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  • Valentine's Day - Gift Vouchers Cover

    Writing - Valentine’s Day Gift Vouchers

    Staple some envelopes together to make a booklet with “pockets” to place Valentine gift vouchers.  Great idea for Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Grandparent’s Day as well.  Students come up with ideas for helping around … View Full Lesson →

  • Capitals and Periods

    Writing - Stop and Go: Capitals and Periods

    This is a fun and memorable way to remind students that sentences always begin with a capital and end with a period.  I use 1/2 inch sticky labels in red and green to help students … View Full Lesson →

  • Onomatopoeia Worksheet Screenshot

    Writing - Onomatopoeia Poems

    A fun writing activity that solidifies students’ understanding of onomatopoeia.  They become more aware of the sounds of words and objects.  Spoken sounds are surrounded by quotation marks.  After reading a short story, students retell … View Full Lesson →

  • Months. I. Names. Titles. Start of sentences.

    Writing - MINTS – A Capitalization Trick

    A quick lesson to reinforce the five times that students need to use capitalization in their writing.  The acronym “MINTS” stands for months, I, names, titles, and start of sentences.  Using the peppermint candies makes … View Full Lesson →

  • Homework Book Example

    Writing - Homework Books

    This is an activity I do with my grade 1’s and 2’s at the end of each day.  It’s a way to communicate with parents, letting them know what’s been done during the day.  (It’s … View Full Lesson →

  • Reading - Finding Synonyms

    This lesson can be done with Antonyms (Greek ANT means opposite, NYM means name), and Homonyms (sound the same but have different meanings, eg. pray/prey, pain/pane), and Homographs (sound the same and spelled the same, eg. mail the … View Full Lesson →

  • Reading - Rhyming Word Poems

    Use poetry to find and identify rhyming words. Students highlight rhyming words on their own copy of the poem glued in their Poem Book, with each rhyming word pair highlighted in a different colour. View Full Lesson →

  • Art - Goldfish Bowl

    Objectives: Responsibility for pets Materials: Gallon plastic jugs scissors permanent markers or stickers goldfish or guppy rocks Method: Cut a clean plastic jug in half. Wash off label. Decorate the “goldfish bowl” by drawing plants … View Full Lesson →

  • Counting With Tally Marks

    Math - Popsicle Stick Regrouping Fun

    Objectives: Learning and practising regrouping Print examples of regrouping in student math journals Learn term names:  minuend take away subtrahend equals difference/answer (for subtraction) and addend plus addend equals sum/answer (for addition) Materials for each group … View Full Lesson →

  • Reading - Contraction Caterpillars

    Making the caterpillars is a very fun way to practise and use contractions. View Full Lesson →