Being Inspired

The idea behind these "Brain Breaks" is that you have a stack of ideas for activities and games for when your class need to give their brains a little break. They'll still be using them of course but just in a more fun way! Some of the best ones are very active and give a noisy class a chance to burn off some energy before settling back down to work. I've divided the activities into categories and colour coded them because I'm like that. :) And it will make life much easier! Sometimes you might

The start of a new school year is a great time to teach reflection and goal setting skills. Included in the pack are: - Drawing and writing worksheets for memories and goals. - Star craftivity for memories from Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade. - Star craftivity for goals for 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade and 4th Grade. - Multiple variations of each for easy differentiation. This activity has been designed to be used after a reflection upon everything that happened and e

This gingerbread man themed pack contains everything you will need to teach these positional language phrases to young children or English language learners: On Under Behind In Front Of Beside There are large flashcards for creating a classroom display as well as for introducing vocabulary and playing whole class flashcard games. These cards are in 3 packs, one with both images and text, one with only images and one with only text. There is also a smaller set of cards for the students to pla

Reading Log - Combines summarizing, rating, word work, creative writing and reflection skills and provides a record of reading done and a focus for reading time. It's format makes it easy for students to use independently, selecting tasks in their order of preference or for use as a whole class with the teacher dictating task selection. This reading log is designed to be used for one novel over the space of 3 to 4 weeks. After independent/shared reading time the students will be given 15 - 2

We’ve found a letter from Santa but it’s written in pictures! Who is it for? What does it say? Challenge your class to use the code sheet to crack Santa’s code (and learn some problem solving skills as they do it!). Included in the pack are: A coded letter from Santa & worksheet A code sheet with Christmas images representing each letter of the alphabet 4 more pages of coded words to solve (16 words total) 26 small Christmas images Blank code sheet for children to create their own code Blank

**Updated to add new watches!!** Are your students always forgetting to bring their library books in on the correct day? Or forgetting when it’s their turn for show and tell? Well then these reminder wrist watches are just what you need! At the end of the day give each child a paper wrist watch with the reminder written on it to wear home. This will help the children (and parents!) to remember things like when field trip money is due and when consent forms need to be returned. Included in the

Irish resources at last!! :) This gingerbread man themed pack contains everything you will need to teach these positional language phrases in Irish: Ar an Faoin Os comhair Taobh thiar In aice leis There are large flashcards for creating a classroom display as well as for introducing vocabulary and playing whole class flashcard games. These cards are in 3 packs, one with both images and text, one with only images and one with only text. There is also a smaller set of cards for the students to

Help Wanted - do you think you have what it takes to be a leprechaun? Well fill out the application form and meet the criteria by writing acrostic poems, saying some tongue twisters in the Irish language, creating a name badge, doing some creative writing and learning the difference between “crisps” and “chips”! Included in the pack is: - “Help Wanted” poster - Leprechaun application form - Shamrock name badge template - “Ireland” and “shamrock” acrostic poem worksheets - Tongue twisters in

This Irish language nativty pack contains : A nativity scene poster 24 small word wall cards as Gaeilge 18 large flashcards as Gaeilge The words and phrases included are: An Chéad Nollaig, An Leanbh Íosa, Íosa Críost, Muire, Iósaf, Aoirí lena gCaoirigh, Aoirí, Aoire, Caora, Na Trí Ríthe, An Triúr Saoithe, Rí, Saoi, Aingeal, Na Bronntanais, Ór, Tuis, Miorr, Stábla. I hope you enjoy using these flashcards and word wall cards to retell the story of the birth of Jesus this Christmas. They make a

A great active way to practice your weekly spellings. Get your class up and moving, engage your kinesthetic learners and have some fun! Included is a list of chant ideas to be printed as posters for handy reference in your classroom. E.g. the "Snap and Clap" - snap your fingers as you chant each vowel and clap your hands as you chant each consonant. Enjoy! And please rate and comment if you like it. :)

*Updated to include 3 extra posters* Print off these colorful posters and display them in your classroom to remind your students of some useful rules! Includes these posters: “Wrong is wrong even if everybody is doing it. Right is right even if nobody is doing it.” “Hands at your side, All eyes forward, Lips Zipped, Low Speed” (HALL) “Listen has the same letters as silent” “It’s okay to not know but it’s not okay to not try!” Please rate if you download this and let me know if there is any wa