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The Naturally Creative Classroom

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Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have experience as an elementary teacher (1-5), teacher mentor, guest teacher and mom (twins!). The belief that ALL students can be creative thinkers guides all that I do. I am certified to teach gifted education and am pursuing my ESL endorsement. Elementary Math and integrated unit planning are my favorite subjects to teach. There is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

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Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have experience as an elementary teacher (1-5), teacher mentor, guest teacher and mom (twins!). The belief that ALL students can be creative thinkers guides all that I do. I am certified to teach gifted education and am pursuing my ESL endorsement. Elementary Math and integrated unit planning are my favorite subjects to teach. There is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6
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Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6

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This Christmas Maths Pack is 26 pages and designed for Year 6 students. It covers TONS of maths concepts in fun and engaging ways. This Christmas Maths Pack is perfect for the week before Christmas or holiday breaks! This Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6 Includes: *Coordinate Graphing Mystery Picture *Multiplying and Dividing Fractions *Rounding and Comparing Decimals to the ten thousandths *Volume *Colour by Product *Interpreting Line Plots with fractions *Fraction Word Problems *Order of Operations *Writing and Solving Equations *Scaling *Christmas Logic Problems *Ordered Pairs Check out the other UK Christmas Products available in my shop!
How to Be a Bucket Filler
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How to Be a Bucket Filler

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Bring the Concept of Bucket Filling into your classroom with this pack! This pack includes Lesson Plans, classroom activities, a guide to a classroom display, Posters and More! If you like this lesson, check out the others in the series: 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight A Safe Recess Being a Bucket Filler Building Trust Choosing Safe Playground Games Controlling Your Behavior Dealing with Anger "I Feel ____" and "Talk and Squawk" Everyone Wants to Belong Good Fit Video Games Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Knowing your Anger Triggers Lining Up Properly Showing Respect to Others Snow, School and You: A Guide Tattling vs. Telling The Golden Rule The Importance of Being Honest OR Get them ALL in a BUNDLE!!! Check out my shop!
Good Fit Video Games
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Good Fit Video Games

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The video games students play can affect everything from their sleep patterns to the way their brain develops. Many students are playing games that are not appropriate for them. This lesson will teach students why it is important to choose a game that is a good fit for them. This lesson includes 4 parts: Setting a Purpose, Teaching Examples, Activities and Role Playing and Reinforcement Activities. If you like this lesson, check out the others in the series: 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight A Safe Recess Being a Bucket Filler Building Trust Choosing Safe Playground Games Controlling Your Behavior Dealing with Anger "I Feel ____" and "Talk and Squawk" Everyone Wants to Belong Good Fit Video Games Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Knowing your Anger Triggers Lining Up Properly Showing Respect to Others Snow, School and You: A Guide Tattling vs. Telling The Golden Rule The Importance of Being Honest OR Get them ALL in a BUNDLE!!! Check out my shop!
Rekenrek Number Book
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Rekenrek Number Book

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Use this Rekenrek Number Book to increase number fluency and number sense. Students will show the numbers 1-20 in two ways: On the rekenrek, on a ten frame and then two ways of their choosing (money, tally marks, pictures, number line, etc). If you like this number book, please check out some of my other Rekenrek Resources or the entire BUNDLE available in my store!
How to Line Up Properly
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How to Line Up Properly

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Knowing how to line up quickly and quietly is an important school skill! This often needs to be directly taught and reviewed! Use this lesson with your students to teach them the proper way to line up. This behavior lesson includes 4 parts: Setting a Purpose, Teaching Examples, Activities and Role Playing and Reinforcement Activities. If you like this lesson, check out the others in the series: 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight A Safe Recess Being a Bucket Filler Building Trust Choosing Safe Playground Games Controlling Your Behavior Dealing with Anger "I Feel ____" and "Talk and Squawk" Everyone Wants to Belong Good Fit Video Games Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Knowing your Anger Triggers Lining Up Properly Showing Respect to Others Snow, School and You: A Guide Tattling vs. Telling The Golden Rule The Importance of Being Honest OR Get them ALL in a BUNDLE!!! Check out my shop!
Choosing Safe Playground Games
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Choosing Safe Playground Games

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Help students figure out which games are great for the playground and which games might not be a good choice. This lesson includes 4 parts: Setting a Purpose, Teaching Examples, Activities and Role Playing and Reinforcement Activities. If you like this lesson, check out the others in the series: 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight A Safe Recess Being a Bucket Filler Building Trust Choosing Safe Playground Games Controlling Your Behaviour Dealing with Anger I Feel ____ and Talk and Squawk Everyone Wants to Belong Good Fit Video Games Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Knowing your Anger Triggers Lining Up Properly Showing Respect to Others Snow, School and You: A Guide Tattling vs. Telling The Golden Rule The Importance of Being Honest OR Get them ALL in a BUNDLE!!! Check out my shop!
Bucket Filling Power Point
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Bucket Filling Power Point

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Help prevent bullying in your classroom by explaining the concept of Bucket Filling to your students. This colorful Power Point outlines the major points and concepts of bucket filling in a child friendly way!
Showing Respect to Others
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Showing Respect to Others

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It is important to show respect to others, even when you might be unhappy or upset. This lesson will guide students why it is important to show respect to others. This behavior lesson includes 4 parts: Setting a Purpose, Teaching Examples, Activities and Role Playing and Reinforcement Activities. If you like this lesson, check out the others in the series: 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight A Safe Recess Being a Bucket Filler Building Trust Choosing Safe Playground Games Controlling Your Behavior Dealing with Anger "I Feel ____" and "Talk and Squawk" Everyone Wants to Belong Good Fit Video Games Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Knowing your Anger Triggers Lining Up Properly Showing Respect to Others Snow, School and You: A Guide Tattling vs. Telling The Golden Rule The Importance of Being Honest OR Get them ALL in a BUNDLE!!! Check out my shop!
Perimeter and Area I Have Who Has
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Perimeter and Area I Have Who Has

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Make learning and reviewing Perimeter and Area FUN with this Perimeter and Area I Have, Who Has game! This game can be played whole class or is perfect for centers! Students will need to find the perimeter or area of the shape on their card before they can participate in the game. This Perimeter and Area game includes 30 playing cards. CCSS Math Standards: 3.MD.5 3.MD.6 3.MD.7 3.MD.8
Building Trust in the Classroom and Beyond
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Building Trust in the Classroom and Beyond

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Trust must be earned. Use this lesson plan to give students a visual example of building trust that you can refer to all year long. This lesson includes 4 parts: Setting a Purpose, Teaching Examples, Activities and Role Playing and Reinforcement Activities. A "10 Ways to Build Trust" Poster is also included. If you like this lesson, check out the others in the series: 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight A Safe Recess Being a Bucket Filler Building Trust Choosing Safe Playground Games Controlling Your Behaviour Dealing with Anger I Feel ____and Talk and Squawk Everyone Wants to Belong Good Fit Video Games Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Knowing your Anger Triggers Lining Up Properly Showing Respect to Others Snow, School and You: A Guide Tattling vs. Telling The Golden Rule The Importance of Being Honest OR Get them ALL in a BUNDLE!!! Check out my shop!
Christmas Math Pack for 4th Grade
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Christmas Math Pack for 4th Grade

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Christmas Math Pack for 4th Grade Christmas Math Pack This Christmas math packet is made exclusively with 4th grade CCSS math standards. This Christmas math packet includes story problems, line plots, comparing numbers, fractions and more! 4th grade standards are covered using games, hidden messages and hidden pictures. Adorable graphics compliment these fun problems. This Christmas Math packet is perfect for the week before Christmas! Included you will find 37 pages of Christmas Math: *Christmas Story Problems *Color by Sum- Adding and Subtracting 3 digit numbers *Factors *Writing fractions with 10 or 100 as a denominator as a decimal *Comparing Decimals *Logic Problems *Line Plots *Area and Perimeter *Number and Shape Patterns *Time, Money, measuring *So much more!!! 4.MD.A.2 4.MD.A.3 4.MD.B.4 4.NBT.A.2 4.NBT.A.3 4.NBT.B.4 4.OA.A.1 4.OA.A.2 4.OA.A.3 4.OA.B.4 4.OA.C.5 4.NF.B.3 4.G.A.1 4.NF.C.5 4.NF.C.6 4.NF.C.7
Christmas Maths Pack
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Christmas Maths Pack

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This Christmas Maths packet is geared towards 8-10 year olds. This Christmas Maths packet includes story problems for every operation, graphing, comparing numbers, fractions and more! Included you will find 25 pages of Christmas Maths: *Christmas themed word problems. Single and multi-step Christmas Maths problems for all operations *Christmas present 3 digit addition and subtraction Christmas Maths problems. Colour odd presents green and even presents red *Multiplication and Division Christmas tree fact families *Addition and Subtraction Christmas Maths tree fact families *Number Comparison- Compare two numbers using greater than, less than and equal to. Add in a missing number to make the number sentence true on this Christmas Maths Page *Rounding numbers to nearest 100 and 1000 *Elapsed Time - How long does Jeannette lie in bed awake until she can see if Santa came to her house? How long was Cheyenne wrapping presents? Find out with these riveting elapsed time Christmas Maths problems! *Graphing- William asks 100 of his closest friends what they want for Christmas. In this Christmas Maths page, use his data to make a graph, fractions, percents and more! *Fractions- Divide up Christmas biscuits and Christmas cakes *Number Patterns- Find the pattern and fill in the missing numbers. Identify the pattern *Shape Patterns- In this Christmas Maths page, find the patterns and fill in the missing shapes. *Hundreds Chart Puzzles- Avery can't open her Christmas Maths presents until she has finished these Hundreds Chart Puzzles. Help her!!! *Christmas Hidden Picture- Answer 100 Christmas Maths problems to find the Christmas Maths Hidden Picture! This Christmas Maths packet is a great supplement to your curriculum. Offer this Christmas Maths packet as review or offer this Christmas Maths as enrichment. Send this Christmas Maths packet home over break to keep students thinking. This Christmas Maths pack makes great morning work or an early finishers! Answer Key is included.
Showing Respect in the Lunchroom PowerPoint
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Showing Respect in the Lunchroom PowerPoint

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This interactive presentation will teach children all about how to be respectful in the lunchroom. It provides a child-friendly definition of respect and concrete examples showing kids what respect to yourself, others, the lunchroom and things in the lunchroom looks like and sounds like. This presentation is perfect for PBIS, beginning of the year, review or social groups! Check out some of my other lessons and presentations! Bucket Filling Power Point Trust Bank Presentation The Golden Rule and Acceptance The Importance of Being Honest Tattling vs. Telling Snow at School Being Respectful Lining Up Properly Know Your Anger Triggers Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Good Fit Video Games Dealing with Conflict Dealing with Anger Controlling Your Behavior How to be a Bucket Filler Behavior T-Charts A Safe Recess 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight
Being Respectful in Music Class
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Being Respectful in Music Class

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This interactive PowerPoint presentation will teach children all about how to be respectful in Music Class. It provides a child-friendly definition of respect and concrete examples showing kids what respect to yourself, others, the music classroom and things in the music classroom looks like and sounds like. This presentation is perfect for PBIS, beginning of the year, review or social groups! If your like this product, please check out: All the items below are also available in a Behavior Lesson BUNDLE Showing Respect in the Library Showing Respect in the Bathroom Slide Show Showing Respect in the Lunchroom Slide Show Bucket Filling Power Point Trust Bank Presentation The Golden Rule and Acceptance The Importance of Being Honest Tattling vs. Telling Snow at School Being Respectful Lining Up Properly Know Your Anger Triggers Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Good Fit Video Games Dealing with Conflict Dealing with Anger Controlling Your Behavior How to be a Bucket Filler Behavior T-Charts A Safe Recess 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight
100th Day of School Fun Pack
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100th Day of School Fun Pack

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100th Day of School Fun Pack UK Version Give your students an amazing 100th Day of School to remember with this creative and unique set of 100th Day of School Activities and centres. A 100th Day of School Parent letter is included in this 100th Day of School Activity Pack so that you can be prepared with volunteers and snacks. All vocabulary, spelling and money is for the UK. You can find the US Version HERE In this 100th Day of School Activity Pack, you will find: 100th Day of School Parent Letter *100th Day of School Certificate- This certificate is available in full colour or black line master *100th Day of School Hat- A creative and fun twist on the 100th Day of School Crown. Instructions and photographs included. *100th Day of School Necklace- counting mat is included *100th Day of School Trail Mix- Have students count out 100 ingredients *Hop to 100 *100 Ways to Show 100 *Flip to 100- Students will flip a coin 100 times and record their results and answer questions. *Roll to 100- students will roll a dice 100 times, record their results and then answer questions about their results *Which has 100?- An estimating activity *When I am 100- Students will predict how their life will be when they are 100 years old *Fun with the 100's Chart- Three 100's Chart activities- Find the Missing Numbers and Chart Puzzles 100's Chart Hidden Picture- This 100th day of school activity includes three levels of difficulty. -a number match -a set of addition and subtraction problems that can be completed using the 100's chart -a wide variety of skill review- from tally marks to money. Pick the set that works best for your class or individual students on the 100th day of school! These 100th Day of School activities will have students cheering "Best 100th Day of School EVER!!!!" To complete these 100th Day of School activities with younger students, it would be helpful to ask for a parent volunteer for each 100th Day of School centre/activity. You can set up these 100th Day of School activities to complete in one day. You can also celebrate the week of the 100th Day of School by spreading out these activities for the whole week. Be sure to read through these 100th Day of School activities because some of them will require some advanced preparation. Have a FANTASTIC 100th Day of School!!!!
Thanksgiving Math Pack
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Thanksgiving Math Pack

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Thanksgiving Math This Thanksgiving math packet is geared towards 3rd -5th graders. Included you will find 18 pages of Thanksgiving Math: *Thanksgiving themed Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division stories. Single and multi-step problems *Graphing - Natalia surveys her class about their favorite Thanksgiving food. Answer questions about her data and make a graph and fractions * Number Comparison- Compare two numbers using greater than, less than and equal to. Add in a missing number to make the number sentence true *Rounding- rounding numbers to nearest 10 and 100. Use the answers to answer a secret Thanksgiving Math message! * Elapsed Time- What time did Jackson's dinner start? How long did Thanksgiving dinner take? What time did Tonya and her family get to Grandma's? Solve these time problems to find out *Addition and Subtraction with 3 and 4 digit numbers *Fractions- Divide Thanksgiving dessert up for the guests. Help a Farmer make a new turkey pen *Number Patterns- Find the pattern and fill in the missing numbers. Identify the pattern. *Even and Odd. Color even numbers orange and odd numbers brown. Identify what fraction of the items are even *Hidden Picture- answer 100 math questions to find this Thanksgiving Hidden Picture! This Thanksgiving math packet would make a great supplement to your curriculum! Answer Key is included. CCSS Math Standards: 3.MD.A.1 3.MD.B.3 3.NBT.A.1 3.NBT.A.2 4.NBT.A.3 4.NBT.B.4 3.OA.A.1 3.OA.A.2 3.OA.A.3 3.OA.A.4 3.OA.B.5 3.OA.B.6 3.OA.C.7 3.OA.D.8 3.OA.D.9 4.OA.A.1 4.OA.A.2 4.OA.A.3 4.OA.C.5 3.NF.A.1
Trust Bank Presentation
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Trust Bank Presentation

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What does it mean to be trustworthy? How do you earn trust? How do you lose trust? Use this kid-friendly presentation to teach your class about trust banks. Students will learn what it looks like when people trust them and what they can do to earn the trust of those around them!
Rekenrek Quick Image Game
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Rekenrek Quick Image Game

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Make number sense FUN with this Rekenrek Quick Image game! This rekenrek game is great for centres or small groups. The cards include all numbers on the Rekenrek from 1-20 in all combinations. One player will show the card for 3-5 seconds. The other player will have to identify the number, or re-create it on their personal rekenrek and then tell the number. The first player to get 20 points wins! Instructions, score sheet and cards all included! If you enjoy this game, check out my Rekenrek BUNDLE!!!
Kindness Elves:  A New Christmas Tradition
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Kindness Elves: A New Christmas Tradition

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This Christmas Elves unit is designed to help students understand the true meaning of Christmas and spread a message that lasts all year! The premise of this Christmas Elves unit is that the Christmas Kindness Elves will come each day to the classroom or home with different acts of kindness as well as the supplies (if needed). Each night the Christmas Elves will return to the North Pole to think of another act of kindness and to refresh their supplies. There are twenty four unique Christmas Elves activities included in this unit, enough to take you through twenty four days. Have your children or students name your Christmas Kindness Elves. Place the Christmas Kindness Elves in a different place around your home or classroom each day. Complete the act of kindness the elves left either together at home or at school, or assign it as homework (when appropriate and fun). The activities the Christmas Elves leave can be done in any order and have versions appropriate for home or classroom. You may choose to print out the Christmas Elves tags or print off a page of blank tags and write the message yourself. Writing papers and lists of supplies (when needed) are included. Christmas Kindness Elves activities are most appropriate for children who can read and write on their own, but may be adapted for younger children. If you enjoy this Christmas Kindness Elves product, check out some of my other Christmas products available in my store!
Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture K-1
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Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture K-1

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Students LOVE Puzzles! Have them loving math with this Fall Hundreds Chart Hidden Picture. Students will solve 120 problems to reveal the hidden picture! The problems in this Hidden Picture are for Kindergarten and 1st grade. Problems Include: Base 10 Blocks Adding and Subtracting 10 Adding a single digit to a double digit number Number Comparison Number Sense This Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also part of my Fall Math Pack for 1st Grade!! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fall-math-for-1st-grade-11119520 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114