes reading comprehension and extension work on medial consonant digraphs.
Content:
Worksheets A to H: 6 simple sentences on each page.
Reading comprehension and questions with associated activities
Extra work on digraphs - complete a medial digraph worksheet
Worksheets A to H: Students read the simple sentences and then circle the correct digraph for each sentence and write it in the blank space to complete the word.
Reading comprehension activities: Sections A, B and C
First students should read the text which contains missing digraphs (You will have a Teacher’s Copy). Once they have inserted the missing digraphs, they reread the text and answer 9 questions.
Section C: This is extension work/worksheet for early finishers
The worksheet contains missing medial consonant digraphs with pictures. Students should fill in the missing digraphs.
Optional activity on reading comprehension for differentiation:
In small groups or one-to-one teaching, students could read the text only and fill in the missing digraphs as a group and then discuss the questions.
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This bundle contains worksheets, task cards and PowerPoint presentations relating to one-step and two-step addition and subtraction word problems.
This growing bundle contains:
One-step word problems - Students write a number sentence to solve each problem.
Two-step Word problems - Students write two equations to solve each word problem.
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This product relates to addition and subtraction two step word problems. There are 36 worksheet activities (layout is 2 on a landscape sheet) which you can cut apart or leave as is. The worksheets are with color and b/w pictures for each problem. There is also a PowerPoint presentation showing how you can solve each problem and write the two step equations with a final answer.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation
Worksheets
Answer Sheets which you can laminate and cut into cards
Teacher Notes
PowerPoint Presentation 8 Slides (Slide Show Mode for animation)
Use the presentation as a whole class activity and go through suggested examples of how students can work through two step problems. Students can even work through one of the worksheet activities displayed on the PowerPoint and then share their solutions.
Worksheet activities
If you are looking to introduce your students to two-step addition and subtraction problems then these worksheets are suitable just to ease the students in. There are no trick word problems. There is an opportunity for students to use their own methods of solving the questions and share with the class.
Other Suggested Uses
You can use the activity sheets in small group work and one-to-one teaching. You can use manipulatives to explain the problem and highlight what needs to be written down to solve the two-step equations. For example, Activity 35: use real paper to solve how many sheets of paper are left in the school secretary’s printer.
Early Finishers
Use the worksheets as an extension to your lesson on two-step math problems. If you have students that work very quickly then place these worksheet activities in the extra work tray for them to access. They can self-check with the answer sheets/cards.
Challenge: If you have good readers in your kinder class and 1st grade, then they should be able to work through the problems.
You may be interested in one-step addition and subtraction word problems:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/addition-and-subtraction-one-step-word-problems-presentation-worksheets-task-cards-11444962
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This product relates to tens and ones subtraction borrowing ten and regrouping in a column/vertical format. You can use this resource as review and/or give to students for homework.
It is also ideal for small group work for students who find subtraction with borrowing challenging.
Prior Knowledge: Students will have already been introduced to subtraction, splitting or partitioning numbers into tens and ones and counting backwards and forwards by tens. I have included step by step notes on borrowing/group which you can use with manipulatives.
Content:
2 Sets of Information Sheets A to E (Option to laminate)
Write and Solve Column Subtraction Worksheets A to C
Subtract 1-digit from 2-digits (Borrowing/Regrouping) Worksheets (4 pages)
Double Digits Column Subtraction (Borrowing/Regrouping) (5 pages)
Subtraction word problems (9 questions)
Answer Sheets
Blank tens and ones column format for practical work
Write and Solve Column Subtraction Equations – A to C
Worksheet A shows how to write horizontal subtraction sums/equations as column subtraction. There are two tasks:
Complete the ready-made tens/ones columns by copying the horizontal equations 2-digit and 1-digit sums and solving – Worksheet B
Complete the ready-made tens/ones columns by copying the double digit subtraction sums and solving – Worksheet C
Some students may still find subtraction with regrouping challenging, and so I have included a blank column format with space to show a visual model of the sum, which you can laminate for use with a dry-wipe pen.
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This product contains 5 sets of cut and paste activities relating to adding up New Zealand dollars and cents, and sorting the correct amount of money to pay for an item. Students look at how much each item costs, cut out the coins, sort, total the amount and decide which combination of coins to stick below each picture so that they add up to the same price as the item.
Beneficial resource to assess and review student’s knowledge of coins and value and using exact change to pay for items using different denominations.
You can incorporate these worksheets into your lesson and/or use as reviewing money.
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Content
Items up to 50c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items for 60c up to 90c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items for $1.00 up to $1.50 (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items $1.60 to $2.00 (inc. b/w worksheets)
Just view the pages you need to print off and hand out to your students.
NB: Only the 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 coins are used.
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This is a multiple-choice clip card activity relating to matching numbers and number words. There are two sets: one set in purple and the other in b/w with and without ten frames pictures next to the numbers.
If you are looking for resource to keep early finishers occupied and reinforce numbers and number words recognition then this resource is ideal.
Print, laminate and cut apart for use with clothespegs/clothespins or you can use dot daubers to show answers.
10 pages with 4 clip cards on each page.
There are some free headings/headers available which you can display:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12694418
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This product contains 5 sets of cut and paste money activities relating to adding up Canadian dollars and cents coins, and sorting the correct amount of money to pay for an item. Students look at how much each item costs, cut out the coins, sort, total the amount and decide which combination of coins to stick below each picture so that they add up to the same price as the item.
Great resource to assess and review student’s knowledge of coins and value and using exact change to pay for items using different denominations.
You can incorporate these worksheets into your lesson and/or use as reviewing money.
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Content
Items up to 30c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items more than 30c to 50c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items more than 50c to 95c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items $1.00 to $1.50 (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items more than $1.50 to to $2.00 (inc. b/w worksheets)
Just view the pages you need to print off and hand out to your students.
NB: Only the 5c, 10c, 25c, $1 (loonie) and $2 (toonie) coins have been used.
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This product contains 5 sets of cut and paste activities relating to adding up Australian dollars and cents, and sorting the correct amount of money to pay for an item. Students look at how much each item costs, cut out the coins, sort, total the amount and decide which combination of coins to stick below each picture so that they add up to the same price as the item.
Beneficial resource to assess and review student’s knowledge of coins and value and using exact change to pay for items using different denominations.
You can incorporate these worksheets into your lesson and/or use as reviewing money.
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Content
Items up to 25c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items more than 25c to 50c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items more than 50c to 95c (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items $1.00 to $1.50 (inc. b/w worksheets)
Items more than $1.50 to to $2.00 (inc. b/w worksheets)
Just view the pages you need to print off and hand out to your students.
NB: Only the 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 coins are used.
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I’ve uploaded some clip card headers or headings for the alphabet, numbers, colours/colors, which you may find useful. Here are the wordings:
Match lowercase letter to the same lowercase letter.
Match uppercase letter to the same uppercase letter.
Match lowercase letter to the corresponding uppercase letter.
Match uppercase letter to the corresponding lowercase letter.
What letter does the picture begin with?
What letter does the picture end with?
Match The Colors
Match The Colours
Match the number word to the number
Match the number to the number word
Clip it (with illustration)
Dab it (with illustration)
Print, laminate (ideal for long use) and cut apart.
You may be interested in Alphabet Clip Cards.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12693187
Free Number and Number Word Clip Cards:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12699442
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This product relates to alphabet uppercase and lowercase letters and pictures beginning with letters of alphabet and displays for classroom.
Aa to Zz friezes (labeled and unlabeled pictures).
Laminate and punch holes and thread through with a string to hang around the classroom or peg onto a washing line across a wall.
Aa – Zz word strips and related pictures
Laminate and cut out and place in resource center
Students trace over the initial dotted letter with dry-wipe pen
Alphabet cards
Alphabet cards to be printed off as many times as you require, laminate and cut out.
students can play alphabet snap.
Match up - Match lower case letters to upper case letters.
Other games – lay out 4 or 5 letters in alphabetical order, e.g. k, l, m, n, o, cover them over. Take a letter away without the students seeing and ask which letter is missing.
Practice writing frames using Sassoon dotted font
These are in upper and lower cases. Each one should be laminated.
After focussing on e.g. ‘t’, students can practice writing over the dots and then without the dots on the line.
Alphabet Mat Practice (trace over dotted letters)
Copy and laminate
Students can keep it in their own trays
Alphabet Mat
Can be laminated and blu tac to the wall in the writing/reading/book corner.
Can be used to assess a student’s phonic progress - name and sound out the letters
Alphabet Pictures Games
The pictures represent the start of a letter e.g. ‘g’ for grasshopper. The pictures are not in alphabetical order so students have to look for the picture that begins with that letter.
Enlarge the A4 size sheet to A3 and the sheet with the alphabet.
Laminate the Alphabet Pictures sheet
Laminate the Alphabet sheet then cut out each letter tile for use with Alphabet Pictures.
Students can play in pairs. A timer can be set to make the game more fun.
A student asks his/her partner to find the picture beginning with ‘s’. The other student picks out one of the letters and places it over that picture on the Alphabet Picture Mat.
UK Version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-displays-small-aa-zz-cards-alphabet-mat-pictures-trace-over-aa-zz-word-cards-11555697
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This product relates to alphabet activities for Pre-K/K, SEN and EFL/ESL students.
Content
Teacher’s notes
2 Sets of Aa-Zz puzzle pieces – Cut/paste
Aa-Zz -Matching letters of the alphabet to pictures
Aa-Zz - Tracing over letters and matching to pictures
Cut and Paste to match Puzzle pieces
Place a selection of Aa – Zz puzzle sheets on tables for children to cut out and match upper and lower case letters and stick into workbook or on a separate sheet of paper.
They can trace inside the letters with different color pencils or crayons (rainbow tracing).
For the uppercase part of the puzzle ask students to write words beginning with capital letters such as their name if it begins with that letter, a city, day or month, a place of interest etc and draw pictures.
For the lowercase part of the puzzle, ask students to write and draw things beginning with that letter that does not always begin with a capital letter.
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Matching letters to pictures and color activity
‘Aa is for’ to ‘Zz is for’ activity – tell children they need to color in the picture that begins with that letter and not to color in the other pictures.
Tracing over letters and matching to pictures
This alphabet activity is similar to the above except that the children trace over the dots.
Learning Objectives: To begin to learn about alphabetic order and matching upper to lower case letters. To identify initial sounds in words and match to pictures.
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For British version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alphabet-activities-match-capital-lower-case-letters-puzzles-trace-over-dots-cut-paste-eyfs-ks1-11864137
This growing bundle contains resources relating to the alphabet: uppercase and lowercase letters together with worksheets, activities and presentations. It includes:
Detailed Lesson Plan plus worksheets and whole class activities
5 Sets of PowerPoint Presentations
Extra worksheets for ongoing teaching of the alphabet
Tracing/Handwriting lower and upper case letters
Drawing and coloring of pictures relating to each letter of the alphabet
Matching pictures to the correct letter
Missling letters - Alphabet gap-filling exercises
Alphabet Clip Cards
Alphabet Uppercase Lowercase Letters Trace Color Search and Find
Alphabet Letters Puzzle Shaped with Sentences and Pictures
Alphabet Writing Initial Uppercase/Lowercase Letters and Pictures
PLUS THREE FREEBIES
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The benefits of purchasing a bundle early is that any new resource that is added can just be downloaded at no extra cost.
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You may be interested in the UK Version:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11698206
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