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Hallowe'en Science Experiments/Activities

By Our Inquiring Minds

Four exciting, hands-on and engaging Hallowe'en Science experiments you can do with your class using simple and easy to find supplies. In the older grades you can even explain the Science behind the chemical and state reactions! This file also

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Other (Science), Halloween

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$3.00

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Introduction to Media Literacy

By Our Inquiring Minds

An excellent way to introduce what media is, what forms of media there are, what the intended message is and who the intended message is for primary students.

Subjects:

Other (ELA), For All Subject Areas

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

$5.00

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Media Literacy - Looking at TV Commercials

By Our Inquiring Minds

This file comes with a pdf of the worksheet to be used with this lesson linked to the image on page 4. If you can't open the pdf please send me a message and I will email it to you right away. Due to copy right laws I had to unlink the commercials

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Other (ELA)

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Internet Activities

$3.00

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Christmast Holiday Science Experiments/Activities

By Our Inquiring Minds

Four (plus one bonus) exciting, hands-on and engaging Christmas Science experiments you can do with your class using simple and easy to find supplies. In the older grades you can even explain the Science behind the chemical and state reactions!

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Other (Science), Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$3.00

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Pom Pom Activity Pack

By Our Inquiring Minds

Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for durability. Provide matching colours of pom poms and tweezers (or just fingers) to work on colours, matching and fine motor skills. This package includes an alligator, a butterfly, a dinosaur, a

Subjects:

Specialty, Other (ELA)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Games

$4.00

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Thanksgiving Attendance (interactive/makes noise)

By Our Inquiring Minds

Your students take the turkeys back to the farm (or take the turkeys out of the farm) to indicate whether they are school that day. The turkeys make gobbling sounds when touched. Just change the white "student" to the names of your students (by

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Thanksgiving, Autumn

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Activboard Activities

$2.00

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Hallowe'en Attendance (interactive, makes noise and moves around)

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Your students touch the character where their name is to show they are at school. Each character does something different. Witches - cackle and fly's off of the screen Bats - makes bat sounds and fly's off of the screen Ghosts - say boo and fade in

Subjects:

Halloween

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.00

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Christmas/Holiday Attendance (interactive and makes noise)

By Our Inquiring Minds

Your students move their decoration on to the tree to show they are at school. Each decoration plays a difference sound. Candy Cane - "Merry Christmas" Red Light - "Ho Ho Ho" Pink Ornament - snow avalanche White Ornament - sleigh bells

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.00

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Attendance - Fall/Leaves (interactive/makes noise)

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Your students pull down their leaves to the ground to show they are present and the leaves make a crunching sound as they move down. Just change the white "student" to the names of your students (by ungrouping first - don't forget to regroup when

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Autumn

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.00

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September Calendar

By Our Inquiring Minds

An interactive daily September calendar that I use to begin my Math block but it can also be used to start your day. Easy for students to use and manipulate. Also easy to add and delete your own personal pages. Slide 1 - place to write your

Subjects:

Math, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard

$5.00

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Welcome back attendance (interactive/makes noise)

By Our Inquiring Minds

As the students move their names over to the white sign on the teacher's desk to "disappear" a voice says "welcome back". Just change the white "student" to the names of your students. If you need assistance I can change the names for you; just

Subjects:

Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.00

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Attendance - Fall/Apples (interactive/makes noise)

By Our Inquiring Minds

There are two pages for you to use. On the first one the students bring the apples up to the tree. On the second one the students bring the apples down from the tree. The apples crunch when touched. Just change the apples to the names of your

Subjects:

Autumn

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.00

Digital Download NOTEBOOK (0.85 MB)

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Assessment Portfolios

By Our Inquiring Minds

How to use twin pocket folders to exhibit student efforts, progress and achievements. Package includes instructions and details about what I do and two recording charts.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Science

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, For Parents

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (0.50 MB)

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Remembrance & Veterans Day/November Attendance (interactive and makes sound)

By Our Inquiring Minds

Your students touch the poppy where their name is to show they are at school. The poppies play 2 seconds of "Last Post" and then fade away. The crosses under the poppy have one of three different sayings, "We'll never forget", "Lest We Forget" and

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

$2.00

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Dinosaur Pom Pom Activity

By Our Inquiring Minds

Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for durability. Provide matching colours of pom poms and tweezers (or just fingers) to work on colours, matching and fine motor skills.

Subjects:

Specialty, Other (ELA)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Games

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.12 MB)

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Turtle Pom Pom Activity

By Our Inquiring Minds

Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for durability. Provide matching colours of pom poms and tweezers (or just fingers) to work on colours, matching and fine motor skills.

Subjects:

Specialty, Other (ELA)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Games

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.12 MB)

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Butterfly Pom Pom Activity

By Our Inquiring Minds

Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for durability. Provide matching colours of pom poms and tweezers (or just fingers) to work on colours, matching and fine motor skills.

Subjects:

Specialty, Other (ELA)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.15 MB)

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Penguin Pom Pom Activity

By Our Inquiring Minds

Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for durability. Provide matching colours of pom poms and tweezers (or just fingers) to work on colours, matching and fine motor skills.

Subjects:

Specialty, Other (ELA)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Games

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.13 MB)

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Monster Pom Pom Activity

By Our Inquiring Minds

Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for durability. Provide matching colours of pom poms and tweezers (or just fingers) to work on colours, matching and fine motor skills.

Subjects:

Specialty, Other (ELA)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Games

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.11 MB)

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Alligator Sitting in the Rain Pom Pom Activity

By Our Inquiring Minds

Print and laminate or put in a plastic sleeve for durability. Provide matching colours of pom poms and tweezers (or just fingers) to work on colours, matching and fine motor skills.

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (0.16 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching since 2006 and have had an opportunity to teach all grades between Kindergarten and Grade 8 and all subject areas (except French).

MY TEACHING STYLE

* Inquiry Based Learning * Collaborative Based Learning

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I have completed Reading Part One, Reading Part Two, Special Education Part One and Teaching Students who are Deaf-Blind Part One.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

* 4 Year Honours degree in Psychology at the University of Waterloo * Completed Teacher's College at D'Youville College

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am a wife and mom to two beautiful children!

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Specialty, Math, Science, Basic Principles, Other (Science), Arts & Music, Other (Art), Other (Specialty), Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Halloween, Winter