The Teacher's Craft

Drawn from the First Nations Indigenous People's legend of The Seven Grandfathers, and suitable for all Grade 4 - 6 classrooms, the Seven Sacred Teachings provide guidance and support for youth of all cultures. Throughout the previous school year, I developed activities and presented lessons on each of the Seven Sacred Teachings and sold them individually here on TpT. I am very pleased with how well they were received by students, colleagues and those of you who purchased my resources. Having

Summary: This is a terrific, crowd-pleasing, performance tested, secular Christmas concert number designed to be performed by students in Grades 3 - 6. The premise is that a group of seniors (your students in costume) have been picked up from their retirement home to go and see the school's Christmas concert. While they are waiting for the performance to begin, they discuss what they miss about being kids at Christmas. This conversation leads into the theme-matching song "Christmas Stuff" by Nat

Well, it's time to choose and start preparing a number for this year's Christmas Concert! Don't fret, this one is fun and foolproof! Here are some key reasons why this number makes an excellent Christmas Concert choice:The script is written in rhyming couples, making the lines more fun, catchy and easier for your students to remember.The song is a blast, and your kids will love singing it!This version of the script is written for 27 elves and Mrs. Clause, however, lines can be shared or combined

A little compassion and kindness goes a long way towards making our world a better place. This discussion-encouraging PowerPoint lesson, linked YouTube videos and the clearly explained activities all work together to explain and promote compassion and to help you create a climate of kindness in your classroom. The components of this resource include:A 21 slide PowerPoint Lesson designed to engage your students. Teacher notes, including suggested comments and discussion questions.Links to caref

Note: My newly created Seven Sacred Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers Bundle offers this resource together with the other Sacred Teachings at a discounted price. This powerful lesson is based on The Seven Sacred Teachings and begins by looking at the history of the First Nation's Indigenous People of the Plains, their use of the bison and its near extinction. This leads into slides which focus on respect and encourage discussion. Beautiful photographs, discussion questions, video clips and act

It's a Marshmallow World in the Winter - what a fun song! I led my Grade 4 students through this skit and song for their Christmas concert. They loved performing it and the number was a big hit! I have virtually no musical ability, so if I can pull it off - you certainly can! More Details: Here's what's included: A teacher's guideSkit Script: This Christmas concert piece begins with a simple skit of rhyming couplets which leads into the singing of A Marshmallow World. The script provides spoke

This timely educational package is designed to further your students' understanding of: How humans contribute to air pollutionThe causes and effects of climate changeEnvironmentally friendly alternative energy sources And ways they can lessen the air pollution they create. This resource includes: An engaging, two part, 40 slide PowerPoint lesson designed to encourage thinking and discussion.A review worksheet to reinforce the lesson.An Air Pollution Crossword Puzzle and key.An Alternative Energ

By the end of this colorful, engaging, and interactive presentation, your students will have a clear understanding of rhyming couplets and syllabication and be ready and anxious to create their own. This file presentation was created with Google Slides and saved as a pptx. It will function well with any of the following programs or apps: PowerPoint, PowerPoint Online, or Google Slides. Be sure to view the presentation as a slideshow for the animations to work. If you have any difficulties, pl

Grit, the combination of resilience, courage, passion, perseverance, and self-discipline, is the key to achieving long and short term goals. This set of meticulously crafted presentation is designed to introduce your students to the character components of grit. This resource includes: An engaging 23 slide PowerPoint (or Google Slides) lesson filled with powerful images, thought-provoking text, memorable quotes, and terrific video links. Two worksheets designed to review and reinforce the Power

Note: This resource introduces the Seven Sacred Teachings, each of which is focused on individually in my other Seven Sacred Teaching lessons. These are available individually or in a bundle.For many generations, The Legend of the Seven Grandfathers and The Seven Sacred Teachings have been shared and spread from coast to coast across North America. Today, they are being used in schools across Canada and the United States to help promote and develop student character. This 26 slide PowerPoint or

Note: My newly created Seven Sacred Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers Bundle offers this resource together with the other Sacred Teachings at a discounted price. To have humility means to understand your role and to fulfill your responsibilities. It means to think of others beyond yourself. In the Seven Sacred Teachings the wolf represents humility, for wolves live in packs and depend on each other for their survival. This lesson examines how we, like wolves, rely on each other and have certai

Note: My newly created Seven Sacred Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers Bundle offers this resource together with the other Sacred Teachings at a discounted price. Truth is the last of the Seven Sacred Teachings. To live the truth means to follow each one of the teachings and to carry them with you always, just as the turtle carries its shell. This resource features a PowerPoint lesson which serves to introduce the concept of living the truth while also reviewing each of the previous Sacred Teac

Bundled together for your convenience and savings, these resources are sure to assist you in fostering positive character traits in your students and in building a terrific classroom community! Although this bundle focuses on 10 terrific character traits, it actually contains 12 powerful, engaging PowerPoint lessons, along with corresponding object lessons, activities and worksheets (as their are actually two lessons on respect and courage). The components of this resource have been specific

Note: Reviews of this resource can be found in the listing of its PowerPoint version in my TpT store.A little compassion and kindness goes a long way towards making our world a better place. This discussion-encouraging PowerPoint lesson, linked YouTube videos and the clearly explained activities all work together to explain and promote compassion and to help you create a climate of kindness in your classroom. The components of this resource include:A 21 slide Google Slide presentation lesson d

Note: This lesson is also available in a bundle which includes inspiring reading passages about famous people who have shown outstanding perseverance. Perseverance is one of the key characteristics children need to succeed in school, and in life. This presentation has been carefully prepared to engage, foster discussion and provide your students with strategies to help them to persevere when the going gets tough. This resource includes: A 19 slide PowerPoint Lesson with links to 2 inspiring Yo

Note: My newly created Seven Sacred Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers Bundle offers this resource together with the other Sacred Teachings at a discounted price. In the Legend of the Seven Grandfathers, the eagle represents love which is something we are all familiar with, but may seldom discuss with our students. This valuable resource will further your pupils' understanding of how love requires and promotes self-confidence, courage, strength, loyalty, cooperation, communication, growth, peac

I have used this PowerPoint presentation in whole school assemblies to recognize the greatness of Terry Fox and his journey, while inspiring students to run to raise funds to continue his fight against cancer. Here is an outline of the presentation: Slide 1: Title and video link - Show the video first; the answers to the questions that follow can be found in the video. Slide 2: Trivia Contest title slide Slides 3-8: These slides contain a total

This terrific poetry bundle will first engage your students through a colorful, interactive, educational PowerPoint presentation on couplets. This lesson leads to the examination of a touching and thought-provoking original Thanksgiving poem which is suitable for choral reading, a fill-in-the-blank couplet completion activity and, finally, to students creating their own Thanksgiving couplets. The package includes: A rhyming couplets PowerPoint lesson."Take a Minute" an 11 slide PowerPoint versio

This bundle contains 8 powerful, engaging PowerPoint lessons, along with corresponding object lessons, activities and worksheets. The components or this resource have been specifically designed to further your students understanding and development of eight excellent qualities and to help make the world a better place. I've been working long and hard to prepare and put together a bundle of, what I consider, the eight principles which we should all strive to learn and live by. They are:Honesty -

Kids love to feel that they are making a difference. This secular Christmas concert number inspires them and sends a clear, hopeful message to the audience, one they'll be proud to deliver. The song, "Someday at Christmas," has long been one of my favorites. It's beautiful, hopeful and uplifting, yet still manages to address some of problems in our not-so-perfect world. To introduce the song, and allow each student a speaking part, I wrote a rhyming script. Through the lines of the script the