Welcome to my online store! I'm passionate about creating downloadable, printable classroom resources and clip art images that make teaching easier and more enjoyable. As a fellow educator, I understand the challenges of planning engaging lessons and decorating your classroom on a budget. That's why I design high-quality, creative, and fun materials that you can instantly access and print at your convenience.
Welcome to my online store! I'm passionate about creating downloadable, printable classroom resources and clip art images that make teaching easier and more enjoyable. As a fellow educator, I understand the challenges of planning engaging lessons and decorating your classroom on a budget. That's why I design high-quality, creative, and fun materials that you can instantly access and print at your convenience.
This is an excellent resource that is useful for covering the topic family tree with your students. There are apple cards depicting multicultural families that your students can have fun with while learning the basic and modern structure of a family. The apple tree mat can be used to build the family unit on and can be placed in a folder in plastic sleeves or laminated for longevity.
The multicultural apple family cards include - African-American, Caucasian (Brunette, Blonde, Red), Latino and Asian. Simply print the cards, laminate and cut the cards apart. Your students will build families with any combination of cards as they wish. The parent and big teen cards can be used to represent other members of the modern family.
Also included are vocabulary cards with a header depicting family words that are bordered in blue, red and black to sort according to gender: male, female and gender neutral words. A colored and black ‘n white “My Family Tree” worksheet is included for students to complete about their own family as well. The multicultural family unit is available as a blank version, for your children to colour in and the apple tree mat is included as a low ink alternative.
Homophone Memory Sheets are a fantastic way to get your students to remember the spelling of confusing homophones. Research has shown that when students use drawings and illustrations with words they make meaningful associations thus facilitating easy recall. Let your kiddos draw their own pictures to remember the homophones. In the case of low imagery words that cannot be depicted students can either find their own unique way to remember the word or simple leave it blank. The trick is that the other word in the pair would help them to make that distinction in spelling. Students can compile the sheets and form their own homophone dictionary for future reference.
Included in this set is a blank template for adding more pairs to the set.
Compound Words: This literacy center activity is a fantastic way to engage students in reviewing compound words. The set includes sorting cards, worksheets and a mini book to spark compound words creativity.
The center includes:
36 sorting cards
1 sorting mat
4 worksheets
1 Silly Cone Mini Book writing template
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For more Compound Words activity sets click below:
Compound Words...I Have Who Has With Picture Cards Set
Compound Wordpecker Fun! A Matching Activity for Elementary Grades
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Enjoy!
Alphabet: This is a wonderful way to get students to practice their letter identification and sounds. Simply cut out the alphabet fish cards and place a paper clip over each card. Fishermen (kids) will use their fishing line to catch a fish. The fishing lines can be bought commercially or made with a short stick, 20 inches of store string and a small magnet for the fishhook. Each child gets a turn trying to catch fish. If he can call a word that begins with the consonant sound on the fish he has caught, he may keep the fish. If he is unable to think of a suitable word he returns the fish, face down to the fishpond. This activity is for both small and large groups and is self-directed.
Enjoy!
Nicole
A Teacher's Idea
These large Trigraph Posters provide an engaging and visually stimulating way to learn the fundamentals of trigraphs. Trigraphs are three letters that represent one sound (or ‘phoneme’). The following are represented:-
sch
scr
squ
spl
shr
spr
str
thr
These posters feature large, high-quality images that help to illustrate trigraphs and provide students with a great visual for their understanding. Each poster is designed to be simple and easily accessible, making it an ideal educational tool for all ages. With their large size, these posters are also perfect for class discussions and group activities.
SUGGESTED USES:
Classroom posters can be used as a teaching tool to recognize goals, set expectations or to introduce or review concepts. They can be used as standalone aids to help students master particular strategies and techniques.
The following are different ways of using classroom posters:
They can be printed standard size (8.5x11 inches) and binded into a booklet as a study resource for students as an individual or small group activity.
As anchor charts
They can be used as reference books for small group use. Simply print and slide pages in sheet protectors to compile a binder or folder document.
They can be used as individual reference charts. Simply print the black-line version (if available) onto colored paper for students to stick in their notebooks or interactive journals.
Beginning Middle End: Sound Center Cards: This is an editable powerpoint for your customization. Simply edit or remove the text boxes as desired and print selected page. After editing I suggest that you save the file under another name to avoid permanently altering the original file. You can delete beginning, middle or end phonemes for students to insert. Another alternative is to delete all the letters so that they write them in. I included small picture cards to aid mastery. The pages or sections that cannot be edited are specifically marked.
Enjoy!
Nicole
Bossy e
Here's an original poem and accompanying visual aid to help your students with the CVCe pattern (split digraphs).
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You might also be interested in:
Silent e - Illustrated Word Cards
Long Vowels_ e-Harmony
Silent e Poem
Sneaky e Poem
Magic e Poem
Ninja e Poster
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Needs and Wants: What does Santa need to survive in the North Pole? What does he want but can do without there? This is a two-poster set that explains needs and wants to your little ones. I include varying versions of a needs and wants graphic organizer that your students can list or draw Santa's needs and wants.
This product does NOT contain any picture sorting activities.
Enjoy!
Nicole
Main Idea and Details: Main Idea and Details- Hanger Graphic Organizer printable: Here's a graphic organizer that your kids can use to organize their writing. You can print the colored version and laminate for your writing area. The black and white version can be used for individual students' writing folders or notebooks.
Enjoy!
Nicole
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You might also be interested in;
Main Idea and Details - Ladder Graphic Organizer.
Main Idea and Details - Pony Graphic Organizers.
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Synonyms: SayNoName Synonym Task Cards: Here are 60 individual synonym task cards that are great for literacy centers and work stations for those students who are early finishers. Your students can choose to work together in cooperative groups to complete tasks. These cards can also be used for individual work.
(C)Nicole Hernandez 2012 at http://nicadez.blogspot.com
This set of noun cards are great for reviewing the formation of nouns using verbs. The clear use of graphics can help your students to make connections between the verbs and the nouns. The noun endings are in red type to allow for easy visibility. This is a wonderful addition to any literacy center.
(C) A Teacher's Idea 2012 http://nicadez.blogspot.com
It's A New Year Mini Book For Serious Kids **Revised for New Year 2018** This mini book helps kids to understand the meaning of resolutions and how important it is to make one. Your kids will enjoy coloring activities as they explore different aspects of resolution making. Although the poem may be difficult for some kids to read, its flow and rhyme makes it a great piece for guided reading activities.
Nicole
A Teacher's Idea
Community Helpers: People in Our Community Chit Chat Cards-For Social Studies 'n Writing Activities: This resources contains picture cards with vocabulary that can be used for both Social Studies and Writing activities. They are great for stimulating ideas and focusing students on community-based themes.
The set contains 12 pages each containing 6 cards. That is a total of 72 cards. There is also 1 blank page for any additional pictures you may want to include.
(C) 2013 Nicole Hernandez
A Teacher's Idea
Martin Luther King Day: Dove Facts About Dr Martin Luther King Jr. With 5 PostersThis is a set of fact cards that paints a picture of the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. There are also a writing and a coloring activity for your students. Included in this resource is also a set of 5 posters entitled ' We Are Living A Dream'. These posters are student friendly and of course eye catching!
(C) 2013 Nicole Hernandez
A Teacher's Idea
