Caitlin's Corner

NEW AND IMPROVED FIT TAC TOE INCLUDES COLOUR PICTURES FOR PRIMARY STUDENTS, ELLS, AND PRE-READERS PLUS THE ORIGINAL BELOVED GAME! This game is played much like Tic-Tac-Toe except that instead of blank spots on your game board there are commands and you must perform the command listed on the spot you choose to place. The kit includes: -5 different text only game boards (they can be laminated or put into page protectors for re-use) and matching X and O pieces. -5 different picture and text

Make printing fun! These alphabet sheets help students practice their uppercase and lowercase letters as well as numbers (in number and word form). Colour the crayons according to the colour indicated and then practice your printing in the same colour for the whole row. Have fun. This product is 49 pages long and has numbers 0-10 in number form, 0-10 in word form, and uppercase/lowercase alphabet from A-Z [If you have trouble seeing any of the fonts you can download the ones listed on the

Inspired by the many commercial products for fact family white boards, I thought I'd make a template to print and laminate. You can write the 3 numbers in the corners before laminating if you want to focus on particular fact families or after laminating if you want to be able to change it up. Or you can use these as little worksheets. Pair them with fact family cards and you've got a great center.

Includes: -information and suggestions on how to use the behaviour chart and what it is -Two different ready to go behaviour chart options. Just print, laminate and add clothes pins with your students' names. (EDIT: I HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL "LARGER VERSION" FOR EACH BEHAVIOUR CHART FOR THOSE WITH LARGER CLASS SIZES) -Awesome day tickets -Hall of Fame/Prestige sign -tracking sheets -weekly results booklets -and more! It is made with LOVE.

A body biography kit including ideas, instructions, a full backwards design lesson plan (according to Ontario Curriculum Standards), 2 planning worksheets, and a worksheet for personal biographies (no storybook/novel needed). This lesson was created for Grade 4 students in Ontario but has been used with Grades 3-5 students in Quebec as well. For English Language Arts, Social Studies (Historical Characters), etc.

This work on writing activity is meant to be used with story stones or story coins. The kit includes detailed instructions for you to make your own as well as simplified suggestions if you would rather just make laminated cards. We LOVE our story stones and use them for tribes activities, oral language tasks, writing centers, group work, paired work, sorting, etc. And here's a daily 5 center to help you use them with your younger ones. The sheets from this activity are designed for my grade

This kit includes: - 42 2D and 3D shape cards (simple open-ended so you can use them as flash cards, follow the included game suggestions, or create your own games!) - 4 different game task cards listing suggestions for how you can play with and use the shape cards (group games or individually) - 9 general question cards to extend the use of shape cards. - sorting headings My kiddos love the memory match game and the quick draw game! So much that I was able to actually take a break in the d

Materials: Timer (cell phone, time timer, kitchen timer, etc) Writing materials (pen & paper, dry erase marker & whiteboard, etc) Two dice/number cubes (1-6) Game board How to Play 1.Set the countdown timer for an amount of time. (I like to play for 5 or 10 minutes) 2.Roll the dice and add the total on the dice. 3.Find the total number on the game board and read the words in the box next to it. i.For each box read you get a point. ii.If you roll a 4 or 8 you gain the number of points indi

Print, Cut, Post. stick them up around the room, hall, or school and have students high five the sight words whenever they recognize them. For letter recognition please see, "Alphabet Fist Pump" Enjoy!

These Rhyming Dominoes are perfect as a warm up, for a poetry center, or for word work. They feature a number of different rhymes using word families and anomalies. Plus, picture rhymes for your pre-readers. Parallel task differentiation by separating the picture set from the word set, or open ended task differentiation allowing students to choose from two piles. Simply print, cut and play! :)

Passport for: Literacy work stations or centres A tracking sheet for students to record a quick description of what was done at the centre and what they learned. up to 4 centres a day. Let me know if you would prefer more or less spaces. Take it centre to centre or reflect at the end of the period. Enjoy!

Like High-Five Sight words, the fist pump letters are meant to be placed around the classroom, hallway, or school so that when students recognize the letter they can say it out loud and fist pump the hand. simply print, cut and post (you can laminate too if you want.) A great way to get kids moving!

I made this exit ticket page for end of the day reflection - with a section for end of the week reflection. The first page of this little package has a generic chart that I use for anecdotal notes/assessment of my students. Maybe it will come in handy for you too :) Anyway enjoy the exit ticket page! And apologies for the pages being in reverse order.

practice 5 strategies in one sheet!

A zip-lock bag word work activity for your Daily 5 program or Language Arts Centers. Let me know if the instructions are unclear. :)