I am a middle school teacher with 8 years experience.
Incorporating literacy and numeracy skills over all curriculum areas is my passion. I hope that you find my resources helpful!
I am a middle school teacher with 8 years experience.
Incorporating literacy and numeracy skills over all curriculum areas is my passion. I hope that you find my resources helpful!
Whether you are a new to teaching, need a new perspective or looking for something to use in your next behaviour management professional development this document is for you!
The resource includes a 5 page outline on simple does and don’ts of classroom management that you can implement today.
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Time poor but want to make sure you provide higher order comprehension question for texts studied in your lesson? This reading strategy is for you! QAR can be used for any text type in any subject for all year levels.
The resource includes:
- 2 PowerPoint introduction lessons (one for upper primary -middle and the other for senior)
- Practice activity
- Poster 1 highlights the 4 levels of comprehension questions and where the student will find the answer.
- Poster 2 and 3 highlight and prompt student as to where to locate answers to comprehension questions and develop these skills so they can apply them in other settings.
- Poster 4 highlights the types of questions for each level and how to answer the questions from each level.
The PowerPoint is to introduce the concepts of QAR to students and the posters are designed to be general so that they can be used with any text studied in any subject. The idea is that you have a ‘go to’ set of engaging and differentiated questions and comprehension prompts, saving you valuable prep time and incorporating high quality learning activities every time!
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can be used to incorporate literacy skills into your lesson or used in literacy intervention lessons.
This lesson should be accessible to Year 4-12/ KS2 and KS3 students.
QAR allows you to create differentiated comprehension activities and provide a challenge for more able students.
QAR induction professional development for staff can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-question-answer-relationship-for-staff-whole-school-reading-strategy-11338684
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Use this set of graphic organisers to help build upon a student’s visual map! Help students make connection in learning - all topics areas.
This resource includes:
• Concept map, Practicums organisers (science specific)
• Word concept map (English/ LOTE specific)
• Fishbone diagram (including cause and effect), Venn diagram (2 and 3 circle compare and contrast), topic mind map and topic organiser, PMI, sequence chain, compare and contrast, compare and contrast essay organiser, event 5W and H mind map (all subjects)
Graphic organisers are fantastic for supporting students with their learning and understanding of a topic of work. This set of graphic organisers can be applied across the curriculum and will enhance the understanding of subject content with your students.
Use these graphic organisers:
• at the beginning of a unit of work (ascertain prior knowledge),
• when introducing a new topic in a unit,
• for group activities,
• as lesson starters/ plenary,
• set as homework or revision or
• as scaffolding for students starting their assessment piece.
Graphic organisers are all in black and white for ease of printing, nearly all have multiple versions and come with AU/NZ/UK spelling or US spelling.
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed and can easily be used in other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to Years 4-12/ KS2 - KS3 students.
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A great resource to give learners at the start of any assessment task, helpful for all year levels and subjects!
Explicitly teaching students how to approach and write their assessment = great results!
The resource includes 2 presentations for students to use or be taught from. The pack also included a check list hand out.
-How to write an essay presentation (introduction, paragraphs and conclusion)
-How to write a hypothesis presentation
-Hypothesis criteria check list
-Teacher Notes
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form your first lesson when handing out the assessment piece.
Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to KS2, KS3 and GCSE students.
Would work well with my research scaffolding booklet found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/research-booklet-scaffolding-for-ks3-research-assignments-11067406
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Time poor but want to make sure you provide higher order comprehension question for texts studied in your lesson? This strategy is for you! I wish I’d come across this reading strategy earlier in my teaching career!
A series of posters to be used in conjunction with the study of any classroom texts using the QAR reading strategy.
The posters are designed to be general so that they can be used with any text studied in any subject. The idea is that you have a ‘go to’ set of engaging and differentiated questions and comprehension prompts, saving you valuable prep time and incorporating high quality learning activities every time!
The series includes:
- Poster 1 highlights the 4 levels of comprehension questions and where the student will find the answer.
- Poster 2 and 3 highlight and prompt student as to where to locate answers to comprehension questions and
develop these skills so they can apply them in other settings.
- Poster 4 highlights the types of questions for each level and how to answer the questions from each level.
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can be used to form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson activity. It can also be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to Year 4-10/ KS2 and KS3 students.
QAR allows you to create differentiated comprehension activities and provide a challenge for more able students.
*One file has UK/AU spelling and the other file has US spelling.
QAR introduction lesson for students can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-question-answer-relationship-for-students-reading-strategy-any-text-any-subject-11338638
QAR induction professional development for staff can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-question-answer-relationship-for-staff-whole-school-reading-strategy-11338684
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Behaviour management strategies to build positive behaviour in the classroom and redirect negative behaviours.
Whether you are a new to teaching, need a new perspective or looking for something to use in your next behaviour management professional development these documents are for you!
The resource includes:
- Behaviour chart complete with name tags and adaptable steps
- Back on track cards
- Working it out form
- Incident form
- Positive behaviour letter home
- Detailed instructions for teachers
All simple strategies that you can implement today!
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone behaviour management policy or can be adapted and utilized with current behaviour management policies.
These strategies should be accessible to KS2-KS3 students.
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A series of posters to be used in conjunction with the study of any classroom texts.
The posters are designed to be general so that they can be used with any text studied in any subject. The idea is that you have a ‘go to’ set of engaging and differentiated questions and activity prompts, saving you valuable prep time and incorporating high quality learning activities every time!
The series includes:
• Blooms Revised Taxonomy
• Blooms Revised Taxonomy – Verbs
• Blooms Revised Taxonomy – Skill Descriptors
• Blooms Revised Taxonomy – Focus Questions
• Blooms Revised Taxonomy – Check List
• Blooms Revised Taxonomy – Text Questions
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help to form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. It can also be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to Year 4-9/ KS2 and KS3 students.
Poster allow for activities to be differentiated (Bloom’s Taxonomy) and provide a challenge for more able students.
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Use these inserts to create your own Teacher Diary!
Inserts include:
- a monthly planner (2 months per page)
- weekly planner for up to 6 lessons per day
- weekly to do list including to copy, to prep and priorities
Will help you be organized and remember everything you wanted to cover during your lessons.
Comes in black and white or colour versions
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Use this display pack to brighten up your classroom while developing your student’s literacy skills though vocabulary. The display acts as a reference and scaffold to prompt students in extending their vocabulary in their creative writing.
This resource has 10 posters to use to create your display and help your students excel in their creative writing.
Posters include one key word with 10 synonyms pre poster, one blank poster to create your own classroom vocabulary and teacher notes.
Please note that AU/NZ/UK spelling and US spelling versions are included in this resource.
Key words include – good, bad, looked, very, got, said, sad, happy, went and like.
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QAR is a reading strategy that can be implement as a whole school program, as QAR can be used for any text type in any subject for all year levels.
QAR enables teachers to provide higher order comprehension question for any texts studied in their subject. It’s perfect for time poor staff and allows staff to create differentiated comprehension activities.
The resource includes:
- PowerPoint introduction/training lesson
- Practice activity
- Training script
- Poster 1 highlights the 4 levels of comprehension questions and where the
student will find the answer.
- Poster 2 and 3 highlight and prompt student as to where to locate answers to comprehension questions and develop these skills so they can apply them in other settings.
- Poster 4 highlights the types of questions for each level and how to answer the questions from each level.
The PowerPoint is to introduce the concepts of QAR to staff and the posters are designed to be general so that they can be used with any text studied in any subject. The idea is that you have a ‘go to’ set of engaging and differentiated questions and comprehension prompts, saving you valuable prep time and incorporating high quality learning activities every time!
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed!
*Posters: one file has UK/AU spelling and the other file has US spelling.
QAR introduction lesson for students can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/introduction-to-question-answer-relationship-for-students-reading-strategy-any-text-any-subject-11338638
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Have students who struggle to start their research assignments? Need students to show evidence of their research? Don’t have the time to create your own scaffolding? This resource is for you!
A great resource (that will suite any length of time set) to get learners to demonstrate their ability to plan and prepare for a research assignment. Includes steps to encourage and support students to:
-Begin the inquiry and identify previous knowledge
-Develop a hypothesis (tentative, revised and final)
-Define relevant key words
-Devise sub-questions and then locate and record relevant information
-Synthase and plan through to reviewing and editing their draft
Accessible to KS3 students, differentiated by the 3 levels of critical reflection and source evaluation questions. Simply edit these question, enabling high achieving KS2 or KS4 students to use the booklet.
Would work well with my essay writing skill resource found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/assignment-writing-essay-and-report-11242476
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