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"Would you rather" is a game that you can play with any age giving two choices that someone has to pick from. These library edition questions are all reading related, such as, "Would you rather be forced to read the last chapter of a book first or watch the movie before reading the book?" The questions can be used as a writing activity, as an oral activity, ice breaker, interactive bulletin board, or can be used as survey questions to graph or tally. My favourite way to use these is to post the

Are you looking for a creative way to get your students to try reading something new? Do you need a creative way to invite parents into your classroom or library? Here is everything you need to host your own book tasting event! When I did this at my school, I advertised a week before parent teacher night. I sent a 1/2 page poster home, and put up posters around the school. Then on the day of the event, I covered the tables with table cloths, plates, and cutlery and had some students volunteer

Here is a great way to get your students excited about reading! This can be used in the school library or your classroom library. I developed this because I had a lot of students requesting that I buy the same books, and I could never decide the fairest way to decide who could sign out the book first. Now, every time I am ready to put out a new popular book, I put up the new book draw sign, some ballots, and a box, and the students who want to sign out the book fill out a ballot. At the end of

Lego Challenges! There are so many curricular connections that can be made to Lego. The best part is that students are excited, engaged, and love doing these challenges. They are worded in simple language, and one challenge is on each page, in a poster style format. At the beginning of each week, I just pull out a new challenge and post it on the wall. This file contains 40 pages. 39 challenges, and one blank page so you can make your own challenges. The challenges are designed to promote criti

Save time in the classroom from having the students measure and make their own templates. The best part is, no need to photocopy double sided! Six different templates can produce countless interactive notebook pages. Pages can be used vertically or horizontally. They are all clearly marked with every line labelled either fold or cut. These are fantastic to use for every subject, and are amazing to use for studying for quizzes or tests too! Great way to make learning hands-on for your students.

I have included 14 pages of my Rose, Bud and Thorn design. I designed these sheets to be used for multiple purposes. They can be used as a diagnostic, to determine student strengths and needs, they could be used as a exit tickets, or reflections, or even to determine their viewpoints about issues. I am teaching Dance, Drama and Visual Arts next year so I am going to use these to determine student attitudes and prior knowledge by having them write their Roses, Buds, and Thorns for each of the s

I have linked over 100 books with You Tube read alouds, or videos using QR codes! I have included -100 QR codes labels to stick on the front of each book (each label has the title and author of the book, and a unique QR code) -10 to a page - you can print on paper and tape to books, or print to sticky backed paper -A letter explaining the QR codes to be taped inside the front cover of each book -A letter to parents For those of you who don't know, QR codes are similar to bar codes, but you can

Fantastic classroom decoration, bulletin board idea, or library decoration, 19 hilariously "punny" book covers. I designed them to display on the top of the book shelves in my library, so they all have a reading or book theme. Here are a couple examples... "Walking to the Library by Mr. Bus", "Reading and Walking by Paul Down", and "What I Love to Read by Anne E. Thing" Almost 50 different titles and book spines. I also included a blank template of each so your students can also come up with th

This bundle contains three files as a bundle. All three files are designed to help you and your students get to know each other. They are filled with rich, open eded and best of all engaging questions, designed to get kids thinking, and talking. Here is a quick description ot the files included. Please see the listings for more detailed descriptions. Making Connections That Stick questions are where students are given a question that they can explain in a sentence or two. Some are fun and some m

We did a school wide event where every student in the school was divided into tribes, which were named after North American Animals. In this packages there are 25 signs with just the animal names and a simple cartoon picture of the animal. There are also 25 signs with the animal picture in the circle and "___ tribe" on the bottom. There are also 25 pages of name tags, made with the Avery Name Tag template. These could be used for multiple purposes, everything from researching an animal to colour

I have developed a program called Brain Training, This Brain Training file contains 23 pages or 46 prompts for students to use to generate ideas. The prompts range from simple prompts such as List things that have wheels, and what can you make out of a box to more thought provoking questions like what makes you happy and what could you do to make our school a better place? I have had a few groups of students in the last few years that are so reluctant to write and have great difficulty generatin

Great Activity for first week of school or to build community within your class and school! Making Connections That Stick questions are where students are given a question that they can explain in a sentence or two. Some are fun and some may require more thought. Because the purpose of this activity is to build community, you should give students opportunities, whether written or oral, to share their preferences and thoughts with others. See sheet, “Possible Teaching Strategies” for some more id

Community Building Idea! Great for getting to know your students and for them to get to know each other! Would You Rather questions are where students are given a choice of two different options, and they have to pick only one. Some are fun and some may require more thought. Because the purpose of this activity is to build community, you should give students opportunities, whether written or oral, to share their preferences and thoughts with others. This file also includes, “Possible Teaching S

Community Building Idea! Great for getting to know your students and for them to get to know each other! This or That questions are where students are given a choice of two different options, and they have to pick only one. The first four pages could be photocopied and given for students to complete independently. Or you could use the half page posters to discuss one at a time as a class. (Note, the half page posters are repeated questions from the first two pages) These questions are design

Community building activity for your students, and you learn how to corretly pronounce each others names. This activity is designed for students, and you, to learn how to correctly pronounce each other’s names. This means pronouncing their names the way their parents or family intended them to be pronounced. A name is part of someone’s identity and who they are. It is important that teachers and friends know how to say names correctly. After a warm up activity and lesson, students will each

Here are some great ways to make your spelling, or word work program more interesting and engaging for your students! Makerspace Word Work activities are designed to be engaging, as many of the activities are hands on activities where students are asked to make, or build their words. This program can be used as part of your Daily 5 program, or to enhance your current spelling program. I am currently a librarian and am partnering with several teachers to have their students come down to the Mak

This unit is designed to teach your students how to work collaboratively. It is designed using a hand drawn chain link border. The unit is 27 pages long and contains the following, all on 81/2 by 11 paper: -Chain-link letters that spell out "Let's Collaborate!" (each letter is 1/4 page -designed to be used as title for bulletin board -see in thumbnails) (5 pages) -diagnostic questions, one on each poster to ask students about their feelings towards group work (3 pages) -Learning goal poster and

Take all of the stress out of planning your next winter event! This file includes 8 different games using simple materials to run a family fun night, winter activity day, or classroom fun day. Each game is a page long, so it can be copied or laminated. Each page lists materials needed, players, and set up and playing instructions. The materials are either materials that would already be in a classroom such as recycled paper, or easy to find materials such as a bowl, spoon or cotton balls. File

This file contains 27 JPEG images with signs for activities for the following centers or stations: Art Station, Big Book Station, Building Station, Card Station, Coding Station, Colour Station, Dinosaur Station, Duct Tape Station, Eye Spy Station, Game Station, How To Draw Station, IPad Station, Lego Station, Listening Station, Magnet Station, Making Station, Math Station, "Old School" Station, Origami Station, Paper Station, Puppet Station, Puzzle Station, Relax Station, Re-Make Station, Readin

"Doodle You" is a short unit I designed for visual arts, or Language. It is a fun activity where students analyse their doodles, kind of like dream, or handwriting analysis! On the first page it asks students to doodle whatever they want. I have sent it home with kids to doodle while they were watching TV or talking on the phone. When they come back with their doodles, they look through the list given (of over 150 items such as curvy lines, fish, rockets etc) and circle the things that appear