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My classroom 2020

1/29/2020

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2020 has brought about many new changes already! One being at a new school - National Park School, about 30 minutes drive from Taumarunui. The other change is that I will be teaching Year 0-3 students. We are a two classroom school so I will be teaching all the junior students which I am super excited about. 

This post will share bits from my classroom as I have it currently set up. I will include links where possible to allow for you to find these resources for your classroom too. 

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WOW work wall! 
I love a good wow work wall as it provides a clear place in class for student work to go. This one is on my back wall created with different pieces of colour card, two pegs super glued on and a title. Easy to create, cost effective but awesome!
Discovery table
I have had a discovery table for the last 4 years in my classroom. I didn't have one last year as I taught Year 3's, but have had one in every classroom before that. 
A discovery table is easy to create - involving lots of hands on equipment students can use to 'discover' things. Mine has a range of things on there to explore:
-topic books
-dinosaurs and small creatures/animals
-shells
-plants
-microscopes
-clipboards for drawing and/or documenting facts.

Lots of these resources are from sparklebox and my local $2 shop. Shells are from the beach!
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Word wall
A word wall is a great activity for reading and writing time! One can be put up anywhere in your classroom and integrated into rotation time. This one was created with words laminated and then blue tacked to the sink doors. 
The word rings are hung above and students can use these to find the words on the wall. My students always love playing teachers with the word wall, telling each other what words to 
First day questions
These first day questions are a great way to get to know your students. Each letter of the word 'first day' has a corresponding question that you can use in your classroom. 
Use this in a whole class circle time, small groups or even in buddies. 

Get the resource here. 
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Writing board
I am so lucky to have two extra sections on my board so I dedicated one to solely writing! I have the date up the top and also the prelined whiteboard sheet that I brought last year from Creative Classrooms. 
I also have put up my writing process pictures on the right so we can follow the process and visually see what we are working on. This is clear with examples and prompting sentences to help my students follow the process. 

Get the resource here. 
Word wall posters
This is shot of my writing and back wall area, with my word wall posters underneath. Word posters are a great way to keep track and add key words that you learn or know over the year. I keep mine up all year and add to them when we have our letter of the week study and writing sessions!

​Find the resource here. 
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Door Posters
I have used resources from Lauren Fairclough from Teachers Pay Teachers before. These door posters are a great way to welcome students into the classroom + provide a positive affirmation or saying to get them going! 

Find the resource here. 
Reading area
My reading area is always a cosy nook with loads of books students can choose from. I also have my listen to reading QR codes there for students to go to to hear the stories. 
I have lots of pillows and random sitting things from kmart. There is a rack for hanging books on plus a bench seat made from two small bookshelves glued together. 

Find more information on QR codes here. 
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Play area
I have this great little space out the back of my room where my students place there bags. But I thought why not further use it as a pull out/play space. So I have created a puppet theatre, supermarket and play area for students to use. 
This will be integrated into our learning time through provocations and meaningful play experiences. 

Sign was downloaded from Sparklebox. 
Other print out resources from Teachers Pay Teachers. 
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This is just a snippet of my classroom with so many pictures I could upload and share! If you see a resource or idea on something I haven't talked about please message me or comment on here and I will answer the best I can!
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Google sheets drop down planning templates

1/23/2020

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Did you know you can create drop down boxes on Google sheets that change attached pictures with your selection?
​Over the weekend, a colleague and I worked together to create this great new planning template on Google sheets. It has drop down selections that you can choose from, that change a matching icon picture alongside it. Great for planning for students to view and make sense of a tumble. Each picture is colour coded to go alongside with the planning template; and either my Daily 5 resources of my PRISM maths concept resource. 
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These are not customisable templates. However they have all the information you need to successfully go alongside my Daily 5 and PRISM resources. Simply purchase and download the resource, make a copy of it and save it to your Google drive. How I will use it is to duplicate the template for each day of the week, add in the resources or WALHTs that are related and display this on my activeboard. Students will be able to see their group and follow the activities that are set in the tumble. Check out the links below for videos and how you can purchase these resources. 
Daily 5 planning template
prism planning template
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Setting your classroom up with Seesaw

1/18/2020

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If you don't already know, Seesaw is my favourite app of all time. The opportunities it has for students in the classroom is amazing - allowing open communication between the classroom and home, helping students to create learning opportunities that open them up to create and reflect in their learning. Incorporating Seesaw into the classroom is easy - with loads of resources available to help make this happen. 
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In 2018 I created this amazing Seesaw space where students can go for help, key ideas and tips to help make Seesaw more accessible in the classroom. This is a combination of a variety of resources that are out there. 

​Check out the resources below to find links to download them and a little bit about each resource. 

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Seesaw visual prompts are a great reminder for students to know and learn about each of the tools. These have icon pictures with little blurbs on them to show and understand the tools. These can be used as flash cards, or on the wall as a display. 

Download this free resource here. 
These taskcards are a great way to get Seesaw started in your classroom. These have activities aligned to each of the tools to help students learn and practice using the tool in the classroom. 

Download this free resource here. 

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Request a selfie is a great resource that you can use alongside Seesaw. I find this resource great for students to remember where their work is that they would like to share. 
Quite often in a shared device space, students can be using devices when others are ready to share their work that they have completed and want to share. This resource is perfect to help that. Students simply take a photo peg, clip it on the page or place in the book they want to share or take a photo of, and come back to it when a device is free. 

Download this free resource here. 
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Seesaw also has lots of printables (as seen in my top photo) that can be downloaded and printed for free. Access those here. 

Looking for more Seesaw resources? Type 'Seesaw' into the search box below to have all my Seesaw posts and website blogs come up! 
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The WIP Hui 2020

1/18/2020

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This weekend was the first 'The WIP Hui' held in Napier, New Zealand. The WIP Hui was formed by 6 like minded educators that want to help others to connect, share and disrupt education. We found that at conferences it can be a real hit and miss opportunity, with lots of the learning being done by talking or having smaller connections and conversations with others. So we thought why not make our own unconference hui to help us share and connect with others. 
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So we came together, got started and formed a plan! And that is what we have - The WIP Hui. WIP stands for work in progress; like all teachers are doing, always working on growing/learning as professions. 

The day started off with Smackdowns. 
These are quick snippet ideas that teachers love, use, are passionate about and want to share with others. Loads of tools that you can use for free in your classroom. 

Check out the link here to see what you can use!
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This then led to the first round of workshops! Three educators shared their ideas about topics they are passionate about. We voted on ones that we were interested in and those educators got the floor. 
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Racheal shared her ideas on how to unleash your frizzle - student inquiry ideas to help hook students into learning. 
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Karla shared her experience on Classcraft and how she explores and uses that in her classroom. 
Find more here
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Rachel shared how to help get your sh*t together. She highlighted Google keep and how this can help keep you organised and onto it in life. 

We then had some more smackdowns and an open sharing time. These were really interesting to hear what others were doing in the classroom. 
Some of the ideas shared were:
  • Arabella's Adventures sites.google.com/view/arabellasadventures
  • An integrated financial literacy programme - Karla shared some ideas on how she creates her classroom with a financial literacy programme. Students have jobs and use the income to pay for things in the classroom. 
  • Posing questions from Sue around how do others integrate curriculum areas into the classroom? In terms of overall integration into classrooms not segregated reading, writing and maths. 
  • MakerEd NZ shared the awesome breakouts and maker challenges that you can do in the classroom. These are free to use and made by Michael Davidson. Check out these ideas here. 
  • Laura Butler shared her amazing website and Google Innovator project - learning with machines. This is all about AI and how to use AI products in your classroom easily and effectively. 

Day 1 was a great success and I am so happy that people are full of ideas, tips and tricks to take away to their classrooms. Tomorrow will bring about more new ideas, with 3 more workshops and a design thinking session! 
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Where are all the freebies at?

1/15/2020

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If you don't already know, I share a lot of my resources for teachers to use. They are on here, my website; teachers pay teachers store and also on a shared Google drive resource library that I have created with my resources in there. There is lots of teachers from all over the world to access  - someone new to the profession, someone looking for ideas or something just looking for something to browse. 

Check out this quick video showing you where all the freebies are!
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Planning resource walk through

1/13/2020

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A resource I have available online to purchase is my 'Planning templates using Google'. It is 14 different planning templates created on Google docs and Google sheets. These templates are all ones I have created myself and used in my teaching practice. I love creating resources especially ones that will be used everyday. 

With these planning templates, my favourite is the Google sheets version as I have them all in one Google sheets workbook for each term. Check out this video showing you each of the planning templates included in the resource. 
Purchase the resource here!
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Sunday Spotlight

1/12/2020

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Welcome back to Sunday Spotlight! This is where I share a resource that I have designed and used in my classroom. I share links, photos and updates on how the resource works and why I use it. 
This week I am sharing my maths concept PRISM. This is a fabulous way for covering all maths concepts in the classroom or a maths rotation. This particular concept covers 5 key ways/ideas to maths that students can reinforce through activities. These are:
P = practice by myself
R = ready with a buddy
I = i can use technology
S = solve in book
M = manipulative exploration
Each of these have activities and explanations that align with it to ensure students get coverage of all the aspects in maths. Sometimes it can be hard to think of activities for students to do. But this concept aims at providing you with everything you need to make that happen!
PRISM was implemented in my classroom at the beginning of 2019 and students worked through learning all the key concepts slowly like you would any other concept or idea. In this resource, there are additional anchor charts which can be used while unpacking each of the concepts so students and teachers know both of the expectations for each aspect within PRISM. 
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This resource has also recently been updated to include my own version of some games that can be used for practice by myself or ready with a buddy. Simply print these off, laminate them and add them to a container with other games you might like to use. There are additional resources in the pack that can be used, along with examples of how it might look for your classroom. It also includes everything else you need to run a successful rotation programme!
Download this amazing resource here from my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. If you already have it, re-download it so you have the updated version with the new games!
PRISM maths concept resource
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Technology ibooks

1/4/2020

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Over the past few years I have worked on pdfs and ibooks that aim to transfer idea, knowledge and skill about key software or apps that I have used. I love sharing my work and ideas with others and another way of doing that is through ibooks. These are pdfs that I have created and released on Apple ibooks for educators to read and access from all over the world. 

Check out five of the ones I have released and created:

8 Engaging Ways to use Technology in the classroom
This ibook unpacks 8 key ways and themes that technology can be used in the classroom. I provide in depth knowledge and key examples of how you can use this and see it happening. 

This book is written from my perspective and things that I have used that will work! 

Access the ibook here. 
Access the pdf from Google here. 
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40 ways to use Seesaw in your classroom
This resource is my favourite - providing 40 ways to use Seesaw in the classroom! Activity links, templates, examples and ideas to use in your classroom. 

This book includes examples of resources that I have made, pictures of my student work with a few from other educators across the world. 

Access the ibook here. 
Access the pdf from Google here. 
How to use Google Docs
This ibook provides you with a quick overview of how to use and navigate Google Docs. Perfect for teachers looking to start their Google Docs journey, or someone looking for a quick refresh on where to find key parts. 

Access the ibook here. 
Access the pdf from Google here.
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How to use Google Slides
This ibook provides you with a quick overview of how to use and navigate Google Slides. Perfect for teachers looking to start their Google Slides journey, or someone looking for a quick refresh on where to find key parts.

Access the ibook here. 
Access the pdf from Google here. 
Seesaw: An overview for teachers
This resource is great for teachers looking to unpack Seesaw and how to get started in the classroom. This hasn't been updated for the new version of Seesaw but this still provides you with huge insight into how it works. 

This was my first pdf ibook I ever wrote so am proud of this effort. It has helped many teachers across the world get started with Seesaw. 

Access the ibook here. 
Access the pdf from Google here. 
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How to use Google Slides

1/2/2020

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New to Google and need a quick overview on Google Slides? This 15 page pdf gives you a quick insight into Google Slides, the tools and parts to navigate it successfully. This pdf shows you screenshots of where things are in Google Slides with some brief guidelines into where to find important parts like what it looks like, toolbar and share. 

This is a follow on from the first pdf document I created on 'How to use Google Docs'. 

Access it via Google downloads here. 
​Download the pdf here. 
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Emoji bullets on google slides

1/1/2020

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Did you know that you can change the bullets in Google slides to emojis!!!!! I had no idea until I read this on twitter the other day. I love using emojis and these are way cooler than the bullets they have already put in Google Slides. It is so simple to change them also!
Check out my example and quick tutorial video above as well! A great way to add detail, excitement and difference to any of the work you are doing on Google Slides. Easy for students to change in their learning too!
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