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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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Writing BUNDLE Opinion Narrative Informational 2nd & 3rd Grade
Not sure where to start teaching writing? ✏️ Start here! Quality writing instruction in primary starts with sentence-level writing skills. Your 2nd & 3rd-grade writers will have fun and learn writing skills with these step-by-step writing units. This writing unit bundle will help you teach writing all year long! Get a full year of writing lessons ( 900+ pages) including narrative writing, opinion writing, and informational writing. Each detailed lesson plan is integrated with aspects of
2nd - 3rd
English Language Arts, Reading, Writing
CCSS
RL.3.4
, RL.3.5
, RF.2.4
+27
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
Passion Project Genius Hour PBL
Passion projects are designed to interest your students in the process of learning. If learning is meaningful, students will be more engaged. What better way to do this than to have them pick the topics. This is a great end-of-the-year activity and project for students to teach the teacher! Have you ever wondered what it would be like if your students could learn about what they wanted to learn about and be engaged and intrigued by learning? What would it be like if all of your students were
2nd - 4th
Art, Math, Science
Also included in: Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness Bundle
Writer's Notebook Writing 2nd & 3rd Grade
Help your students learn to write using a writer's notebook. Step by step lessons and ideas that engage even the most reluctant writers. This writer's notebook is very detailed and includes lessons on many curricular outcomes for writing, listening and speaking and language. Each learning outcome is identified as a focus with supporting outcomes listed as well. Writing lessons are taught in a fun way by combining the writing standards with the write traits using children's literature that
2nd - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Writing
CCSS
W.2.1
, W.2.2
, W.2.3
+10
Also included in: Writers Notebook and Editing BUNDLE
PERFECT Book Unit | Back to School
Add Perfect by Max Amato to your back to school activities. Your students will be drawn to this playful story of perfectionism and learn that it's okay to make mistakes - right from the first day of school! This is a delightful story about a "perfectionist" eraser and a carefree pencil. Together, that is not a good combination. As the eraser works like mad to erase everything the pencil does, it ends up learning that the energy spent is not only exhausting but makes for a lonely existence. Th
1st - 4th
Character Education, Reading
Sentence Writing Unit | Writers Workshop
Sentence writing is a very important skill but not always easy to teach. In this helpful unit, students will learn all about sentences and how to find writing ideas. 4 mentor texts support your writing instruction on building sentences and developing writing ideas. The writing skills that are highlighted in this unit are: the parts of a sentencehow to write a sentencenouns, verbs, adjectivesconventionspre-assessing and analyzing your sentence writersmentor text vocabularyhow to generate wri
2nd - 3rd
Writing
CCSS
L.2.2
, L.2.6
, L.3.1a
+3
Also included in: Writing BUNDLE Opinion Narrative Informational 2nd & 3rd Grade
Beginning a Writing Program | Writers Workshop
Are you looking for a writing unit that your students will love? We all want a writing unit that will help us teach the skills students need but also one that makes students want to write. This comprehensive writing unit has step-by-step lessons that will help you to begin teaching writing. This unit contains: writing set upvocabulary from the mentor text aligned to the unitpre-assessments and anchor charts blackline masters for student workThis stand-alone writing unit is part of a complete
2nd - 3rd
Writing
CCSS
SL.2.1
, L.3.1
Also included in: Writing BUNDLE Opinion Narrative Informational 2nd & 3rd Grade
Animal Changes in Fall
Animals adapt to all kinds of situations in order to survive. 3 kinds of adaptations include behavioral, physical and physiological. Help your students learn more about these adaptations in relation to North American animals. Included in this science and literacy set: teacher notes on each adaptation mini poster about these 3 adaptations in kid-friendly languageteacher notes on each of the 3 animals featured: bear, Canada goose and snowshoe harestudent worksheets with information to reada wr
1st - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Science, Writing
Also included in: Fall Cross-Curricular Bundle
Friendship Activities and Lapbook Set
This fun packet will help you to teach friendship skills and kindness on Valentine's Day or any day of the year! Your students will learn how to recognize a good friend when they see one and be a good friend. Students will learn good character and social skills through lessons, friendship games (played and created), and through building their very own friendship lapbook! Being a good friend is a very important part of school and life. We often teach kids about friendship but have lot
1st - 3rd
Character Education
Also included in: Lap Book Year Long Bundle Fire Safety Christmas Earth Day Friendship
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
Fire Safety Community Helpers Activities
Teach Fire Safety and keep all of the important lessons in one place. Students can look back at the lessons in the lap book they create and keep for reference at home! This fire safety lap book is designed to visually support students as they learn about important fire safety lessons. Students will learn about general fire safety, fire safety at home, and all about firefighters and the tools they use. This includes a place for students to make a smart plan. Fire Safety is important for kids to
1st - 3rd
Writing
Also included in: Lap Book Year Long Bundle Fire Safety Christmas Earth Day Friendship
Visualize a Story
Visualizing is a powerful tool to help engage learners and improve comprehension and the creation of ideas. This versatile writing activity will help students learn this important skill and can be used with ANY children's picture book. Students love this lesson! You will need to choose a favorite unseen book and 6 artifacts from the book that they will show the students one at a time. (You can also do this without a book and with random items of your choosing.) Example:Artifacts can range from
1st - 4th
Balanced Literacy, Vocabulary, Writing
CCSS
W.1.3
, W.2.3
, W.3.3
+3
Goal Setting and Self Assessment for Primary
Self-assessment and goal-setting help students stay engaged in their learning and be able to see their growth. Students can celebrate growth and set goals for improvement. This resource supports a growth mindset in your classroom. You can use this resource to: get to know your students at the beginning of the yearsupport parent-teacher conferences accompany a student-led conferenceas a self-reflection for report cardsas a self-reflection for British Columbia Core Competencies This self-assessm
1st - 4th
For All Subjects
Also included in: New Teacher Survival Kit: Writing Bundle
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
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
New Years 2026 Activities Writing Goal Setting
New Year's 2026 activities include setting goals. These New Year activities are an excellent way for your students to focus on their own thoughts, learning, well-being, and more. Use this resource to help your students kick off the new year on a positive note and set individual school and leisure goals. Now including 2026-2029. ==================================== ★ 5 open-ended pages for students to create goals. Use one or use them all. ★ Goals and reflections on: → I want to be...
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects, Writing
Spring Poetry Poetry Writing
This spring-themed poetry mini unit includes 4 original poems that can be used for poem of the week or other poetry activities in April. Help your students build fluency, vocabulary and writing skills with this spring-themed poetry set. Use these poems in the pocket chart or projected onto a screen for students to read and enjoy. This poetry sampler includes 4 original spring poems and 3 lessons & activities to help students to learn more about poetry. Included in this pack:4 original poems on
1st - 3rd
Poetry, Writing
CCSS
RL.2.10
, RF.2.4
, SL.2.2
+1
Scientific Method: Scientist For a Day
Scientist for A Day- Here it is - A super easy and super fun Science set for primary scientists! No prep take home Science.
This is like the "Home Reading" of Science. After teaching students basic observation skills using their 5 senses, I introduce Scientist for a Day. It's a great way to get more experiments into your Science program and kids LOVE IT!
I have included an anchor chart to teach or review the Scientific Method. Also included is a simple yet effective lesson for the teacher
1st - 3rd
Basic Principles, Science
Personal Narrative Writing Unit | Writers Workshop
This fiction narrative writing unit takes a unique look into personal narrative writing through mentor texts. By exploring and learning about memoirs and fictional personal narratives, students will learn how to use sentence fluency to write their own narratives. Do your students have trouble with organizing the writing they do? This writing unit is all about organization, word choice and research. The writing skills that are highlighted in this unit are: using memoirs and fictional pers
2nd - 3rd
Writing
CCSS
W.2.3
, L.2.5b
, L.2.6
+5
Also included in: Writing BUNDLE Opinion Narrative Informational 2nd & 3rd Grade
Career Posters for Elementary
These elementary career posters help students identify their natural strengths and interests. Do they think mathematically, artistically? Help your students go beyond "What do you want to be when you grow up?" to " Who do you want to be?" Real life learning through project based learning allows students to self identify and work with their strengths as they learn. This poster set will help students to start thinking about how they learn and how they think and the future potential careers av
3rd - 5th
For All Subjects
Also included in: Student Success Big Bundle (3-5th Grade)
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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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