Welcome teacher friends! I’m Nicole, the woman behind Brownie Points. I am a primary teacher, avid learner, and accidental entrepreneur! Creating resources for teachers is a passion *nerd alert*. I treasure the opportunity to connect with educators all around the world and I’m humbled to know that my resources are helping students and teachers.
I began my career in 2005 as a kindergarten teacher before moving to first grade with a brief stint in second grade. I love teaching primary - the children are so willing and eager to learn and provide unconditional love and admiration!
You can find me at www.browniepointsteaching.com.
Check out this jam-packed Media Literacy bundle! This resource has a lot of content!! You will not get through it all, but I hope I've given you enough options so that you can pick and choose what will work for your students. This bundle includes: ⭐ Be Media Smart - A Media Literacy Unit ⭐This 129 page PDF resource covers the following topics: • Media Forms • Media Elements • Responding to Media • Media's Purpose • Target Audience • Point of View • Advertising Techniques • Creating Media T
This resource was created for the Human Development and Sexual Health strand of the Health Curriculum in Ontario - Grade 2. This resource includes:printable PDF version Google Slides™ version for digital useDENTAL HEALTH• Healthy Teeth Tips and Dangers - Reading passages, graphics organizers, sorting page • Tooth Brushing - How-to page, tooth brushing around the world info • Writing Pages - Dentist and tooth fairy writing prompts • Tracking Charts - Class tooth chart and individual tooth brush
Check out this jam-packed Healthy Eating bundle! This resource has a lot of content!! I hope I've given you enough options so that you can pick and choose what will work for your students. Your students will learn about the food groups and healthy eating with a variety of activities, including cross-curricular options. Bundle Includes:Healthy Eating - a 100 PDF resource with worksheets, posters, printables, and activities plus a PowerPoint presentationHealthy or Not Game - A PowerPoint activity
This Canadian Coins Trivia Game is a fun and engaging way to review learning about Canadian coins. Coin names, values, symbols, and features are all covered. My students love Jeopardy games! If you haven't played them in your classroom, you must! This game includes a total of 20 questions that are grouped into 4 categories: Name It - Identify the coin Coin Value - Identify the value of each coin Symbols - Identify the symbols Features - A look at the physical features of each coin This is a pa
Use these 6 PowerPoint Presentations and response pages to discuss techniques in media with your students. • Company Logos (Doubles as Environmental Print!) • Slogans • Spot the Gimmicks - Advertising Techniques • Who Likes It? - Target Audience • Is This Toy for a Girl or a Boy? - Gendered Toy Ads • Media P.I.E. - Persuades, Informs, and Entertains Contains over 155 slides!Related Products• Media Literacy PowerPoint Game• Media Literacy - Media Forms• Media Literacy - Book Connections• Media
There's Probability at the Fair! Come out to the fair and try your luck! Your students will love reviewing probability and the likelihood of events with this interactive PowerPoint game. Great for distance learning, too! There are 5 stations to visit at this fair: Balloon Pop – 4 different probability scenariosFishing Fun – 4 different probability scenariosRing Toss – 4 different probability scenariosSpin the Wheel – a functioning spinning wheelSnack Bar – 4 different probability scenariosTh
These Bible Trivia Games are a fun and engaging way to review learning about Bible stories in the Old and New Testaments. Engage your little Bible learners with this bible trivia game with multiple choice answers. Perfect for homeschool, Christian school, Children’s Church, Sabbath or Sunday School, and Bible Class! Here's a sampling:• What was the name of the town where Jesus was born? • Who had long hair which was the source of his strength? • Who freed the Israelites from the Pharaoh in E
This bundle of Christmas Carols is great for singalongs, music classes, assemblies, concerts, and more! In this bundle, you will receive 2 separate files, for a total of 31 songs! Just the lyrics are included, no soundtrack. 11 Traditional Carols:Deck the HallsFrosty the SnowmanHere Comes Santa ClausIt’s the Most Wonderful Time of the YearJingle BellsJolly Old St. NicholasRudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerSanta Claus is Coming to TownTwelve Days of ChristmasUp on the HousetopWe Wish You a Merry Chr
This resource was created for the Human Development and Sexual Health strand of the updated Health Curriculum in Ontario – Grade 1. As a bonus, I included activities to support the Substance Abuse, Addictions, and Related Behaviours strand! I tend to teach Health units with both fiction and non-fiction texts and lots of group discussion. The worksheets and activities are great for follow-up. This resource includes:printable PDF - 65 page resourcePowerPoint trivia game with 20 questions/slidesG
These Four Seasons Trivia Games are a fun and engaging way to review learning about seasonal changes. Weather, clothing, animals, plants, and animals are all covered! For each question, students will need to identify the season - winter, spring, summer, or fall. My students love Jeopardy games! If you haven't played them in your classroom, you must! Categories:• Weather• Clothing• Animals• Plants• ActivitiesIn this bundle, you will receive 2 separate files/games, for a total of 50 questions
This Media Literacy Game is a fun and engaging way to review learning about media literacy concepts. Types of media, target audience, messaging, purpose, and fact vs. opinion are all covered. My students love Jeopardy games! This game includes a total of 25 questions that are grouped into 5 categories: • Media Forms• Target Audience• What's the Message?• Purpose of Media• Fact or OpinionDon't forget to check out the preview! Related Products• Media Literacy - Be Media Smart• Media Literacy -
Get everyone participating in a sing-along with these Christmas Carol slides. There are 11 well-known Christmas Carols in an easy-to-use interactive PowerPoint file. Perfect for music class, school assemblies, Christmas concerts, and other programs. Also great for shared reading and building fluency. Eleven Carols are included: (Just the lyrics are included, no soundtrack.) Deck the Halls Frosty the Snowman Here Comes Santa Claus It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Jingle Bells Jolly
Check out this jam-packed Healthy Eating bundle! This resource has a lot of content!! I hope I've given you enough options so that you can pick and choose what will work for your students. Your students will learn about the food groups and healthy eating with a variety of activities, including cross-curricular options. Bundle Includes:Healthy Eating - a 100 PDF resource with worksheets, posters, printables, and activities plus a PowerPoint presentationHealthy or Not Game - A PowerPoint activity
This product is perfect for your phonics program! Your students will enjoy reading and spelling CVC, CVCE, CCVC, and CVCC words with this engaging activity. Use as teacher-led lessons for whole group, small group, or one-on-one. Includes:CVC - Short A WordsCVC - Short E WordsCVC - Short I WordsCVC - Short O WordsCVC - Short U WordsCVC - Mixed Short Vowel WordsCCVC - Beginning Blends and DigraphsCVCC - Final Blends and DigraphsCVCE - Words with Silent EThere are 2 tasks in each game: reading a
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
This Coin Trivia Game is a fun and engaging way to review learning about US coins. Coin names, values, symbols, and presidents are all covered. My students love Jeopardy games! If you haven't played them in your classroom, you must! This game includes a total of 16 questions that are grouped into 4 categories: Name It - Identify the coin Coin Value - Identify the value of each coin Symbols - Identify the symbols Presidents - Identify the president If you like this, you may be interested in:Buyi
This Canadian Bills Trivia Game is a fun and engaging way to review learning about Canadian bills. Bill values, colours, people, and themes are all covered. My students love Jeopardy games! If you haven't played them in your classroom, you must! This game includes a total of 20 questions that are grouped into 4 categories: Value - Identify the value of the bills Colour - Identify the colour of the bills People - Identify the bill by the featured person Theme - Identify the bill by the featured
Make Black History Month engaging and meaningful with this comprehensive bundle of 24 biography tri-folds, perfect for grades 3-4! This resource introduces students to 24 influential Black Canadians, helping them explore their lives, achievements, and lasting impact. With ready-to-go reading passages, comprehension questions, and research templates, this resource gives you tons of flexibility - whether students are reading a pre-written biography or doing their own research. Plus, it comes wi
These Community Helper Trivia Games are a fun and engaging way to review learning about the different helpers in a community. Roles, tools, vehicles, buildings, and uniforms are all covered! My students love Jeopardy games! If you haven't played them in your classroom, you must! Categories:• My Job (Job Descriptions)• Tools• Vehicles• Buildings• UniformsIn this bundle, you will receive 2 separate interactive PowerPoint games, for a total of 50 questions! You may also be interested in:More P
This Bible Trivia Game is a fun and engaging way to review learning about Bible stories in the Old and New Testaments. Engage your little Bible learners with this bible trivia game with multiple choice answers. Perfect for homeschool, Christian school, Children’s Church, Sabbath or Sunday School, and Bible Class! Here's a sampling:• Who baptized Jesus in the river Jordan? • Which king was known for his wisdom and riches? • Who had a son named Isaac with his wife Sarah? This resource is in my
It’s TV Time! Grab a set of analog clocks and connect a love of television with a fun math game! Your students will love reviewing time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour with this interactive PowerPoint game. This PowerPoint game explores: • Telling time to the hour • Telling time to the half hour • Telling time to the quarter hour • Elapsed time There are 20 questions to solve: 12 questions – Telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour 8 questions – Elapsed time For additional
Welcome teacher friends! I’m Nicole, the woman behind Brownie Points. I am a primary teacher, avid learner, and accidental entrepreneur! Creating resources for teachers is a passion *nerd alert*. I treasure the opportunity to connect with educators all around the world and I’m humbled to know that my resources are helping students and teachers.
I began my career in 2005 as a kindergarten teacher before moving to first grade with a brief stint in second grade. I love teaching primary - the children are so willing and eager to learn and provide unconditional love and admiration!
You can find me at www.browniepointsteaching.com.
Teaching style
I regularly use hands-on activities and visuals to bring unfamiliar concepts to life. I have many English language learners so this is vital! My students love centres, iPads, videos, and PowerPoint games. My favourite subjects to teach are science and math.
My own education history
• Hon. Bachelor of Science (Human Biology, Psychology), University of Toronto
• Bachelor of Education, Queen's University
• Primary Education Specialist
• Additional Qualifications in Librarianship, Reading, English as a Second Language
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