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I am a primary school teacher with a knack for teaching to the multiple intelligences, particularly the visual learner. My resources are inspired by my experience of teaching different students with unique ways of learning. I love the magic of helping them to make connections in learning. The grades 3-5 are mostly what I cater to, however, I also have some great resources for grades 1 and 2.

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I am a primary school teacher with a knack for teaching to the multiple intelligences, particularly the visual learner. My resources are inspired by my experience of teaching different students with unique ways of learning. I love the magic of helping them to make connections in learning. The grades 3-5 are mostly what I cater to, however, I also have some great resources for grades 1 and 2.
Prefixes and Suffixes Matching Activity
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Prefixes and Suffixes Matching Activity

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Use these Prefix + Root word + Suffix cards in many ways. It contains thirty sets of Big Words which are really root words with their matching prefixes and suffixes. These are words like: disagreement, unacceptable, indefinitely, maladjusted, unemployment, disrespectful, etc. The prefixes used are: un, dis, mal, pre, in, re and inter. The suffixes used are: ful, able, ed, ment, ly, and ible. Ways to use them: Use the cards as they are (already matched up) in your word walls. Sorting Game: Cut out each prefix, root word and suffix and group them into three groups - prefixes only, root words only, and suffixes only. Then students can take turns to pull out a root word from the root word pile and match it correctly to a prefix from the prefix pile and to a suffix from the suffix pile. Say It, Keep It: Use the cards with the prefix + root word + suffix intact for this game. A caller will keep all of the cards in the deck, pick the first card and read the root word out loud (without showing it to the other players). He can ask the others to name either a prefix or suffix that would match the root word. The first player to name it gets to keep the card. Then the caller picks another card and this process is repeated until all of the cards are used up. The player with the most cards wins the game! These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 6 words per page and the larger set has 4 words per page. The small set will save you ink and paper but many teachers have indicated to me that they preferred to have a larger set to make a bulletin board display. So, that's why I added the larger version.
Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque Sorting Worksheets
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Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque Sorting Worksheets

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This explains the nature of light and has transparent, translucent and opaque material sorting activities, posters and worksheets (with answer keys). Definition posters are also included for light terms such as reflection, refraction, lens, concave, convex, and prism. The sorting mats are to be used by sticking the object pictures unto the correct mat. Each page is to be printed on 8.5” x 11” (letter) sized paper. Contents: Light Poster 4 Transparent Translucent Opaque Posters 5 – 9 Definition Posters of Light Terminology 10 - 13 Transparent Translucent Opaque Sorting Mats 14 – 16 Transparent Translucent Opaque Picture cards 17 – 19 for sorting mats Transparent Translucent Opaque Worksheets 20 – 23 For Grades 3-5. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Emotions and Feelings Word Wall
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Emotions and Feelings Word Wall

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This set includes 15 words (each on its own card). Each emotion word has a matching picture right on the word card. The following words are found in this set: angry, anxious, bored, confident, disappointed, frightened, embarrassed, happy, hurt, interested, jealous, sad, satisfied, surprised, and thoughtful. These are great for letting students play with and use if they are having a hard time identifying how they feel in certain situations. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 11 (letter) sized paper. Grades 1-3. Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Cinderella - Fairy Tale Retelling Worksheets
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Cinderella - Fairy Tale Retelling Worksheets

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Cinderella the fairy tale Retelling Worksheets with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of Cinderella. It is for grades 2-4 and makes a great addition to any fairy tales unit. Instructions for the teacher: Just print out either the colour or black and white version and make copies of each page. Then guillotine them across the middle. That’s it. The instructions on page two are for your students to be able to do the rest for themselves. I kept it as simple as possible for them to easily make their own mini-book story retelling. Pages 2-10: Mini-book pages for the story of Cinderella. Pages 11-13: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts. Pages: 14-25: Black and White versions of everything above. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Base 10 Blocks - Clip Art
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Base 10 Blocks - Clip Art

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Use this set of Dienes block clip art to make your Base 10 Blocks place value worksheets, games and printables for commercial or classroom use. Contains: - A total of 32 images: eight different colours of the unit, tens, hundreds and thousands base 10 blocks. Each of the colours are black and white, classic blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple. - An editable worksheet template. All images are 300 dpi in png format with transparent backgrounds. Terms of Use Use this for for commercial or classroom use. If you include them in your digital downloads (free or priced) all you have to do is credit Nyla's Crafty Teaching by including a clickable link to my TES Resources Store. Redistributing, editing, selling, or posting these graphics or any part there of (by themselves and not in a resource or product) on the Internet are strictly prohibited without first gaining permission from the author. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital millennium Copyright Act. Please contact me directly through my blog or TES Resources Store if you wish to be granted special permission. Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Year 3 Certificates for the End of Year Graduation
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Year 3 Certificates for the End of Year Graduation

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Year 3 Certificates: Use these editable certificates at the end of the school year. Just type in each student’s name and the school and class details then print. These come in six beautiful colours with watercolour borders and silhouettes of graduating kids. The fonts are already embedded for you. This is a PowerPoint file and it can only be used in PowerPoint and not Power Point Previewer. The images on each page cannot be moved but all of the text it fully editable. This means that you can retype the words, change the fonts, word size, word colour, etc. Have fun using these and have a memorable graduation!
Printable Rulers
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Printable Rulers

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These are printable ruler templates in both cm ruler templates and inch ruler templates. The inch rulers come in sets of half inch, quarter inch, one eighth inch, and one sixteenth inch increments. The metric rulers are available in mm and cm increments. Each page has five rulers and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 14 (legal) sized paper. Printing tip: To make sure that they print to scale, always select 'Print actual size' in the printing window. Once they are laminated you can use them over and over again. 14 Pages. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2013
Fraction Dominoes Game
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Fraction Dominoes Game

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Fractions are fun with these colourful fraction dominoes! This game is perfect for enriching fraction lessons and is great as an activity on its own. It has 54 fraction domino cards with 3 doubles and three blanks included. Print out on card stock paper and cut out cards OR print on regular paper, laminate each sheet then cut out cards using a guillotine. To play, match the numeral fraction to its corresponding shape fraction. For higher grades, equivalent fractions can be matched. Instructions for playing and a game modification for higher students are included.
3D Shape Word Wall
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3D Shape Word Wall

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3D Shape illustrated word wall. The solids included are: cube, cuboid / rectangular prism, sphere, cone, cylinder, triangular pyramid, square based pyramid, triangular prism, solid, 3D shape, face, edge, and vertex. It also has illustrations and real world pictures of each shape on each word card. A large ‘definition of a 3D shape’ sentence strip is also included for you to place just above your word wall in your classroom. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 14 (landscape legal) sized paper. 7 Pages. For Grades 2 to 5. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2014
Measurement Task Cards for mm and cm
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Measurement Task Cards for mm and cm

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Measurement task Cards! Use these measurement task cards to introduce the cm and mm. The set includes a free tutorial about measuring with a ruler. There are a total of 24 task cards with pictures of everyday objects and a brief statement about the length or height of the object to be expressed in cm. Your students can measure each object directly from the card because they are drawn to scale, and fill in the blanks to complete each statement. Also included is a printing guide and printable rulers. The game 'Scoot' can be played with these as well. I used British spellings for the terms 'centimetre' and 'millimetre'. 14 Pages. For grades 3-5.
Idiom Posters with Pictures, Definitions and Examples
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Idiom Posters with Pictures, Definitions and Examples

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This is a set of 25 Idiom Posters which display common idioms, their definitions (both literal and figuratively), with pictures and examples with the idioms being used in a sentence related to the picture shown. Your students will have a lot of fun learning about idioms! This file is a wonderful tool for teaching idioms because it has idioms that are current and presented in an attractive format. It incorporates simple definitions and examples of common idioms. Idioms are very difficult for English Language Learners but the illustrations are a huge help for preventing students from taking the literal meaning of each idiom. You can also use it to make a bulletin board of idioms. You can also print them out on a smaller scale so that they can be used as revision flash cards. I included as many pictures (clip art) as I could because I like to have students make connections between the new vocabulary and the everyday situations that they are already familiar with. Fulfills: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.A Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context. Fulfills as it related to idioms CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.B and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.B Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms...
Synonym Matching Cards
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Synonym Matching Cards

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Synonyms - Matching Cards for Diverse Learners: Use these Synonym Matching Cards to keep your students engaged in a fun activity that encourages reading and matching. This game is ideal for re-teaching and reinforcement of synonyms. These cards have sixty-two pairs of matching synonyms, which range from second grade words to fourth grade words so you can choose from the set, the cards that you want your students to use. Your advanced students can use the cards with larger and unfamiliar words if they have already mastered the matching of the easier words and are ready to move on to a more challenging match-up. Some of synonym pairs in this set are: Level 1 Cards: assist/help, object/thing, begin/start, below/under, close/shut, easy/simple, equal/same, law/rule, silent/quiet, raise/lift, etc. Level 2 Cards: observe/watch, bother/annoy, buy/purchase, combine/mix, connect/join intelligent/smart, lucky/fortunate, calm/peaceful, rescue/save, unusual/strange, etc. Level 3 Cards: artificial/man made, accomplish/achieve, inspect/examine, necessary/required, amiable/friendly, gallant/brave, annul/cancel, abandon/forsake, melancholy/sad, previous/former, etc. The illustrations are there to help visual learners to make connections between the words and their shared meanings. Encourage students to read each card aloud as they match them (to help the auditory learners). 38 pages. Meets the L.4.5c Common Core Standards. Grades 2 - 6.
Writing Process Lesson Plans
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Writing Process Lesson Plans

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These are five lesson plans for the writing process using descriptive writing. This engaging unit takes students through the stages of writing from start to finish, by developing and refining their own ideas into a well published final product. Descriptive Writing is a means of expressing one's environment through the perceptions of his senses. Sight, smell, touch, sound and taste, are used to vividly describe the environment so that the author can transport the reader into his environment. It is compulsory that a child is taught the necessary skills to develop a good descriptive story structure, which will improve their writing skills across the curriculum as well as develop their self-esteem and promote literacy. Fulfils requirements for: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Food Chain Puzzles
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Food Chain Puzzles

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These Food Chain Puzzles can be used to practice making food chains with organisms in a garden habitat. This is a Spring themed Food Chain puzzle. The cards are perfect for group work and stations. Each puzzle card has an organism name and picture on it. Each of the first five pages has three puzzles and each of these puzzles has a producer (plant or plant part), a primary consumer, and a secondary consumer. The sixth page has more consumer organisms that can be spliced in to make longer food chains. After the cards are cut apart for the students, the page six puzzle cards can be mixed and matched with them. 15 Puzzles. 6 Pages. Grades 2-4. The producers (plants or plant parts), in this set include: grass, leaf, bush, seeds, nectar from flowers, and fruit. The consumer organisms in this set are: caterpillar, bird, grasshopper, lizard, snake, bee, dragonfly, aphid, ladybug, rabbit, eagle, chicken, man, rat, owl, cow, fly, frog, rat, cat, sheep, toad, butterfly, and goat. Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Easter Math Time Clock
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Easter Math Time Clock

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Celebrate Easter Time by making Easter Math Clocks. These clocks have numbered Easter eggs as hours and a chick on the hour hand and the minute hand. They also have a panel at the base for showing digital time to mach the analog time. Hour strips ranging from 1 to 12 and minute strips ranging from 00 to 59 are included for analog to digital matching. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching
Phonics TH Sound Word Wheels and foldable worksheet
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Phonics TH Sound Word Wheels and foldable worksheet

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This phonics foldable worksheet provides engaging ways for students to practice reading and writing words beginning with the TH blend. The first word wheel shows the unvoiced TH sound words and the second shows the voiced TH sound words. Everything is made in both printable black and white form and colourful versions of the word wheels are also included for optional use. 8 Pages. Your students can use the foldables to: Name the item in each picture. Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap. Sound out the TH blends. Read the words they traced.
3D Shape Attribute Sorting Activity plus flash card labels
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3D Shape Attribute Sorting Activity plus flash card labels

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3D Shape Sorting Activity. Use these 3D shape Venn diagram rings in conjunction with these 3D Shape Flash cards to keep your students engaged in a self-checking Attribute Matching Activity for 3D shapes. The 3D Shapes used are: cubes, cuboids, pyramids, cones, prisms, cylinders and spheres. Here’s what you can get from this set: -Revision Flash Card Ring Set - To revise the attributes of the each of the 3D shapes. Just punch a hole in each of the triangular tips and keep them on a key ring. -Large Venn Diagram rings for Attribute Sorting - To get your students proficient in sorting, start off by using one attribute ring at a time. After each attribute type is mastered, move on to using two rings, then interloping them like a Venn Diagram. It is best for students to use real 3D manipulatives but if you do not have any available, you can cut-out, print and laminate the ones found on the last page. Students can check their own work for errors by comparing the data on the flash cards with what they have matched. Your fast learners can be given more challenge by having to sort up to three or even four attributes using the interlocking Venn Diagrams. - You can also use the flash cards as labels to label shapes in the classroom!
Prefix, Suffix, Greek and Latin Root Word Wall Bundle
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Prefix, Suffix, Greek and Latin Root Word Wall Bundle

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Prefix Suffix and Greek and Latin Roots Word Wall Bundle. In this zipped bundle you get the 4 in 1 word wall bundle of Prefixes, Suffixes, Greek Roots, and Latin Roots. There are 36 prefix word wall cards, 36 suffix word wall cards, 27 Greek Root word wall cards, and 33 Latin root word wall cards in this set. The definitions and illustrations are on each word card which makes this a great tool for memorizing the meaning of these roots and affixes. The illustrations are for visual learners to connect the roots and affixes to real life and to make sense of new and unfamiliar words. Just print, cut out and laminate the cards and use them as headers for doing ‘root of the day’ focus walls or use them as stand alone word walls. The prefixes are: mis, de, a, ab, abs, fore, tri, pre, re, dis, in, dif, semi, micro, ex, un, *im, sub, inter, pro, *im, tele, bi, super, under, uni/mono, bi/duo, tri, tetra/quad, quint/penta, sex/hexa, hepta/sept, oct, nona, deca, hecto, and kilo. * Note that the prefix ‘im-‘ has two meanings; one is ‘into’ and the other is ‘not’, so I have created two separate cards for the prefix ‘im-‘. The suffixes are: ous, ory, ly, ling, el, fy, ant, able, ible, ness, ess, ment, er, less, ence, ive, eer, ier, et, or, ism, ship, hood, ful, dom, ist, en, sion, ish, *al, acy, *al, ate, tion, ical, and esque. * Note that there are two different cards for the suffix ‘al’ because it has two different meanings. The Greek roots are: auto, bio, chron, dyna, gram, graph, hetero, homo, hydr, hypo, logy, meter/metr, micro, mis/miso, mono, morph, nym, phil, phobia, phon, photo/phos, pseudo, psycho, scope, techno, tele, and therm. The Latin roots are: ambi, aqua, aud, bene, cent, circum, contra, counter, dict, duc/duct, fac, form, fort, fract, ject, jud, mal, mater, mit, mort, multi, pater, port, rupt, scrib/scribe, sec/sect, sent, spec, struct, vid/vis, voc, fin/finit, and mob/mov/mot. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching
New Year's Day Activities and Goals
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New Year's Day Activities and Goals

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This is a free set of activities for New Year’s Day. This is a PDF file. 9 Pages. It is kid friendly and an enhancement to teaching character traits in ELA. It’s also a great way for students to be aware of their qualities and how they can work to achieve their goals. You can turn it into a bulletin board when your students are done. Sample pictures are included. A new updated version will be uploaded here for next year. - Nyla.
Free Groundhog Day Face Masks
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Free Groundhog Day Face Masks

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I made these free printable eye masks for students to wear in celebration of Groundhog Day! Your students can assemble the parts and stick them together as a craft activity. Students who wear tested lenses can wear them on their hair I made these free printable eye masks for students to wear in celebration of Groundhog Day! Your students can assemble the parts and stick them together as a craft activity. Students who wear tested lenses can wear them on their hair (like a Bando). This pack includes four different styles in full color: One face mask with a happy groundhog. One face mask with a frightened groundhog. One face mask with a ground hog predicting six more weeks of winter. One face mask with a ground hog announcing the arrival of spring. Just print and laminate the pages then cut out your props. These pages are to be printed on legal sized paper (long) because of the long width of the glasses. Instructions for folding the spectacles are included. For grades 1-3. Four pages. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2012