'Your one stop shop for ENGAGING, AUTHENTIC ideas to keep your students busy, and schools wanting you to come back. Resources that are easy to use with links to some amazing websites and a host of free resources.'
Teaching is one of the most creative jobs I know, even after 30 years of teaching I realise that every day is different. You may be teaching the same subjects and grades, but it's children that make teaching both the challenging and rewarding profession that I have known.
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'Your one stop shop for ENGAGING, AUTHENTIC ideas to keep your students busy, and schools wanting you to come back. Resources that are easy to use with links to some amazing websites and a host of free resources.'
Teaching is one of the most creative jobs I know, even after 30 years of teaching I realise that every day is different. You may be teaching the same subjects and grades, but it's children that make teaching both the challenging and rewarding profession that I have known.
Creating
Do many of your students have a negative attitude towards school?
Do you find times when you find teaching can be overwhelming?
These colorful posters will help to foster a positive mindset and to find some inspiration.
Use them as a conversation starter and teaching focus.
Print them 4 to a page and laminate as prompts for students to refer to.
You will receive one PDF with 14 different posters for you to choose from.
They make great binder pages, images framed in photo frames, laminated to have on display in your room.
Printing them 2 or 4 to a page make a great thank you card or resource to print off for your students.
Teaching Notes
•This choice board is designed to work with any list of words for a term.
•The activities specifically target middle primary students and encourage them to practice their spelling words., using Blooms taxonomy of thinking skills.
•There are 18 different activities to choose from, and students will monitor their own checklist. The maximum amount of times they can select an activity is 3 and this will be reflected on their checklist. Altogether that totals 54 activities.
•A high ink, low ink and black and white version are included for your needs.
•Many of the activities include technology so that it will be essential to have access to iPads in the classroom for this particular selection of choice boards.
•A separate slide is included to explain what each task involves, and these can be printed and laminated for class reference or as a PowerPoint presentation.
•The choice is yours. ENJOY
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF version and PowerPoint version for use with IWB. Please ensure you have the software to open a zip file
Teaching Notes
•This choice board is designed to work with any list of words for a term.
•The activities specifically target middle primary students and encourage them to practice their spelling words., using Blooms taxonomy of thinking skills.
•There are 18 different activities to choose from, and students will monitor their own checklist. The maximum amount of times they can select an activity is 3 and this will be reflected on their checklist. Altogether that totals 54 activities.
•A high ink, low ink and black and white version are included for your needs.
•Many of the activities include technology so that it will be essential to have access to iPads in the classroom for this particular selection of choice boards.
•A separate slide is included to explain what each task involves, and these can be printed and laminated for class reference or as a PowerPoint presentation.
•The choice is yours. ENJOY
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF version and PowerPoint version for use with IWB. Please ensure you have the software to open a zip file
This comprehensive pack is suitable for Distance learning as there is a Google Slides version included in the pack, so that it can be used in printed format or with a variety of devices that are able to utilise Google Slides. A PDF is included which has a link to the online version which will prompt you to make a copy first.
The fonts will be different than the ones in the Powerpoint version
Week 1
Adding –ed, -er and –est to a word ending in –y with a consonant before it.
Week 2
Adding –ing to a word ending in –y with a consonant before it.
Week 3
Adding –ing, –ed, -er and -y to words ending in
–e with a consonant before it.
Week 4
Adding –ing, –ed, -er and -est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant after a single vowel.
Week 5
The sound/or/spelt ‘a’ before l or ll
Week 6
Common exception to the rule words.
Week 7
The sound /u/ spelt with ‘o’
Week 8
The sound /ee/ spelt with ‘-ey’
Week 9
The /o/ sound spelt with ‘a’ after w and qu
Week 1
The stressed /er/ spelt with ‘or’ after w and the sound /or/ spelt ‘ar’ after w
The focus of this booklet follows on the Under the sea theme, with the focus being on Whales. Dyan Sheldon “The Whales’ Song” is beautifully read in a youtube clip, however I recommend buying the picture book to add to your collection. The illustrations in it are stunning, and you can see how closely the illustrator David Blythe and author have worked to bring this story to life. Please view the video above to give you an idea of everything that is incorporated into this unit.
There is a lot of scope for information report writing, and persuasive writing within this theme.
There are over 7 links to websites within the booklet, which is 34 pages of information and helpful activities to support your planning a day or longer into your "Survival Teaching Kit’.
I have listened to your feedback and have provided some print and go worksheets ro utilise with this pack. They now include
Whale vocabulary and definitions lap book
Whale Facts lapbook
Additional games from my collaborator Adrian Bruce at goteachthis.com
Color by number facts
Wordsearch
An extra 16 pages to add to this unit of work
Teaching Notes
•This choice board is designed to work with any list of words for a term.
•The activities specifically target middle primary students and encourage them to practice their spelling words., using Blooms taxonomy of thinking skills.
•There are 18 different activities to choose from, and students will monitor their own checklist. The maximum amount of times they can select an activity is 3 and this will be reflected on their checklist. Altogether that totals 54 activities.
•A high ink, low ink and black and white version are included for your needs.
•Many of the activities include technology so that it will be essential to have access to iPads in the classroom for this particular selection of choice boards.
•A separate slide is included to explain what each task involves, and these can be printed and laminated for class reference or as a PowerPoint presentation.
•The choice is yours. ENJOY
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF version and PowerPoint version for use with IWB. Please ensure you have the software to open a zip file
UK and US versions included in both packs
Looking for a fun way to get your students to share a little bit about themselves or just have a little fun? These Would You Rather Questions are perfect! There are over 1 total questions included.
These are great to use when you have a few extra minutes.
You could also ask these questions before they leave for the day, during your snack time or while you are waiting for something to begin!
You could also use them as a class whiteboard activity or even for writing prompts!
These would you rather questions are great for teaching students how to have a sense of humor, imagination, and fun!
These questions are perfect for special education or preschool classrooms because:
•there is no right answer
•students can answer errorlessly
•they are a fun way to build relationships in your classroom
•If you are working with a new group of students, they are a fun way to break the ice
Laminate these cards so that can be used for many years to come.
Black and white versions available for low ink usage.
Have FUN!!!
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This comprehensive pack is suitable for Distance learning as there is a Google Slides version included in the pack, so that it can be used in printed format or with a variety of devices that are able to utilise Google Slides. A PDF is included which has a link to the online version which will prompt you to make a copy first.
Week 1
Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
Week 2
Words with a long /e/ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ after c (and exceptions)
Week 3
Words with the long /e/ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ after c (and exceptions)
Week 4
Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning
Week 5
Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning
Week 6
Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a vowel letter
Week 7
Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a consonant letter
Week 8
Words with a ‘soft c’ spelt /ce/
Week 9
Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning
Week 1
Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning
Need to make a classroom agreement with your students or need a set of words to develop positive mindset in your classroom.
•These cards are designed to be used as a classroom display, however, my belief is that there needs to be authenticity around any activity we undertake with our students.
•Students need to understand what each of the terms/words mean or “look like”.
•Divide the class into groups and give them a set of words each…….get them to brainstorm how each word is relevant to the classroom and their learning goals.
Use a word as a teaching focus for a day or a week, and give students real life examples of each. Praise students who are demonstrating the mindset you may be focusing on eg Why is it important to be risk takers?
•Where do we use mathematics- what does a mathematician do?
•Why is it important to have music in our lives?
•How do we know a person is a great listener?
• How do inventors help our lives?
•What does being a good team mate look like?
•Students may like to add pictures of their own heads onto the various shapes and outlines.
•Use this on a poster board, or use your classroom door as a display for these motivating words.
•Have FUN!!!
Help your students become proficient persuasive writers in this easy to use way.
This persuasive writing unit will give you the tools necessary to successfully teach this topic in your classroom.
Rubrics, planning sheets, and handouts will help guide you through the process.
Persuasive language is in use all around us: from commercials, to movie posters to political speeches. Therefore, teaching persuasive techniques and language,
can be an extremely engaging task.
This resources aim to make persuasive techniques easy to understand, identify and use.
This is Powerpoint and PDF set which contains images and scaffolds to assist when teaching PEEL paragraphs.
Each organiser explains the different parts of the paragraph (the meaning of each letter P.E.E.L).
61 page Student handouts-print as required
8 slide PowerPoint template with guides to introduce and teach your students about Persuasive writing using the P.E.E.L technique
13 images with text features included
13 plain images without text features
Planning templates for each image
Lined paper
Editing prompts on each scaffold
PEEL prompt cards and images
You will receive a Zip file, so please ensure that you have the software to open these files
This comprehensive pack is suitable for Distance learning as there is a Google Slides version included in the pack, so that it can be used in printed format or with a variety of devices that are able to utilise Google Slides. A PDF is included which has a link to the online version which will prompt you to make a copy first.
The fonts will be different than the ones in the Powerpoint version
Week 1
Words with short /i/ sound spelt with ‘y’
Week 2
Adding suffixes beginning with a vowel (er/ed/ing) to words with more than one syllable (unstressed last syllable - DO NOT double the final consonant)
Week 3
Adding suffixes beginning with a vowel (er/ed/en/ing) to words with more than one syllable (stressed last syllable - double the final consonant)
Week 4
Creating negative meanings using prefix mis-
Week 5
Creating negative meanings using prefix dis-
Week 6
Words with a /k/ sound spelt with ‘ch’
Week 7
Homophones & Near Homophones
Week 8
Homophones & Near Homophones
Week 9
Adding the prefix bi- (meaning ‘two’ or ‘twice’) and Adding the prefix re- (meaning ‘again’ or back’)
Week 1
Words ending in the /g/ sound spelt ‘gue’ and the /k/ sound spelt ‘que’
Teaching Suggestions
Who doesn’t love a good game of Scattergories?
This file comes with a printable game and corresponding PowerPoint for easy classroom use.
Players come up with answers that start with the target letter.
Great as a whole group activity, literacy center, holiday party game, with staff members or even to play at home with family.
This download includes:
-Rules Sheet
-1 Round Cards
-automatic letter selector video (click and go)
-1 minute timer video (click and go)
-extra editable slide to create your own lists
PDF and PowerPoint versions of the game
This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase a multiple license. Thank you :)
Teaching Notes
•This choice board is designed to work with any list of words for a term.
•The activities specifically target middle primary students and encourage them to practice their spelling words., using Blooms taxonomy of thinking skills.
•There are 18 different activities to choose from, and students will monitor their own checklist. The maximum amount of times they can select an activity is 3 and this will be reflected on their checklist. Altogether that totals 54 activities.
•A high ink, low ink and black and white version are included for your needs.
•Many of the activities include technology so that it will be essential to have access to iPads in the classroom for this particular selection of choice boards.
•A separate slide is included to explain what each task involves, and these can be printed and laminated for class reference or as a PowerPoint presentation.
•The choice is yours. ENJOY
You will receive a zip file containing a PDF version and PowerPoint version for use with IWB. Please ensure you have the software to open a zip file
Looking for a fun way to test your students’ math knowledge around number representation using base ten blocks, tally marks and hands
Need a fun game to use as a reward for your students- especially the competitive ones!!!
Use this as an exit task after teaching a unit based on this theme
15 questions in this game
Guaranteed to be fun, engaging and keep your students amused while reinforcing and consolidating what your students have learned along the way. The animated characters in the resource keep your students on task.
This digital resource uses PowerPoint™ and can be assigned on Google Classroom or using a different platform, HOWEVER students must have PowerPoint on their devices to play this game.
Otherwise, this game can be played from the teacher’s desktop computer that has PowerPoint and projected, or using any other device that has PowerPoint installed. This resource is not compatible with Google Slides™ and will NOT work properly if opened using Google Slides™.
The resource will open up in Slideshow mode so you and your students can get right to playing the game.
You may not edit any part of this resource.
To exit out of the game, hit the ESC button.
Your PowerPoint Game is located in the zip file.
Just double click to start playing!
SPELLING TERM 4 GRADE 6
This makes a great addition to your primary spelling resources. I have created a set of spelling lists for each of the grades. This pack contains a set of activities for each spelling list.
· Instructions included in each of the sets of word lists
· On each page there is a new set of list words for you to practice (see the word list below)
· Firstly read each word in the word list
· Then copy and write each word 3 times
· Lastly, each letter has a value. Work out how much each word is worth using the table provided.
Week 1 In words ending in -ent and -ant, the e and a are often mistaken for one another.
Week 2 In many words, the letter i is confused with an e, y or a.
Week 3 Many English words use double consonants.
Week 4 Homophones are two words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.
Week 5 Words with an ‘o’ sometimes are misspelled because the ‘o’ is left out of the word.
Week 6 In English, an s is added to the end of a word for two reasons.
Week 7 Words with an o sometimes get misspelled because the ‘o’ is mispronounced or an extra vowel, such as an ‘i, ‘is added.
Week 8 Many English words use double consonants.
Week 9 Many English words use a prefix before a root word.
Week 1Many writers confuse -ent and -ant, -ence and -ance, and -ery and -ary.
Use this resource for…
Homework
Morning Work
Literacy Centres
Early Finisher Tasks
Spelling Intervention
Distance Learning
Easy Links- Wonderful Websites for Very Busy Teachers
Click here to see a video presentation
Why this book??
Have you bookmarked, pinned and saved hundreds of links?
Do you promise that one day you will sort them out?
This book may be the answer to your organisational dreams. It is designed to be an easy to use, interactive resource. It has been sorted into categories with links to provide answers and help for frequently asked questions posed in posts on Facebook and other social group forums.
What do you get?
105 page e-book
400 Web links
Attention getters (3 pages of ideas)
Behaviour Management Booklet (7 pages)
Suitable for Primary and Secondary Teachers
Time saving resource with a wealth of downloads to save you money
FLIPBOOK sample pages click here
A Survival Kit for Casual Relief Teachers
After 30 years of teaching, I thought it was well overdue to start sharing all those gems that you use in your day to day teaching that help make learning more meaningful and fun.
I began to build a resource kit for myself when I began casual teaching, and then I realised just how many ideas and activities I had been using over the years. I have spent many hours searching through websites, searching books for great ideas and activities.
I have now collected and compiled my book of activities and hints for casual teachers ......
A survival Kit to take with you when the phone rings, and you aren't sure what to take with you.
The eBook can be used with any storage, to access when you need a quick activity or web link. Copyright is granted to print off 1 copy for personal classroom use. 111 pages
Animals are a great topic to use with all grades. This pack may be the answer to many of your preparation needs. Check out what is included in the resource bundle
What do you get?
60 Real animal photos
Clipart of environments
Photos of real environments
Word cards
Venn diagrams
Suggested games and activities to play with these cards
10 game cards with rules and how to play
Matrix game
Memory Game
Compound word animal puzzles
World maps of Continents (for animal sorting)
PDF version
Editable PowerPoint version
158 slides/pages
Great family games to play with your own kids in the holidays.
A Selection of games for numeracy and literacy to use as warm ups, brain breaks or extension activities for fast finishers. Christmas Themed with BLM that can be printed off and coloured in to keep them busy.
Boggle Game
Number of the day
Categories worksheet and game
What are your spelling words worth?
A handy resource for casual teachers, includes a blank so that you can make up your own games.
A Selection of games for numeracy and literacy to use as warm ups, brain breaks or extension activities for fast finishers. Alien themed with BLM that can printed off and coloured in to keep them busy.
Boggle Game
Number of the day
Categories worksheet and game
What are your spelling words worth?
A handy resource for casual teachers, includes a blank so that you can make up your own games.
A Selection of games for numeracy and literacy to use as warm ups, brain breaks or extension activities for fast finishers. Halloween themed with BLM that can printed off and coloured in to keep them busy.
Boggle Game
Number of the day
Categories worksheet and game
What are your spelling words worth?
A handy resource for casual teachers, includes a blank so that you can make up your own games.
