A teacher of teens, passionate about integrating character, creativity and technology in lessons š Get a free gratitude journal here --> bit.ly/FreeGratitudeJournal
A teacher of teens, passionate about integrating character, creativity and technology in lessons š Get a free gratitude journal here --> bit.ly/FreeGratitudeJournal
Funny Personal Watercolour Quote Posters for your office, staff room or home. They's also make for excellent hilarious personalised gifts for teachers!
If you have a good sense of humor and you love watercolours, you'll enjoy these watercolor quote posters that have been a huge hit on my Instagram over the past year @teachersresourceforce!
These posters contain 20 teacher humour quotes that will look beautiful displayed in your office, staff room or even in your own home! You can print them onto any size your printer can manage - they look great as full size wall posters, small little postcards, greeting cards, book or binder covers etc. the list is endless!
I hope these funny watercolour quote posters bring you laughter and joy, however you decide to use them!
Save 20% with a bundle of 60 Watercolour Quote Posters especially for teachers! Use them in your office, staff room or home. They's also make for excellent personalised gifts for teachers!
If you love watercolours and inspirational quotes, you'll enjoy these watercolour quote posters that have been a huge hit on my Instagram over the past year @teachersresourceforce!
These posters contain 60 teacher quotes that will look beautiful displayed in your office, teacher's lounge or even in your own home! You can print them onto any size your printer can manage - they look great as full size wall posters, small little postcards, greeting cards, book or binder covers etc. the list is endless!
I hope these inspirational watercolour quote posters bring you motivation and joy, however you decide to use them!
A fun set of printable pirate themed emoji exit tickets that enable students to reflect on their learning in a fun and modern way - and so perfect for "Speak like a Pirate day" on September 19th!
We are living in an āemoji generationā where emoticons have actually become a language used worldwide, especially by young people. What better than to bring emoticons into your classroom and allow students to communicate through adorable expression filled pirate emojis!
These āPirate Emoji Exit Ticketsā are a great way for students to summarize what they have learned during your lesson in a fun and relatable way. Even better is that they are written in Pirate speak as well, matey! Shiver me timbers, your students are going to love them! Oh, and all text is fully editable for you :)
They also provide you with great feedback to assess student progression and understanding. I have also included self-reflection activities on skills, group work and effort within lessons as well.
There are 9 different exit tickets in total. On each page you will get 2 exit tickets and they come in both colour and black and white for your convenience. I have also added an editable version for you so you can change the text!
I believe your students will definitely think you are the most awesome teacher ever when you pull these out in your lesson, arrrr! āŗ
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Practicing times tables with your students? Your students are going to love reinforcing their learning of times tables (1 to 12!) and skip counting with these unique differentiated Christmas Emoji dot to dot activities - perfect for big kids!
Students will be able to practice their skip counting for each of the times tables from 1 to 12 as well as pick up patterns and sequences in the times tables. These are ideal for older students or high flyers as the images are a little more complex and sometimes involve some jumping around so it is not so easy for them to just guess!
I have also included a special blank set of DIY DOT 2 DOTS too so students can design their own for their classmates as extension work! The beauty of this, is that they can do any sequence they like! I give you a few ideas for these in the teacher's notes :)
We are living in an āemoji generationā where emoticons have actually become a language used worldwide, especially by young people. What better than to bring emoticons into your classroom and allow students to communicate through adorable expression filled Christmas emojis!
So have fun with your students this Christmas with these fully differentiated dot to dot activities with these adorable emojis (hand drawn by yours truly, so no one else has the rights to modify the art in this way making them completely unique for your students!).
You can then finish off your lesson with these perfectly matching Editable Christmas Emoji Exit Tickets to see what your students have learned :)
A fun set of printable Christmas / Winter themed emoji exit tickets that enable students to reflect on their learning in a fun and modern way - ideal if you want to get cosy and festive in your classroom this season!
We are living in an āemoji generationā where emoticons have actually become a language used worldwide, especially by young people. What better than to bring emoticons into your classroom and allow students to communicate through adorable expression filled Christmas emojis!
These āChristmas Emoji Exit Ticketsā are a great way for students to summarise what they have learned during your lesson in a fun, creative and relatable way.
They also provide you with great feedback to assess student progression and understanding. I have also included self-reflection activities on skills, group work and effort within lessons as well.
There are 9 different exit tickets in total. On each page you will get 2 exit tickets and they come in both colour and black and white for your convenience. I have also added an editable version for you so you can change the text!
I believe your students will definitely think you are the most awesome teacher ever when you pull these out in your lesson this Christmas! āŗ
Teaching Character Education? Showing gratitude has been proven to increase long-term well-being, improve health, relationships, emotions and help us bounce back from stressful experiences.
With the significant increase in stress and anxiety among our young people, it is more important than ever that as teachers, we are catering to our studentsā emotional needs in the classroom.
This EDITABLE Gratitude Bell Ringers / Starter Prompts PowerPoint is the ideal way to help your students focus on the good aspects of their life and to appreciate their blessings ā every one of us has something to be thankful for and these prompts will be sure to highlight it! The bell ringers contain 52 prompts, one for each week of the year. Each prompt is unique and encourages reflection on a wide range of life experiences, allowing for much more creativity and diversity in thinking and responses.
It is not labelled by date so can be started at any time in the year ā new starts donāt have to only begin on 1st January! You can find the same prompts in the printable or digital version here!
These are ideal for using them as silent or discussion activities to start or end the school day, plus it's also great for teachers too: we can all take time to have an attitude of gratitude!
This values unit on Respect is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our students are able to show respect towards others to develop strong relationships and a positive reputation.
This would be especially useful to use as a one-off lesson or top up reminder if you are finding your class are starting to lack respect, perhaps towards one another or even to staff.
Product includes:
ā¢ 18 slides of Respect PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
ā¢ 9 pages of Respect Printables - graphic organisers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included! They are in a PowerPoint format so they can easily be converted to Google Slides for paperless activities if preferred.
ā¢ 24 unique discussion cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
Your students will learn:
ā¢ how to define respect
ā¢ how to analyse their own and others' level of respect
ā¢ where they might need to demonstrate respect
ā¢ signs of being respectful
ā¢ signs of being disrespectful
ā¢ what can affect respect
ā¢ self-awareness of their own respect
ā¢ actionable steps to build respect
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about respect and effective skills on how to show respect towards others and the impact this has on their relationships and reputation. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your studentsā needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organisers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for wall displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on respect: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion ā it is up to you!
So help build your students' respect and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills, Tutor Time Activities and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health, Education) lessons.
Do you want to your students to succeed in all areas of their lives?
This values unit on Courage is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our students face their fears and have the courage to stand up for what is right, even against adversity. Sadly, this characteristic is become more and more rare - we need to teach our students the right way, now while they are young!
Product includes:
ā¢ 16 slides of courage PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
ā¢ 10 pages of courage Printables - graphic organizers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included! They are in a PowerPoint format so they can easily be converted to Google Slides for paperless activities if preferred.
ā¢ 24 unique discussion cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
Your students will learn:
ā¢ how to define courage
ā¢ how to analyse their own and others' courage
ā¢ where they might need to demonstrate courage
ā¢ signs of high courage
ā¢ signs of low courage
ā¢ what can affect courage
ā¢ self-awareness of their own courage
ā¢ actionable steps to build courage
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about courage and effective skills on facing their fears and taking positive action. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your studentsā needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organizers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on courage: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion ā it is up to you!
So help build your students' courage and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHCE (Physical, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons.
This values unit on Compassion is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our students are taught how to be compassionate towards others and motivated to actually take action in order to help those in need.
Product includes:
ā¢ 16 slides of Compassion PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
ā¢ 9 pages of Compassion Printables - graphic organizers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included! They are in a PowerPoint format so they can easily be converted to Google Slides for paperless activities if preferred.
ā¢ 24 unique discussion cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
Your students will learn:
ā¢ how to define compassion
ā¢ how to analyse their own and others' compassion
ā¢ where they might need to demonstrate compassion
ā¢ signs of compassion
ā¢ signs of lack of compassion
ā¢ what can affect compassion
ā¢ self-awareness of their own compassion
ā¢ actionable steps to develop compassion
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about compassion and effective skills on how to be compassionate towards others. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your studentsā needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organizers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: theyāre not a requirement, but they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on compassion: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion ā it is up to you!
So help build your students' compassion and encourage them to do good to help others and be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Tutor Time Activities, Life skills and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health, Education) lessons.
Back from Christmas Break: New Year's Activities for Teens
The New Year is usually a time for self reflection and setting goals for the upcoming year. These fun and quality New Year's activities are ideal for use with your tutor group right after January! This pack comes with attractive, enjoyable and creative activities that are simple and fun to work through, require no preparation and are great at encouraging students to reflect at the start of a new year! These activities can be used over again for almost any grade and make special keepsakes for students to look over as they grow.
Product includes:
ā¢ New Year Time Capsule
ā¢ New Year Experiences
ā¢ My Yearās Highlights
ā¢ Acrostic Poetry
ā¢ New Yearās Resolutions
ā¢ What I did over the Festive Season
These activities have been taken from the full Christmas and New Year's Activities!
These can be used for a variety of age groups and abilities and requires no preparation from you at all! Instructions are on each worksheet and students can be as thorough as they like depending on their ability.
Simply pick and choose some or all of the activities for your classes, or even set some for homework if you like!
These are not only fun to do but they make wonderful keepsakes for students to look back on when they are older - these could even be used with the same group of students each year to see how they have developed over time!
Are you looking for some gripping ways to lighten the mood at the start of a staff meeting after a long, stressful day?
Here are 99 of completely unique, written by yours truly, "would you rather" / "this or that" dilemmas - especially for teachers!
I have done all the hard work for you and come up with 99 funny and realistic "this or that" icebreakers that teachers can totally relate to, into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up on a projector or even print off!
Let's be real here, most of us dread staff meetings, but having such a huge variety of "would you rather" prompts all neatly packaged in this PowerPoint means teachers will actually start to look forward to them - simply pull up this document and have it ready on the board for your colleagues when they enter the room! They work on an automatic timer to effortlessly scroll through allowing time for colleagues to have a good laugh before the meeting starts!
These create an immediate buzz and rapidly boost morale after a long, stressful day.
There are 99 dilemmas to choose from which will last you YEARS, and each one is completely EDITABLE to allow for cultural differences in language!
Take away the anxiety of being greeted with grumpy faces at the next staff meeting, and simply pop these ice breakers on in the background - your colleagues will totally love them!
Valentine's Day: fun and relaxing colouring pages for teens!
These Valentineās doodle colouring pages are a wonderfully motivating, encouraging and fun resource for your students to colour and even share with the ones they love!
Youād be amazed at the wonders it can do for studentsā well-being and mindfulness just by giving them some time to colour in these loving quotesā no matter what their age - it is something that is very therapeutic and inspiring. These would work great for tutor time, lunch clubs or for students who just need time out to calm and relax themselves.
There are 5 different colouring pages to choose from. Students can just colour in using whatever shades make them happy, but there is also white space available for students to add their own doodles too if they want to personalise and explore their creativity further.
So get your students thinking about their loved ones and friends, by giving them the opportunity to just take time to be creative and calm reflecting on love and friendship this Valentineās Day!
End Of Year Trivia Quiz (2016-17) - For Teens!
This is a fun way to wrap up the school year with your tutor group as it quizzes your students on current affairs and celebrity gossip that teens can relate to! The best part is, itās specific to this current school year which is a lovely way to reflect and remember all that has happened. Some might learn a new fact or two as well!
There are 3 different options for delivering this quiz:
ā¢ One is a PowerPoint with a question on each slide so you can do the quiz as a whole class activity with students working in groups.
ā¢ The second is an individual quiz which students can do on their own or in pairs.
ā¢ The third is a set of cards which students can do in pairs or small groups. They take it in turns to read each other a question and answer them; if they get it correct they keep the card. The winner is the person with the most cards!
Save yourself hours of preparation and get your hands on this end of year quiz!
Enjoy!
Valentine's Day Activities for Teens
This Valentine's Day Activities for teens resource pack contains fun activities for teenagers and young students, ideal for tutor time or PSHE.
The worksheets are simple and fun to work through, require no preparation from you and will be sure to entertain them for the week leading up to Valentine's Day! You can select which activities you would like students to complete, or you can offer them the independence to choose their own in class or for homework.
Encourage your students to think about those they care about (family, friends, partners or even pets!) and reflect on how they can show love in creative and loving ways whilst developing their literacy skills!
Product includes:
ā¢ Love Poem
ā¢ Build-a-Love-Bear
ā¢ Show Them You Care
ā¢ The Perfect Date
ā¢ Acrostic Love Poem
ā¢ Valentine's Day Word Search (and answers)
ā¢ The Language of Love (in different languages!)
Your students are bound to enjoy these creative Valentine's Day themed activities which will stretch their imaginations whilst having fun!
These will work really well with the new Valentine's Colouring Pages for teens which have quotes all about love and friendship: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/valentine-s-day-colouring-pages-11195344
Your students are going to love these Interactive Notebook Emoji Exit Tickets ā ideal for Growth Mindset! They are a great way for students to reflect on their Growth Mindset behaviour and thinking in a fun, interactive and relatable way! They also provide you with great feedback to assess student progression in your lesson that you can then use to plan differentiated lessons to suit their needs.
There are 10 types of Interactive Notebook Emoji exit tickets all prompting something different for students to reflect on. They work well for early finishers and as they come in different sizes, they work well for bulletin boards too!
I know your students will definitely think you are the most super awesome teacher ever when you pull these out in your lesson; this is a great way of getting them excited and enthused in your lessons - plus, they look fantastic up on display in your classroom!
Christmas themed activities for older students at differentiated levels, ideal for art integration and developing problem solving skills!
We all know Christmas is an exciting time of year, but towards the end it can be really challenging to keep our students (and ourselves!?) motivated and engaged.
This resource will save your sanity in the last few days before the end of term at Christmas break!
You and your students will get:
ā¢ differentiated levels of challenge
ā¢ independent learning opportunities
ā¢ to practice fine motor skills
ā¢ opportunities for art integration
ā¢ to develop problem solving skills
ā¢ hand made gifts to take home
ā¢ fun and engaging activities for the end of the year - a more educational alternative to just sitting in front of yet another DVD!
There are a range of Christmas decorations included which are differentiated to suit a variety of abilities (3 of them are particularly challenging and are ideal for developing problem solving skills!)
There are both blank and already decorated templates to suit your studentsā needs. All clip art is original, designed by me and canāt be found elsewhere! :)
For each decoration, there are visual instructions that you can choose to show your students (or not for some extra problem solving challenges!)
I hope your students enjoy making these fun paper craft ornaments this Christmas!
This values unit on self-esteem for PSHE / Tutor Time is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our teenage students have the confidence and self-belief that they can succeed and reach their goals!
Product includes:
ā¢ Self-esteem PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
ā¢ Self-esteem Printables - graphic organisers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included!
ā¢ Activities for kindness and strengthening classroom community.
ā¢ Discussion point cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
In order to ensure these important Character Education skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about self-esteem and effective skills on how to build confidence. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your studentsā needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organisers which are supplementary to the Self-Esteem PowerPoint: they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on self-esteem: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion ā it is up to you!
So help build your students' self-esteem and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health, Education) lessons.
This values unit on Empathy is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our students have empathy towards others which helps reduce bullying, racism, prejudice and can improve relationships.
Product includes:
ā¢ Empathy PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
ā¢ Empathy Printables - graphic organizsers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included!
ā¢ Discussion point cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about empathy and effective skills on understanding othersā feelings. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your studentsā needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organisers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on empathy: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion ā it is up to you!
So help build your students' empathy and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHCE (Physical, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons.
Are you concerned about bullying in your classroom? Bullying is sadly something that happens on a daily basis and most children will be affected by it in some way, shape or form during their school lives. By the time our youngsters are teenagers, bullying takes on new forms and can leave lasting negative effects on their physical and emotional well-being.
I believe we need to spend time teaching our students how to recognise bullying and how to deal with it so that we can help them develop into resilient and assertive individuals to help them cope with adulthood.
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about bullying and how to deal with it and develop assertiveness. It can be taught as a whole unit in PSHE or divided up over a few weeks to deliver to tutor groups.
No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is EDITABLE so you can modify the content to suit your studentsā needs, should you wish.
Also included are graphic organizer printables which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: theyāre not a requirement, but they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for wall displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards for students to discuss possible scenarios they may come across: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion ā it is up to you!
Product includes:
ā¢ 22 slide PowerPoint
ā¢ 14 printables of detailed teachers' notes and graphic organizers
ā¢ 6 scenarios to analyse
Students will learn:
ā¢ To identify what bullying is
ā¢ To analyse common situations and discuss which are considered bullying and why
ā¢ The reasons why people might bully others
ā¢ The impact bullying has on others
ā¢ Ways they can respond to bullies
ā¢ How to be assertive
ā¢ How to deal with bullying
ā¢ Support networks they can turn to for support
ā¢ A final pep-talk!
Great for Social Skills, Life skills, Tutor Periods and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health Education) lessons.
Plan and relax with this unique 2018 Colouring Calendar! This is a great tool for your students (or even you!) to start off this brand new year on the right track with a growth mindset.
Each month has its own uniquely hand drawn monthly colouring page with a special section on each for āgoalsā and what youāre āgrateful forā. You wonāt see any other print like this as each one has been uniquely designed for this calendar by yours truly!
This is a fantastic tool for ensuring you are focused on gratitude during the month as well as keeping a regular sight on your monthly goals. It also makes as a great keepsake to look back on in the future too!
I hope you and your students enjoy planning, setting goals and focusing on the positive with this unique colouring calendar for 2018!