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Connection Quest - an icebreaker game to get to know each other

By The Red Circle

“Connection Quest” is a card game designed as a catalyst for forging new friendships by asking personal questions on each card. As players draw cards and answer questions, they discover unique facets about each other.With the addition of a second

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Life Skills, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

$10.00

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Christmas Workbook - 20 pages of educational fun

By The Red Circle

This workbook includes a Christmas story with comprehension and language questions. It also includes various other literacy tasks, such as sequencing sentences to make a sensible story; filling appropriate words in sentences according to context; a

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Math, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Workbooks, Activities, English (UK)

$8.00

Digital Download PDF (11.59 MB)

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Life Skills - English activities centred on good morals and values

By The Red Circle

These pages begin with a word search full of words about characteristics that are loving - kind, generous, compassionate, etc. The learners choose from these words and write their own sentences. There is also an activity to write scenarios that show

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Grammar, Character Education

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$5.00

Digital Download PDF (0.32 MB)

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Christmas Story with Questions - comprehension and language

By The Red Circle

This resource includes a two-page story with a Christmas theme and 15 questions – ten comprehension questions and 5 language questions. The story can be used as a reading activity and for oral discussions. These pages can be used for revision or

Subjects:

Reading, Short Stories, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$5.00

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Teacher Parent Meeting Forms - 3 forms to cover the year

By The Red Circle

These teacher/parent meeting forms guide you with questions as you connect with your students' parents throughout the year. Some questions are repeated, giving you the opportunity to analyze the changes, growth or regression that occurs during the

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Classroom Management, Early Intervention

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Reflective Journals for Teachers, Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

$5.00

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Get to Know your Classmates - literacy activity: dialogues

By The Red Circle

These pages provide a fun way for children to get to know their classmates better. It can also simply be used as a literacy activity or assessment. There are picture cards to pair up the children. (There are 3 copies of one of the pictures in case

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Back to School

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$6.00

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Thanksgiving Workbook - Literacy and Numeracy activities

By The Red Circle

This Thanksgiving Workbook includes numerous literacy and numeracy activities. The activities are fun and engaging and many of them can be done individually or in pairs or groups. There are: creative writing activities, spelling practice, poetry, a

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Math

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Workbooks, Activities, Games

$6.00

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CHRISTMAS WORD SEARCH WITH A HIDDEN MESSAGE

By The Red Circle

This Word Search contains a hidden message which can only be found after finding all the words in the list. The message is a Christmas greeting/wish to everyone and the learners should work it out by writing all the left over letters in order from

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Games

$5.00

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Dialogues - Read and Answer the Questions & Write your own

By The Red Circle

There are three dialogues between different children - all about Thanksgiving. Learners read the dialogues and answer the questions relating to each. These questions include higher-order which promotes creative and critical thinking. There is a page

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$5.00

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Dialogues - Thanksgiving

By The Red Circle

These dialogue pages provide the opportunity for learners to think about Thanksgiving and to express their feelings about the holiday. It also encourages them to consider all they have to be thankful for. This activity promotes creative thinking and

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$5.00

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Three Thanksgiving Tasks

By The Red Circle

This resource includes: a poem with questions; a close procedure where learners think of suitable words in context (or choose from ideas provided); math word problem; and pages to write dialogues between friends, expressing thankfulness.All these

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Math

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$5.00

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Bookmark for recording and assessing reading

By The Red Circle

This bookmark also serves as a reading record and assessment sheet. There is space for weeks of daily reading to be recorded and assessed. The marker is designed to be folded in 3 sections which makes it a good size for a bookmark. The column

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics

$3.00

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Rugby World Cup 2023 - Creative Writing Activity (video, prompts and keywords)

By The Red Circle

Motivate your students before the writing activity begins - get them to scan the QR code and watch the rugby video clip that opens. This writing activity is a fun way to get your students to practice and improve their creative writing skills. There

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Cultural Activities

$5.00

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Valentine's Day Heart Search

By The Red Circle

This resource is a simple fun activity for Valentine's Day. It is quick and easy and nice to use as a fill-in if you have a few minutes spare time or you want to give the children a short break between lessons. They: 1. find the letters in the word

Subjects:

Spelling, Writing, Valentine's Day

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Games

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.22 MB)

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Teacher Parent Form Term One - record of "first meeting with parents"

By The Red Circle

This form is to be used for your first meeting with the parents of your students. It provides questions (and space to write notes) for you to ask parents in order to get to know them and their children. This form is useful as a reference as the year

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, Early Intervention

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Classroom Forms, For Principals & Administrators

$2.00

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QR Codes - scan, read and answer the questions - Animals, People and Places

By The Red Circle

Teach and practice using QR codes to access webpages and gather information. This activity encourages independence and is a fun way to get learners to improve their general knowledge and to learn how to research effectively.

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Other (Social Studies - History), Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Activities, Homework

$5.00

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Story with comprehension questions - rugby theme

By The Red Circle

This story about a rugby match is a fun way to join in the excitement of the current Rugby World Cup. The story is suitable for ages 9 - 12 and the activity includes lower-order and high-order questions. This can be used to assess comprehension as

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Grammar

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$3.00

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Following a recipe: Let's watch, write and bake!

By The Red Circle

Learners watch the video on how to bake Rice Krispies Cakes. They write out the ingredients and the method, according to what they saw in the video. They need to look on the webpage to find out the amounts of each ingredient. The learners then make

Subjects:

Measurement, Cooking, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Homework

$3.00

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Football, Friendship and Family - story with comprehension & language questions

By The Red Circle

A story about football, friendship and family. This passage promotes vocabulary development and reading skills. There are some higher-order questions, which require critical thinking. In addition, there are language questions which cover a range of

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Thanksgiving

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

$3.00

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Football Story Sequencing with Thanksgiving reference

By The Red Circle

This Football Story is mixed up sentence by sentence. The learners should read the sentences, cut out each one and rearrange them in the right order to make a sensible story. There is an answer page with the best order of sentences.

Subjects:

Reading, Thanksgiving, Close Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Homework

$3.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

20 years of teaching experience in the Foundation and Senior Phases. Experience in teaching Literacy, Numeracy, Life Skills, History, Geography and ICT.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor of Primary Education BA Honours in English (Language and Literature)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Editor and Content Creator for MacMillan Publishers Creator of workbooks for classroom use - including phonics, numeracy and fun, challenging activities to encourage critical thinking and develop strategy skills.

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

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Computer Science, ESL-EFL-ELL, Other (Specialty), Other (Social Studies), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Problem Solving, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Valentine's Day, Spring, Summer, Informational Text, Early Intervention, Phonics, Close Reading