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The Naturally Creative Classroom

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Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have experience as an elementary teacher (1-5), teacher mentor, guest teacher and mom (twins!). The belief that ALL students can be creative thinkers guides all that I do. I am certified to teach gifted education and am pursuing my ESL endorsement. Elementary Math and integrated unit planning are my favorite subjects to teach. There is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

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Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have experience as an elementary teacher (1-5), teacher mentor, guest teacher and mom (twins!). The belief that ALL students can be creative thinkers guides all that I do. I am certified to teach gifted education and am pursuing my ESL endorsement. Elementary Math and integrated unit planning are my favorite subjects to teach. There is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Valentine's Maths Pack for Year 4
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Valentine's Maths Pack for Year 4

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Valentine’s Day Maths Pack for Year 4 Your students will fall in LOVE with this Valentine’s Day Maths Pack! Everything from word problems to puzzles and games. This pack is perfect for review, early finishers, small groups, centres and guest teachers! This pack includes: Valentine’s Day Word Problems Graphing Data and Picture Graphs Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Colour by Answer Ordering Numbers Multiplication and Division fact families up to 100 Area with tiling and multiplication- Design a house for Cupid using the given units! Comparing Fractions Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred Time and Money A 100 Chart hidden pictures- solve 100 problems to find the Valentine picture! Cupid’s Busy Day- a Multiplication Game for the hundred chart
St. Patrick's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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St. Patrick's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Tiny McStickyfingers is at it again! He has stolen parts of the hundred chart and hidden a picture in its midst! Students will need to fill in the missing numbers and solve 120 problems to reveal the St. Patrick's Day Hidden Picture. Problems Include: Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Money Order of Operations Navigating the Hundred Chart Expanded Form Standard Form Word Form This St. Patrick's Day Hidden Picture is also included in my St. Patrick's Day Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-math-pack-11119496 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Hundred Chart Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle!
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Hundred Chart Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle!

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Students LOVE Hidden pictures! To reveal each hidden picture, students must complete at least 100 math problems! This Hundred Chart Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle is great for morning work, centers, enrichment or early finishers! Most of the standards in these Hidden Pictures are 3rd - 5th Grade. Problems Include: Place Value Base 10 Blocks Money Time Multiplication & Division Addition & Subtraction Order of Operations Word Problems & MORE!!!
Valentine's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Valentine's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Valentine's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers. Problems Include: Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Place Value Base 10 Blocks Time Money This Valentine's Day Hidden Picture is also included in my Valentine's Day Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/valentine-s-day-math-pack-11119495 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
The Great Elf Contest:  A multiplication game for the 100s chart
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The Great Elf Contest: A multiplication game for the 100s chart

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This is a Christmas Math multiplication game for the 100's chart. The premise for this Christmas math game is that Santa wants to bring an elf along this Christmas Eve to help him deliver presents. This is a HUGE honor! Play this Christmas math game to be the first Elf to color 5 presents in a row to win the opportunity to help Santa this Christmas. This Christmas math game makes a great partner game, but can be played by up to 4 players. For this Christmas math game, students will each get a set of digit cards. On each turn, students will draw two digit cards, multiply them together, and color the corresponding present on the Christmas math game board. The first player to color 5 presents in a row (vertical, horizontal or diagonal) wins this Christmas math game! Included in this Christmas Math game: -Instructions -Digit Cards -Game Board Put this Christmas math game out for early finishers or use it as a Christmas math center. I hope you and your class enjoy this Christmas Math Game! Merry Christmas! If you enjoy this Christmas Math Game, check out my Christmas Math Pack, Christmas Activities for Literacy and a Christmas Party Games Pack. These are also available in a discounted bundle! They are available in my store! CCSS Math Standards 3.NBT.A.3 3.OA.B.5 3.OA.C.7 3.OA.D.9
Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Christmas Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers. Types of Problems Include: Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Word Problems Fractions Base 10 Blocks Navigating the 100s Chart This Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also part of my Christmas Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-math-pack-11119491 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Christmas BUNDLE for 4th Grade
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Christmas BUNDLE for 4th Grade

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This Bundle contains two of my popular Christmas packets! These packets are perfect for early finishers or enrichment. Save 20% when you BUNDLE! 1) Christmas Math Pack for 4th Grade 2) Christmas Creative Thinking Pack
Christmas Math & Literacy BUNDLE for 5th Grade
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Christmas Math & Literacy BUNDLE for 5th Grade

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This Bundle contains two of my popular Christmas packets! These packets are perfect for early finishers or enrichment. Save 20% when you BUNDLE! Please see each product for a full preview! 1. Christmas Math Pack for 5th Grade 2. Christmas Creative Thinking Pack
Winter Maths Pack for Year 4
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Winter Maths Pack for Year 4

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This Winter Maths Packet is 28 pages of engaging math puzzles, colour by answer and MORE! Students will have so much fun, they won't even know that they are working!!! This pack includes: 4 pages of creative Winter word stories 3 different types of graphs/diagrams Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Colour by Answer Multiplication and Division fact families up to 100 Find the missing number Area with tiling and multiplication Area as an additive with rectangular figures Fractions on a number line Comparing Fractions Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred Time and Money A 120 Chart hidden pictures- solve 120 problems to find the picture!
Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade
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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade

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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade Students LOVE completing puzzles! In this Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 120 math problems to reveal a Christmas Picture! This Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture includes: *Interpreting multiplication as a comparison *Measurement conversions *Elapsed time *Money *Simple fractions *Writing decimals as fractions *Division *Multiplication *Addition *Subtraction This Christmas Hidden Picture makes a great math center or early finisher project! 4.MD.A.1 4.MD.A.2 4.NBT.A.2 4.NBT.A.3 4.NBT.B.4 4.OA.A.1 4.NF.C.6
Summer Math Pack for 3rd Grade
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Summer Math Pack for 3rd Grade

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This Summer Math Pack contains 29 pages of summer-themed math practice for 3rd graders. This pack is fully aligned to 3rd grade common core standards. These packets are fun, engaging and many activities are self-checking! It makes great practice before school starts! This packet reviews: Word Problems for all operations- one and two step Finding the missing number in an equation Rounding Three digit addition and subtraction Area and Perimeter Shapes Fractions Graphing- creating a scaled graph and a bar graph Plotting numbers on a number line Measuring to the nearest ¼, ½ and ¾ inch Time Standards 3.MD.A.1, 3.MD.B.3, 3.MD.B.4, 3.MD.C.5, 3.MD.C.6, 3.MD.C.7, 3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3, 3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.6, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.8, 3.NF.A.1
Summer Hidden Picture for 3rd Grade
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Summer Hidden Picture for 3rd Grade

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Who doesn't love a puzzle? This Summer Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is super motivating and features 120 3rd grade common core aligned problems. The following skills are covered: Find the missing number in a multiplication problem Rounding 3 digit addition and subtraction Fractions Multiplication and Division within 100 Word Problems Place Value This Hidden Picture is included in my: Summer Math Pack for 3rd Grade Common Core Standards 3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3, 3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.C.7, 3.NF.A.1
Summer BUNDLE for 3rd Grade
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Summer BUNDLE for 3rd Grade

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This BUNDLE includes my Summer Math Pack for 3rd Grade and my Summer Creative Thinking Pack. Please see the full descriptions below: This Summer Math Pack contains 29 pages of summer-themed math practice for 3rd graders. This pack is fully aligned to 3rd grade common core standards. These packets are fun, engaging and many activities are self-checking! It makes great practice before school starts! This packet reviews: Word Problems for all operations- one and two step Finding the missing number in an equation Rounding Three digit addition and subtraction Area and Perimeter Shapes Fractions Graphing- creating a scaled graph and a bar graph Plotting numbers on a number line Measuring to the nearest ¼, ½ and ¾ inch Time Common Core Standards 3.MD.A.1, 3.MD.B.3, 3.MD.B.4, 3.MD.C.5, 3.MD.C.6, 3.MD.C.7, 3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3, 3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.6, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.8, 3.NF.A.1 Summer Creative Thinking Packet These language rich creative thinking Summer activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a Summer activity packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas. This Summer Activity Packet will do just that! Included in this Summer Activities packet you will find: *Student Cover- a blackline student cover is included in this summer activity *The ABC’s of Summer- for this summer activity, write one word for every letter of the alphabet that has to do with summer *In Summer You Can’t… - Find some activities that you cannot do in summer *Endless Summer- tell how things would be different if it were always summer *Can Summer GET Any Better? Yes! It Can! - Make summer bigger, add something to summer and replace/remove something *Summer Inventions- Using some given items, create a summer invention *Summer is Great…Mostly…- what are some things that are not so great about summer? *Too Many Arm Floaties- List other uses for arm floaties in this summer activity *A New Summer Sensation- Combine two summer things to create a new summer invention *The Perfect Summer Beverage- The only thing your town can drink is lemonade, describe how you will enforce this *And the Question is…-write questions that have the answer "sunburn" *Signs of Summer- a sign showed up in your neighborhood. Tell how it has to do with summer. *Summer Poetry *It’s Just so HOT!- In this summer activity, come up with some creative ways to keep cool! *Let’s Go Play! -Design a new summer game/toy/activity Common Core Standards W.2.5, W.2.8, W.3.1, W.3.2, W.3.4, W.4.2, W.4.8, W.5.4, W.5.8, L.2.1, L.2.2, L.2.5, L.3.1, L.3.2, L.4.1, L.4.2, L.5.1, L.5.2, L.5.3
Christmas Maths Activities for Year 6
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Christmas Maths Activities for Year 6

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Christmas Maths Activities Looking for Christmas Maths activities that are EASY and FUN? Students can review their maths skills with puzzles, Christmas hidden pictures and riddles! Perfect for Christmas maths centers, Christmas early finishers, Christmas maths morning work, as enrichment or for small groups. Common core aligned and geared towards Year 6. An answer key is included. This print version is in both printer friendly black & white and full color! The Google Slides DIGITAL version is also included! This is the PRINT & DIGITAL version. This Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6 Includes: *Coordinate Graphing Mystery Picture *Multiplying and Dividing Fractions *Rounding and Comparing Decimals to the ten thousandths *Volume *Interpreting Line Plots with fractions *Christmas Fraction Word Problems *Order of Operations *Writing and Solving Equations *Scaling *Christmas Logic Problems *Christmas Ordered Pairs Hidden Picture- Create a fridge-worthy picture by connecting the coordinate points!