K-3 Teacher Resources Blog - List of New Teaching Resources and Ideas added to our Site

Nov 8, 5 Things I Can't Live and Teach Without

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:02:08 GMT

1. File Folders - to organize everything 2. Bins and Baskets - again - organization! 3. Electric Pencil Sharpener (silly but necessary) 4. My Favorite

Nov 7, Reciprocal Writing v Interactive Writing

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:38:32 GMT

In NSW we wouldn't call your article interactive writing..we'd call it RECIPROCAL writing. Interactive writing is seen as quite a bit different and is

Nov 7, Genre Writing

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:34:49 GMT

While teaching a year 3 class I discovered an innovative way to teach children how to write a narrative and cover all the required parts to this

Nov 7, Organising Teaching Resources

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:07:08 GMT

I have been teaching a few years now and this works for me. At times I find I am so busy I don't put my resources away properly and thus my desk looks

Nov 7, Interactive Writing

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:04:23 GMT

Re: K-3 Teacher Resources Newsletter - October 2009 - Interactive Writing..... A 5th grade teacher in my building is using this process. She asked

Nov 6, Guided Reading for Kinders

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:32:50 GMT

My Kinder class love Guided Reading sessions. I have 4 groups on a rotation, with no aid. I work with one group on a guided reading book and word

Nov 6, K-3 Teacher Resources Newsletter October 2009 Handwriting Cat and More...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:04:19 GMT

K-3 Teacher Resources September Newsletter - Consonant Blends, Virtues Words, Handwriting Cat and More...

Nov 5, Ipods in my Preschool Classroom

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:36:17 GMT

I use ipods daily in my classroom. The children use them independently in three centers. I have a classic ipod in my music center. All the songs we

Nov 5, NEW RESOURCE - Consonant Blends Charts and Words

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:47:21 GMT

Consonant Blends - 28 Initial Consonant Blends AVAILABLE NOW plus..18 Final Consonant Blends coming soon..

A5 size picture charts plus 8 matching words per blend....

Enjoy....

Nov 3, Family Matters - a parenting tool

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:36:16 GMT

Hi, I enjoy this site but haven't had anything to contribute until now. I stumbled on an interesting application for my iPhone that I thought might

Oct 29, Nursery Rhyme Activities Photo Gallery - NEW Classroom Photos

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:09:25 GMT

Nursery Rhyme Activities Photo Gallery - Classroom pictures and Ideas for using our nursery rhyme activities and resources..

Oct 27, NEW TEACHER RESOURCE - Handwriting Cat

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:38:10 GMT

Handwriting Cat Clipart / Image - Ideal for teaching head, body, tail letter sections...

Includes image file and downloadable practice sheets....

Enjoy....

Oct 27, Concept Books Photo Gallery - NEW Photos Added

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:06:43 GMT

Concept Books Photo Gallery - Classroom pictures and Ideas for using our concept books..

Oct 27, Classroom Themes Photo Gallery - NEW PHOTOS ADDED...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:01:41 GMT

Classroom Themes Photo Gallery - Classroom pictures and Ideas for using our classroom themes cards..

Oct 27, Primary School Maths Photo Gallery -NEW Classroom Photos Added

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:56:30 GMT

Primary School Maths Photo Gallery - Classroom pictures and Ideas for using our primary school maths resources...

Oct 23, NEW RESOURCE- 52 Virtues Education Words..

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:16:24 GMT

Character Education / Virtues Education.

52 Virtues....Display virtues appropriate to your situation.. - Focus on 1 virtue each week.

Discuss meanings and feelings associated.

Children LOVE long words - even littlies - so use these words also for some great word play activities (find little words within the big words, word patterns etc...).....

Enjoy....

Oct 20, NEW RESOURCE - Funny Christmas Song - Mummy Kissing Santa Claus

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:58:20 GMT

Funny Christmas Song - "Mummy Kissing Santa Claus"

These Christmas Song Lyrics are ideal as a Whole Class Shared Book where children become word pattern Detectives..

Also ideal for cut and paste sentence reconstruction activities...

Enjoy....

Oct 16, Printable Christmas Carol Lyrics - "12 Days of Christmas"

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:48:55 GMT

Printable Christmas Carol Lyrics - 12 Days of Christmas - Use for modelled and whole class reading...

Oct 16, NEW RESOURCE - 12 Days of Christmas Concept Book

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:09:28 GMT

Concept Book "12 Days of Christmas"

Children replace the nouns and verbs to make up their own words and lyrics to this traditional Christmas song...

Enlarge and make a class big book first.

Enjoy....

Oct 15, Visiting Bear

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:11:58 GMT

For an 'alternate news session' I have visiting bear in my Pre-Primary class. Visiting bear goes home with one child per night and the child then

Oct 12, Christmas Concert Ideas

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:52:58 GMT

Any new or interesting ideas for a K, PP, or Yr1 Christmas concert

Oct 12, Alphabet Printables Photo Gallery -NEW Classroom Photos Added

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:30:01 GMT

Alphabet Printables Photo Gallery 3 - Classroom pictures and Ideas for using our phonics and alphabet resources...

Oct 12, Reading Activities Photo Gallery - Share and Browse Classroom Photos

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:53:03 GMT

Reading Activities Photo Gallery - Classroom pictures and Ideas for using our reading activities and resources..

Oct 9, 5 Good Things

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:12:39 GMT

We have all had experiences with a bad day. Children can sometimes take this to heart and define themselves by the things they cannot do or the

Oct 9, Ipods in the Classroom

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:25:02 GMT

PLEASE ADD YOUR IDEAS / COMMENTS AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE..... Do you use ipods in the classroom? I know of many teachers who are ordering class sets

Oct 9, K-3 Teacher Resources Newsletter September 2009

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:23:58 GMT

K-3 Teacher Resources September Newsletter

Oct 9, NEW RESOURCE - Maths Ten Frame Cards

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:06:36 GMT

11 pages of Maths 10 Frame Cards....

Ideal practice and consolidation of early number and counting concepts through 10 frame math games and activities...

Enjoy....

Oct 9, NEW RESOURCE - Concept Book - Reduce Reuse Recycle

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:25:26 GMT

Children become Authors and Illustrators....

Children write about what we can do to Reduce Reuse Recycle in different areas of the house....

Enjoy....

Oct 8, NEW FREE RESOURCE - 40 Toys Theme Words

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:00:56 GMT

Ideal for literacy activities and games. Play with the words and sounds, use for literacy games and activities, brainstorm more toys words, classify into different types of toys, use for bulletin board displays and more.....

Enjoy....

Oct 6, Friendly Schools friendly families

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:07:44 GMT

We use a program called Friendly schools, Friendly

Oct 5, Help - Perimeter and Position Lessons

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:24:29 GMT

Hi, I am a prac teacher on my second prac and i have lost my confidence and ability as I have stuffed up my last few lessons. I have a year 3/4. I

Oct 3, Learners for Life Display

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:19:36 GMT

A nice way to set the tone in your classroom. This picture shows a display by new entrant children (5 year olds). Discussed that we are all on a

Sep 22, Calendar Maths

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:56:05 GMT

Over the year we do calendar art pictures depicting seasons, celebrations and themes etc on A4 paper. This is stuck onto the top of an A3 page.

Sep 19, Looking for ideas for a Celebrations Unit

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:57:39 GMT

I currently have a Grade 1 class and next term we are doing a unit of work on celebrations. I have sent home a survey asking what celebrations are

Sep 18, NEW RESOURCE - 54 Positive Words and Phrases

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:43:18 GMT

Positive Words / Phrases

54 positive words and phrases - to print out.

Ideal for classroom team building. Make up a 'positive post' area displaying these words. Children can use these words to write and send send or display 'positive' notes to their classmates...

Enjoy....

Sep 16, Class Meetings for Grade 1

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:56:06 GMT

Any ideas on how to run a class meeting with year

Sep 14, Jigsaw Puzzles for Maths

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:22:23 GMT

We all know that jigsaw puzzles are wonderful for introducing early spacial learning, fine motor skills and more. For some reason, about grade 1 or 2

Sep 13, digital immigrant creates photostory!

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:23:29 GMT

I just used Photostory 3 with my class for the first time. After a visit from an Indigenous group the children did some painting inspired by the

Sep 10, Peace Keepers

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:45:13 GMT

A few years ago I was assigned a year 3 class that had a large group of identified bullies and targets and other identified playground behavioural

Sep 9, K-3 Teacher Resources Newsletter August 2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:41:19 GMT

K-3 Teacher Resources August Newsletter

Sep 9, NEW RESOURCE - 42 Simile Examples

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:20:51 GMT

Simile Examples

42 traditional similes - separated into adjective starters, and matching noun endings, plus room to make up your own similes..

Ideal as a simile matching game plus terrific for written expression, descriptions and adjectives and nouns work...

Enjoy....

Sep 8, NEW RESOURCE - More Printable Reading Games

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:26:33 GMT

Sep 4, Beginning Teachers Resource

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:21:39 GMT

Hello, I am working towards my final year of University before I enter the big wide and wonderful world of teaching. As I get closer to my goal of

Sep 4, Royal Show in the Classroom

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Yes, I know I've left my preparation time a bit late - but I'm finally feeling brave enough...... I have a Reception class and would like to do The

Sep 4, Reduce Recycle Reuse Rhyme

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:32:27 GMT

NEW RESOURCE - Reduce Recycle Reuse Rhyme...

Great used as a 'Big Book' type Reading Resource..

Includes cut and paste lines for sentence reconstruction activities...

Enjoy....

Sep 4, NEW RESOURCE - 50 Reduce Reuse Recycle Words...

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:45:48 GMT

50 Reduce Reuse Recycle Words and pictures...

Great for theme work and playing with words..

Ideal for literacy reference, games, and activities.....

Enjoy....

Sep 3, Australian animals

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:09:40 GMT

There are wonderful collections of toy Australian animals readily available. *A great way to teach the names of the animals is to play the old

Sep 3, Active Listening - Recounts

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:08:19 GMT

My hearing support class (K-1) use this strategy for re-telling their news and actively listening to their friends.... You need a set of 5 or 6

Aug 31, Monthly Teaching Ideas Winners

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:19:41 GMT

August Teaching Ideas - Free Membership Winners...

Congratulations to Diana and Louise for their winning contributions.....

Diana shares her Behaviour Management Stickers...

Louise shares how she manages her Work Stations...

Looking forward to more teaching ideas contributions this month....

Aug 31, Bullying Programs - Please share how your school manages Bullying...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:57:37 GMT

Bullying Programs - Please share how your school manages bullying - specific bullying programs and strategies.