About the store
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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Genius Hour Passion Projects For Elementary Students
This Genius Hour project-based learning pack will help you and your students begin passion projects with ease! This set will help your students develop a growth mindset as they go through a series of self-awareness activities to create a project that interests them all while learning important skills as they go along. Step-by-step students are taken through the process as they plan and prepare their passion projects or project-based learning projects .This is a great end-of-the-year way for
2nd - 4th
For All Subjects
CCSS
W.2.5
, W.2.6
, W.2.7
+15
Mindfulness Activities Notebook SEL
This social-emotional learning resource will help you to provide lessons and social-emotional activities that create a calm and thoughtful classroom. Through these easy-to-follow hands-on mindfulness lessons and activities, your students will learn self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, growth mindset, and goal setting in a fun and engaging way. "Wonderful! Totally support everything that you've done with this, and cannot wait to use it in my classroom! Mindfulness is the key,
2nd - 4th
Classroom Community, School Counseling
CCSS
CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.10
, CCRA.SL.1
Also included in: Social Emotional Learning BUNDLE #2
Winter Holidays Christmas Around the World
This Christmas Around the World bundle with help you teach important informational reading skills and comprehension as well as story, opinion writing, and math. It is full of short information pieces that will guide your students to learn about different cultures around the world and how they celebrate the season. Students can showcase their learning about different countries through research writing, creating a lap book (everything is included), or using the digital version. ★ DIGITAL★ versio
2nd - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Social Studies
CCSS
RI.2.1
, RI.2.2
, RI.2.6
+25
Also included in: Christmas Around the World Bundle
Social Emotional Learning Gratitude & Social Skills Curriculum
This social-emotional learning set takes you step-by-step through a mindful, self-regulation program that helps students to become kinder and more self-aware. Teaching these social skills help to build a strong classroom community. Watch your students grow in self-confidence and self-regulation and become stronger learners. This set includes both a DIGITAL and print version. Explicit teaching of social-emotional learning in the classroom is becoming more and more important for every child to
K - 4th
Character Education, Classroom Community, School Counseling
Also included in: Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness Bundle
Food and Nutrition Activities| Healthy Eating Unit
Teach your students about healthy eating, and healthy living with fun lessons and activities. Students will learn the importance of nutrition and food groups, sleep, exercise and hygiene with these engaging and real-life activities. This set has been updated to include both the PRINT and DIGITAL for USA and Canada Food Guides. This unit is packed with anchor charts and information for teachers and students and activities to make learning these things fun and effective. Students will le
1st - 3rd
Health
Also included in: Social Emotional Learning and Health and Nutrition Bundle
Genius Hour Notebook DIGITAL resources
Genius Hour is a project based learning and inquiry learning model. In this DIGITAL version of the original, students explore who they are as a learner, their wonders, and their questions and ideas. It helps guide students to choose a project and reflect on the process. This DIGITAL format is engaging and invites creative and critical thinking. Perfect for distance learning. Save $$ with the original print version Genius Hour Interactive Notebook which also includes this DIGITAL set. Click h
3rd - 8th
For All Subjects
Social Emotional Learning Bundle
Social-emotional learning involves learning about self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. This BIG mindfulness bundle covers many areas of SEL and mindfulness from whole class lessons to individual mindful journal entries and interactive mindful notebooks making it easy to implement and fun for kids. There is even a set for you, the teacher, to help you experience mindfulness so that you can more authentically teach your students
1st - 4th
Classroom Community, School Counseling
CCSS
CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.10
, CCRA.SL.1
Mindful Journal Prompts Morning Meeting Ideas
Mindful journal prompts help students to think of everyday ways to self-reflect and be kind. This easy-to-use social-emotional activities resource is perfect for morning work or morning meetings to help students with self-awareness which helps support self-regulation. Mindful Journal Prompts engage students in thinking deeper about the kind and caring traits that make up a good person. There are 15 writing prompts ranging from honesty to identifying why being patient with grandparents and ol
1st - 3rd
Classroom Community, Writing
Also included in: Social Emotional Learning Bundle
Diversity and Mindfulness Notebook Bundle
Transform your classroom into a caring and inclusive place where everyone is seen. This social emotional learning, mindfulness, and diversity set is just what you need to create a responsive classroom where all students can learn and feel like they belong. This SEL notebook bundle combines learning about yourself with learning about others. It is the perfect balance for teaching social and emotional learning, developing a growth mindset, and providing opportunities to learn and celebrate divers
2nd - 5th
Character Education, Classroom Community, School Counseling
Social Emotional Learning BUNDLE #2
Social emotional learning and mindfulness not only helps students to be happy learners, but also helps students to learn self awareness, gratitude, and compassion. Students learn through a growth mindset framework. I notice improved self-regulation, improved self esteem and classroom management is much easier. This pack includes the best selling Interactive Mindful Notebook and the Interactive CHRISTMAS notebook. ★These notebooks are interactive in 2 ways: → The teacher teaches m
1st - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Classroom Community
CCSS
CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.10
, CCRA.SL.1
Christmas Around the World Winter Holidays BIG BUNDLE
Include all of your students in this Christmas Around the World BIG BUNDLE. Keep your students happy and engaged throughout the holiday season. For those students that celebrate Christmas you will find a large set of resources that includes a Christmas Around the World Lap Book, a digital lap book, and a set of Christmas Around the World writing prompt sets. There is also a winter holidays All About Me set so that the students that do not celebrate Christmas can still share about things they d
2nd - 4th
English Language Arts, Other (Social Studies)
Opinion Writing 2nd Grade DIGITAL Google & Microsoft
Digital writing tools can be hard to find. Digi Write Opinion Writing is full of teacher tools and visual lessons that will help your 2nd grade students learn opinion writing in a step by step way. Whether you are using this in class, for literacy centers or in a full digital home learning setting, everything you need is here. As a digital resource, you can share this online with students using Google™ Slides or upload into MS OneDrive and a powerpoint. This resource is for one classroom only
2nd
Balanced Literacy, Writing
CCSS
W.2.1
, L.2.2
EARTH DAY Writing Prompts Task Cards
Do you want your students to learn about Earth Day in an engaging way? This Earth Day literacy and science centers pack has fun activities that can be used as a whole class writing prompt time, or for individual lessons as task cards. This is the perfect set of literacy and science writing prompts if you have been teaching about Earth Day and/or the environment at any time of year and you want your students to be actively involved. This print and go resource includes: 1. Persuasive Writing (How
1st - 3rd
Science
Also included in: Earth Day and Environment Big Bundle
Social Emotional Learning DIGITAL Notebook Google Classroom™ Microsoft Teams
This DIGITAL interactive mindful notebook with a growth mindset is a research-based and classroom-tested resource on developing mindfulness. It will help guide students through self-awareness, self-regulation, social and emotional learning, growth mindset, and goal setting. It is perfect for 2nd-5th-grade students, school counsellors, and child care workers. Perfect for distance learning. Each notebook page is guided by a detailed lesson plan included in the teacher's guide. This resource can
2nd - 7th
Character Education, Classroom Community, School Counseling
Digital Math Scaredy Squirrel Google Classroom™ Microsoft Teams
This DIGITAL Story Book Math creates a mathematical experience out of a favorite story book. This resource has mathematical activities that align to the elements in the story. Students can draw using scribble or Google™ Draw and/or insert photos. Scaredy Squirrel is afraid of everything. This hilarious story shows Scaredy Squirrel’s antics as he tries to avoid everything he is afraid of. This makes it the perfect book to hook students into the story and embed Math into the activities. Litera
1st - 3rd
Math, Writing
Also included in: Storybook Math Scaredy Squirrel BUNDLE Google™ Onedrive and Print
Storybook Math Scaredy Squirrel
Story Book Math brings Math to life through children's literature. In this set, students will learn mathematical concepts based on the book Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt and through real life experiences. Scaredy Squirrel is afraid of everything. This hilarious story shows Scaredy Squirrel’s antics as he tries to avoid everything he is afraid of. This makes it the perfect book to hook students into the story and embed Math into the activities. Literacy+Math+SEL = a winner resource!This se
1st - 3rd
Math, Writing
Also included in: Storybook Math Scaredy Squirrel BUNDLE Google™ Onedrive and Print
Writers Notebook Bundle Digital and Print 2nd & 3rd Grade
2nd and 3rd grade writing lessons have been compiled into this bundle to help you teach students writing skills in an engaging way. Choose to use a print copy that students will glue into their writers notebook or a digital set of lessons and digital notebook. These notebooks are different in style and lessons but both are CCSS aligned and Write Traits aligned making them the perfect writing lessons for any curriculum. They work nicely together. Please check out the previews of each set for m
2nd - 3rd
English Language Arts, Writing
Writer's Notebook Digital Google™ Powerpoint
Teaching writing digitally to primary students can be easier if you have the right resources. This digital writer's notebook set will help you teach your students how to write beyond the basics that they have already learned. In this set, they will learn about the write traits and practice writing either a narrative or an opinion/research text. As a digital resource, you can share this online with students using Google™ Slides or upload into MS OneDrive and a powerpoint. This resource is for o
2nd - 3rd
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.2
, CCRA.W.3
+4
Also included in: Writers Notebook Bundle Digital and Print 2nd & 3rd Grade
Storybook Math Scaredy Squirrel BUNDLE Google™ Onedrive and Print
Story Book Math brings Math to life through children's literature. In this set, students will learn mathematical concepts based on the book Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt and through real life experiences. The DIGITAL Story Book Math creates a mathematical experience out of a favorite story book. This resource has mathematical activities that align to the elements in the story. Students can draw using scribble or Google™ Draw and/or insert photos. This can also be used in Microsoft OneDriv
1st - 3rd
Math, Reading, Writing
Mothers Day Book of Gratitude Print & Digital
Mother's Day is a special day for our students to practice gratitude by creating a thoughtful Mother's Day book. This book represents different ethnicities. Print and Digital included. Check out the preview for the FULL print book. Options included. The digital copy of this resource has a mother with a boy and girl on the front cover and and one with a boy on the cover and has 7 pages. Students can use Google Classroom™ or OneDrive. Students can type or draw with Google™ draw. ================
K - 3rd
Character Education, Writing
Also included in: End of the Year Mindfulness Bundle
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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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