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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.
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A Social Narrative is an effective way to teach children how to navigate a new situation, such as starting school or preschool.
Social Narratives can help children understand what to expect at school or preschool and they can be used to support orientation, which is particularly useful when children and families are not able to be on-site. 
Teaching children how to ask a question only once is a common social skill that needs to be frequently addressed.
As educators we always will say things like, “wait’ or “You asked that just a moment ago.â€, however we need to explicitly teach these skills.
This story can be used to help children to develop skills so that they can learn to function and integrate with other children in the classroom and other social settings.
Life cycle of butterflies is one of the many units of work covered across all grades
I have created an introductory video to show your students before working on the suggested tasks and activities provided.
I have included activities and printable worksheets with a host of suggestions so that you can tailor make this pack to suit your teaching style and the needs of your students.
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Calculate the number of circles on a pop fidget by counting the rows or columns to help determine the total number.
A fun way to practice multiplication and addition strategies.
Need help finding ideas to engage your students with Multiplication and Arrays? Use POP IT Fidgets for your math class! Try these Math Task Cards with Pop its- Arrays.
Use these Pop Fidget challenges in your math centers, small groups, game days, or extension activities. Poppers are a great tool to help motivate students with basic operations in math!
Easy to Print & Go! Comes in COLOR PDF and PowerPoint versions
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 :)
Do you sometimes need a cross section of activities that cover a wide range of subject areas?
Are you asked to complete activities in computer time?
This resource is ideal for use bu a substitute or relief teacher who needs an easy no prep activity to keep a class engaged in meaningful learning, while covering the key learning strands of the curriculum
Included in this pack is a printable PDF and PowerPoint which can be used on the IWB or on individual computers making it ideal for distance learning
Included in the pack:
Art activity
Math problem solving
Brain teasers
Number Puzzles
English writing activity
Fitness activityA checklist is included at the end of the presentation for students to complete and hand in to be marked by the teacher.
These Disco themed 3rd to 4th grade Printable Secret Picture Tile Activities are:
self-checking
interactive
calming - perfect for relief teachers to use when they are the teacher for the day.
WHAT MATH SKILLS ARE COVERED?
Multiplication Facts
2 x tables
3 x tables
4 x tables
5 x tables
6 x tables
7 x tables
HOW TO USE THES PUZZLES
for early finishers
independent math centers
homework
extra practice/review
for substitute and relief teachers as an engaging and fun activity
laminate or print on card stock so that you have a supply on hand for longer use and less mess
WHAT IS PROVIDED?
6 Secret Picture Tile Printables
Recording Sheet
Answer Key
Power Point version is included to use with IWB and PDF for easy printing
PowerPoint
A Social Narrative is an effective way to teach children how to navigate a new situation, such as starting school or preschool or in this instance, safely crossing the road.
Social Narratives can help children understand what to expect at school or preschool and they can be used to support orientation, which is particularly useful when children and families are not able to be on-site. 
Encouraging children to try using independence in problem solving in situations where safety is a prime concern, is a common social skill that needs to be frequently addressed.Â
As educators we need to explicitly teach these skills.
This story can be used to help children to broaden their confidence, and to make safe and independent choices when crossing the road.
Brighten up your room this season with this colorful bunting, print and go your choice of
“Merry Xmas Everyoneâ€
“Merry Christmas Everyoneâ€
Christmas numbers -9
All the letters of the alphabet are included so that you can create whatever message you would like to share with your students and school community.
The printable pages of this packet will help you make a bright and happy Christmas themed classroom banner!
These bright and colorful Multiplication and Addition grids with a variety of backgrounds, will make for a useful quick and handy reference for your students to add to their math tool kit
These Multiplication and Addition tables are designed to be used as a handy reference tool for your students.
Printing Tips
These cards are best printed onto card stock and laminated in order to for your students to be able to refer to them as needed throughout the year.
If you would like to use color printing but save on ink, then why not print 4 to a sheet? These will easily fit into a pencil case or on desks without taking up too much space.
When laminating select an Addition table on one side and back it with a multiplication table.
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 :)
This BOOM product includes 28 slides that your students can practice their number recognition and dice patterns to 6. Reinforce your student’s recognition of dice patterns and numbers with this fun and interactive BOOM game.
These self correcting cards are ideal for any math rotation groups. Suitable for grades Prek -1, and your students will be fully engaged with the variety of activities included.
It can be used for whole group instruction or independent work. The beauty of BOOM cards is that they are self correcting so your students get instant feedback.
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 :)
Math Logic Puzzles and Brain teasers are a great way to start a lesson or use as a brain break. Have them on Interactive Whiteboard displayed as a classroom entry activity.
Lateral thinking is a form of problem-solving that utilizes a more creative, less direct approach to the problem. Analytical, logical problem-solving encourages vertical thinking, which is an approach we’re often taught when dealing with math equations.
Suggested ideas for use in the classroom
Give the students 5 minutes to solve the riddle or puzzles before revealing the answers. Great discussion starters as many of these may have more than one answer or explanation.
These can also be used for fast finishers as problem solving tasks. Students really enjoy the Optical illusions which are included in this pack.
Included is a zip file with both PDF and powerpoint versions, which can be easily saved on any storage device. A great addition to any Relief or Substitute teacher’s bag of tricks.
Suitable for upper primary to lower secondary students. (Answers included)
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’
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
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 likeâ€.
•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!!!
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
Perfect for kindergarten for Number and pattern recognition. Comes complete with IWB PPT presentation to work with your students and worksheets for them to complete
Are you looking for something to pep up your daily math numeracy routine?
Do you need a fun and engaging math warm-up for your younger students? Do you want to challenge your students to think deeply about math concepts?
Which one doesn’t belong?
Your students will find out with this fun interactive math game!
With this resource, children get practice sorting and categorizing shapes, numbers, objects and more as they determine which image isn’t like the others.
They’ll look at four pictures of which three have similar attributes and select the one that is different.
This math game provides an engaging way to help children classify objects and builds the foundation for more complex concepts such as grouping and data collection.
It also encourages your students to develop their persuasive text to convince their classmates to understand their choices. Fantastic for expressive and receptive language.
Develop deductive reasoning and persuasion.
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 :)
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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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