Miss Laidlaw's Classroom

I create useful and differentiated resources for everyday classroom use. I am Ontario Primary grades teacher. Find me on Instagram at @laidlawa84

I've taught all grades, K-12, as well as ESL to international students for Queen's University. I enjoy hands-on, inquiry-based learning and quality supports for small-group and guided study.

08/21/2022

Teaching Vocabulary

I'm taking the Tools 4 Reading Top Ten Tools course and thought I'd share this super-easy lesson/activity that can be used for any grade and subject. It could also be used as a warm-up, Word Work, or by itself. The page has a short video included for those of us who like to see lessons in action.

https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/concept_sort

01/14/2021

Heads up! I updated my FREE phonics codepack resource to include PNG images of phonetic code to make your own virtual codepacks!

Grab it at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Assessment-and-Codepack-for-integration-with-Phonemic-Awareness-3916744

11/30/2020

My entire store is 25% off today and tomorrow! Make sure to use the code CYBER20 at checkout!

11/24/2020

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Sound Wall - Phonemes with Spellings - Mouth Shapes Pictures - Phonics

09/06/2020

All my phonics products are on sale this weekend, including my new Articulation Wall / Binder / Resource!

Sound Wall - Phonemes with Spellings - Mouth Shapes Pictures - Phonics This is something I've wanted to create for a few years - and thanks to Covid-19, it's finally done! This resource is a culmination that began with teaching English as a Second Language and seeing Judy Thompson speak about how "English is Stupid" at a conference, then a Collaborative Inquiry trackin...

04/16/2020

(is it Thursday?) to this blog post!
http://misslaidlaw.blogspot.com/2017/02/shared-writing-for-early-writers.html

It could be an idea for a video conference +/ helpful to parents as they help their emergent writers at home!

💙 idea-gathering
💛 organization
💜 sound segmentation
🧡 phonics
💚 sentence structure

I'd love to know how it works if anyone is using this as a video conference lesson! Please comment! 👇

Ontario Report Card Mark Sheets for Easier Mark Entry incl. Learning Skills

01/09/2020

Ontario Teachers currently in Work to Rule Stages!

Here's something I created to submit marks last time (many years ago) when we were at this WTR stage. It's a free download!

Ontario Report Card Mark Sheets for Easier Mark Entry incl. Learning Skills These sheets are intended to help teachers become more organized when it comes to mark entry for progress reports and report cards. It can also help teachers see at-a-glance which subjects need to be assessed prior to writing report cards. Good for Ontario Grades 1-8 Includes an editable file (ca...

12/01/2019

Monday and Tuesday on ! My whole store will be on sale for an additional 20% off. Find me at Miss Laidlaw's Classroom! 😊

10/14/2019

Coming soon...

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09/26/2019

When you put your class Jack-o-Lantern in the school garden to decompose and watch it ... and missed a seed. 😬 This has shocked everyone (and left the food-sharing gardening people astonished and stumped). Oops?

09/07/2019

Here's a little video showing how I set up my phonics notebooks. I use these for printing practice, letter/sound sorts (to accompany Words Their Way), and as a warm-up for guided reading!

The pocket in the front is a library card pocket. Students are able to grab their book and since Ive already put in phonics cards at their instructional level, they can complete this Word Work on their own!

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