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Let's try math this way! Ideal for on line learning – use a different story each day and learn a math skill. Each story has activities for specific math skills. Use a variety of these to cover each of the study areas. In this unique unit you will find activities and ideas to support math skills to reflect students' connections to real life. Math should not be taught in isolation so here you will find connections to suitable story books for each area of study. The areas of study are: Number,

Young children find the concept of time very difficult. In this unit the students will move from the wide concept of time over years, months and days to telling the time via analogue and digital clocks. They will use stories and games to help this understanding.

The Fall season is an ideal time to introduce the students to pumpkins. Children equate pumpkins with Hallowe'en and Jack o' Lanterns, and are naturally enthusiastic about this big orange fruit. This thematic unit covers all areas of the curriculum with many activity suggestions and a list of suggested books. There are observations to be made and experiments to be conducted – along with mathematical problems and language arts activities. You will find handouts ready to duplicate and distribute.

Fractions, Fractions, Fractions Using picture books and stories get ready to have some fun and learn about fractions. Your students will love the activities with pizza and soup. Lots of ideas for using fractions in everyday life. There are book suggestions and, if the book is not available, the link is provided for a video reading of the book.

The Jolly Christmas Postman is an excellent book for introducing letter writing and communications, sequencing events, and retelling fairy tales and nursery rhymes. This is a cross curricula unit with questions and activities aligned with Common Core State Standards, UK Language Arts, and Canadian Curriculum Objectives. You will find a plethora of activities to keep your class engaged and interested. There are suggestions for creative letters, character role playing, post office projects and seq

Fantastic Fairy Tales. In this unit you will find information, activities, hand outs and wonderful ideas to use in your classroom. Outcomes are clearly stated for each element of the curriculum. Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty are dealt with in detail. Ideas and activities for Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel are included. Encourage your students to have fun and they will be learning many skills.

In this unit students will have fun patterning with pizza toppings and learning about simple fractions. They will compare the mysterious little man with characters from other stories. Nutritious breakfasts are discussed and compared with breakfasts around the world. Students will also be made aware of how business can be affected by economic factors in the community. Lots of activities and learning.

Fractions are difficult for young students. They look at 1/2 and are told that it is bigger than 1/3 when 3 is bigger than 2! In this unit the student uses fraction words to name parts of whole objects or sets of objects. The student is expected to: - name fractional parts of a whole object - name fractional parts of a set of objects If you ask young children to name their favorite foods one of the top ones chosen would be pizza. Use these pizza math suggestions to provide some fun filled ac

Children's Book Week is traditionally celebrated in May – although I believe that every week is Children's Book Week! What better way to celebrate than with a unit featuring the beloved story of Madeline. She will help your students learn about rhyming words, character and setting, all about the number 12, introduction to time – and so much more.

Description of Quilt Unit: This unit leads to the study of art, history and mathematics. Language activities focus on descriptive writing, story writing, historical writing. The feelings and descriptions of characters are pursued and a quilt is used to depict a favourite story. Art activities feature design and creativity. Math, science and technology explore area, shape, pattern and perimeter. Introduction of tangrams and tesselation and experimenting to find the properties of fabric.

Everyone has a birthday and young students delight in their special day being recognized. This unit provides activities and learning across the curriculum. You will find activities and handouts for English Language Arts, number sense, fractions, measurement, patterning, data management. There are experiments and observations dealing with changes in matter. Students will have many opportunities to use their imagination and artistic skills. Also provided is a Reflection handout and a Rubric to a

10 awesome number activities for primary students. These are fun ways to teach your students about basic number operations. They can use a calculator to add and subtract. They can “map” a wall, and learn how to use their phone number as a tool for graphing. Discover how taking attendance is a wonderful opportunity for numeral awareness. There are literature suggestions for each activity and the skill objectives stated for each one.

8 more awesome number activities for primary students. These are fun ways to teach your students about basic number operations. Use buttons and M&M's for activities to learn about patterns and basic operations. There are literature suggestions for each activity and the skill objectives stated for each one.

This book is based on a familiar song and is a wonderfully predictable book for beginning readers. Children are able to join in and develop actions to go along with the song. It has many possibilities for activities. In this unit there are ideas for model building, bus ticket designs, attributes for buying Winter jackets. Students are encouraged to discuss, make lists, keep records of observations and compose new songs. Fun activities that students will enjoy while learning new skills.

Dominoes are inexpensive and children love to play with them. Use this resource to help students learn addition, subtraction, tens and ones, matching, doubles, halves - and have fun while they do it

Here you will find some suggestions that may be adapted to any literature units. You will find ideas for Language Arts, mathematics, Discussions and Conversations.