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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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Printing Practice Kindergarten Writing Alphabet Handwriting
Printing practice is an important part of learning. If you are asking yourself "Where do I start with teaching my students to print?" or "What letters should I teach first?" you are not alone. Sometimes it can be a bit overwhelming for you and your students. This resource will help you teach your students how to print step-by-step with helpful teaching tips. Printing practice is very important in order for young children to learn to write. When students know how to print each letter automaticall
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Handwriting
Also included in: Kindergarten Writing Printing Practice Sentence Building BIG BUNDLE
My Brain Lift the Flap Activity SEL Back to School
Brain breaks are important for students. But what kind of brain break does each student need? Use this Brain Lift-the-Flap open-ended activity to find out what kind of "smarts" or talents your students identify. It's a great way to get to know your students for back to school and see the way they think. This can be unconventional ways of thinking about "smart" like art, basketball, Lego, or other things. This resource supports a growth mindset, learning, and passion projects! This is a fun, o
K - 5th
Balanced Literacy, Character Education, For All Subjects
Mothers Day Craft
Making Mother's Day crafts is a special way for students to celebrate the one they love. One size does not fit all so this Mother's Day packet includes lots of variety for lots of different moms. In some families, it is not a mom or a dad but a very special person. This resource includes Mother's Day crafts and writing, as well as Father's Day and special person writing and crafts. This lovely set will help students show their gratitude towards all kinds of moms, dads, and special people -
K - 3rd
Writing
Also included in: End of the Year Bundle 1
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
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
Writing Prompts Story Elements Trading Cards
Use these trading cards as a more interesting form of writing prompts. These trading cards help students generate writing ideas through the story elements pictures and the discussions students have about each one. Students are very motivated to write when they use these trading cards. There are 3 different sets of cards included in this pack. Each set has 28 (one-sided) cards: characterssettingsevents & cluesThe character cards come in color and black and white to allow students to color or ad
K - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Writing
Notebook Cover Pages {Freebie}
Back to School time saver! Enjoy this freebie set of cover pages that can be glued onto regular notebooks and decorated by your students. Titles included: ReadingWritingMathSocial StudiesScienceArtBrowse The Write Stuff for notebook resources on: mindfulnesswritingoutdoor learningmathBe 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 CU
K - 3rd
For All Subjects
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
Summer Writing Prompts Summer Activities
SUMMER WRITING: Do you need something refreshing and new for summer to keep kids writing in a meaningful way? This is it! Great for homeschoolers and daycares too! Take the theme of summer (fun and safety) and incorporate sea life and journal writing and VIOLA! Included in this pack: ★ "Tools" of the beach, both for safety and fun-- > Cut and paste the tools in the correct area - is it for my safety and comfort or for fun? ★ Summer journal page for writing and drawing with a title page
K - 3rd
Writing
Number Sense Worksheets and Activities Bundle
Number sense games and hands-on learning help students understand Math. Use this Math unit to teach counting, subitizing, decomposing quantities, and numbers, and place value. Talk about number sense concepts easily and have students practice with manipulatives and math games. This bundle will help your students build a solid understanding of number sense. Not only is it full of math lessons, activities and practical math tools for your students, but it is also full of useful information
K - 2nd
Math, Numbers
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
Fall Craft, Activities and Lifecycles
These fall activities are the perfect way to teach students observation skills and all about the lifecycles of pumpkins and apples. The fall craft is a pumpkin lifecycle that is painted and has a real pumpkin seed! What is Included:Apple and Pumpkin lifecycles: Science/Life Cycles: full colored diagram of the lifecycleseparate colored stages of lifecycle pictures to laminate for students to practice at a centerblack and white printables for students to cut out and glue in order of the lifecycl
K - 3rd
Science, Writing
Halloween Pumpkin Patch Pumpkin Writing
Are you looking for a pumpkin patch writing and activity resource that will help you prepare your students for a trip to the pumpkin patch? Maybe you are just looking for a versatile resource for teaching all about pumpkins. This packet will help you to divide the field trip experience into before, during, and after the pumpkin patch trip with fun and meaningful activities for either a field trip or in-class activities. Take a look at the detailed preview to see more of what is included.Why Yo
K - 2nd
Balanced Literacy, Science
CCSS
W.K.2
, W.K.3
, W.1.2
+3
Kindergarten Writing Printing Practice Sentence Building BIG BUNDLE
Do some of your students struggle with printing? Maybe it's the motivation to learn to print or once learned, being inspired to print more and learn how to write stories and other pieces of text. That can be really frustrating. Early learning teachers know that balancing exploration and play with teaching the important penmanship skills can be tricky. This resource was created to help teachers focus on what matters: teaching printing skills and engaging learners to want to play around wi
PreK - 1st
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Handwriting
CCSS
W.K.1
, W.K.2
, W.K.3
+11
Number Sense Math Lessons Games Worksheets Assessments
Teaching conceptual number sense understanding with manipulatives and lots of practice counting, subitizing, decomposing quantities, and numbers, place value as well as talking about math are all building blocks to understanding. This easy-to-use resource will help you to teach all this and more! Do your students have difficulty with addition, subtraction, or fact families? Or maybe you are just looking for an early math resource that will help your students start on the right foot with nu
K - 2nd
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
, K.CC.B.4a
, K.CC.B.4b
+31
Also included in: Number Sense Worksheets and Activities Bundle
Earth Day Activities and Environmental Science
The earth is our home. On Earth Day and every day environmental science lessons can be taught year-long to teach children the importance of why we should care for the earth and how one person can make a difference. Teach information about usage and consumption of water, garbage, papers and more. What is included in this science and literacy resource set: The importance of trees for our own health and also for the paper that is produced. Students come up with types of paper that they kno
K - 3rd
Environment, Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.1.4
, RI.1.10
, RI.2.3
+4
Also included in: Earth Day and Environment Big Bundle
Fall Writing Prompts Using the 5 Senses
This collection of fall writing prompts Will motivate and inspire young writers to use their 5 senses to come up with words that describe the things they hear, see, smell, touch and taste in the fall. It comes with teacher notes on how to use the set, with variations for older primary students. === > This set of worksheets complement the 6 trait writing program as it helps students with word choice. You might also like: 6 Traits Writing SetWriters Workshop Year Long Curriculum*************
K - 3rd
Creative Writing, Vocabulary
CCSS
CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.2
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
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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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