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Sam Nowak - Fun With Firsties

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Most kids spend 14+ YEARS of their incredible little lives in our classrooms. You're already great at making them feel special, safe, and loved; my goal is to help make their educational experience FUN (and your life a whole lot easier)! Welcome! I'm Sam. I've had the privilege of teaching all elementary grades (JK through 8) throughout my 12 years as an Ontario Certified Teacher. But it was my three consecutive years as a grade one teacher were my journey truly began. It was there that I discovered a passion to create meaningful activities and intentional resources, and to bring a whole lot more FUN into the classroom!
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Preview of Editable End of the Year Awards | Certificates & Medals | Student Awards

Editable End of the Year Awards | Certificates & Medals | Student Awards

Certificates a great. But medals are SO FUN! No matter which option you choose, you'll end the school year with a COLOURFUL bang!!! These eye-catching, official" gold-seal-stamped awards are sure to make your students feel loved. Whether you're recognizing accomplishments or complimenting character, each award will highlight something special about each student in your class. BUT you don't have to save them for the last day; Many of these awards can be used at any time throughout the school year
Preview of Editable Classroom Newsletter & Monthly Calendar Parent Communication Templates

Editable Classroom Newsletter & Monthly Calendar Parent Communication Templates

These monthly (or weekly!) newsletters & calendar templates are editable in Google Slides & PowerPoint. Customization is super fast and EASY, so whipping up a quick parent communication note is a breeze! Keep it digital or save as PDFs to hand-write...whatever YOU prefer. PLUS there are both full-color AND black & white options to save ink, inspire student activities, or just to give you choices! With tons of options, layouts, and themes to choose from, staying organized keeping parents informe
Preview of Probability & Chance | Certain Likely Unlikely Impossible | Worksheets | Craft

Probability & Chance | Certain Likely Unlikely Impossible | Worksheets | Craft

Probability can be a tricky, abstract concept for little learners to grasp so I created these NO PREP worksheets, printables activities, plus a FUN math bulletin board display craft, to help my kiddos get a better grasp on the sometimes difficult concept of probability and likelihood. Key math words (likely, unlikely, certain, and impossible) are used consistently throughout this pack to provide your students with the clearest possible understanding of basic probability. Use the printables and a
Preview of Mindfulness Journal, Meditation Mental Health Lessons, Life Skills Middle School

Mindfulness Journal, Meditation Mental Health Lessons, Life Skills Middle School

Lessons for the SOUL. Middle school & high school mental health, mindfulness, meditations, self regulation, social emotional learning, and MORE! This resource has it all! Provide students (and teachers!) with the SEL skills & mental health tools they need to face any challenge and develop a positive growth mindset that will guide them through a life they love with this NO PREP journal, intentional activities, and lessons for their SOULS. Themes include: gratitude, mindfulness, self-love, happine
Preview of Elements of Art Unit: Interactive Sketchbook, No Prep Lessons, Posters, Projects

Elements of Art Unit: Interactive Sketchbook, No Prep Lessons, Posters, Projects

Forget boring worksheets! These elementary & middle school NO PREP interactive scrapbook activities printables & art projects will make learning (and teaching) the elements of art FUN and EASY! Save yourself time with engaging lessons, anchor charts/posters, and art activities that will introduce your students to the 7 elements of art: Texture, Space, Shape and Form, Value, Color/Colour, & Line.Need to revamp your art block? Or straight up have no idea where to start? Whatever the case, let me h
Preview of Needs & Characteristics of Living & Nonliving Things Worksheets Unit, Assessment

Needs & Characteristics of Living & Nonliving Things Worksheets Unit, Assessment

This 1st Grade & Ontario Grade One Ontario Science Living and Non Living Things (& the environment) SCIENCE UNIT will bring learning to LIFE ;) It aligns with The Needs and Characteristics of Living Things topic for the Life Systems science strand. I have been using this unit for a few years now and every year it is one of my students' favourite! From anchor charts to activity pages, crafts and more, your students will be engaged from start to finish! *download the PREVIEW to see what's included
Preview of Healthy Eating Unit: Health Activities, Craft, Food Groups, Nutrition Worksheets

Healthy Eating Unit: Health Activities, Craft, Food Groups, Nutrition Worksheets

This resource includes balanced eating lessons & activities that cover My Plate, Canada's Food Guide, Food Groups Picture Sort, Nutrition Worksheets & Crafts.Healthy Eating. Diet. Nutrition. Unhealthy foods. Eat THIS! Don't eat THAT! GAH.Eating seems to have become so complicated and confusing. But these no prep worksheets, activities, and lessons will simplify it all and save you time!*DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEW to see what's included!*Over the past few years I have been casually researching child an
Preview of Ordinal Numbers Worksheets to 10 Unit Kindergarten 1st to 10th Anchor Chart

Ordinal Numbers Worksheets to 10 Unit Kindergarten 1st to 10th Anchor Chart

These NO PREP ordinal numbers worksheets, activities, crafts, and poster anchor charts explore numbers 1st, 2nd, 3rd...to 10th in a FUN and engaging way! Perfect for kindergarten or first grade.First of all, let's make teaching and learning about ordinal numbers FUN!!! And second......okay I got nothing. I just really wanted to use some ordinal numbers in my opening blurb lolANYWAYS, use this mini unit for introducing ordinal numbers up to ten/tenth, a little extra practice, as an assessment too
Preview of Learning Invitations: Full Day Kindergarten, Early Learning, Montessori, Reggio

Learning Invitations: Full Day Kindergarten, Early Learning, Montessori, Reggio

Prep once, use all year! These purposeful, hands on, fine motor math, literacy, SEL, and early learning open-ended invitations are great for center activities, learning stations, and independent or small group early childhood education and full day kindergarten.I initially began creating this product with the specific intention of “decoding” Ontario’s new Full Day Kindergarten curriculum and giving teachers a starting point upon which to build their year. Yet it has grown into much more than tha
Preview of Autobiography Template | All About Me Book & Self Portrait | Writing Worksheets

Autobiography Template | All About Me Book & Self Portrait | Writing Worksheets

NO PREP All About Me printable worksheet template pages to write your own autobiography including fun facts and a self portrait...also makes a great getting to know you activity for back to school!These simple print-and-go "about me" templates are great for so many scenarios:✅ mini writing unit to help students to create their own detailed autobiography✅ back to school getting to know you activity✅ end of the year, last week of school project to keep little hands and minds busy during a notoriou
Preview of All About Chickens Unit! Hatching Chicks, Chicken Life Cycle, Oviparous Animals

All About Chickens Unit! Hatching Chicks, Chicken Life Cycle, Oviparous Animals

Chick hatching time! This chicken unit is packed full of fun and oviparous learning, life cycle activities, no prep worksheets, egg information, crafts, plus read Sonya's Chickens and design your own coop...& MORE!One of my favourite moments of the school year has arrived... it's CHICK-HATCHING TIME!!! Whether you're hatching chicks, learning about animal life cycles, or just chatting about chickens, this is the perfect pack for you! INCLUDED:Chicken Vocabulary: * vocabulary cards * student rec
Preview of Beginning of the Year First Grade Assessments | Math | End of Year Kindergarten

Beginning of the Year First Grade Assessments | Math | End of Year Kindergarten

NO PREP first grade benchmark assessments end of year kindergarten and back to school grade one including literacy benchmarks like alphabet recognition, letter names and sounds, basic math concepts like skip counting, 2D shapes, number recognition, as well as other skills like colors, fine motor, and oral language.Use these NO PREP assessments at the beginning of the school year to see where your first grade students are at, or ANYTIME throughout the year to assess progress in kindergarten, grad
Preview of Shake & Spill Composing and Decomposing Numbers to 10 & 20 Math Center Worksheet

Shake & Spill Composing and Decomposing Numbers to 10 & 20 Math Center Worksheet

YAY for hands on math! NO PREP Shake and Spill worksheet activities are a fun way to introduce basic addition, practice counting and 1:1 correspondence, build strong foundational number sense skills, and grow confidence with composing and decomposing numbers to 10 ...and NOW up to 20, too!This packet includes activities for numbers 3 to 20, as well as modified versions for each number to allow for easy differentiation. Build confidence exploring number combinations to 10 with the option to chall
Preview of Writing Units All Year! Descriptive, Procedural, Opinion, Inferencing Activities

Writing Units All Year! Descriptive, Procedural, Opinion, Inferencing Activities

Save yourself hours and HOURS of prep & planning! SIX writing units include: Recount Personal Narrative Writing, Making Connections, Descriptive Writing, Opinion Writing, Making Inferences/Inferring, and Procedure Writing/How-To Writing. Each writer's workshop unit includes at least four weeks of lesson plans, anchor charts, checklists, worksheets, prompts, templates, activities, crafts, assessments, rubrics, suggested mentor texts, and MORE! ...everything you need to make back to schoo
Preview of UFLI Heart Words Practice Worksheets, Word Lists, Dolch Sight Word Activities

UFLI Heart Words Practice Worksheets, Word Lists, Dolch Sight Word Activities

Activities to use with ANY word!!! Provide students with extra practice of UFLI heart words, Dolch sight words, or ANY spelling words or vocabulary with these no prep Word Work worksheet activities PLUS UFLI heart word list for kindergarten, 1st grade, & 2nd grade, and Dolch pre-primer, primer, first, and second grade sight words. Use with ANY words and therefore with any early elementary grade up to 3rd grade...not just according to the word lists included!Make word practice effortless, engagi
Preview of Calming Corner Posters: A 1 2 3 Magic, ZONES Take 5 Self-Regulation Break Space

Calming Corner Posters: A 1 2 3 Magic, ZONES Take 5 Self-Regulation Break Space

Simple and straightforward print-and-go posters to add clarity to your calm down corner. Aligned with 1 2 3 Magic & the Zones of Regulation Take 5 space.⭐ SAVE BIG with the Zones of Regulation & Posters BUNDLE! ⭐ I started using " 1, 2, 3, Magic" in my classroom and therefore have a "Take 5" break location set up at all times (you can read more about this program here). I originally began this program upon the recommendation of our board's behavioural psychologist for a sweet little peanut in
Preview of PROCEDURAL WRITING How To UNIT: Procedure Writing Templates, Prompts for Grade 1

PROCEDURAL WRITING How To UNIT: Procedure Writing Templates, Prompts for Grade 1

This Procedure Writing Unit includes anchor charts, assessments & rubric, procedural writing how to templates and prompts, checklists, worksheets, activities, crafts, and suggested read alouds for your writers workshop unit procedural writing in first grade/grade one or kindergarten. A Google Slides version including interactive & digitally-accessible anchor charts is available with THE BUNDLE!*download the PREVIEW to get a peek at what's included*INCLUDED: * Writing pack introduction * lesson p
Preview of Sorting & Patterning: identifying, describing, extending, creating patterns unit

Sorting & Patterning: identifying, describing, extending, creating patterns unit

Sorting & patterning no prep printable worksheet activity pages, low prep math centers, lessons, and bulletin board math crafts that cover attributes, identifying, describing, extending, creating patterns, and more!This resource includes EVERYTHING I use to teach sorting and repeating patterns in math! It's a great little unit packed with worksheets, extra practice, anchor charts, activities, crafts, math bulletin board displays, plus lots of options for supporting struggling students and challe
Preview of Daily & Seasonal Changes SCIENCE UNIT Seasons Craft, 1st Grade Weather Worksheet

Daily & Seasonal Changes SCIENCE UNIT Seasons Craft, 1st Grade Weather Worksheet

This Grade One Ontario Science/1st Grade SCIENCE UNIT is all about DAILY & SEASONAL CHANGES as part of the Earth & Space Systems science strand. Through activities like a day & night craft, a clothes/clothing book, interactive seasons anchor charts about changes in animals and plants, observations, worksheets, crafts and more, your students will become more aware of the changes that take place in our environment and how these changes affect living things.*download the PREVIEW to see what's inclu
Preview of DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Activities: Anchor Chart, Sentence Starter, 5 Senses Craft

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Activities: Anchor Chart, Sentence Starter, 5 Senses Craft

These Descriptive Writing Lessons include writing descriptive sentences, writing samples, graphic organizers and templates, assessments & rubric, anchor charts, checklists, worksheets, activities, crafts, and suggested mentor texts for your writers workshop unit on descriptions using adjectives and details in kindergarten or first grade/grade one. A Google Slides version including interactive & digitally-accessible anchor charts is available with THE BUNDLE!*download the PREVIEW to get a peek a
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Most kids spend 14+ YEARS of their incredible little lives in our classrooms. You're already great at making them feel special, safe, and loved; my goal is to help make their educational experience FUN (and your life a whole lot easier)! Welcome! I'm Sam. I've had the privilege of teaching all elementary grades (JK through 8) throughout my 12 years as an Ontario Certified Teacher. But it was my three consecutive years as a grade one teacher were my journey truly began. It was there that I discovered a passion to create meaningful activities and intentional resources, and to bring a whole lot more FUN into the classroom!