I am Nicole Hernandez, creator of A Teacher’s Idea. I create practical, classroom-tested resources for elementary teachers. I have 34 years of experience teaching in the classroom, so every resource is teacher made and student focused.
What are the 5 W's and 1 H? They are the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of reading comprehension and writing. In this resource your kiddos will use this strategy to help them to write more details, thus expanding sentences in writing. I included the following printables: 6 posters 1 planning sheet formatted in color and black n white A suggested simple sentence list 6 5 W's +1 H word cards 50 writing cards for your students to practice. Simply print and laminate the bordered cards for stud
This is a set of sentence strip templates designed for teachers for classroom use. Designed in black and red/blue lines, these are editable so that you can customize with your own words/sentences. All you would need to do is edit the existing text boxes with the font type and color of choice. Please note: Resizing the font in this set is not recommended as the lines were created specifically for the font size. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ Customer Tips:Ho
Engage young writers with this Five Senses Descriptive Writing Prompts pack, designed for kindergarten to grade 2 students! This printable resource includes 17 unique writing prompts featuring real-life images to spark creativity and encourage sensory-based descriptive writing. What’s Inside?✔ 17 writing worksheets with engaging real-world images to inspire descriptive writing. ✔ Two versions of writing lines – standard primary lines with a dotted midline and wider lines for beginning writ
K - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, English Language Arts
Bring math to life with these interactive and visually engaging number touch dot cards and desk strips! Designed for young learners, this resource makes number recognition and counting a breeze. Each number (0–9) features bold, easy-to-read digits with touch dots that guide students through tactile counting, helping build foundational math skills. What's Included:Circular number cards (0–9) with touch dots for hands-on practice.Desk strips with the same touch dot design, perfect for reinforci
Are you looking for a fun set of independent seatwork activities to add to your 100th day of school class activities? These are a great way to encourage creativity and problem solving with 11 different challenges. Included are math and ELA activities that were created for use with kindergarten and first grade. Go ahead and complete their day with these independent 100th day of school activities. THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:-I Can Read 100 Words -I'm Learning a New Word Challenge - This sheet is for
Predicting OutcomesThis set contains over 50 scenarios and is suitable for grades k through 2. These are also perfect for the higher grades as remedial sheets. In this set of writing activities, your students will make predictions about what will happen next. Looking at the pictures on the left they will draw a picture to show what they predict then they will write reasons for their predictions. Students will give reasonable responses and support their predictions using “I think + future tense..
Number Writing:These number writing sheets gives your students practice tracing numbers and writing them correctly and independently. Correct number formation is important for fast and clear writing and interpretation of their environment later on in their lives. This set includes numerals from 0-10, each showing the start points for good form. These sheets are ideal for laminating for use with dry-wipe pens or they can be formed into a booklet for students. This resource is suitable for prescho
These printables highlight 12 of the rights and responsibilities explained in the charter of the United Nations conventions on the rights of a child. I created these posters with kid-friendly graphics and simple sentences to make a clear distinction between both terms. There are 12 Rights and Responsibilities that come in black and white and color. These posters work well as notebook pages or anchor charts for social studies or character education lessons. I included mini version for you to use
Writer's WorkshopHelp young writers develop their personal narratives with this structured Writer’s Workshop resource! Designed to support elementary students, this set focuses on the "Watermelon vs. Seeds" analogy to help students differentiate between broad topics (watermelon) and small, focused moments (seeds) in their writing. What’s Included:✅ Anchor Charts & Posters – Visual aids that reinforce key concepts like small moments, zooming in on details, and stretching out ideas. ✅ Graph
Use these 8 ½ x 11” flash cards to introduce or review the letters of the alphabet with your students. This set includes 53 flashcards— both UPPERcase and lowercase letters with the vowels in red and the consonants blue. The cards are clean and clear so that your students can pay closer attention to the formation of the letters within the handwriting lines, just like in their books. These cards are perfect for teaching whole groups or for displaying within your classroom, referring to them perio
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
This is a template for teaching positive and negative integers that shows the range -20 to 20. It can be given to students to place in their interactive notebook or laminated and placed on their desks. There are five number lines per page and includes a blank sheet without numbers. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ Customer Tips:How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each
Sentences: Writing lets your students show what they know and it's the perfect way for you to gauge what they can do. Writing helps them to explore and express their ideas and thoughts in written form. These simple worksheets use both visual literacy and written expression to help many students benefit from both media. From pictures to words students will color the pictures then write one sentence that tells what each picture is all about. These can be compiled into a booklet when completed or t
Classroom RulesThis is the perfect activity on teaching rules with pictures for the beginning of the school year. It is a picture sorting activity for your students to identify and reinforce acceptable or good behavior choices at school. When completed this set can be mounted permanently either on the teacher’s desk facing the students or on the wall or door. Alternatively, it can be used as a flexible interactive sort. Either way you choose, this set will be a great hit with your students! One
This set contains one each of my flexible seating clip art 45 seating options for creating flexible seating resources that pop!. All images are original and created by Nicole Hernandez. The seating options available in this pack are as follows: adirondack chair beach chair beach umbrella beanbag bench bouncy chair bucket seat butterfly chair camp chair carpet circle classroom rug clipboard crate seat director’s chair disc seat exercise ball chair floor chair floor mat futon hokki stool jellyf
These printable pattern blocks sheets are instantly available and easy to print and cut out for your students. Your students can use these visual tools to better understand math concepts and make the transition from the concrete stage of learning both interesting and fun. This set includes 6 different color sets (with black-line versions) that you can print, laminate and cut out into individual pieces. This set is great for teaching varying mathematical concepts including, number, patterns, fra
Help your students master the most common vowel sound in English with these engaging and easy-to-understand Schwa Sound Posters featuring Schwa the Lazy Sloth! Perfect for your phonics word wall, sound wall, or vowel anchor chart display, this resource makes teaching the schwa sound (/ə/) fun and memorable. Whether you're building a Science of Reading classroom, teaching unstressed syllables, or focusing on vowel sound instruction, these posters will reinforce the tricky lazy vowel so
2nd - 4th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
Conjunctions
The Function of a Conjunction
Here are a set of 5 conjunction concept posters for display in your classroom: They are and, but, or, so, because. These posters depict the five most frequently occurring conjunctions that your kiddos should know. I created this using a puzzle theme to help your kids visualize its function and have a clearer understanding of the importance of using conjunctions in speech and in writing. Included are full color, low color and grayscale posters. This
Liturgical Year Worksheet: Your students will color in the Calendar Wheel to complete the Liturgical Year Calendar. There are three (3) versions included - full color, black and white with text and one without text. The wheel includes names and months of each season. You might interested in:Catholic Church Object PostersAsh Wednesday & Lent Writing Pack with CraftivityJourney to Easter Read and Color Booklet
These Cause and Effect Picture Cut and Paste Sort with Writing Sheets and Sorting Mats were created as a colorful addition to your language arts units. This pack includes 24 colorfully illustrated Cards (12 Cause Cards 12 Effect Cards) for students to match. Also included are black and white sheets of the same pictures for student writing notebooks. A picture sort and cut and paste activity is included.
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Editable Classroom Jobs48 JOBS (EDITABLE)★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ There's a job here for every child in your class! In this EDITABLE set the following 48 jobs are depicted with kid-friendly illustrations on a black and white chevron background: It contains two different sizes of headers. JOB TITLES (Editable) ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 1. Attendance Monitor 2. Banker 3. Bathroom Monitor (Male) 4. Bathroom Monitor (Female) 5. Board Cleaner 6. Book Collector 7. Caboose 8. Calenda
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Experience
I am Nicole Hernandez, creator of A Teacher’s Idea. I create practical, classroom-tested resources for elementary teachers. I have 34 years of experience teaching in the classroom, so every resource is teacher made and student focused.
Teaching style
I believe learning works best when students feel safe, supported, and confident.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Some of the most meaningful moments in my teaching journey have come from everyday classroom wins. I treasure the smiles, the breakthroughs, and the quiet moments of growth. Helping a struggling reader say a first word or watching students light up during a lesson never gets old. Every resource in my store grows out of real classroom experience and the joy of seeing young learners succeed.
My own education history
I graduated from the University of The West Indies with an undergraduate degree in Primary Education and a master’s degree in Literacy Instruction.
Additional biographical information
You can visit me at https://www.nicadez.com/ for practical strategies, proven routines, and honest insights shaped by decades of real teaching.
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