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Glasgow, Scotland, East Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom
About the store
OkinawanGirl Lisa has a postgraduate diploma in elementary school education from the University of Glasgow, Scotland where she graduated with merit. She is a self confessed nerd with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Internet Software Development. In June 2018 she successfully completed a PDA Leadership and Management course in Services for Children and Young People. TpT allows her to combine her passion for developing resources as well as teaching. Lisa has an international teaching background which includes: - Teaching English as an additional language to all age groups in Nara, Japan - Head Teacher and curriculum developer for 4 years at an International Preschool in Osaka, Japan - Year 1 Teacher (equivalent to US first grade) in an international elementary school in Madrid, Spain for 2 years - Primary 2 Teacher (equivalent to US second grade) in Scotland for 2 years - Primary 5 Teacher (equivalent to US third grade) in Scotland for 2 years - Head of Centre in a Scottish nursery for just over one year She is currently working as a specialist Technologies Teacher in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
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Preview of Gift Photo Frames for Valentine's, Mother's/Father's Day and Grandparents Day

Gift Photo Frames for Valentine's, Mother's/Father's Day and Grandparents Day

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OkinawanGirl
Photo frames are simple, yet cute, gifts that your students can take home for their loved ones. These frames can be personalized using the message/poem templates included and are bound to leave their recipients with a heartwarming glow on Valentine's Day/Mother's Day/Father's Day/Grandparents Day or any special occasion. Key Features 1 x teacher notes (for differentiation) 1 x easy to follow instructions page 4 x high quality portrait photo frames 4 x high quality landscape photo frames
Preview of Computer Login Cards Editable

Computer Login Cards Editable

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OkinawanGirl
These login cards help students remember their usernames and passwords for the computer network or any websites that require login details. Usernames and passwords can be simply edited using Microsoft PowerPoint. This download contains: teacher notes1 x slide of light green editable login cards1 x slide of light blue editable login cards1 x slide of light yellow editable login cards1 x slide of light purple editable login cards1 x slide of mixed colours (1 of each of the above) editable login
Preview of Arctic Animals

Arctic Animals

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OkinawanGirl
Arctic Animals: These arctic animal photo flashcards have been designed to support classroom teaching. They can be used for wall displays, vocabulary development activities, or as a stimulus for discussions such as, "What do you know about....? / What have you learned about....?" These color flash cards feature 8 arctic animals: polar bear, arctic fox, caribou, arctic tern, snowy owl, walrus, seal and the arctic hare. Please note that all of the photographs used are royalty free and avai
Preview of Halloween Playdough Mats

Halloween Playdough Mats

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OkinawanGirl
Halloween Playdough Mats: Students can have fun whilst developing their creative thinking and fine motor skills by manipulating playdough to complete these freaky faces of Hallowe'en! Contents 8 x freaky faces playdough mats (witch, vampire, ghost, cat, mummy, skeleton, Frankenstein, jack-o'-lantern) Learning Styles This resource encompasses aspects of three learning styles: visual, reading-writing and kinesthetic. UK and US Spelling Please note that this download includes an alter
Preview of Halloween Number Concept DIFFERENTIATED Playdough Mats 0-20

Halloween Number Concept DIFFERENTIATED Playdough Mats 0-20

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OkinawanGirl
Halloween Number Concept DIFFERENTIATED Playdough Mats 0-20: Manipulating playdough is fun way to develop finger muscle strength essential for pencil control and cutting skills. This classroom tested resource focuses on developing your students ability to understand the relationship between numbers and quantities, connecting counting to cardinality. Students roll playdough snakes to form numbers and playdough balls to form the related number of candy pieces. Contents 21 x Color Play
Preview of Superhero Sight Words - EDITABLE

Superhero Sight Words - EDITABLE

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These EDITABLE superhero sight words cards are designed to liven up your word wall area. They can also be used as flashcards for classroom instruction or assessment. Simply open the powerpoint file and click on text box to enter your choice of words. I have pre-made Dolch and Fry words already available in my store, click the links in the "related products" section below to view. Contents - 1 x editable* header (to name your lists of cards) - 1 x editable* powerpoint template (with 4 wor
Preview of Superhero Sight Words Set 1

Superhero Sight Words Set 1

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OkinawanGirl
These superhero Dolch sight words are designed to liven up your word wall area. They can also be used as flashcards for classroom instruction or assessment. Contents - all 220 Dolch words (arranged 4 per landscape page) - 26 x Alphabet Word Wall Headers A-Z (arranged 2 per landscape page) - 3 x secret password posters - 3 x Editable* Certificate Designs (in color and black and white) - 8 x reading assessment pages - 5 x headers "Pre-Primer Sight Words", "Primer Sight Words", "First Gr
Preview of Keyboard Shortcuts for PC

Keyboard Shortcuts for PC

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OkinawanGirl
These headers have been designed to support classroom teaching. They can be used in a wall display to remind your students of common keyboard shortcuts for PCs. Click here to view the MAC version. Click here to view the FULL PAGE POSTER version. These colour headers feature 24 common keyboard shortcuts. Contents 1 x "Keyboard Shortcuts" poster 24 x color headers (2 per landscape page) featuring shortcuts for: cut, paste, copy, select all, undo action, redo action, save, print, bol
Preview of Superhero Sight Words Set 2

Superhero Sight Words Set 2

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OkinawanGirl
These superhero Fry sight words are designed to liven up your word wall area. They can also be used as flashcards for classroom instruction or assessment. Contents - first 200 FRY words (arranged 4 per landscape page) - 26 x Alphabet Word Wall Headers A-Z (arranged 2 per landscape page) - 3 x Secret Password Posters - 3 x Editable* Certificate Designs (in color and black and white) - 7 x Reading Assessment Pages - 2 x headers "The First 100 Sight Words" and "The Second Hundred Sight
Preview of Pocket Chart Activities

Pocket Chart Activities

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Pocket Chart Activities - Inserts for Sounds, Shapes, Numbers and Colors: tired of spending a lot of time on math and ELA instructional resources? Look no further! This download contains everything you need for teaching instruction AND grouping learning centers. These cards are ideal when introducing letters, rhyming words, numbers (in various formats), colors, 2D and 3D shapes. You can then assign students grouping tasks to reinforce your teaching concepts. Key Features 52 Initial soun
Preview of Winter Wonderland Playdough Mats

Winter Wonderland Playdough Mats

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OkinawanGirl
Winter Playdough Maths: these Winter themed playdough mats help develop your students fine motor skills which are essential for cutting and handwriting. Some of the mats include open ended challenges aimed at developing your students creative thinking. Contents 1 x teacher notes 10 x pages of playdough mats Resources Required In order to use this resource students will require playdough and playdough cutting tools (usually available at your local Dollar Store). Differentiation Yo
Preview of Money Sterling UK Coins

Money Sterling UK Coins

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Money Sterling: UK coins resource featuring posters and differentiated no prep printables for British teachers. Posters are in colour and printable pages feature black and white line art for clarity when photocopying. Contents 1 x contents page (see preview) 8 x A4 colour posters (one for each coin) 8 x "Find and Colour" Coin Recognition Pages (one for each coin) 1 x "Find and Colour" 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p 1 x "Find and Colour" 20, 50p, £1 and £2 2 x Skip Counting in 2s 2 x Skip Count
Preview of Nursery Rhymes Poster Collection and Song Cards

Nursery Rhymes Poster Collection and Song Cards

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Nursery Rhymes: These unique nursery rhyme posters and song cards encourage a deeper level of understanding by using real life photography. They can be used for wall displays, vocabulary development activities (e.g. exploring rhyme), or as a stimulus for discussions. Color posters and song cards feature 20 nursery rhymes; - Baa, Baa, Black Sheep - Hickory, Dickory, Dock - Higglety, Piggelty, Pop! - Itsy, Bitsy Spider - Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen - Humpty Dum
Preview of Scissor Skills: Color, Cut and Paste Delicious Desserts {irregular shapes}

Scissor Skills: Color, Cut and Paste Delicious Desserts {irregular shapes}

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OkinawanGirl
Scissor Skills: This resource is aimed at developing your students cutting skills by creating delicious desserts. It involves cutting out a range of irregular shapes and is therefore aimed at students who are already proficient in basic cutting skills. Contents 1 x teacher notes 1 x Color, Cut and Paste Banana Split 1 x Color, Cut and Paste Cherry Pie 1 x Color, Cut and Paste Fruit Salad 1 x Color, Cut and Paste Birthday Cake 1 x Color, Cut and Paste Ice Cream Level of Knowledge R
Preview of Classroom Decor BUNDLE {Fairytale Theme}

Classroom Decor BUNDLE {Fairytale Theme}

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Classroom Decor: This magical bundle contains all ten of my fairytale themed classroom decor sets. It will instantly transform your classroom into a wonderful enchanted world. The cost of purchasing all of these items individually would be $27. Contents Click on the titles below to see each individual product and preview files: Weather Flash Cards and Headers. This set features Rapunzel weather flash cards and headers as well as a weekly weather chart and weather chart cards. Cale
Preview of Counting On

Counting On

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Counting On: 4 fun differentiated activities designed to promote a deep understanding of the concept of counting on (within 20). These activities can be completed individually or with a partner. CONTENTS • Contents Page allowing you to quickly print pages you require at a glance (included in preview file above) • Teacher Notes explaining practical techniques to help boost your students understanding of counting on • 3 colorful sets of puzzles to engage your students in the fun and familia
Preview of Months of the Year Headers

Months of the Year Headers

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OkinawanGirl
Months of the Year: This is a classroom tested resource aimed at early learners in the UK. Each headers background is colour coded to correspond with the season and includes images related to the month. Contents This download contains 12 headers (arranged 2 per A4 landscape page) Related Products Days of the Week Headers Thank you for visiting my store, OkinawanGirl
Preview of Blending CVC Words Set 1 Activities, Word Cards and Assessments

Blending CVC Words Set 1 Activities, Word Cards and Assessments

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This is a classroom tested differentiated resource focusing on developing students ability to blend sounds together to read CVC words. Contents - 1 x Teacher Notes - 24 x CVC word cards (arranged 3 per A4 portrait page) - 4 x Reading CVC Words worksheets (in 2 versions, with and without picture clues) - 2 x sets of Teacher Demo pages for "Reading CVC Words" worksheets which consist of one large ring (available in each version A and B). - 4x Build a Word activity pages - 4 x Build a Word let
Preview of CVC Game

CVC Game

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OkinawanGirl
CVC Game Roll It, Read It, Finger Trace It and Spell It!: Fun active learning game that involves reading, finger tracing and spelling sets of differentiated CVC words. The object of the game is for players to successfully "herd" all 6 of their sheep by reading, finger tracing and spelling CVC words. The first player to herd all 6 of their sheep is the winner. Please note that this game requires students to use dice (not included). Both color and black and white pages are included.
Preview of Place Value

Place Value

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OkinawanGirl
Place Value: These differentiated no prep superhero themed pages are designed to help your students understand the fundamental math concept of place value. Pages cover various aspects of place value including: one more/less, ten more/less, building numbers, identifying tens and units, sequencing numbers, comparing numbers, number words etc. Contents 112 x differentiated place value pages - see preview file for full list of contents Differentiation This resource allows for easy differen
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About the store

Experience

OkinawanGirl Lisa has a postgraduate diploma in elementary school education from the University of Glasgow, Scotland where she graduated with merit. She is a self confessed nerd with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Internet Software Development. In June 2018 she successfully completed a PDA Leadership and Management course in Services for Children and Young People. TpT allows her to combine her passion for developing resources as well as teaching. Lisa has an international teaching background which includes: - Teaching English as an additional language to all age groups in Nara, Japan - Head Teacher and curriculum developer for 4 years at an International Preschool in Osaka, Japan - Year 1 Teacher (equivalent to US first grade) in an international elementary school in Madrid, Spain for 2 years - Primary 2 Teacher (equivalent to US second grade) in Scotland for 2 years - Primary 5 Teacher (equivalent to US third grade) in Scotland for 2 years - Head of Centre in a Scottish nursery for just over one year She is currently working as a specialist Technologies Teacher in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Teaching style

I believe that if pupils are encouraged to take responsibility for aspects of their work, and share learning experiences, they are more likely to identify correlations between ideas and concepts, and become more astute as independent thinkers and problem solvers. Therefore, every child, regardless of ability, can enrich each other’s learning. Accordingly, I make frequent use of collaborative learning techniques to share experiences and promote team building skills. When introducing new themes or concepts for learning, I encourage pupils to reflect upon what they already know and utilize their knowledge to participate in the lesson planning process. This helps promote critical reflection and understanding whilst simultaneously encouraging enquiry and discussion.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Whilst studying at university for my undergrad degree I won "Multimedia Student of the Year" for two consecutive years.

My own education history

Lisa has a Batchelor of Science degree in Internet Software Development from Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland where she graduated with "distinction". She also has a post-graduate diploma (PGDE) in Elementary School Education from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where she graduated with "merit". In June 2018 Lisa successfully completed a 2 year PDA Leadership and Management course in Services for Children and Young People. Lisa frequently participates in professional development.

Additional biographical information

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