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!
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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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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Use this display pack to brighten up your classroom and so you never miss a student’s birthday!
This resource has colourful posters for each month and a title poster to complete the display. There is also name tags and teacher notes with a bonus lesson idea.
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A great resource to end your Aztec and Inca unit!
The resource includes:
-Task sheet (editable)
-Criteria sheet (editable)
-1 Classroom lesson
- 2 Computer lesson
- 2 research hint sheets
- Assignment scaffolding
- Modeled answers (differentiated)
-Suggested teaching strategies for each activity
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep is needed! It can form a standalone end of term activity or be used at the end of a unit of study. Can be easily adapted to suit other assignment tasks you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to KS2/ Year 7-9 students.
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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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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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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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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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The KWLH Technique is just one of many graphic organizers that help students organize their thinking for decision-making, problem solving and reflecting.
It’s a great method to activate prior knowledge and to help students organize information for learning and in the case of this resource improving their results.
This resource has the added benefit of being a great tool to provide evidence for a student’s reflections on their work. I enjoy showing it to parents/ guardians as it helps them understand how they can better support their student at home.
K - What I KNOW
W – What I WANT to know
L – What I LEARNT
H – HOW I learnt it
Booklet provides 4 reflections sheets, for different stages of a unit, which use the KWLH technique.
- Reflecting on the start of a new unit of work
- Reflecting on the current assessment task
- Reflecting on completion of an assessment item
- Reflecting on the next assessment item (how to improve)
This resource is perfect for higher Year 5-10.
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The KWLH Technique is just one of many graphic organizers that help students organize their thinking for decision-making, problem solving and reflecting.
It’s a great method to activate prior knowledge and to help students organize information for learning and in the case of this resource improving their results.
This resource has the added benefit of being a great tool to provide evidence for a student’s reflections on their work. I enjoy showing it to parents/ guardians as it helps them understand how they can better support their student at home.
K - What I KNOW
W – What I WANT to know
L – What I LEARNT
H – HOW I learnt it
Booklet provides 4 reflection sheets, for different stages of a unit, which use the KWLH technique.
- Reflecting on the start of a new unit of work
- Reflecting on the current assessment task
- Reflecting on completion of an assessment item
- Reflecting on the next assessment item (how to improve)
This resource is perfect for higher KS2-KS3/ Year 5-12.
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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 using vocabulary that relates to the different skills students are asked to write about when unpacking and responding to a text.
2 signpost each with 4 curriculum literacy skills. 40 vocabulary words to create your display and help your students excel in their writing. Teacher notes included on last page.
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A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016!
The resource includes 6 Rio summer Olympics theme activities:
-multiplication
-time
- perimeter and area
- division
- reading tables
-word search (for early finishers)
-suggested teaching strategies
-Answers
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson.
Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to Year 4 - lower Year 8.
Worksheets provide a challenge for more able students (Year 4).
Some questions rely on assumed Olympic event knowledge so please read the teaching notes.
All measurements are in meters to align with Olympic events (i.e. 100m, 10km athletic events etc.)
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A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016!
The resource includes 6 Rio summer Olympics theme activities:
-multiplication
-time
- perimeter and area
- division
- reading tables
-word search (for early finishers)
-suggested teaching strategies
-answers
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson.
Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to KS2 and lower KS3 students.
Worksheets provide a challenge for more able students (Year 4).
Some questions rely on assumed Olympic event knowledge so please read the teaching notes.
Please rate if you enjoyed!
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Special discount offer for all 3 of my Rio summer Olympics themed resources!
The resource includes:
- 5 literacy activities (writing a haiku, acrostic poem x2, dribble (100 word story), feature article and persuasive writing.
- 5 worksheets (Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream, Olympic Country Report)
- 4 puzzles (Alphabetical sort, word search x2 and crossword)
- Certificate
- 3 display posters (Medal Tally Poster, Bookmark/ Border Display and Bunting
- Bingo
- Flag of competing country
- Sport pictographs
-Suggested teaching strategies
-Answers
These resources have been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson.
Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
Please note that some activities in this bundle are aimed at Year 4-6 while others are aimed at Year 7-9.
Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students.
Please rate if you enjoyed!
Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest.
Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.
A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016!
The resource includes 5 Rio summer Olympics theme activities:
-writing a haiku
-acrostic poem,
-dribble (100 word story)
- feature article
-word search
-suggested teaching strategies
-Answers
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson.
Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to Year 6-9 students.
Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students.
Please rate if you enjoyed!
Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest.
Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993
Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.
Special discount offer for all 3 of my Rio Summer Olympics themed resources!
The resource includes:
- 5 literacy activities (writing a haiku, acrostic poem x2, dribble (100 word story), feature article and persuasive writing.
- 5 worksheets (Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream, Olympic Country Report)
- 4 puzzles (Alphabetical sort, word search x2 and crossword)
- Certificate
- 3 display posters (Medal Tally Poster, Bookmark/ Border Display and Bunting)
- Bingo
- Flag of competing country
- Sport pictographs
-Suggested teaching strategies
-Answers
These resources have been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson.
Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
Please note that some activities in this bundle are aimed at KS2 while others are aimed at KS3.
Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students.
Please rate if you enjoyed!
Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest.
Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.
A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016!
The resource includes 5 Rio summer Olympics theme activities:
-writing a haiku
-acrostic poem,
-dribble (100 word story)
- feature article
-word search
-suggested teaching strategies
-Answers
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson.
Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to higher KS2 and KS3 students.
Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students.
Please rate if you enjoyed!
Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest.
Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285978
A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016!
The resource includes 11 Rio Olympic theme question for students to hunt for along with suggested teaching strategies and answers.
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson.
Can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to higher Year 5 and Year 9 students.
Suggested ideas for differentiation and extension are provided in the teachers notes.
Please rate if you enjoyed!
Click on my display name to see my other excellent Rio resources.
A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016!
The resource includes 11 Rio Olympic theme question for students to hunt for along with suggested teaching strategies and answers.
This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson.
Can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned.
This lesson should be accessible to higher KS2 and KS3 students.
Suggested ideas for differentiation and extension are provided in the teachers notes.
Please rate if you enjoyed!
Click on my display name to see my other excellent Rio resources.