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Welcome to Primary Education Oasis

Primary Education Oasis is an evidence-based site of creative teaching ideas, primary teaching resources and free educational worksheets.

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These creative teaching strategies are based on years of experience with both primary and intermediate grades - and they work time and again.


As well, new research provides innovative strategies for approaches to teaching main idea, the correct spelling of words, math games for kids, and teaching reading strategies.

Bookmark this site or link to it at the end of the page - you will use these strategies again and again!

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What Teaching Resources Will You Find?


  • Great activities that work for teaching vocabulary

  • Behavior modification strategies for teens with ADHD and strategies for working with those students

  • What differentiation in the classroom looks like

  • Great calendar math activities to use every day

  • Understanding assessment in education and how to use it

  • Why mastering math facts requires strategies

  • Where to get the Top Selling Toys for education

  • Why you need to know about teaching reading stratgies before, during and after reading



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    Classroom Management: Strategies That Work
    Effective classroom management is the key to getting great results. Managing a classroom is more than a classroom behavior plan - it is how you run your day-to-day business of teaching and learning.

    Classroom Routines
    Create a nurturing environment with classroom routines. Providing a student centered classroom with routines and a predictable classroom set up means students will be able to focus and learn.

    Classroom Discipline
    Classroom discipline is part of classroom management ideas. You can stop disruptive behavior in the classroom using these strategies.

    Differentiated Instruction: What It Looks Like
    What does differentiated instruction look like? Find out how to best meet the needs of your students who have gifted characteristics.

    Understanding Blooms Taxonomy
    What you need to know about Blooms Taxonomy, implications about blooms taxonomy questions, and how it can be used with differentiation in the classroom.

    Assessment In Education
    Assessment in education is meant to inform us about student progress and needs. What types of assessment should teachers use?

    Assessment Rubrics: Roadmap for Student Success
    Assessment rubrics need to be made before instruction begins. Learn how to let a rubric guide your instruction and view sample rubrics.

    Kids Learning Styles
    Do you know your kids learning styles? Free learning styles quiz to find out what they are and how to best meet those needs.

    Reciprocal Teaching
    Reciprocal teaching is the best way to increase students' comprehension. Here is the best way to use strateiges for for teaching reciprocal reading.

    Types of Communication in the Classroom
    Different types of communication in the classroom can dramatically impact a student's ability to learn. A Communication Performance Assessment (CPA) can help diagnose difficulties with communication.

    Active Listening Skills
    Active listening skills is part of the communication domain in a classroom performance assessment. There are different types of listening used in the classroom for students to be effective learners.

    Children Reading: Make Them Love It
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    Reading Fluency Activities
    Reading fluency activities must be done on a daily basis. There are many reading fluency strategies for teaching fluency, and here are some of the best.

    Interactive Read Aloud: How To Do It
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    Reading Comprehension Activities That Work - Part 1
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    Reading Comprehension Worksheets
    Reading comprehension worksheets and activities are designed to support current teaching of skills or genres. Here are free evidence-based elementary reading worksheets to use in your classroom.

    Teaching Vocabulary: Activities and Strategies
    Raise comprehension levels with activities and strategies for teaching vocabulary. Creative teaching techniques that work in any classroom!

    Teaching Main Idea in Reading Comprehension
    Teaching main idea? Get main idea worksheets and activites, a sure-fire video for teaching reading comprehension main idea and printable graphic organizers.

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    Teaching Mathematics
    Teaching mathematics to young children involves developing strong number sense, mastering math facts, using vocabulary skills and providing concrete experiences before pencil and paper application.

    Math Problem Solving
    Math problem solving in elementary school requires teaching problem solving strategies. Use the powerpoint to teach simple maths problem solving!

    Mental Math: Part 2 of a Daily Math Review
    Mental math strategies and shortcuts will lead to students mastering math facts. It always follows the Daily Math Review and is used for daily oral math.

    Math Games for Kids
    Fun math games for kids of all ages. Math fact games, math games and puzzles - excitement for learning grows with cool math games!

    Teaching Writing: First, Teach Writers!
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    Creative Writing Ideas: Romancing the Writer
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    How To Teach Spelling
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    Correct Spelling of Words: The Need for Literate Spellers
    Why is spelling important? The correct spelling of words is essential for everyone. Read all about spelling, why it is important, and how to improve spelling.

    Kids Spelling Games
    The best kids spelling games and spelling games activities for children of all ages!

    Second Language Acquisition
    Second language acquisition is a complex process that can take years to fully develop. Understanding the stages of language acquisition is key for a teacher to work with the ESOL student.

    Learning A Second Language: Theory and Stages
    Learning a second language takes time - longer for some students than others. Read about the stages of language acquisition and how it impacts your teaching of ELLs.

    ESL Lesson Plans 2 Go!
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    Finger Gesture, Non-Verbal Gestures: What They Mean in Other Cultures
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    Response To Intervention (RTI)
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    ADHD in Children: Background for Educators
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    ADHD Statistics
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    Teaching Quotes
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    Quotes about Reading
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    Quotes About Writing
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    Listening Quotes
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