Simply Basic

Back to School Word Search! Enjoy!

Summer Reading Log - Read - Record - Rate - Repeat - 10 Entries

Canadian Thanksgiving Word Search - Three Versions

Back to School / Croc Summer with Jibbitz Have your students excited to share their summer with this Croc'n Summer Idea. There are two versions, one with fewer lines for writing, and the other with more. It also comes with some pre-sized out circles for your students to use to create their Jibbitz. Enjoy!

How I use the Among Us behaviour strategy in the classroom. * PRINT with 11x17 PAPER * ------------------------------------------------------ 1. Choose what behaviour you will be looking for (pick one or combine several of the examples below or make up your own). For example: Who Among Us Is… Doing Their Best / Kind / Being Safe / Responsible / Respectful / Focused / Giving 100% Effort / Cooperative / Helpful / Caring / Considerate / Making Good Choices --------------------------------------

Summarizing Strategy Somebody/Wanted/But/So/Then First Page - Use as a poster/teacher copy. Demonstrate the strategy while reading a story. I like to laminate the poster and use sticky notes to fill in each section as you read a story with the class. Second Page - Student copy. Print and have student complete as they read their individual stories.

TOURNEY OF BOOKS!This tournament bracket activity will increase engagement and a love for reading in your school or class! This resource includes: •pieces to create a bulletin board, both colour and B & W •voting ballots for a school-wide tourney •ideas and how to’s for implementing in the classroom and school-wide •extension activities, with printable worksheets, such as predictions, compare and contract, sequencing and summaries. Book selection:•Theme: books about kindness, diversity, poetry

I Can Be... Responsible/Respectful/Safe - Class and School Behaviour Expectations This resource has TWO (fill in the blank sentence) options. - I can statements for “normal” school and I can statements referring to the “new normal” most schools are experiencing. Each option has THREE versions. - An open template for drawing, half and half template for some drawing/some writing, and a full page template for writing. This can be used for classroom expectations or for school wide expectations.

Simple poster, used as a great visual when teaching animal adaptations.

Hope you enjoy this freebie! Sized 11x17

Students in my class can earn Rockstar tickets for being all around great students! I hand them out when I see: -on task behaviour -hard work -trying their best -helping others -growth mindset -being kind and respectful -and more! the list is endless When they recieve a rockstar, they write their name on the back, place in a basket. Then at the end of each week, we do a rockstar draw. Three students are picked from the basket and can choose a prize (a container full of different nick/nacks from

Print out a copy of these grammar buttons, and use them for an interactive activity with your students! I use them in a morning message that we read together and students help find different grammar terms within the message. Includes: noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, and adverb

A easy way to have students practice addition, subtraction and multiplication skills using a deck of cards. I laminated the papers so students could write their answer with whiteboard marker. You can also put the paper in clear sleeve which also works with a whiteboard marker.

Two Pages -Words I Can Say -Words I Can Spell When assessing their oral knowledge of sight words. Highlight the ones they know and throughout the year repeat. You can also have it so the students can bring the checklist to you when they learn more words. Letting them take charge of their word journey. When assessing their spelling of the sight words. Highlight the ones they know as they learn them. Have the students do the highlighting when they master the correct spelling. I do weekly words

WHO WOULD WIN - Mini Book Report - No Prep Activity - This product quickly became a class go to, so I decided to give it a bit of a refresh (but don't worry the original is also included) - This activity is a great way to get students into non-fiction texts with the fun aspects of "who would win" - This version is simple and doesn't require students to read the whole book or to have to write a lot (there is another version in my store that includes more response pages) - Great for whole class ac

Add a little spice to in class reading. Reading challenges can get students even more excited about reading and can help push students to start picking bigger books.

A great activity to work with words, and add to any weekly spelling words for extra practice. Comes with a number of different word lists (5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30) as well as a 5 and 10 with dashed lines for the younger writers.

Dolch Sight Words for WordWall Again, I hunted for word wall words that fit my style, and only found ones that had pictures or themes or bright colours and all I wanted was simple. So I made my own, and yes they are basic. Simply, basic. Includes all 220 Dolch Sight Words from Pre-Primer to Grade 3, as well as an additional 44 common words. With this simple font, printing onto coloured paper is an easy way to make it a little less basic, to fit your style. Hope you enjoy!

Print of these Clock Labels to Make it Easier for Students to Tell Time!

I endlessly hunted for upper and lowercase letters that I could use for a word wall, that had the proper lowercase a and q as well as uppercase I, so I made my own. Enjoy!