Learning with Laura

This package includes instructions and explanations for 10 fun and easy games that you can play in your class with either very few or no materials. Many of these games I learned during my days as a day camp leader and they are always crowd pleasers. As a substitute teacher, I now use these games as brain breaks or whole class "rewards" for getting our work done early or good behaviour. For each game I have provided information regarding the necessary equipment, approximate time, instructions

This is an integrated art/math assignment that I created for grade 7 students to serve as both a teacher assessment tool and a reflective piece for my students. The assignment is intended to be assigned after the students have learned and are comfortable with the variety of methods to draw parallel and perpendicular lines. Using a piece of paper with 4 diagonal parallel lines, students will create a design using only parallel and perpendicular lines. This could also be modified or extended to

This is a very simple graphic organizer that students can use to organize their thoughts and ideas when writing persuasive paragraphs, letters, or even the initial draft outline for short essays. Includes spaces for students to plan out the following: ** introduction/topic sentence ** 3 arguments with facts/reasoning to back each argument up ** Opposing side's argument & rebuttal against this argument ** Conclusion Suitable for grades 4 or 5 through to grades 8 or 9, this is an excellent d

This product contains everything necessary to play "SPLAT!", an awesome unit hook/introduction or vocabulary review game that was a huge hit with my grade sevens! "SPLAT!" is a basic vocabulary game that gets students thinking, moving, and working together as a team....it also gives them a chance to have fun and be a little silly! :) I used this game as an introductory hook to get my students excited about our upcoming unit on ecosystems but it could easily have been used as a review game.

This is an activity I did with my grade 7 students in order to both activate and assess prior knowledge at the start of our our unit on ecosystems. It could also easily be used as a mid-unit check in or an excellent starting point for end-of unit discussions or debates. This activity is great because it keeps all students engaged and active at all times and is a fun way to respond to questions. In this package I have included a lesson plan for the graffiti activity and a list of 5 big picture

This is a short worksheet I gave to my grade 7 students to practice their question asking skills using the phrases ‘est-ce que’ and "‘qu’est ce que…". The students filled this out after a lesson spent modelling and practicing asking questions using these phrases and it was an excellent way for me to check their understanding.

This is a basic 5 question survey/questionnaire that I created to help me get to know new tutoring students better. The questions are designed to help provide you with a basic sense of the student's strengths, interests, and potential anxieties in order to plan your lessons and accommodate your teaching style to best support each student. While this was originally created for use as a private tutor, it would be an excellent survey to hand out to a new class in order to begin to develop your le

This is a clean and simple, 1 page form for teachers on-call to fill out and leave behind for the regular classroom teacher filling him/her in on the important information that they missed while absent. I created this form for use in elementary schools but it could easily be used or adapted for high school use as well. The form has specific spaces to include the following information: * Teacher On-Call contact information * Absent Students * Superstar Students * Students who needed some re

This product provides you with both peer and self assessment charts for creative writing assignments focusing on voice, organization, and effective word choice. The chart describes what specifically the student should be looking for in terms of each of the categories (voice, organization, word choice) and asks the students to select their level of agreement on a 5-point scale (can correspond to letter grades). The peer assessment chart also includes space for the students to include one "star"

This is a clean and simple, 1 page form for teachers on-call to fill out and leave behind for the regular classroom teacher filling him/her in on the important information that they missed while absent. I created this form for use in elementary schools but it could easily be used or adapted for high school use as well. The form has specific spaces to include the following information: * Substitute Teacher contact information * Absent Students * Superstar Students * Students who needed some