Wizardry Learning

Have you ever stopped to wonder where our sayings come from? Look no further. Here is a long list of sayings with their associated origins. The sayings chosen tend to be of an unknown or non-obvious nature (which most are not familiar with). You can use this as a daily starter, mid-class breaker, closer, etc.

Not all skeletons are easily identified. Have students look at the skeletons of animals and guess which animals they are. Some are easy, some are impossible. It is really interesting where students assess features of a skeleton to give clues for what animal it is.

A PPT which goes through all the major 2D, 3D, and triangle types in a button activated PowerPoint where you can quickly review through the shapes and their names! Full with buttons, colours, and transitions. Very easy to use and very helpful to quickly review or learn shape names. Note: Some formatting may need to be done to fit your version of PowerPoint such as resizing fonts or shapes. This is minor and anyone can do it within 10 minutes.

Use in a variety of ways. I use it as a first day activity to get to know the students. Neat to talk about perspectives and how people think differently. Super fun!

Quotes chosen to be shown to a younger audience and especially upper elementary school students. There is lots to choose from with a total of 90 different quotes!