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My goal after years of classroom teaching experience was to create useful and meaningful resources that teachers love using and find helpful. I started creating resources in 2012 when I couldn't find anything that would help me teach students to write, as well as support students' social and emotional learning.
Most of my career has been in the primary years; specifically grades 2 and 3. I've also taught and been an instructional coach for K-6. Many of the classes I have taught were split/combination classes, so I learned early on how to integrate subject areas for maximum learning and engagement. I find this approach helps with the overwhelming feeling of trying to "get it all done". I enjoy helping new teachers with this!
You will find resources for K-5 on reading, writing, math, social-emotional learning, and project-based learning.
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Remembrance Day Canada November
Remembrance Day is an important part of Canada and Canadian history. Help your students learn about the sacrifices that took place for our freedom today. This Remembrance Day resource contains information and materials that you will need for your students to learn about Remembrance Day and create a beautiful lapbook to showcase their learning. You can help your students understand that soldiers fought for our freedom and that we honour the veterans in many ways each year on November 11th. Yo
1st - 3rd
Reading, Social Studies, Writing
Also included in: Lap Book Year Long Bundle Fire Safety Christmas Earth Day Friendship
Main Idea and Author's Purpose Bundle
MAIN IDEA and AUTHOR'S PURPOSE Task Card Bundle: This great little bundle will help you teach Main Idea and Author's Purpose. Both sets include 20 task cards each and teaching printables and posters. **************************************************************** Be sure to follow along here for some great ideas and freebies: BLOG The Write Stuff Teaching FACEBOOK The Write Stuff on Facebook PINTEREST The Write Stuff on Pinterest INSTAGRAM The Write Stuff on Instagram ***********************
2nd - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing
CCSS
RL.2.1
, RL.2.7
, RL.3.6
+10
Social Emotional Learning: Character Education
This Character Traits resource will help your students learn positive character traits that will help to build a caring and compassionate classroom environment. It is a perfect start to social and emotional learning lessons or to use with SEL books. Included in this pack are the following traits: CompassionConsiderationCooperationCourageFriendshipGenerosityHonestyPerseveranceRespectResponsibilityWhat is included: An 8 1/2 x 11 size poster of each trait with a kid-friendly definition. A set of
K - 4th
Character Education, Classroom Community, Writing
Also included in: Social Emotional Learning Bundle
Brain Breaks
Brain breaks are important times in the day. The best brain activities train the brain to have a break so that students can focus and learn. These activities are designed to brain train not brain drain. Teach students the difference between behaviors and activities that promote learning and focus and ones that drain your focus. This mini-unit is chock-full of fresh ideas to get kids learning and focused first thing in the morning in the first month of school and/or throughout the year (especiall
2nd - 4th
Character Education, English Language Arts, Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness Bundle
What Writers Do Posters
This kid-friendly writing poster set will help you focus your students' attention on what writers do. Once kids know the traits of good writers, they can easily and confidently use these writing skills in their own writing. Use this resource to:teach the writing traits as a whole class as a series of mini-lessonsdisplay in your writing center.Pair it up with the Reading Focus Wall Posters FREE here: What Readers DoYou might also like: Primary Writing Center OrganizerYear-Long Writing Units B
K - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Writing
Self Regulation SEL Mindfulness Station
Teach students how to self monitor and manage their OWN moods and emotions with this ready-to-use self regulation station. Students use this center to monitor how they are feeling and what they need to do to get into the optimal learning zone. Everyone is different and this resource helps children to identify what they need to be in the learning zone. After printing and laminating the reuseable student sheets, students can: 1. Identify their current state as: too fast, too slow or just right. (
1st - 3rd
School Counseling
Also included in: Social Emotional Learning Bundle
The 6 Traits of Writing Set
This 6 Trait Writing Poster set is designed to help students understand what the traits are in kid friendly language.The posters are colored but have a white background for more economical printing. Use it as a writing center display for back to school or as a set of teaching mini posters. Also included is a free B & W coloring book mini set. You might also like: Hooked on Writing 2nd and 3rd Grade Year Long BundleWriting Template Binder ********************************************************
1st - 3rd
Writing
Also included in: New Teacher Survival Kit: Writing Bundle
Mindful Student Poster Set {FREE}
This diverse mindful student/teacher poster set represents students and teachers that come to school with everything they need to learn and be good citizens (learning brains, caring hearts). They are great for introducing any class management strategy or social skills lesson and make a great visual resource for your morning meetings. There are posters for primary and older students. This Mindful Student Poster Set is a supplement to my unit Mindful Brains, Mindful Heartsbut is easily a stan
K - 5th
Classroom Community, For All Subjects
What Readers Do Posters
This kid-friendly reading poster set is based on effective reading skills and positive reading habits. Help students focus on these skills as they learn to read and/or continue to develop their reading skills.How to use this resource:Use it in a reading center display or as visuals for teaching reading. Here is what is included in this reading set: There are different kinds of books (fiction, non-fiction) Focussing on the letters and sounds to blend and read Checking understanding with pict
K - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies
Writing Center Writing Prompts Writing Activities
Do you want your students to LOVE writing? A writing center is an essential element in any primary classroom. The printables in this resource will help you to create a beautiful writing center that your students will want to use, and that will help to model the important writing skills they are learning. It is also a great resource to help students practice these skills every day. You can use this complete writing center display set to: Create a bulletin board for your writing centerCreate a
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Writing
CCSS
W.K.2
, W.K.3
, W.K.5
+26
Back to School Classroom Rules for Good Citizenship
Classroom Rules - This poster set can be displayed in your classroom or used as a teaching tool to teach your students classroom and playground rules that are citizenship based (ie. We share with others and use our manners with everyone.) What sets this activity apart from others on classroom rules is that it is more citizenship based and it comes with a set of writing printables where students can reflect on WHY it is good character to follow the rules and how it affects others when we do or d
K - 3rd
Character Education, Classroom Community
Reading Incentive Program ~DOGS~
Reading Incentive Proram - This dog-themed reading incentive program will help your students to keep track of books that they are reading in a fun and friendly way.
Reading Incentive Program {DOGS theme} for Classroom, Library, Home Reading - you choose.
We all know that the more kids read, the better they learn and the happier they are in school.
I created this resource by request out of a need for a simple reading incentive program that would entice children to read more. I chose the do
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Reading
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Building Community
This FREE Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs poster set will help you and your students to remember the important basic needs that everyone has to feel happy and healthy. This set has two color posters: one Maslow, one child friendly Maslow that was created to help students understand their own needs. Teach your students and/or hang in the classroom. This download has color and black and white options. ==================================== Here is a blog post that you might like about this poster and
K - 3rd
Character Education, Classroom Community
Number Sense Math Tool Kit
Building number sense creates a strong foundation for further learning in Math. These folders are visual representations of important concepts that will help your students to build that strong number sense foundation. Math Build-a-Folders is the perfect reference for your developing mathematicians. How to Use This Resource create a folder for each student with the visuals they need (Numbers to 10, numbers to 20, numbers to 100, 120)design a set of general number sense folders that can be use
K - 2nd
Math, Numbers
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.3
, K.CC.B.4a
+15
Also included in: Number Sense Worksheets and Activities Bundle
Morning Meeting Posters
These inspirational posters focus on positive learning messages for all curricular areas. Dress up your classroom or morning meeting area with these posters and/or use them to teach students positive affirmations for learning. This poster set also aligns with the activities and learning from the Back to School 2nd Grade set. Use this poster set to: ★ inspire conversation ★ promote good learning habits ★ as support for your SEL curriculum ★ as a journal response prompt These creative posters tak
2nd - 4th
For All Subjects
Also included in: Back to School Class Meeting Bundle
Mindful Writing Center
Allowing children the space and the time they need to write is crucial. This writing set will give you a "pop up" writing center set or a bulletin board display along with printables to help them imagine and create their own writing in a writing center format... The set is designed to be a peaceful place to go to write and contains ideas and instructions for each step in the writing process. The more kids write, the better writers they will become. If you are teaching mindfulness, SEL and/or gr
1st - 4th
English Language Arts, Writing
Back to School Class Meeting Bundle
You know what they say: TEAM work makes the DREAM work. This set will help your students to get to know each other and help to promote a positive team environment in your classroom. Have a great year! *************************************************************************** You can follow along here for some great ideas and freebies: BLOG The Write Stuff Teaching FACEBOOK The Write Stuff on Facebook PINTEREST The Write Stuff on Pinterest INSTAGRAM The Write Stuff on Instagram ********** CU
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Math
Writing Process Poster Set
Use this fresh new Writing Process Poster set with clip chart to help you teach the writing process as part of your Writers Workshop. Each mini poster has a great description of each step in the writing process in kid-friendly language. Included in this set: Mini-posters and smaller sized clip chart images. Full color for your writing center pre-writing drafting *sharing* an optional (but important) aspect to the process revising editing publishing ==================================== This set i
1st - 3rd
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
W.1.5
, W.1.6
, W.3.4
+6
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About the store
Experience
My goal after years of classroom teaching experience was to create useful and meaningful resources that teachers love using and find helpful. I started creating resources in 2012 when I couldn't find anything that would help me teach students to write, as well as support students' social and emotional learning.
Most of my career has been in the primary years; specifically grades 2 and 3. I've also taught and been an instructional coach for K-6. Many of the classes I have taught were split/combination classes, so I learned early on how to integrate subject areas for maximum learning and engagement. I find this approach helps with the overwhelming feeling of trying to "get it all done". I enjoy helping new teachers with this!
You will find resources for K-5 on reading, writing, math, social-emotional learning, and project-based learning.
Teaching style
I'm a big believer in using a reading, writing and math workshop approach to teaching. It provides such a great framework for students to follow and allows for creative and expansive learning. I'm also a big fan of the integrated learning approach.
Teaching more than one curricular area in a unit will not only save you time AND resources but will also increase engagement and learning. For this reason, I also love to create science, social studies, math, and project-based learning/genius hour resources where literacy and social-emotional learning are woven in.
My creative resources are skill-based and uniquely designed to make it easy for you to teach and motivate kids to learn to their fullest potential! They are designed to:
* be time-saving and easy to use for teachers
* increase reading, writing and math skills (both explicitly and in an integrated way)
* promote learning independence and collaboration skills
* develop higher-level thinking skills even with the youngest learners
* increase social-emotional skills
* adaptable for all learners
* making learning fun
Awards & shining teacher moments
Always the best shining moments are the ones that involve students and their successes both academically and socially and emotionally.
I just completed writing an online course for teachers for a large university on Teaching Reading and Other Literacies.
I wrote the Scholastic Canada Let's Do Science Units (3rd-grade Biodiversity & Matter) for British Columbia. I was also the literacy reviewer for the 3-5th grade Social Studies curriculum (Pearson Canada)
In past years, I was featured in Texas Teachers magazine for mindfulness, the BC Primary Teachers journal and the Tennessee Reading Teacher.
My own education history
BEd. (elementary education) University of British Columbia
MEd. in Curriculum and Instruction University of British Columbia
Additional biographical information
You can find out more about me and some teaching ideas and tips on my blog: www.thewritestuffteaching.com
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