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Well, I’m a travel loving, cookie eating, bright color obsessed teacher who just can’t get enough of blogging or Photoshop. I’ve taught various grades from Kindergarten to Undergraduate courses in both in the United States and in China, teaching everything from dance and PE to English and math. I come from a family of educators, and believe that all teachers (public, private, charter and home school) are grossly under appreciated and deserve a little extra help. I started my Squarehead Teachers blog in August 2012 with the hope that I can be that extra little help that makes teachers feel a little more loved!

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Aesop’s Fables Collection (free worksheets)

 

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I realized the other day that kids don’t seem to know Aesop’s fables very much! So I made a little collection incorporating some simple reading comprehension, grammar (parts of speech) and writing to teach a few. Here’s the plan:

Days 1-4: read a fable, complete questions on the bottom of the page. Click below to download the PDFs: 

The Ant and the Grasshopper

The Dog and His Reflection

The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf

The Tortoise and the Hare

Aesop Answer Key

Day 5:  Help kids write their own fable using this organizer –> Fable outline

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Another Thanksgiving Patterns Worksheet (K-2nd)

This is my first time making this kind of patterns worksheet, so let me know what you think. It’s appropriate for Kindergarten, first grade and 2nd grade. Click here for the free printable PDF: Thanksgiving Patterns 2 PDF  Enjoy!

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Holiday Patterns (free worksheet)

Practicing patterns just got jollier!

 

Remember to right click on the worksheet, choose “save image as” to save it to your computer

Making Patterns: Thanksgiving Style (free worksheet!)

Making and recognizing patterns is a basic skill all younger grades work on. Here’s a simple worksheet to help you reinforce patterns for kindergarten, first grade and second grade. Click here for the free printable PDF: Thanksgiving patterns PDF

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End of the Day Review- NO PREP Jeopardy!

Sometimes you have a few minutes left at the end of the day you’d like to use productively.
Sometimes, you’re just an awesome teacher and you plan for an end of the day review on spelling, grammar, social studies, math vocab, etc. Here’s a super easy way to do it:

  1. Draw columns on the white board (1 for each topic you’d like to review)
  2. Title the columns from things you’ve done that day/week
  3. Write the following numbers under each column header: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
  4. Divide your class into small groups (super easy if you have kids in tables already) and let a team choose a question.
  5. MAKE UP QUESTIONS AS YOU GO! Killer easy right!? Just make the higher point values a little more challenging. You can make any kind of question you want: multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank. Just do it!
  6. Keep track of points on the whiteboard

Additional rules/notes:

  • Let everyone try to answer so that everyone is part of the review (choose whoever raises their hands, or choose a student number randomly, you choose)
  • More than one team can answer if you make an answer with multiple answers (just day that the first team to raise their hands or whatever gets to choose the next question)
  • Whatever team gets the question right, chooses the next category/point value

Times Tables… On Your Hands!

I don’t know about you, but I sometimes forget all my “times tables.” I know, I know… I’m lame. But here’s a trick to teach your kids so they can do multiplication quickly on their hands! Click here to see Instructibles’ explanation of the 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables tricks on your hands!

Common vs. Proper Nouns- Christmas/Winter Holidays worksheet

Another common vs. proper nouns worksheet… but winter holiday themed! Right the worksheet below, choose “save image as” and save it to your computer so you can resize it before you print it (full page, half page). Happy holidays!