MonkeyMagnet
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
About the store
Well, before teaching, I did my degree in Linguistics, which I guess makes the amount of math I teach and how much I enjoy it sort of ironic. Maybe just a bit ironic, don't you think?
Before that I worked for a game company, where I would sometimes write games for special events. I've brought this love of games to my teaching, and have endeavoured to create some fun activities for the students to practice or discover a skill or concept.
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Which Past Form - Simple vs. Participle
An exercise which can be used as a quiz about which past tense form to use in a sentence. Students fill in the blank where the verb goes, using the simple past, or if there is an auxiliary verb, the participle.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Reading Instructions Carefully
An exercise in carefully reading all of the instructions. On this sheet, there is a list of instructions that students must follow and respond to in the correct box to show that they have carefully read them all. There are couple of tricks and twists that will force them to practice slowing down to read the instructions thoroughly.
Not Specific
English Language Arts, Reading
Grammatical Use of Pronouns
This exercise can be done together with a class, in small groups, or as a quiz if pronouns have already been taught. The purpose is to correctly use subject and object pronouns in sentences to maintain the sense and grammaticality of the sentence.
6th - 9th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Reading
Verbs
An in-depth look at verbs and what they do. This is a sheet to go through with the students, allowing them to fill in examples along the way.
7th - 11th
Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Words with Prefixes
Students identify the meaning of common prefixes and apply them to words to see if they result in words they know. Recognizing that many words are familiar, but with prefixes attached can help them improve vocabulary and figure out the meanings of unfamiliar words
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Spelling, Vocabulary
Word Parts: Prefixes (Advanced)
Once you have tried the other prefix and suffix exercises and the students have a good idea of how they work, you can try this one. This exercise is more advanced, as it deals with words whose roots might not be English words on their own, but are Latin roots that are very common in English words. Students try matching prefixes with bases to see which ones combine to make words that they know.
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Vocabulary
Nouns - Practice Exercise or Quiz
After teaching about mass nouns/concrete nouns, abstract and concrete nouns, pronouns, proper nouns, and plurals (regular and irregular), you can use this as an assignment to practice or assess what was learned. It also works as a quiz.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Word Parts: Suffixes
Adding "-ify" and "-ation" to the ends of words to make new words! Demystify long words by showing the meaning of these suffixes and how they attach to familiar words. This worksheet can be dome independently, in groups, or as a class, guided by the teacher with pauses for discussion.
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Reading Strategies
Subject-Verb Agreement
This 2-page exercise gives a choice of verb forms to match the subject of the sentence, depending on whether the subject is singular or plural. Students circle the correct form. For example: Those jackets need/needs cleaning.
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Grammar
Identifying Verbs
Students will identify the auxiliary and main verbs in the sentence. Some of the sentences at the end have made-up verbs, so the students will get the idea that they can use context and grammatical purpose to identify the verb, rather than just by knowing the definition of word.
7th - 9th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Reading Strategies
Fact or Opinion? What's the Difference?
This exercise explains the difference between fact and opinions, and then gives several statements. Students identify if each statement is a fact or an opinion, and gives a brief explanation about their answer. Teacher instructions and answer key are included.
6th - 9th
English Language Arts
Spelling - ei or ie?
Students look for patterns in words with "ie" or "ei" in them to determine ways to remember which one to use when spelling these words.
Not Specific
English Language Arts, Spelling, Writing
Figures of Speech
A short interactive handout about Similes and Metaphors. Read it together with the class and have them fill in the meanings of the similes and metaphors given, and then create some of their own.
6th - 9th
Creative Writing, Poetry, Reading
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About the store
Experience
Well, before teaching, I did my degree in Linguistics, which I guess makes the amount of math I teach and how much I enjoy it sort of ironic. Maybe just a bit ironic, don't you think?
Before that I worked for a game company, where I would sometimes write games for special events. I've brought this love of games to my teaching, and have endeavoured to create some fun activities for the students to practice or discover a skill or concept.
Teaching style
I like puns and intertextual references. I've tried to bring some of these to some of my quizzes and activities to get the students a bit more interested in doing an activity that isn't just another boring worksheet or quiz.
Not everything I have here fits into that, though.
I also like to make the difficulty progressive, so that earlier questions lead into the later ones, and this is frequently represented in my quizzes.
Some of the math quizzes have a "level 4" question on them. If the quizzes only include repeats of the questions we practiced, then I'd expect the students to get them all correct. Where does this leave the "A" level student the opportunity to exceed my expectations? So I include a question that asks the student to use the same skills or knowledge in a way that we didn't discuss in class, so that I can see who really understands the concept, and who is just following the steps laid out to solve a similar problem.
Additional biographical information
I am starting a games production business with a friend of mine who is a graphic designer. Although not all of out games will be education-based, the first few are aimed at use in classrooms to help students with math concepts.
We are still working on the website, but until that is up and running, information about what we are trying to achieve can be found here: www.gofundme.com/bsgames
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