Find the links to all the activities on the Google doc below. These have the two pdf links and also the Seesaw activity link!
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It's almost Christmas time! So I have put together a post with my best Christmas ideas and resources for your students and classroom! Click on the links for information or free downloads!
This prompt comes with kit instructions and writing prompts to keep students busy! Christmas Tree Kit
NZ$0.00
Christmas Tree kit This kit is perfect for exploring Christmas trees and how to make them. This pack includes: -title kit page -Christmas acrostic poem template -Christmas tree writing template -Christmas tree 'how to make' writing template Print these out and staple them into a booklet with the title page. This allows for students to work on each page as they want to or once focusing in class. I have used this to send home in the past for students to use as a prompt at home (end of the year present)
Check out my other Christmas themed freebies on my website now! Christmas Playdough Mats
NZ$0.00
Christmas Playdough Mats These Christmas playdough mats are a great way for students to show their creativity with a Christmas themed prompt. Use these for free play or as an activity in your class time. This includes:
This has 11 pages in the resource. Use with plastic sleeves or laminate to ensure durability. Christmas Fine Motor Prompts
NZ$0.00
Christmas Fine Motor Prompts These Christmas fine motor prompts are a great idea for provocations around Christmas time. These are themed around three ideas:
This resource has 40 pages in it for students to use in two different layouts. The first is with white dots for students to place the correct objects on each dot. This could be with their fingers, tweezers, scoopers or anything else students might have in the classroom. This practices fine motor skills, pincer grip and more. The second is for students to count out the right number of objects onto the mats. Print off to ensure durability or use plastic sleeves. Christmas themed missing numbers
NZ$0.00
Christmas themed missing numbers This resources is great for reinforcing number knowledge and number sequence with numbers to 100. Students can choose the activity they are working on or teachers can print it out, students look for the number missing with the cartoon image on it and write the number in the box! So simple yet fun to complete! There are different sheets with different numbers missing from 20 to 100. Just choose the one you are looking for!
 Writing Example Models
NZ$0.00
Writing Example Models These writing example models were made for the lockdown earlier this year. The purpose behind them was to show parents the progression of writing and what to expect from students at home; or when learning how to write. These example models have since been a popular requested item to download for the classroom also. Perfect for showing students how writing changes, improves and new things are learnt and applied in writing. This covers the general progression of writing over the first 1-2 years of school. It includes 6 writing example models.
The tribe membership gives you your own unique code that allows you access for a month or year. Not capped amount of resources, access to download anything in that time for one price! A really great deal for someone who loves Mrs Priestley ICT resources and looking for an amazing deal for either a month or year membership. Want to know more? Click on the links below to find out more information and also to purchase! Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe (monthly)
NZ$29.00
Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe (monthly) What is the Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe? A unique group that teachers can join giving you access to all my resources on my website for one month or year, for FREE! That is every single resource currently on my website + access to all the resources coming in the future!! How does it work? There are two options: Per month fee of $29.00 to unlimited downloads and access to resources from the store. Per year fee of $110.00 to unlimited downloads and access to resources from the store. What you need to know:
If you have any questions about the tribe access, please email me info@mrspriestleyict.com before purchasing. Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe (yearly)
NZ$110.00
Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe (yearly) What is the Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe? A unique group that teachers can join giving you access to all my resources on my website for one month or year, for FREE! That is every single resource currently on my website + access to all the resources coming in the future!! How does it work? There are two options: Per month fee of $29.00 to unlimited downloads and access to resources from the store. Per year fee of $110.00 to unlimited downloads and access to resources from the store. What you need to know:
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You can even share the popplet onto places like Seesaw to share the learning wider than the classroom. Great way to keep parents in the loop. This week my students created a simple mind map about unicycles as a response from their story. My students then saved their responses and uploaded them onto Seesaw. I can give feedback online but also in person.
How would I use this? I use Popplet for lots of follow up and mind mapping activities! Here are some:
Each week I share a Seesaw activity that my kids use in class. I use Seesaw a lot but want to showcase more of what you can do and provide you with freebie links if you love what you say! Have a look at the pictures below and click on the links to find the activities for your Seesaw!
Download this freebie below to create a set up for your classroom too! Seesaw Visual Prompts
NZ$0.00
Seesaw Visual Prompts These prompts are perfect for setting up your Seesaw space in the classroom. Each prompt has a different Seesaw target being explained so your students know what it is for. The visual prompts include: -share button -drawing -add file -link -note -photo -video -camera roll -green check -blog -comment -like -make a copy -microphone -pause -recording -turn image -text label -add button Print these out, laminate and create a wall display for your class!
I was asked recently about some resources that I knew of that could be used to unpack digital technologies in the classroom and remembered this fun lesson! It took a good three-four weeks to teach, as it was broken down into smaller chunks; like you would when you wrote a story. I managed to stumble upon the slides I created for the lessons; making sure I modelled how to do it for the students also in my lessons. We used a storyboard planner to plan our stories, I taught my classes the blocks needed in the modelling sessions and then we put the series of lessons together to have a story completed! Lots of fun, and the students loved it!
1. Prior to reading - the first thing is making sure you have selected the appropriate text based on the sound or grapheme you are focusing on. 2. Segmenting and blending - this is focusing on the words in the text. Practicing segmenting them out and blending them together. This is practiced continuously to build confidence and skill with the sound. 3. Tricky words - reading the tricky words as 'fast words'. Lots of reading over them and practicing these so when they are recognised in the text students can say them quickly. 4. After reading - just like every other guided reading session; talk about the text and have students respond to what was covered.
Check out all the amazing new resources live on the store! Something for everyone, with some freebies also! Take advantage of the 20% off introduction price! Place Value Pack
NZ$6.00
Place Value Pack This pack is a great beginning introduction for anyone looking to introduce place value to their classroom. This pack covers ones, tens and hundreds; with games, activities and worksheets to help implement. This pack includes:
This pack includes 75 pages of resources to begin this implementation. This is targeted at Level 1 and 2 of the New Zealand curriculum; with Stages 3-4 of place value creating and making. Games and activities are best laminated to ensure durability. Make your own must do/free pick board
NZ$3.00
Make your own must do/free pick board This is a new version of a must do/free pick choice board that you can use to create your own learning opportunities for your students. This resource includes:
All templates in this resource come with tumble pictures to copy and paste onto the slide that you want to use to make your own choice board. These are on the side of each slide. This is a powerpoint resource so you must have access to powerpoint and a zip file opener to access this resource. Equal Sharing
NZ$2.50
Equal Sharing This resource is a great way to introduce equal sharing for students. It covers four different ways to practice and reinforce the learning of how to share equally. Great for any age students looking for equal sharing practice. This resource includes:
This includes 34 pages in the resource. Fraction Bingo (freebie)
NZ$0.00
Fraction Bingo (freebie) This fraction bingo is a great implementation freebie for exploring fractions. This includes fractions for whole, half and quarters. Included are:
This resource includes 7 pages in it. Playing boards are best used if laminated. Fine motor shape cutting
NZ$0.00
Fine motor shape cutting This resource freebie is a great way to practice fine motor skills by cutting. Print these pages of shapes out and have students practice cutting out on the lines. This is great for building confidence of cutting shapes and different lines. This resource includes 9 pages of shapes with different pre-drawn lines in different angles and ways for them to improve and practice their fine motor and cutting skills. Print these onto white paper, or print onto colourful paper for a fresh look.
This is teaching anchor chart is handy for teachers, new teachers, learning assistants and more! So that guided maths is clear and learning is being explored in the same capacity. You can use this in your classroom, share it with your beginning teachers or just use it to spice up your programme! 
A question I have been asked lots recently is how I have playful learning (play or play based however you call it) is run in my classroom. I have a range of ideas to have it set up which works for me, my students and my classroom. We call it playful learning - taking our own take on what we think it is. Find out more information below on all the things I have set up in my classroom to support this!
 I make a conscious effort to plan for playful learning in my classroom. Here i document what I am working on with key competencies, te whariki principles and school values. I write down what provocations I am using and then who I am observing as well over the week. See a range of provocations and playful aspects from my classroom this year.
 Learning stories are a great way to document play, learning and the exploration of things students are doing in class. I have been creating individualised learning stories this year to be explicit about learning that is happening and link it into aspects that I am covering. I then share these on Seesaw for parents to see, in an ongoing way to build an insight into the classroom. I love creating these and always make a point of talking about them with the students too. Love this template? Make a copy of it below so you can use it in your classroom too!
Want to read more on playful learning? Search 'playful learning' or provocations in the search bar below to find my other blog posts and resources.
Today I updated my Seesaw student and teacher progressions. These were created awhile ago to use as goals, progressions and a resource teachers and students can use when implementing Seesaw. It covers three different levels of progressions: beginner, proficient and advanced. There are five areas to the progressions:
These can be displayed in your class, used for formative assessment of students using Seesaw or to help teachers see how they are using it, to build to an advanced level of use. Grab these updated versions below!
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