This eBook has over 30 pages of interactive links to some amazing websites and resources. The selected book is "The great Kapok Tree" by Lyn Cherry. I have found some useful NAPLAN style questions to get in a bit of practice in term 1. The writing focus is on Persuasive writing, and author's purpose.... This is such a time saver, I have done all the hard work of searching for quality websites and activities for you. To get the best use out of this booklet, I encourage you to click on all of the available downloads and links. There are many treasures hidden in here. The Pinterest board alone is full of some fantastic and engaging activities for the theme of the rainforest , sustainability and caring for our environment. You could easily stretch this unit to a month with all the ideas available. This booklet of activities could easily be differentiated for use with Year 4 or Year 6 You get a free classroom management book included.

This booklet will help you plan for a week or more (up to a month if needed) . The theme of this series of booklets is 'Under the Sea'. The focus books are "the Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister and Eric Carle's beautiful story 'A house for Hermit Crab'. There are so many picture books available it was hard to choose. This resource comes with 2 PDF, Behaviour management strategies(7 pages) , and the resource booklet (27 pages). There are hints for what to take with you on Relief days with links to some great Relief Teaching ideas pages. The suggested timetable has interactive links to my pinterest board, so that your resources will continue to grow as more pins are added. Within the book there are over 60 links to websites, and for those of you who follow my 'Surviving Casual Teaching' facebook group, you will know that I have a good working knowledge of helpful teaching resources. I recommend that you buy copies of the picture books for days when you may not have IWB capability.You can never have enough picture books in your life!!! This resource could be differentiated for use with year 1 class. To use this resource effectively you need to explore all of the links provided and tailor make the suggested activities to suit your teaching style and the learning needs of your student.s All of the hard work searching the internet for inspiration and resources has been done for you. Share

Motivate and engage your students with these fun no games that require little or no preparation. Perfect for Morning Meeting activities -Fun Friday games, rewards and brain breaks, this NO-PREP game bundle is highly motivating for your students. -From time to time, as relief teachers we will go to a classroom and find that there is no lesson plan waiting. If you are familiar with the subject at hand, you can typically use the textbook as a basis for a lesson about the topic currently being taught. However, an issue arises when you know little about the class’s subject. Improvising for Relief Teachers -It is best to come prepared for the worst with activities and ideas of things to do with students which will engage and keep them on task. Obviously, it is always best to relate any work that you give to the subject if you can, but if not, it is still important to keep students busy and on task. In terms of classroom management, the worst thing to do is to just let them talk. This can often lead to either disruption within the class or even worse noise levels that disturb neighbouring teachers. -There are countless skills that students can develop through game playing such as critical thinking skills, creativity, teamwork, and good sportsmanship. -They are great fun, and I have tried every one of them in my classes. Quickly and easily plan an activity, physical education lessons or math and spelling game with these NO PREP ideas. -We all need to have these games up our sleeve for those lessons that may run short by 1-15 minutes, or as a brain break. This booklet is a must have for any teacher working as a Substitute or Relief Teacher. -Easy to implement (simply have the PDF on your phone or external drive for easy reference) Index is hyperlinked to make finding and activity even easier for you. Included in the booklet are over 40 activities including: Introduction  Icebreaker Questions Would you rather? This or that? Kim’s Game Human Knots One Fact Sort Yourselves Out What’s the Mystery Object? Celebrity Head Alphabet Letters Guess Who I’m Thinking of? Heads Down, Thumbs Up Silly Sally Going To A Party, Going To The Moon Hula Hoop Pass Grandpa’s House, Grandmother’s Cupboard It Could Be Worse …and much more!

Australia Lapbooks and Information Reports - States,animals,landmarks and currency Engage your students with these creative mini themed projects based on a range of aspects of Australian culture and the country itself. A great way to meet research standards and connect social studies and ELA writing standards. These lapbooks look great for classroom displays and presentations. Australian States Australian Animals Australian Landmarks (2 templates to choose from) Australian Bank Notes Australian Coins Blank Template to use for your own topic HOW TO COMPILE THE FLAPBOOKS -STEP 1 -Children write their information on each page and design their front page cover. -STEP 2 -When all of the information is completed, students cut carefully along the heavy lines. -STEP 3 -Collate the sheets so that the tabs are in order. -STEP 4 -Staple just inside the dotted lines. -STEP 5 -Fold along the dotted lines, and glue the back page to stick the mini project into their workbooks or cardboard display sheet. What people have said about this resource Excellent “Really helpful for my special school students Thanks”

Are you looking for engaging virtual classroom backgrounds for use in the classroom and for distance learning? These are not your usual backgrounds, these quirky images can be used for Zoom lessons, Google Slides and for adding your Bitmojis and clipart to personalize them for your class. standard size is 4 x 3 and widescreen is 16x9 These slides are ideal for use as backgrounds for ZOOM sessions with your students, creating GOOGLE slides or for creating your own resources. They are not your usual clipart, but very quirky !!! This clipart set features 2 clipart backgrounds for your distance learning virtual classrooms to insert your avatar, links, manipulatives, furniture or whatever you need to jazz up your room. You may even want to leave it as is and just insert text over the boards to assign work! There are 2 basic classroom templates for you to choose from. They have been created at a high resolution of 3 dpi and saved as a PNG file to ensure maximum quality. They have been created in a widescreen format (16:9) to ensure it fits perfectly on GOOGLE Slides, and doesn’t need to be stretched out of proportion. The standard format will allow you to use these backgrounds in your own resources. This resource includes: 2 editable PowerPoint versions, and 2 png files in both formats. Important before you buy ZIP FILES These graphics have been compressed meaning you will receive them as a ZIP file.

Do you spend hours prepping spelling, word work, high-frequency words, phonics AND math resources for your students? This is part of a larger series where there is a set of activities and warm ups. This set is written to support students in Grades 1-2. What activities are included in this set? Word of the day Number of the day Writing prompts Dice addition Skip counting Fix the spelling mistakes Place value Analog time 2D and 3D shapes Sentence Writing •Answers are not provided as there will be varied answers amongst your students due to the open ended nature of many of them. •Perfect for SUBSTITUTE teachers to take with them, or for the classroom teacher to leave for their students to work through. •Absolutely NO PREP ( except printing if required) •These activities can be used with an interactive whiteboard using the PowerPoint provided. •This set has been created so that the PDF can be printed back to back, two to a page or on single sheets depending on the needs of the teacher on the day. •These can be used projected as a PowerPoint onto the Interactive Whiteboard •Print the PDF version back to back, or two to a page to save ink and paper. •Print the sheets of as an early finishing booklet.

The purpose of persuasive writing is to convince readers to share your opinion or take a particular action. To try and make your readers agree with your opinion, you build an argument based on the logical appeals of reason and evidence. You may also add emotional appeals to persuade your readers and support claims. An emotional appeal tries to use a reader’s fears, hopes, wishes, or sense of fairness to sway their opinion. In order for students to become effective persuasive writers, it’s important they investigate how purpose will influence the persuasive strategies they use in their writing. Start by reviewing the different purposes of persuasive writing as a class. Analyze persuasive texts, or other forms of media, and then identify the purpose for the text. This resource has everything you need to teach persuasive text and the topic of Animals welfare, petting and all things animal!!! through scaffolds, amazing images and teaching notes. What is included in this resource? There is a PowerPoint version for you to use on the IWB and a PDF to print for student use. 94 pages in each Teaching notes and explanation of features of this text type Templates to scaffold writing and brainstorm ideas P.E,E.L strategy Using the senses Grammar and Syntax to use in persuasive writing What people are saying about this product My students and I used this for research before helping our 1st grade pals with a much smaller version. They used it to organize themselves. A fantastic resource! Thank you! Great resource for teaching persuasive writing. students loved it. Wonderful resource to help students write a more complex persuasive piece. Great visuals and student support. If you liked this you may also like some of these 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 need an easy prep activity to teach your students about the Seven Continents and introduce students to some basic information about each of the seven continents. Maps and Continents of the world Interactive Notebooks are a wonderful tool for providing hands-on experiences for learners. These Maps and continents interactive notebooks are no exception! The packet is easy to use for both student and teacher. Are you looking for a hands-on way to immerse your students in the study of the 7 Continents? This Continent unit is filled with activities, incorporating reading, writing, and geography, along with interactive and engaging projects! -Click on the PREVIEW button above to see all the great components of this resource! This engaging, hands-on resource includes foldables, worksheets, and activities. This set covers all of the World’s continents in a lap-book format. You will receive a zipped file with and editable PowerPoint and PDF version for ease of printing. -Each continent has 4 pages for each including a word-search, flag matching activity and a link to some very useful websites to help support your students in completing these activities. Coloured and black and white covers (English and US spelling available) Which countries are in each continent? What is the largest country? What is the smallest country? Population and total land size. Largest Mountain and longest river in the country. Largest country and it’s capital city. Languages spoken Is country in the northern or southern hemisphere? 4 interesting facts Editable sheet so that you can create your own pages to add to the lap-books. 1 pages What people have said about this product Extremely satisfied I absolutely love this product! It was extremely helpful for me teaching 3 different grade levels while teaching on line. I was able to send this out as a packet for students to work on. This is such a great resource! Thank you. Extremely satisfied Love this, I just love working with lapbooks and my kiddo’s do to, plus it has Australia in it Thank you once again for great resources Extremely satisfied This is great for school and homeschool, but can also be used with younger siblings who are interested in continents. GREAT resource. Extremely satisfied My students loved this set of engaging, hands on activities helping them learn the 7 continents. -Options for using this resource: The lapbooks make a wonderful presentation and display for any classroom -The best part? This resource requires NO PREP and is easy to use. You will receive a Zip file which has both a PDF and PowerPoint version of this resource. Please ensure that you have the software to open such files. This is for use by one teacher in one classroom. If you would like to share with your colleagues, PLEASE purchase multiple licenses. Thank you :) #dollartober

AIM : You must research 3 reasons as to why dinosaurs may have become extinct, you must include evidence to support each of them. You may like to use the model below to write your findings and use them as a planning tool. When you have completed your research, you will decide which one is the most likely reason that dinosaurs became extinct in your opinion. Your project will be to present your theory, your evidence and your conclusion. Once you have done your research it is up to you to decide how you want to present your research. You have a choice of options on the next page. Decide which format you want to use and gather all the tools and materials that you will need to complete your task. There are templates available if you would like to use them. Once you have explored the references supplied you must decide on a format for your presentation. The choice will be yours…… You may choose any of the following: •Handwritten •SWAY •PowerPoint •iMovie or Green screen video •App of your choice task to research possible reasons why dinosaurs become extinct sources and links provided a variety of modes of presentation for students to choose to present findings green screen puppets and backgrounds provide lapbook templates and scaffolds for mind mapping and planning 32 pages You MUST include your chosen theory and support your choice in your presentation. Don’t forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love that feedback! Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded.

This set of activities contains a PDF for students, Teachers’ PowerPoint presentation and accompanying video made specifically for this resource. Use these worksheets to accompany your lessons in teaching the elements of art. Students can cut out the individual lesson notes and glue them into their sketchbooks as you go or they can attach the entire page into their sketchbooks and then use the following pages to complete the prompts. Lessons about basic colour theory including the Colour Wheel, mixing colours, primary, secondary and tertiary colours, harmonious (analogous) colours, complimentary (contrasting) colours. Includes lesson plans for colour mixing, painting and using colour schemes. References and a further suggested websites are included, as well as a PDF on the 7 elements of Art which serves as an introduction. These are included in each of the 7 sets. Feedback & Benefits for YOU! Don’t forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love that 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 :)

This set of activities contains a PDF for students, Teachers’ PowerPoint presentation and accompanying video made specifically for this resource. Use these worksheets to accompany your lessons in teaching the elements of art. Students can cut out the individual lesson notes and glue them into their sketchbooks as you go or they can attach the entire page into their sketchbooks and then use the following pages to complete the prompts. Students learn about the element of line by creating and reviewing different types of lines and using templates and worksheets as practice for their art journals. After reviewing types of lines with your students using the worksheet in this resource, students can add different lines to sections of their drawing. References and a further suggested websites are included, as well as a PDF on the 7 elements of Art which serves as an introduction. These are included in each of the 7 sets. 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 set of activities contains a PDF for students, Teachers’ PowerPoint presentation and accompanying video made specifically for this resource. Use these worksheets to accompany your lessons in teaching the elements of art. Students can cut out the individual lesson notes and glue them into their sketchbooks as you go or they can attach the entire page into their sketchbooks and then use the following pages to complete the prompts. Students learn about the element of geometric and organic shapes using guided worksheets and the video to guide them through the activities. References and a further suggested websites are included, as well as a PDF on the 7 elements of Art which serves as an introduction. These are included in each of the 7 sets. Feedback & Benefits for YOU! Don’t forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love that 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 :)

This comprehensive kit comprises a set of iPad screen templates with room for writing algorithms underneath. Designed to be laminated for durability and a great addition to your math rotation groups. Also included in this resource is Hundreds Chart Multiplication Chart Number lines to ten and twenty Ten Frames Algorithm Frames for recording results. You will receive a 2 page PDF

Encourage Healthy eating habits during meal and fruit breaks in your classroom. It is such an important part of our daily routine, that students have the reminders to Eat during the designated times Eat together Clean up after ourselves Eat healthy snacks Drink lots of water Recycle our scrabs Wash our hands before eating Interested in more…you may be interested in my Healthy Heart unit which delves deeper into food groups and healthy heart habits. Find the link here

This variety pack is engaging and visually appealing with amazing graphics from The Dancing Crayon. This pack has extension cards for older or more capable students who love a challenge., The number problems are mainly subtraction based, but with some double step challenges to excite the math lovers in your class Included in this set is a gorgeous set of meerkat Thinkboards to help students to work with these number problems. There is a link included for a Google Slides version. This pack contains a PPT, PDF and GOOGLE slide link 2 question cards complee with answer cards

These board games can be used for students in the early grades to practise working with numbers up to 5. The games are themed across a variety of topics, and so can be integrated across a range of teaching topics. Included in the pack are 1 different themes: •African animals •Australian animals •Penguins •Farm animals •Pirates •Robots •Insects •Underwater •Space •Halloween These games be used with dice, or the spinners included. A set of number cards to 1 is included (1-1) 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!!! Subscribe to my NEWSLETTER for more goodies.

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!!!

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 :)

This 90 page Christmas unit has activities and links across all KLAs so that you need not spend hours searching the net for fun and engaging tasks. Includes both English and US spelling on some printables so that they can be used universally. Some links to free resources are included in this resource so there is plenty of exploring to be done. You can use these activities as brain breaks, introductory tasks, time fillers... keep them on your USB for a quick and easy access.