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Class Goals

3/30/2019

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This year in my class we are focusing on some class goals. These goals are for students in my class to work on together, and have a shared reward. I have found this to work in the past with my students, but instead of focusing on just one, we have three going on at the moment. 

These goals were brainstormed and picked together as a class. We voted on the three we thought were the most important and wanted to focus on every day. Each time me or other teachers can see evidence of this happening in class then they get a sticker on the chart. Each goal has a goal that they also brainstormed and voted on too. 

I find this type of goal incentive to be amazing for students as they are all working towards the same thing. They encourage each other to remember and there is a shared responsibility amongst everyone. Students that perhaps are always late to class, don't want to let the class down so have been actively getting to class on time. The positive encouragement they all have towards each other is also amazing as they are reminding each other in a positive way what we are working on!

I'll let you know how they go!
​Template made on Google Slides!
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Maths Warm ups

3/26/2019

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On the weekend I was fortunate to attend the annual Maths Conference in Auckland led by the Maths Association. This is always a great opportunity to learn from others and hear some new ideas when implementing maths in class. This maths conference had me leaving with two main ideas that I want to share with you. 
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Number Talks
Number talks are a great way to get all students involved in problem solving or a particular strategy sharing warm up lesson. Number talks are popular all around the world with lots of resources you can use to go alongside this. 

Today I trialled Number talks in class and my kids loved it!! They were able to use the hand signals alongside the number talk lesson to show their thinking, strategy or if they agree. We started with a basic problem and worked through how it was to look. The students loved being able to talk about their answer and the way they solved it. 
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Splat!
Splat is an amazing resource that can be used as a warm up or even along side number talks. It is an interactive number sense problem solving powerpoint that has students solving how many spots, then figuring how many are hidden under the splat. 

Each slide has a different number set and then has a different splat amount hiding some of the counters. These are amazing and my students were really engaged in the activities that were going on. Even my low learners that would not usually join in - they were engaged and participating in the activity. 
Download the splat activities from Steve Wyborney here. 
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Seesaw star of the week

3/24/2019

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This is a great way to get students to share learning on their journal if you are just starting out and wanting something specific for them to do to build key skills.
This star of the day involves 3 activities that children can do on Seesaw.
This was developed to help ensure all my students are sharing meaningful posts that are relevant to them with their parents. Not everyone gets to share everyday so this is my way of ensuring students have a turn.

Download the file below to use it in your classroom! 

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Sunday Spotlight

3/24/2019

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Daily 5 resources are still my most popular, best selling resources off my website and teachers pay teachers store!

Daily 5 is a fantastic way of students completing their learning in reading or literacy time. With students choosing between 5 activities to complete - read to self, read to someone, work on writing, word work and listen to reading. 

​Attached below are all my Daily 5 resources that I am sharing for Sunday Spotlight! Except with an amazing discount code - exciting!!
Use the discount code 'daily5' to receive 75% off all my Daily 5 resources. Only for a limited time!!! 
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Word of the week template

3/18/2019

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I was asked to create a word of the week template similar to the number of the week one I created a few weeks ago! So I asked for some key ideas and then whipped up this template!

This template features: 
write it in a sentence, what does it rhyme with, how many letters, write it as a rainbow word, how many vowels, how many consonants and write it as a silly sentence. 
There is also this other version that has a space for draw it as a picture instead of the rainbow words part. 

These templates can be downloaded here from the links below. 
Word of the week - rainbow word edition
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Word of the week - draw it
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Sunday Spotlight

3/16/2019

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This week I am sharing one of my new resources for Sunday Spotlight - word families! This is a resource made on Google Slides where students can drag the words over to the right word family. 

Simply make a copy of the slide deck and share the slides with your students. You could share the whole slide deck as an activity, or just share the one you want on Google Classroom. 

​Check out the video below to see how it works.
Check out more information on this resource here on my website or on my Teachers Pay Teachers store. 
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Sunday Spotlight

3/10/2019

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This weeks Sunday spotlight are these easy to implement multiplication bookmarks! Each bookmark is focused on a multiplication number and can be used to help students practice their times tables, send it home as a reward or for a targeted hot spot. 

There are bookmarks made for each times table from 1-12. Super easy to use and great for the classroom or homework.
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Click on the file above to download this resource for yourself. Or download it from my Teachers Pay Teachers Store here. 
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Ball Pit word Game

3/9/2019

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A lot of my students have low high frequency word recall and need lots of opportunities to practice/recognise/write/say their high frequency words. I recently saw an activity similar to this where students use words in ball pit but practice them or complete them in different ways. 
So I went to the shops and grabbed some different types of balls to go in my ball pit - being a plastic container box.  How does it work?

Students use the recording sheet alongside the box and can play either by themselves or with a buddy. They take turns picking out a ball, saying the word that is on it and then writing it down on the recording sheet. Students would leave that ball they picked out of the box so students can pick it again. 

Another way they could play is with the buddy, once they have picked out the balls to swap recording sheets. Students could then ask each other how to spell a word that was picked out!

Lots of great fun using this resource and I can't wait to get this going in word work time!
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Click on the file link above to download the recording sheet for your classroom!

All the balls I purchased for this activity were from my local $2 shop. 
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