Paula's Place Teaching Resources: September 2013

Blogversary - Day 7

Thanks for being with me all week.

This has been a huge week for me - full of freebies and milestones that have enabled me to reflect on what and how blogging and my digital stores have impacted on my teaching life. So thanks for being part of my celebrations and visiting my little blog.

My last flash freebie for my one year blogversary is

Chevron Word Wall

This is a huge file that contains the "Fry List'

The posters are in three sizes.

This freebie will be available for one day only and will then be removed.

Click here to access

access through facebook fan page only

Blogversary - Freebie Day 6

So for today and 1 more day I will place a freebie on my facebook page that you can download - all I ask is that you like my facebook page and/or become a follower if you are not already.

If you don't have a facebook page - this is an excellent day to start one. Without one, you are missing out on many freebies from many bloggers. This offer is only available through my fan tab on facebook.

Each freebie will be available for one day only and will then be removed.

freebie are my Reading Strategies

click here for my facebook page - remember it is only available for one day.

A huge thankyou for visiting my little blog.

Blogversary - Freebie Day 4

Hello to my bloggy followers and a huge thanks for visiting my little place.

I hope you are snagging my freebies this week to help me celebrate my blogversary.
It is my way of paying you all back for your support.

Make sure you tell your blogging friends too! They can come by and pick up these freebies too, there are 3 more coming your way.

Day 5 - Initial Sound Posters
Day 6 - Reading Strategy Posters (my kids use these everyday)
and to finish my week......
Day 7 - Chevron Word Wall (70) pages

So for the next 3 days I will place a freebie on my facebook page that you can download - all you need to do is like my facebook page and it is yours to keep.

Each freebie will be available for one day only and will then be removed.

Today's freebie ......
Numbers to 10

click here for my facebook page - remember it is only available for one day.

Happy stalking me over the week and a huge thankyou for visiting my little blog.

Blogversary - Day 3

So for the next 4 days I will place a freebie on my facebook page that you can download - all I ask is that you like my facebook page if you haven't already.

Each freebie will be available for one day only and will then be removed.

Today's freebie is ........
Ideas for Writing

This file is full of writing prompts to get your kids writing independently. If one of my kids isn't sure what to write about they look at these and start almost straight away.

click here to my facebook page - and click on the fan freebie tab.

Remember it is only available for one day.

Spelling for mom and mum included!

Happy stalking me over the week and a huge thankyou for visiting my little blog.

Blogversary - Freebie Day 2

Day 2 of my blogversary and Random Acts of Kindness from me to you continue all week..

So for the next 5 days I will place a freebie on my facebook page that you can download. Please like my page as you pick up the freebie.

Each freebie will be available for one day only and will then be removed.

Today's freebie is Diary of a Wombat - then click on Fan Freebie page icon

Read the book and then write your own diary - this is a perfect book to read when you are looking at how to write a diary.

click here to download - remember it is only available for one day. (Keep reading below for first glimpse of my Halloween Unit)

Happy stalking me over the week and a huge thank you for visiting my little blog.

I have also finished my Halloween - 13 Math Tasks and it is in my stores.

I am currently working on the English set to go with this.

I know that my USA followers celebrate this big time.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-13-Math-Tasks-887963

The 13 tasks are

Ten frames for number sense

Friends of 10

Less than…bigger than

Turnaround facts

Calendar numbers

Days of the week

Months of the year

Sequencing 0-10, 0-20, 0-50, 0-100, 0-120

Matching collections

Telling time til midnight

Odd and even numbers

Problem Solving Cards

Skip Counting

Blogversary - Freebie for Day 1

My blog will be 1 year old on the 29th September. Whoo- whoo

I started this blog as a way of keeping a record for me about my teaching life.
It has taken on a life of its own and has become very addictive. I cannot imagine not having a blog. The people I have 'met', 'talked' to, given advice and received advice from cannot be measured.
I could not have predicted how it would change my professional life.

So - to say thanks - keep reading

You know that film - 'Julia and Julia', where she decided to cook everyday, my quest was not quite like that but in 365 days I have blogged 326 days! I did say it has become addictive.

I am so lucky to have the family I have, the friends I have, the workplace I have. These people have enabled me to do what I do and do what I love.

I have thought long and hard about this - what to do to celebrate?

A rafflecopter chooses one or two blog followers, not enough for me to say thanks.

I could have asked for donations/help to celebrate - but that isn't about my work or my blog. I wanted to do something that meant it was about what I have worked on and will/can give to you.

So for the next 6 days I will place a freebie in google docs that you can download - all I ask is that you like my facebook page and/or become a follower on my blog if you are not already.

Each freebie will be available for one day only and will then be removed and replaced by another. If you miss it - you miss it. (Google docs wont open on mobile devices i.e. iPads)

Today's freebie is Lady Bug Maths

click here for google docs - remember it is only available for one day. Please don't share beyond your own classroom - copyright still stands about you giving it away.

Happy stalking me over the week and a huge thankyou for visiting my little blog.

Another freebie

I had put together these posters for a grade I was doing a modelled lesson for in the last few weeks of last term.

I had photos of them in a previous blog post and then I got an email asking if I could make them available for others to use.

So here is another freebie for you.

Remember that you should never be paying for anything related to Daily 5 or Café. The two sisters who own the rights to the programs are happy if we share work for free - but under no circumstances should anyone be making money off this material.

Click here to go to the file....

or click the picture of the cover on the side

Daily 5 Posters – Paula’s Place

Contains 9 pages

This pack is a freebie! Remember all Daily 5 and Café products should be free.

It contains posters for Daily for Read to Self, Read to Someone, Work on Writing, Work On words and Listen to Reading.

The posters that we are compiling together as anchor charts are not completed yet. We are only into our second lesson.

Copy in color and enlarge to A3

For the next seven days watch out for my Random Acts of Kindness coming your way....

Johnny Appleseed freebie and unit

I have been so very fortunate to have so many USA bloggers visit my blog and digital stores.

So I have prepared this unit to help you celebrate the work done by Johnny Appleseed.

There is a freebie for you in google docs that contain a few of my tasks and then the extended version is in my stores.

Click here for google doc version.

The extended version contains 81 pages of English and Math work.

It highlights the history and background of Johnny Appleseed in American History.

History – 3 pages outlining the facts and some opinions about Johnny Appleseed's life

Describe Johnny Appleseed – 1 page

Parts of an apple- 1page for labelling

Describe an apple – 1 page, use descriptive words

Compare and Contrast – 3 pages apples with other fruits

What else grows from seeds? – 1 page

How to make Applesauce – 1 page, list ingredients and how to make it

What does an Apple Blossom do? 2 pages

Johnny Appleseed retell – 4 pages, use what you know to complete a retell

Apple pie makes me feel – 1 page

List of words Aa – 1 page

Boggle – Johnny Appleseed –1 page

What do we use apples for? 1 page

Ten Frame Apples – 6 pages

How many seeds? – 1 page, count and label

Roll and Color – 2 pages

Match Apples to numeral and word – 9 pages

Patterns – 19 pages

What number is missing? – 15 pages

Graph your grade – 1 pages

End of term....

At the end of each term - as a Prep team - we collect all the work from our Daily 5 box and out it all together and send it home.

We decided last year we were gluing paper on paper in a book and we should cut down on our book list and this is how we do it. So no scrapbook for English, Mathematics or Integrated Studies.

Over the term we take pieces of work that will go in their portfolios and everything else goes home!

Our kids design the cover and it is a keepsake for parents. They draw what has meant the most to them from this term on the front cover.

In this booklet goes - word work. work on writing, maths and Discovery Learning work.

Parents are updated on progress and it goes home on the last day and is a great conversation piece over the break.

I just love their drawings on the front cover.

Concert, concert and more concert

We are in the midst of concert - so a short post.

We have spent a day and a half at the Performing Arts Centre rehearsing and rehearsing.

There is a photo of my grade waiting for their turn to go on stage.

A photo of our hermit crab costumes.

The kids made them from paper mache.

Then a photo of us on stage doing our thing!

The second photo on stage is of another grade doing their item - we are all doing sea theme pieces and it is based on our National Anthem and called 'Girt by Sea'.

Our kids have made their costumes and have been working with our specialists to put together the items.

So Tuesday night and Wednesday night it is the real thing in front of an audience.