I have been teaching for over 30 years. I have taught all of the primary grades from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3. Most of my teaching experience has been in split grade classrooms, including SK/Grade One and Grade 3/4.
This math resource is designed to offer an engaging and fun way to explore and to review math skills using the theme of the Canadian hero Terry Fox. The Simply Math Worksheets for Terry Fox can be used to supplement your math instruction or math block, to use as homework practice or in math centers, as well as, to use with early finishers. All of the worksheets are easy to prep, just print and go! The worksheets in this resource are each designed to maximize the practise of math con
Do you need fun literacy and math activity pages that have a Winter theme? Fun Math and Literacy Activity Pages for Winter BUNDLE has engaging activities that will have your students reading and writing winter words. The numeracy activities provide practice in numeration, geometry (2D Shapes and symmetry), measurement, time, addition and subtraction, and positional words. The literacy components have been designed so that your students will have several different opportunities to read an
Do you need fun math activity pages that have a Winter theme? Fun Math Activity Pages for Winter has engaging activities that provide practice in numeration, geometry (2D Shapes and symmetry), measurement, time, addition and subtraction, and positional words. All numeracy activities are differentiated. Numeracy Activities included: Winter Symmetry: Students draw the other half of the winter picture. Winter Numbers Chart: Students find numbers on a 0-30 or 0-50 or 0-100 or 0-120 numbers cha
Are you looking for Christmas sorting activities that will help your students to learn 2D Shapes? Christmas 2D Shapes Worksheet Sorting Activities will give your students practice recognizing and sorting 2D shapes. The following shapes are covered: star, heart, crescent, circle, oval, triangle, square, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus (diamond), pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, and octagon. This resource contains 12 cut-and-paste worksheets: Page 1: Sorting Triangles and Squares
Are you looking for Christmas activities that will help your students to subitize 2D Shapes? I love building my students’ math perceptual fluency in numbers as well as in geometry. Christmas Gingerbread Cookies 2D Shapes gives your students practice recognizing 2D shapes in a fun way. The following shapes are covered: star, heart, crescent, circle, oval, triangle, square, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus (diamond), pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, and octagon. This resource contains:
Are you looking for a BUNDLE of Christmas activities that will help your students to subitize 2D Shapes? I love building my students’ math perceptual fluency in numbers as well as in geometry. 2D Shapes A BUNDLE of Christmas Subitizing Activities will give your students practice recognizing 2D shapes in a fun way. The following shapes are covered: star, heart, crescent, circle, oval, triangle, square, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus (diamond), pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, and
Are you looking for Christmas activities that will help your students to subitize 2D Shapes? I love building my students’ math perceptual fluency in numbers as well as in geometry. Christmas Presents 2D Shapes gives your students practice recognizing 2D shapes in a fun way. The following shapes are covered: star, heart, crescent, circle, oval, triangle, square, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus (diamond), pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, and octagon. This resource contains: Flashcard
Do you need fun activity pages with themes that cover Advent, Christmas, and Easter? This BUNDLE of Fun Math and Literacy Activity Pages has reading, writing, and mathematics activities that are easy to prep. Just print and use! Please see the individual resources for previews. Fun Math and Literacy Activity Pages for Advent has 8 activities: 1. Students spot the differences between two pictures. 2. Students find the Advent words in the pictures and print the words. 3. Students write ab
Are you looking for Christmas activities that will help your students to subitize 2D Shapes? I love building my students’ math perceptual fluency in numbers as well as in geometry. Christmas Lights 2D Shapes gives your students practice recognizing 2D shapes in a fun way. The following shapes are covered: star, heart, crescent, circle, oval, triangle, square, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus (diamond), pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, and octagon. This resource contains: 1. Flashcar
Are you looking for Christmas activities that will help your students to subitize 2D Shapes? I love building my students’ math perceptual fluency in numbers as well as in geometry. Christmas Ornaments 2D Shapes gives your students practice recognizing 2D shapes in a fun way. The following shapes are covered: star, heart, crescent, circle, oval, triangle, square, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus (diamond), pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, and octagon. This resource contains: 1. Flash
Easter Write the Room Multiplication Activities is an engaging and interactive way to incorporate movement and math learning. These 5 multiplication activities will have your students moving around the room while writing multiplication number stories. The focus in this resource is to cement the concept that multiplication means groups of. All of the Write the Room cards and recording sheets focus on groups of. Easter Write the Room Multiplication Activities has 5 different mathematics activ
Easter Write the Room Addition Activities is an engaging and interactive way to incorporate movement and math learning. These 5 addition activities will have your students moving around the room while writing addition number stories. Easter Write the Room Addition Activities has 5 different mathematics activities and the following addition concepts are covered: Two addend addition within 15,Three addend addition within 15,Three addend addition within 25,Doubles Addition up to 24, and Near
St. Patrick’s Day Color by Code Math Activities is a fun way to review mathematical concepts of 2D Shapes, 3D Solids, time to the hour and time at the half hour, coins and money, addition and subtraction within 20, Base Ten numbers up to 900. There are 15 mathematics activity pages in this resource. The following mathematical concepts are covered: 3D Solids 2D Shapes Place Value (ones, tens, hundreds) Time to the Hour Time at the Half Hour Coins and Money Addition to 10 and Addition to
Do you need March Lion and Lamb math and literacy activities? This March, In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb resource is full of literacy and numeracy activities centered around the idea of March weather. There is an original poem about March weather with coordinating math and literacy activities for children in First and Second Grades. The activities are a mixture of whole group, small group, and independent activities. Literacy Activities: Poem Puzzle: putting the lines of the poem
Directed Drawing with Math-Valentine’s Day Edition is all about Math word problems with a twist. Most of the math activities have been differentiated so that this resource can be used in Kindergarten and First Grade. Directed Drawing with Math Activities is a fun way to review mathematic skills, to add to numeracy centres, to end the week, to use for homework, or to leave in sub plans. My students love to do directed drawing activities and I love to give them math word problems to solve.
100th Day of School Color by Code Math Activities for First and Second Grades are a fun way to review 2D shapes, 3D solids, place value (tens and ones), numbers words, time, addition, and subtraction. There are 10 color by code math worksheets that celebrate the 100th Day in this resource. This resource was updated in February 2022. The following mathematical concepts are covered: Number Words (ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, and hundred), Place Value (
Do you need an easy to use, easy to implement math learning center for winter? This Winter Pocket Chart Learning resource contains 10 math activities covering these concepts: Counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s, Sorting numbers from 30-50 according to less than and more than, Number Words (thirty to fifty), Place Value using rods and units; tens and ones (numbers 30-50), Hundred Charts (numbers 30-50), Doubles, 3D Shapes or Solids (cone, cube, sphere, cylinder, hemisphere, triangular prism,
Do you need a fun way to reinforce and to review knowledge of 3D Shapes, numerals, number words, making 10, doubles, and number charts as well as representing numbers using rods and units (tens and ones) using a winter theme? Winter Pocket Chart Math Games uses the “hide and seek” game to engage students in learning fun. This resource offers 7 mathematics games for First Grade children. I use these games during Math lessons and during my math centre time. I also like to use th
Do you need fun math and literacy activity pages that have an Advent theme? Can You?-- Fun Math and Literacy Activity Pages for Advent has engaging activities that are easy to prep. Just print and use! There are 8 reading, writing, and mathematics activities in this resource, most of which have been differentiated to use with different grade or skill levels. Activities included: Students spot the differences between two pictures. Students find the Advent words in the pictures and print t
Do you need Fall activities with a scarecrow theme to reinforce and to review various ways to represent numbers 10-50? Scarecrow Number Sense Activities provide practice for representing numbers from 10-50 in different ways: numerals, number words, counting, number charts, number lines, tens and ones (rods and units), and the expanded form of the number. This resource offers a “build a scarecrow” math activity for Kindergarten and First Grade children. Once the cut and paste activities
I have been teaching for over 30 years. I have taught all of the primary grades from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3. Most of my teaching experience has been in split grade classrooms, including SK/Grade One and Grade 3/4.
Teaching style
I have spent most of my teaching career in a split grade classroom (or combo class). Whenever possible, I have striven to create lessons that I can use with both grades.
Awards & shining teacher moments
My students' successes are my greatest awards. I love that magical moment when a child realizes that he or she can read!
My own education history
I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History as well as a Bachelor of Education degree.
Additional biographical information
It is no secret that blue has always been, and will forever be, my favourite colour. Blue is my happy place. Another happy place for me is teaching young students literacy and numeracy skills. I am married and live in Ontario, Canada.
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