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Hi! We're here to help with teaching tips and resources focused on Language, Math and Assessment.

06/16/2025

💬 Want your copy? Comment "CHECKLIST" below to receive the free PDF!

✔️ Need a hand with all those end-of-year tasks? We've got you covered with a handy checklist to keep everything on track.

Our free End-of-Year Checklist for elementary teachers is here to help you stay organized and stress-free as you finish up the school year.

06/06/2025

✨ Tired of spending hours writing report card comments from scratch?

Editable report card comment banks make it a breeze to craft high-quality, personalized feedback in a fraction of the time.

💬 Comment REPORTS below if you want to learn more about how our comment banks can take your report card writing from days (and days) to hours!

06/04/2025

⭐️ Comment EOY for the link to 25+ ideas.

Is it getting hard to keep your students engaged and on-task??

🎉 The end of the year is almost here, and we’ve got you covered with some fun and engaging activities to wrap up the year on a high note!

🌟 Swipe through for 5 awesome ideas, and head to our blog for 25 more!

💬 Comment EOY below for the direct link 🔗

📝 Get ideas for Language, Math, Science, Reflection and just some fun for the final days with your students!

04/14/2025

🌈 We’re willing spring to stick around for good with a $1 hashtag sale!

📣 We’ve put two of our popular resources on sale for $1 today and tomorrow only.

✅ Fractions/Decimals Math Centres
✅ Comic Strip Nareative Writing mini-unit

But we’re not alone!
Search on TPT and you’ll find thousands of dollar deals 🌺

Let me know what steals you grab!! 🌈

03/09/2025

Does it feel like jetlag to you too? Without the awesome vacation...😔

We've put our Measurement Activities on sale so you can gain back the lost hour (and then some)!

✅ Measurement Math Centres + guided math questions
✅ Measurement Task Card sets
✅ Measurement Vocabulary packets (glossaries, word wall, word activities)

As always, everything is...
⭐️ curriculum-aligned for grades 4 - 8 Ontario
⭐️ differentiated
⭐️ editable

🛑 Sale ends Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 11:59pm EST

Comment below if you'd like me to send you the direct link or find everything in our TPT store - just filter price by "On Sale"!

🔗 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/past-the-potholes/on-sale

02/24/2025

We're always so grateful for your kind words and reviews! Not only does it make our day, it helps us to know what is really helping you and what you'd like more of.

If you're going to be teaching Measurements soon, reach out with any questions you may have about our grade 4 - 8 Ontario curriculum-aligned complete units.

They include...
✅ 3-part lessons
✅ math centres
✅ practice worksheets
✅ review games
✅ vocabulary packages
✅ formative and summative assessments
✅ and more!

$If students don't have a really solid understanding of what fractions really are, advanced math is going to be a struggl...$

02/21/2025

If students don't have a really solid understanding of what fractions really are, advanced math is going to be a struggle. Operations with fractions, algebra, problem solving.... They all require fractional reasoning.

Learn the 7 key steps to teaching fractions so that students will understand and remember. Teach fraction activities that include real world experiences and hands-on learning. Be sure to use fractions manipulatives and talk about the meaning behind the fraction, not the numbers!

Head over to this blog post now to learn more: https://teachpastthepotholes.com/how-to-teach-fractions-understanding/

02/19/2025

Want a FREE digital measurement worksheet?

Unit Conversions practice questions...
✓ differentiated with 4 levels
✓ fun picture reveal on correct answers
✓ colour-coded self-checking
✓ covers grade 5-8 Ontario expectations

💬 Comment DIGITAL MATH below and I'll send you the link!

02/15/2025

Reports card went yesterday, Family Day weekend is here - and we've officially reached the hump day of the school year!!

Have an amazing weekend, you've earned it!!

02/13/2025

❄️ Do you have a snow day today? Are schools closed???

We have to post work online on snow days.
I just put this together for my kids today that are missing their gym class and thought you might want a copy too.

It’s better for younger grades but older kids could have some fun with it too 😊

⬇️ Comment SNOW DAY below and I’ll send you the file! 🔗

02/11/2025

Not sure about inquiry-based learning? This is why you need to try it!

My high school Geography teacher told us he wasn't going to have us learn where cities are on a map, he was going to teach us how to read a map.

That's stuck with me.

Memorizing facts isn't useful in today's world when we have Google literally at our fingertips. We need curious kids with the critical thinking skills to make great things happen.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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