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Ontario Learning Skills Bundle: Long Range Plans, Posters, Report Card Comments

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The best resource for planning and assessment of Ontario Learning Skills? Each Learning Skill is broken down by term into learning goals and success criteria with posters, checklists AND Ontario Learning Skills Report Card Comments! Aligned to

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Classroom Management, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Long Range Plans for Full Day Kindergarten - all subjects organized by week!

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Need some help breaking down the entire FDK curriculum into units? Can't decide what order to teach skills? These long range plans for Kindergarten are for you! Your entire year in FDK organized for you! All that's left is creating the

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For All Subject Areas, Professional Development, For All Subjects

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Kindergarten, Homeschool, Staff

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Outlines, Professional Documents, For Principals & Administrators

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Yearbook Signing Page - End of Year Autograph Page or Memory Book - Reflection

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Do you have students without yearbooks? Grab this Yearbook Signing Page with Cover Pages and End of Year Reflection Sheets. Use just one autograph page or make an end of year autograph book or memory book!ABOUT THIS YEARBOOK SIGNING PAGE✪ Colour

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End of Year, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

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

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Ontario Full Day Kindergarten - Expectations At a Glance, Labels, Anecdotals

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UPDATED: now aligns to new FDK curriculum incorporating Four Frames.This document includes all Ontario FDK expectations written on handy at-a-glance sheets, colour-coded by frame. These also include columns for each term so you can use for planning

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For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, For All Subjects

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Kindergarten, Homeschool

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Assessment, Professional Documents, Printables

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Learning Skills Checklist: Assessment & Goal Setting Term 1 - Ontario Curriculum

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Start your year right! Get the Learning Skills and Work Habits self assessment sheet that breaks each learning skill into Learning Goals and Success Criteria using student-friendly language. Incorporate assessment, goal setting, help guide your

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Classroom Management, Character Education, Social Emotional Learning

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Handouts, Assessment, Printables

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Back to School Would You Rather Questions Get to Know You Activity

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Looking for engaging first week of school activities that your students will LOVE? This Would You Rather back to school edition comes with 45 questions in 3 different versions to keep your students moving and laughing for

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Classroom Management, Back to School, Classroom Community

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

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Activities, Printables, Google Apps

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Digital Download PDF (2.49 MB)

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Back to School Activities: Nature Scavenger Hunt - Spring or Fall

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Looking for engaging, beginning of the year activities that will get your students up and outside? Check out this nature scavenger hunt and get started on your Science Curriculum in a fun, relaxed

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Science, Autumn, Spring

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Printables, Google Apps

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Fathers Day Questionaire Card or Gift: Questionnaire /Fill in the Blank Activity

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Looking for an easy, no-prep Father's Day craft? Everyone will love this Father's Day Questionaire or Fill-in-the-Blank Father's Day Card with 8 inclusive options to recognize a variety of important men in all your students' families.⚠️ NEW!

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English Language Arts, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Learning Stories - Assessment & Documentation in Inquiry-Based Classes FDK

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Learning Stories are an effective way to document learning in an inquiry-based classroom. They are perfect for full day kindergarten.They describe observations, explain the significance of the child's actions in terms of learning, give ideas to

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Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Problem Solving

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Teacher Manuals, Assessment, For Parents

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Picture Schedule cards - Visual Schedule

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This file contains 40 picture schedule cards, great for a class daily schedule with younger students who have not yet developed reading fluency. Those items that happen more than once (recess, reading, centres, lunch etc...) have up to 3 cards.

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Specialty, Classroom Management, For All Subjects

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Printables, Posters, Task Cards

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Learning Skills Posters: Social Emotional Learning - Ontario Curriculum

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Do your students need visual reminders of the Learning Skills and Work Habits? Do they need actionable steps - Learning Goals and Success Criteria? Get this set of Learning Skills Posters for all 6 skills, broken into manageable goals for each of 3

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Classroom Management, Character Education, Social Emotional Learning

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Assessment, Printables, Posters

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Student Led Conferences Templates - Editable Parent Teacher Conference Forms

By Past The Potholes

Supercharge your student let conferences with 7 templates! Get EDITABLE parent teacher conference notes (3 options), student reflection forms, conference sign up, schedule, and more!WHAT'S INCLUDED?You'll get a PDF containing a link to each of the

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For All Subject Areas, Social Emotional Learning

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Professional Documents, Printables, Google Apps

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$3.00

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$Math Lesson Plan Templates Small Group Guided Math Daily W$

Math Lesson Plan Templates Small Group Guided Math Daily Weekly Plans Tracking

By Past The Potholes

These math lesson plan templates will have your daily lesson plans, guided math or small group math lessons and math centres planned and organized! Know what you're teaching, what you need to prepare and which groups you need to support and

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Math, Classroom Management, Professional Development

Grades:

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

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Teacher Manuals, Professional Documents, Printables

$3.00

$1.00

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Absent Work Form Organization: Missing Work Forms, Folder Labels & Binder Covers

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Tired of hearing "What did I miss"? Create an easy-to-manage system for absent students with this absent student work form set! You'll get 2 different management systems with multiple options for missed work forms and folder labels or binder

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For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, For All Subjects

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Printables, Classroom Forms

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$2.00

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Learning Skills Checklist: Assessment & Goal Setting Term 2 - Ontario Curriculum

By Past The Potholes

Do you find it challenging to teach and assess Learning Skills? Get the Learning Skills and Work Habits assessment sheet that breaks each learning skill into Learning Goals and Success Criteria using student-friendly language. Incorporate

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Classroom Management, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Handouts, Assessment, Printables

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Teacher Binder - Organize your Professional Files

By Past The Potholes

CALENDAR NOW UPDATED TO JULY 2024This package has everything you need to create a binder that will help you organize all your important files in one location to make your year run smoothly. The zipped file contains both PDF files and, where editing

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Classroom Management, Professional Development, For All Subjects

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Not Grade Specific

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Teacher Manuals, Professional Documents

$7.00

Digital Download ZIP (18.25 MB)

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Vacation Work Pack - Independent Projects for Absences or Enrichment

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Get a collection of 20 ready-to-use assignments/tasks for intermediate students who miss school due to a family vacation or other reasons. These tasks are relevant, interesting and meaningful so you can avoid wasting paper by printing a pile of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, For All Subjects

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Homework, Printables

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Gradebook Printable Template: Student Evaluation Tracking Sheet with Anecdotals

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This tracking sheet is the perfect grade book. Each double page document allows you to record up to 29 students, recording grades for each learning category within each task as well as space for anecdotal records. So much better than having to

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For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Assessment, Professional Documents

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Anecdotals Documentation - Look fors, easy recording

By Past The Potholes

After years of failing at making good anecdotal records, I finally found a system that works! This system means you will consistently be able to record student learning in the moment in a way that takes up little time so you don't miss any

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Classroom Forms

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (1.63 MB)

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Learning Skills Checklist: Assessment & Goal Setting Term 3 - Ontario Curriculum

By Past The Potholes

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Character Education, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Handouts, Assessment, Printables

$2.00

Digital Download ZIP (1.75 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Hey teachers!

We're Claire and Terry, two Ontario teachers with a combined 40+ years of teaching experience! Claire is the upper elementary teacher and Terry specializes in middle school.

We believe in creating engaging yet rigorous learning opportunities that build problem-solving and critical thinking in our students.
BUT we believe teachers need a life outside the classroom too!

Our mission is to help you save time while elevating the quality of instruction with teaching tips and resources focused on Math, Language Arts and Assessment that align with the Ontario Curriculum.
You can find lots of useful tips, strategies and resources on our blog to help you fill those teaching potholes and enjoy each day!

Claire and Terry from Past The Potholes teaching resources

MY TEACHING STYLE

We both believe in student-led, inquiry-based learning.

Our lessons provide opportunities for students to collaborate while solving real-world problems while we provide the support and instruction needed to excel.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Both of us have a Bachelor of Education.

Terry has a Masters in Education.

Claire has Media Specialist and Integration of Information and Computer Technology in the Classroom Specialist.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

We love to travel and play multiple sports, so we love to find ways to save time and make teaching less stressful!

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Applied Math, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Science, Earth Sciences, Environment, Social Studies, World Languages, French, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education, Computer Science, Drama, Career and Technical Education, Health, Math Test Prep, Canadian History, Geography, Life Skills, Religion, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, International Baccalaureate, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Statistics, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Problem Solving, Algebra 2, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Autumn, Mental Math, Dance, Decimals, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning