Elementary school teaching resources

Based on the idea that children are not 'naughty' but expressing an unmet need, this reflection sheet has been created for children to think about their behaviour and needs. It helps children simply structure their thoughts and feelings and communicate their needs to the teacher which has resulted in significant changes in behaviour.

A lesson looking at the most significant consequence of the Battle of Hastings. Fully differentiated for mixed ability. Slides and worksheets included. The ninth lesson in the Medieval England Unit of Work.

A lesson looking at the Domesday Book. Fully differentiated for mixed ability. Slides and worksheets included. The eighth lesson in the Medieval England Unit of Work.

This big bundle of fun and funny Halloween themed literacy activities is perfect for guided reading, writing and centers. You will find three packets with over 5 activities geared towards reading comprehension, sentence building, fluency, grammar and vocabulary skills. With a Mad Libs style, this card game is such a fun way to engage kids as they learn to build sophisticated sentences and move away from the ordinary. With vivid verbs to add to Halloween themed subjects and prepositional phrases, they can create a myriad of mix and match. The rigour is increased with the task of identifying their subject and predicate within their created sentences, together with ensuring that the subject and verb matches. Have fun this Halloween season or any season with this hysterical activity perfect for literacy centres, guided reading and independent work. Great fun for 3rd-5th grades. Included in this printable packet: •16 subject/noun cards •16 adverb cards •24 verbs/action cards •20 prepositional phrases •Recording sheets •Gravestone shaped recording sheets for synonyms •Instructions for creating the gravestone craftivity A fun and ghoulish printable packet with two games in one and interactive notebook activities. These CCSS ELA aligned activities all work on the skill of identifying cause and effect within text. Suitable for 2nd – 5th grade, the cards are differentiated to allow you to accommodate your class needs. The interactive notebook activities increase the rigor when the children have to create their own cause for a stated effect and their own effects for specified causes. Making literacy fun, these can be a great addition to your centers or guided reading groups. Perfectly timed for Halloween but fabulous year round too! Included in this printable packet: •28 cause and effect cards, differentiated. ( green is more challenging text) •Student instruction cards. •Recording sheet •2 additional Interactive notebook activities •Games include: Memory matching and Classifying and Categorising Halloween literacy kit: This is a fun, reproducible 24 page literacy packet of games and activities for developing reading comprehension skills and creative writing skills. Kids LOVE this! I have targeted the language and the CCSS ELA for 4th and 5th grades. It can of course be used for 3rd and 6th as you see fit. The Best Game of Guess the Halloween Character Traits is a variation on one of my best selling reading comprehension games. It is 3 games in one set of 28 playing cards.Perfect for differentiating for all students needs. Building A Spooky Halloween Story is another card game where the possibilities for creative writing could be endless! The children love to pick the cards randomly, selecting their setting,character and conflict and building the rest of their story from their imagination. There are 8 cards to choose from for each area: character, setting, conflict and character’s wants. All of this is one big easy bundle where you SAVE! Happy Halloween! Susan Powers

A lesson looking at the Feudal System. Fully differentiated for mixed ability. The seventh lesson in the Medieval England Unit of Work.

A lesson looking at Castles. Fully differentiated for mixed ability. Slides and worksheets included. The sixth lesson in the Medieval England Unit of Work.

A fun and ghoulish printable packet with two games in one and interactive notebook activities. These CCSS ELA aligned activities all work on the skill of identifying cause and effect within text. Suitable for 2nd – 5th grade, the cards are differentiated to allow you to accommodate your class needs. The interactive notebook activities increase the rigor when the children have to create their own cause for a stated effect and their own effects for specified causes. Making literacy fun, these can be a great addition to your centers or guided reading groups. Perfectly timed for Halloween but fabulous year round too! Included in this printable packet: •28 cause and effect cards, differentiated. ( green is more challenging text) •Student instruction cards. •Recording sheet •2 additional Interactive notebook activities •Games include: Memory matching and Classifying and Categorising Happy Halloween! Susan Powers www.PYPteachingtools.com

A lesson looking at what significance in History is. Fully differentiated for mixed ability. Slides, worksheets and homework included. The fifth lesson in the Medieval England Unit of Work.

I developed this resource as a way of a grown up reflecting with a young person about any unsafe behaviours they had been involved in. The ideas are based on the idea that children do not 'misbehave' rather they are developing emotionally and as such need to be given skills on how to do things differently. Via reflection, children have a chance to think about their feelings and how they result in actions/reactions and the impact of their behaviour on others. It also gives the opportunity to learn how to repair any relationships that have been broken. It gives the adult the chance to assess for emotional literacy, ability to empathise and allows for teaching points. The whole process takes just 10 minutes and the impact has been substantial in changing behaviour.

A lesson looking at the Battle of Hastings. Fully differentiated for mixed ability. Slides and worksheets included The fourth lesson in the Medieval England Unit of Work.

A lesson looking at the Battle for Stamford Bridge. Fully differentiated for mixed ability. Includes slide and worksheets. The third lesson in the Medieval England Unit of Work.

A whole lesson package containing a PowerPoint presentation and a selection of related worksheets/vocabulary sheets/picture stimulus sheets. The presentation includes: 1) group speaking task to revise family members 2) introducing descriptions by comparing family members. 3) Differentiated translation sentences 4) A link to a YouTube song about numbers 1-10 and colours. 5) Slides introducing eye/hair colours and hairstyles/lengths.