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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!
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!!!
Rekenrek Memory Game
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Rekenrek Memory Game

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This Rekenrek Memory Game is great for individuals, small groups or centers! In this game, players will be asked to flip over two cards at a time to find a match between a rekenrek image and a ten frame image! The game ends when all matches have been made. The player with the most matches wins. If you like this game, please check out my Rekenrek BUNDLE available in my store! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rekenrek-unit-bundle-11120968
Rekenrek Number Flash
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Rekenrek Number Flash

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Make improving number sense FUN with this game for the rekenrek. Players will be shown a number and need to make it as fast as they can on their rekenrek!
Halloween Party Pack:  Games, Parent Letters & MORE!!!
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Halloween Party Pack: Games, Parent Letters & MORE!!!

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Halloween Party Pack These Halloween Activities and Party games will have your students saying “Best Halloween Party Ever!!!” These Halloween Activities and Party Games are designed to be fun and used during class parties. These Halloween Activities and Party Games are not meant to be learning centres. The Halloween Activities and Party Games Party Pack Includes: Halloween Letter home to parents requesting volunteers and snacks (peanut free) - Be sure you have enough food and volunteers to run these Halloween Activities! Halloween Activities offer a selection that are great for whole class, small group or individuals: Two Halloween Word Scramble Games- Unscramble these Halloween Words in these Halloween Activities Halloween Word Search Halloween Colouring Pages Pass the Pumpkin Game Trick or Treat Game Jelly Bean Relay Game No Hands Pass the Mini Pumpkin Hide the Pumpkin Halloween Game I Want My Mummy! &MORE! I hope that you and your class enjoy this selection of Halloween Activities and Party Games! If you like these Halloween Activities and Party Games, check out my additional Halloween products available in my store!
Halloween Maths Pack
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Halloween Maths Pack

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25 Halloween Maths pages packed with Halloween Maths Fun! Included in this Halloween Maths Pack you will find: Halloween Maths Word Problems- 4 pages of Halloween maths word problems Halloween Maths Graphing- Graph Finn's class favourite Halloween candy. Answer questions about the tally chart and find the mean, median, mode and range. Halloween Maths Fractions- Answer Halloween maths fraction questions Halloween Maths Probability- What are Shana's chances of picking out different Halloween candies? Missing Pumpkin Number- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Halloween Maths Fact Families- 4 pages of Halloween Maths fact families for all operations Halloween Hidden Message- Round to solve the riddle Halloween Time- Two pages of time problems Halloween Hidden Picture- The ultimate Halloween Maths pack activity! This Halloween Maths activity is fun for all ages. Students will solve 100 Halloween maths problems to find the Halloween maths Hidden Picture in the 100’s chart. Students will be engaged and learning in this self-checking fun Halloween maths activity. This Halloween Maths Packet will make a great supplement to your curriculum. This Halloween Maths Pack is great for centres or for early finishers! Offer this Halloween Maths Pack as review or enrichment. Put this Halloween Maths Pack on your smart board and complete this Halloween Maths pack as a class or give this Halloween maths pack students to complete individually or for extra credit! A Halloween Maths pack Answer Key is included.
Personal Student Dictionary
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Personal Student Dictionary

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Are you bombarded every day with students asking you to spell the same words over and over again? Have students take charge of their spelling and writing with this personal student dictionary! This personal student dictionary will help students improve their spelling, reading and writing skills. When a student asks you to spell a word, have them write it down in their personal dictionary. The word will now be “theirs”! Already included in this personal student dictionary are Fountas and Pinnell sight words as well as Dolche sight words. I like having students highlight the sight words as they become secure in reading them. These are also great references for older grades or ELL students! *Student Cover *a page for every letter complete with cute clip art *sight words *spaces for students to add their own words An extra lined sheet is included at the end of this personal student dictionary so that you can double side the pages for extra writing space. To make this dictionary last all year, print the cover on colourful card stock or paper or use a three hole punch and keep in pronged report folders.
Halloween Creative Thinking Pack
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Halloween Creative Thinking Pack

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This is a packet of 20 creative thinking, writing and math Halloween activities. These language rich Halloween activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas. Included in this Halloween Activity Pack you will find: *A Mummy Can't- what CAN'T a mummy do? *Halloween Everyday- would you ever get tired of Halloween? *Ghostly Problems- Thinking about invisibility *What is THAT? - Create a new Halloween animals *Halloween Words- Halloween Vocabulary *Make Halloween Bigger, Add something and Replace something *The Bagless Wonder- Think of how you could carry your Halloween candy home without a bag *Signs of Halloween- What does that weird sign have to do with Halloween? *Halloween Fashion- Predict the top 10 costumes in the next 5 years *Halloween Problems- Write a Halloween problem for a classmate to solve *Malinda the “Green” Witch- Tell Malinda some new uses for her old hat *What? No Candy!?!- The mayor has decreed that only prunes can be handed out for Halloween. List the consequences *The Vampire and the Pumpkin- How are a vampire and a pumpkin are alike *Crazy Costume- Design a costume using only things you have in your desk *Frankenstein is the Answer- Frankenstein is the answer and you write the questions *The Next Big Thing- Design the next best Halloween Trick or Treat bag. Label the parts *Candy Drop- You dropped your Halloween candy in a manhole! Given some odds and ends, how will you get it out?! *Pumpkin Carving- You don't have a knife or a pumpkin carver. How are you going to carve your pumpkin? *The Missing Foot- A skeleton is walking around on Halloween night without his left foot. Explain how this happened. *Halloween Haiku This Halloween Activity Pack also contains a Product Descriptor for easy grading! Sample Answers included in this Halloween Activity Pack to get you and your class thinking! This Halloween Activity Pack makes a great Halloween early finishers packet as well! Use them as sponge activities to get your students thinking. Set up some educational centres around or on Halloween.
Fall Maths Pack:   Fall Money, Fall Time, Fall Word Problems & MORE!!!
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Fall Maths Pack: Fall Money, Fall Time, Fall Word Problems & MORE!!!

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Fall Maths Pack This Fall Maths Pack contains 30 pages packed with maths activities that are so fun, your students won't even know that they are doing real math! This Fall Maths Pack includes story problems, graphing, Hidden Picture, fractions and more! Included in this Fall Maths Pack, you will find: Skip Counting Number Patterns Fall Fact Families- all operations Word Problems- all operations Fall Maths Graphing Probability Missing Numbers Hidden Picture- Solve 100 maths problems to find the hidden fall maths picture Included in this Fall Maths Pack, you will find a full Answer Key This Fall Maths Pack is a great supplement to your curriculum. Offer this Fall Maths Pack as review or as enrichment. This Fall Maths Pack makes great morning work or is perfect for early finishers! Put this Fall Maths Pack on your smart board and complete as a class or give to students to complete individually or in pairs.
Fall Creative Thinking Packet
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Fall Creative Thinking Packet

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This is a packet of 20 creative thinking Fall activities for Fall. Get your students thinking creatively right from the start of the year! These language rich creative thinking fall activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a fall activity packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas. This Fall Activity Packet will do just that! This Fall Activity pack does not have any holiday themed pages. Included in this Fall Activities packet you will find: *Student Cover- a blackline student cover is included in this fall activity *A Trip to the Apple Orchard *Human Hibernation *Time to Feed the Goats! *It Might Just Work *Fall Words *You’re So Cosy! *Raking Bind *Apple Picking *Fall Tinkering *Fall Math *There has GOT to be Another Use *No Pumpkins *A Squirrel and a GPS *Fall Memories *What is Fall or Autumn? *The Lane *Clean Ground *Just ONE Sip! *The Stubborn Tree *Fall Colour Poem Sample Answers included with these fall activities to get you and your class thinking! This Fall Activity Pack also includes a Product Descriptor for easy grading! These Fall activities make a great Fall early finishers packet! Use these Fall activities as sponge activities to get your students thinking. Set up some Fall centres using these Fall Activities
Fall Estimation Fun!
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Fall Estimation Fun!

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This is a fun fall activity that will have your students estimating, finding difference and weighing. Students will need to estimate the difference in weight of a small and a large pumpkin in kilograms. They will then estimate how many seeds are in each pumpkin and put in their guess for a friendly class competition!
Fall Centres Pack
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Fall Centres Pack

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Looking for Fall themed centres to go with your fall unit? Included in this packet are 18 Writing, Math and Science themed centres. These Fall Centres are differentiated to accommodate all levels of learners in your classroom! These fall-themed activities are designed to stand on their own or be used collectively as fall centres. These autumn centres are aligned to the Common Core Language Arts standards as well as Science Standards. Fall activities Include: Fall Into Reading centre- fiction and non-fiction reading response sheets It's Fall About Writing centre- Students will create a fall ABC book or a Fall Fact Book Fall Word Work centre- Fall Word Sorts for primary and intermediate and a Say, Write, Spell of fall words Fall Craft centre- Students will create a paper bag scarecrow Fall Listening Centres Fall Science and Observation centre-A cut and paste leaf diagram or a draw-your-own diagram of selected fall objects. Also includes a Summer vs. Fall comparison page Fall Math centre- Students will estimate and compare the weights of pumpkins and number of pumpkin seeds Fall Computer Centre- Students will type and decorate a list of fall words Fall Picture Sort centre- Students will cut and paste summer and fall pictures into appropriate categories Each fall activity includes a materials list, teacher directions and all the student pintables you need for the fall centres. Student sheets are created in black and white for easy printing and photo copying.
My Fall ABC Book
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My Fall ABC Book

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This adorable Fall ABC book template is the perfect thing for a fall writing centre! Provide students with a variety of texts, writing materials and blank books. Students will write a word or phrase that relates to the fall season on every page. They will then illustrate their books. This book is great for beginning and experienced writers alike!
100's Day Fun Pack
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100's Day Fun Pack

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100th Day of School Fun Pack and 100th Day of School Parent Letter. 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. In this 100th Day of School Activity Pack, you will find the following 100th Day of School Activities: 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- 100th Day of School counting mat is included 100th Day of School Trail Mix- Have students count out 100 ingredients to make this 100th Day of School snack. Hop to 100- Students will actually be able to 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?- A 100th Day of School 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 a page of 100 Chart Puzzles in this 100th Day of School activity! 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! To complete these 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 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 activities because some of them will require some advanced preparation. Have a FANTASTIC 100th Day of School!!!!
Fall Reading Response Sheets
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Fall Reading Response Sheets

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These Fall Reading Response Sheets are perfect for independent work or centers. There are a variety of response sheets that can be used with fiction or non-fiction. These Fall Reading Response Sheets Include: *Suggested Fall Book List *Fall Non-Fiction Reading Response Sheet- What I Know About Fall, What I Learned About Fall and Questions I Still Have About Fall *Fall Non-Fiction Reading Response-Draw a picture and write about what you learned from your fall book *Fall Fiction Reading Response Sheets- Identify Characters, Setting, Problem/Solution, Summary *Fall Fiction Reading Response Sheets- Draw a picture and write about your favorite part of the story
Spring Vs. Winter Season Sort
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Spring Vs. Winter Season Sort

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In these activities, students will compare Spring to Winter. In the first activity, they will cut and past items that have to so with spring and winter and sort them into the correct categories. Next, they will complete a spring vs. winter venn diagram. These activities are great for an introduction to the seasons!
Spring Word Work
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Spring Word Work

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This Spring Word Work is perfect for a spring themed center! These pages include a word sort for both primary and intermediate. There is also three pages of Say, Write, Spell, a re-usable activity that will have students using their spelling skills to spell new words!
Spring Reading Response Sheets
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Spring Reading Response Sheets

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These Spring Reading Response sheets are perfect for a spring reading or listening to reading center. There are a variety of sheets for both fiction and non-fiction texts.
Spring ABC Book
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Spring ABC Book

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Students will LOVE making their very own ABC book! They will come up with something creative to do with spring for every letter of the alphabet! They will then illustrate their own book for a keepsake.
Winter ABC Book
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Winter ABC Book

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This super cute ABC book is the perfect project for a winter themed writing center! Throw in some fun writing utensils, sample ABC books and winter non-fiction books and have kids writing their own books in no time!
Fall/Summer Picture Sort
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Fall/Summer Picture Sort

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In this activity, students will sort activities, clothing and objects that belong in either Fall or Summer. This is great for a science lesson on the changing seasons!