Education influencers are increasingly discussing the importance of creating resources focused on learning outcomes rather than aesthetics. With this in mind, we reached out to three of our favorite influencers within the teaching community, and asked them to collaborate with us to create three unique — and totally free — Kami resources that have a clear, developmental outcome in mind. 

This blog is all about these three influencers, their niche within the education influencer space, and the Kami resources we made in collaboration with them. Hopefully, what we came up with will be an invaluable resource for your students, as they progress along their learning journey.

Stephanie Yi

Stephanie is an experienced middle school teacher and education influencer in the math space. She’s taught on the east and west coast of the USA and currently teaches in Southern California.

We reached out to Stephanie asking if she’d like us to make her a custom Kami resource. She was super excited and told us about her need for a resource to help her students practice creating and interpreting graphs. We loved her idea, and our engineers got to work creating a resource for Stephanie and all the grades 5–11 teachers and students who use graphs to show statistical data. 

Our engineers came up with the Graph Paper Template! Not only does it have fully customizable graph paper for plotting points, naming quadrants, or drawing shapes, but it’s also got a space below the graph to make notes or calculations — oh and of course, there’s a space above for students to write their names and the date (we can’t promise they’ll use it!). 

Once they’ve downloaded the template, teachers and students are able to:

• Add text, images, and videos
• Leave interactive annotations
• Collaborate in real-time
• Assign to students
• Edit in offline mode
• Split & Merge with your resources

The template can be found by searching for Graph Paper Template | Ms Yi or by clicking this link.

You can find Stephanie on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok sharing her favorite math moments!

Alison Shybee

Alison is a first-grade teacher from New Hampshire, USA, who loves to share teacher hacks, quotes from her first graders, teaching resources, and general teaching comedy.

Alison really cares about high-quality classroom and digital resources for first and second graders, as this is such a crucial developmental age. She encourages her followers to always put the students’ learning first when creating resources or decorating the classroom. 

When we asked Alison if she’d like us to make a custom Kami resource for her, she replied with an awesome idea! What about an interactive resource to help first-graders tackle three-letter English words?

We did a little research, and our engineers came up with the idea of creating an interactive CVC resource suitable for first and second-grade students. We also made sure to steer clear of cursive fonts (thanks Alison!) to ensure optimum readability!

What does CVC mean?

CVC stands for consonant, vowel, consonant, and is one of the simplest ways to construct a word in the English language. You all remember “the cat sat on the mat,” right? 

Kami’s CVC Template is a fun and engaging way for students to practice forming, spelling, and speaking foundational words, as they begin to expand their vocabulary. Students can drag and drop the consonants and vowels to create the word to match the picture.

Once they’ve downloaded the template, teachers and students are able to:

• Add text, images, and videos
• Leave interactive annotations
• Collaborate in real-time
• Assign to students
• Edit in offline mode
• Split & Merge with your resources

The template can be found by searching for CVC Spelling Board | Alison Shybee or by clicking this link.

You can find Alison on Tiktok and Instagram sharing her unique insights on first-grade teaching!

Jere Chang

Jere Chang is a gifted education teacher in an elementary school in Atlanta, GA, USA, with over 25 years of experience. She loves the outdoors and takes pride in educating people about the LGBTQ+ community.

We asked Jere if she’d like us to create a Kami resource that’s specifically designed with her gifted education specialism in mind. She had the idea for an interactive resource that allowed students to use Kami’s drag-and-drop capabilities with polygons to create specific shapes.

Our designers put their heads together and came up with a Tangram Puzzle Template. Using only seven polygons, students try to combine the polygons to match the shape they’re given. This is an awesome task to practice the mental rotation of two-dimensional shapes, as well as problem-solving, and patience. 

Once they’ve downloaded the template, teachers and students are able to:

• Manipulate shapes using drag-and-drop
• Add text, images, and videos
• Leave interactive annotations
• Collaborate in real-time
• Assign to students
• Edit in offline mode
• Split & Merge with your resources

The template can be found by searching for Tangram Puzzle Template | Jere Chang or by clicking this link.

For fun-loving educational content, check out Jere on TikTok and Instagram!