Nyla's Crafty Teaching

Free Teachers Appreciation Week Decorations and a Sale!

2013-05-05T23:30:00Z

Let’s enjoy our Teacher's Appreciation Week and make our classrooms festive! I made these free classroom decorations which can be used as wall posters or ceiling drops to send out the message that i t ’ s T e a c h e r ' s A p p r e c i a t i o n W e...(read more)

Teacher Appreciation Week - Gift Ideas

2013-05-04T09:59:00Z

Image by write-stuff.com I saw the most beautiful teacher's gift idea on Pinterest. I looks like a tiered diaper cake but instead of the diapers, it's packed with useful, colorful, classroom stationery. There are notebooks , crayola crayons , glue sticks...(read more)

Thank you Cards for Teachers Appreciation Week or End of School Year!

2013-05-04T08:21:00Z

This is a complete D.I.Y craft that makes a wonderful gift for a teacher. These cards can be used for Teacher Appreciation Week or to say ‘Thank you’ at the end of the school year. It comes in pink and yellow for the female teachers and blue and purple...(read more)

Teacher Appreciation Week Sale at Teachers Notebook!

2013-05-03T16:13:00Z

Did someone say 'Sale'? Yes, you heard right! Starting from Today, Saturday 4th of May, you are invited to come and see all of the fabulous sale offerings from many of your favorite shops at Teachers Notebook! Just click on the picture above to see all...(read more)

Why I Love Construction Paper Projects!

2013-04-28T18:23:00Z

I discovered construction paper during my first year of teaching and I will never stop using it. We refer to it as scrap book paper or craft paper because at my school, that's what we use it for - art, craft, cutting, folding, gluing, etc. It's not only...(read more)

Food Chain and Food Web Vocabulary Words - Literacy Station for Science

2013-04-24T07:03:00Z

What is a food chain or a food web? What is a carnivore, herbivore, omnivore or scavenger? To answer question like these I made a set of food web science definition cards for my students. Each card has a picture of an organism to represent each term along...(read more)

Eco-Friendly Classroom Stationery for Earth Day

2013-04-13T17:46:00Z

You can you show your students that they can reduce their carbon footprint by choosing eco-friendly stationery. I'll start with the most basic tool we use - the pencil. No trees were harmed to make these because they are not made of wood. They are made...(read more)

Free Math Board Game for Square Roots!

2013-04-10T21:29:00Z

It's time for games this time of year! (Educational ones.) Now that the concepts have been taught, even the topics you taught back in Autumn and Fall, you can drill them over in a fun way using card games or board games. I keep my board games organized...(read more)

Shades of meaning for the verb 'Say'

2013-04-07T15:21:00Z

There are many words we can use in place of the words ' say ' and ' said ' which would be more suitable in some sentences than others. It’s all about using the right word in the right place. These words are: explain, grumble, answer, mutter, plead, reply,...(read more)

The 'If you were a...' Book Series for Math, Grammar and Vocabulary

2013-04-04T21:51:00Z

I ordered these books online for my students (the ones for parts of speech and vocabulary) and during that process, I realized that there were also books math in the same series too... Very interesting... If you were a noun (with a Space theme) If you...(read more)

My Classroom Library Journey

2013-04-03T09:21:00Z

Hi everyone! As you know, I'm an islander (and it's great to be living in paradise) but that means that I have a very limited access to classroom resources. For example, books - my school uses the same primary reader that I used when I was little. This...(read more)

Geometry Picture Books

2013-04-03T00:15:00Z

If your students like to read humorous books, then use books that have both humor and the desired content that you need them to learn. I first have to introduce ' The Greedy Triangle ' by Marilyn Burns because it teaches the reader not only about polygons...(read more)

Easter Clock Craft - It's Easter Time!

2013-03-20T07:26:00Z

If you need an Easter craft activity, I've got eggs-actually what you need... an Easter clock making kit complete with numbered eggs for the hours on the clock-face and the hour and minute hands have cute Easter chicks on them. It can be printed out in...(read more)

Books for Boys - A reading list of books boys love!

2013-03-16T16:11:00Z

Most boys will tell you that they hate to read because 'Books are boring!' or 'Reading is for girls!' Have you heard similar sentiments from your boys? I'm sure you have. This problem is easily solved by giving them books that they would want to read....(read more)

Free Fraction Families Bulletin Board

2013-03-10T21:31:00Z

I made this bulletin board set for fractions last month for my students and use it as part of my fractions bulletin board but you can also use them as flash cards for both fraction families and equivalent proper fractions. Click here to get it as a free...(read more)