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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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
Memory Jars Book Unit
Memory Jars by Vera Brosgol is a must-read! It is a story about a child that uses hundreds of jars because she wants to save her precious memories. She learns that memories are made in the heart and mind and the things she puts in jars are those reminders. This print and teach shared reading book unit: provides rich learning on background knowledge building which is very important for reading comprehensionvalues and acknowledges each student's personal storyprovides materials to teach about th
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts, Social Emotional Learning, Writing
CCSS
RL.1.1
, RL.1.7
, RL.2.1
+8
Also included in: End of Year Memories BUNDLE
The Belonging Tree Book Unit SEL
Teach your students about belonging and inclusion with this wonderful book called The Belonging Tree by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. This book is perfect for back-to-school to establish a safe, kind and accepting classroom climate but can be used any time throughout the year .The squirrel family likes things just the way they are. Little Zeke loves variety and new animals and things. He doesn't really understand what his parents are complaining about when new animals start moving into their commun
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS
W.1.5
, W.1.8
, W.2.2
+18
Also included in: Fall Cross-Curricular Bundle
Reading Comprehension Strategies
This set of 3 reading comprehension strategy lessons was developed to use with any book (fiction or non-fiction) and includes using imagery and visualization, background knowledge, and a picture walk. Each lesson is described in detail and comes with a printable for student use and a task card to extend thinking and/or for fast finishers. These lessons are versatile and are great for whole class or individual work making them the ideal set of lessons to pre-teach a class so that when you are wor
1st - 4th
English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
CCSS
RL.1.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.1.3
+8
Teddy Bear Writing Prompts
Teach social and emotional learning with this fun and endearing teddy bear writing prompts set. Teddy Bears are so important in a young child's life for such things as security and imagination. This writing set contains prompts and writing ideas with differentiated pages for writing or drawing. What child does not love a teddy bear or stuffy? Have a bring your stuffy to school day or teddy bear picnic! This set includes: an anchor chart created by students, 3 different options for how to use
K - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Writing
CCSS
W.K.1
, W.1.1
, W.2.1
+3
Kindergarten and 1st Grade BIG Bundle Printing Number Sense Writing Center
Use these resources to provide your students with the important skills and practice they need for early literacy and numeracy. Use this printing practice and number sense resource set to help you assess and teach these building blocks of reading, writing, and math skills. What's inside:Printingprinting practice teacher notes and informationprinting practice worksheets that guide students through letter writing with starting points and clear lines.1/2 and full-page sheetsinitial sound image t
PreK - 2nd
Math, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Writing
End of the Year Summer Themed Bundle
If the end of the school year is near, you are likely feeling that it can be difficult keeping your students focused. I understand! Solving this problem can be as easy as turning the learning into a real-life literacy camping adventure. This end-of-the-year summer-themed bundle will help keep your students engaged, learning and having fun. Create a camping experience in your classroom with camping-themed activities already planned for you. Add the summer packet or send it home with your student
1st - 3rd
Writing
Fall Cross-Curricular Bundle
Welcome fall with this science, literacy and social studies-themed bundle. Students will love the connections they will make with the animals in both The Belonging Tree Book Unit and the Animal Changes in Fall resource. You will love the rich learning they will experience. This fiction and non-fiction-based bundle will appeal to all kinds of learners. These sets will inspire your students as they navigate the theme of belonging with rich thinking and writing lessons in the book unit, and learn a
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts, Science
End of Year Memories BUNDLE
End another school year with this fantastic bundle of memories! This unique bundle will provide you with two resources that reflect the same purpose: to look back on and write about memories. This set includes a book unit on an amazing book called Memory Jars about a little girl who wants to save all her precious memories. She tries to save them in jars but realizes later that memories live in the mind and heart. The End of the Year Memory book supports students as they look back on the school
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
W.1.2
, W.1.8
, W.2.2
+4
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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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