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Seesaw activities - freebies!

8/30/2020

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Did you know I have been creating Seesaw activity templates for FREE for over three years?? These are all free to use, access and have as apart of your Seesaw activities! A giant Seesaw library of over 500 slides to be used in your classroom! 

Check out some of them below or click on the picture for a link to the library!
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Word of the week - differentiation

8/30/2020

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Targeting all your students in class can be tricky - especially if you are covering a few years in one class like I do. I am more conscious of targeting students at all levels and are using a three level progression for my learning intentions and activities for students to aim at a level that works for them. 

Why do this? Well then all my students can be stressed, pushed and promoting their own further learning independently. I can guide them to what I think is a good progression for them. But ultimately it is setting them up for their own success! 
Here is a word of the week version that allows for differentiation! Each level can have a progressively harder word on it for students to focus on in your learning. A great way to meet the needs of students and allow for them to set goals and push themselves. 

​Download this freebie template below! 
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Seesaw 'i can' statements

8/25/2020

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Lots of teachers use 'i can' statements or progressions in their classroom for students to track their choices or actions. There are lots of different resources out there that could be used in your classroom, with these being my version. 

This Seesaw checklist is a great variation for students to check they have all the parts of their learning. There are three templates in this pdf that can be used in your classroom. Download the pdf below. 
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This other resource which I created are these progressions for student and teachers to use - to move from a beginner level to an advanced level. Easy to follow and shows the user how they can improve each time. A great classroom prompt for your classroom. Download the pdfs below. 
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Playful learning

8/24/2020

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This year I have made an active point to include play into my classroom. Teaching Year 0-3 students, it is part of our everyday learning to build on those key skills and learning opportunities. I have a few things in place that work towards this - sharing a few of these below in this post! Call it what you want, playful, play-based, learning through play is an amazing aspect to have in the classroom. 
Learning through play is a pedagogical approach where play is the valued mode of learning – where children can explore, experiment, discover, and solve problems in imaginative and playful ways. Learning through play is also called play-based learning. - NZ Curriculum TKI

This is a list of learning provocations that I created around four key themes that I believe are important in class. Sensory, cognitive, pretend (or dramatic) and fine motor. 

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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. 
This is a playful learning observation template that has four different worded templates (depending on what you call it). This has an observation template where you can track the observations being made of the child. 

Download this observation freebie here. 
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New resources

8/18/2020

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Have you checked out the store recently to see the new resources? So much fun for everyone and a great way to make your life easier! 

Treat Time Maths

NZ$4.00

Treat Time Maths

This resource is a great progression from set making to adding/subtracting to 20, to multiplication and division with a baking treats theme. Use the baking treats on their playing boards or simply use counters/beans that you have around.


Check out the instructions image to see how it works, and what to print out!


This includes:

-set making to 20

-addition cards to 20

-subtraction cards to 20

-multiplication cards for x2, x3, x4, x5, x10

-division cards x2, x3, x4, x5, x10

-problem solving template


Print off the right playing boards and matching playing cards, laminate to ensure durability. Use the baking treats cards to make your sets or solve your problems. For multiplication and division, use the baking trays too!

Students can complete their number sentence on the sentence strip once they have solved their problem.


This resource has 54 pages in it.

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Eye spy - numbers 1 to 10

NZ$4.00

Eye spy with my little eye - numbers 1 to 10

This resource is a great activity to find objects as a time saver or activity for your students. There are pages for numbers 1 to 10 with a variation of objects for numbers 1 to 10 for students to find.

These could be exported and use for Seesaw, Google Classroom or printed out for a hard copy.


You could laminate these to be used as large wipe sheets to practice the numbers.

There are 12 pages in this resource.

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Eye spy with my little eye - blends

NZ$4.00

Eye spy with my little eye - blends

This resource is a great activity to find objects as a time saver or activity for your students. There are five blends that are scattered around the page - ch, sh, th, wh, ph.

These could be exported and use for Seesaw, Google Classroom or printed out for a hard copy.


You could laminate these to be used as large wipe sheets to practice the blends. There are 7 pages in this resource.


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Eye Spy with my little eye - two versions

NZ$5.00

Eye spy with my little eye

This resource is a great activity to find objects as a time saver or activity for your students. There are lots of the objects ranging from A-Z that are scattered around the page. There are also three versions of the eye spy:

-Find the objects (10 pages)

-Find the objects beginning with the sound (A-Z)

-Find the objects beginning with the sound (A-Z) with object clues to be used as wipe sheets


This resource comes in two parts:

  1. Download as a pdf with the link to the Google slide deck. You can then download and use all the templates for Seesaw, Google Classroom or print out for paper resources.
  2. Download the pdf to print out to be used as large wipe sheets
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Alphabet letters - tracing and formation

NZ$4.00

Alphabet letters - tracing and formation

These alphabet letters are a great way for students to practice forming their letters and tracing the right shapes. Print these off in A4 or A3 size, on different coloured paper and have students trace the letter shapes. These could be used with your handwriting programme for junior students, learners beginning to write or someone looking for a prompt for their classroom.


Each letter A-Z are in lower case writing, with a callout on where to start their letter formation. There are then numbered movements with the direction arrows showing which way they should go to form their letters.


There is 21 pages in this resource with an instruction sheet too.

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Letter and numbers tracing formation bundle

NZ$7.00 NZ$5.60

Letter and numbers tracing formation bundle

This bundle is a great way to get both the alphabet letters tracing and formation resource and numbers formation resource.


Alphabet letters and formation

These alphabet letters are a great way for students to practice forming their letters and tracing the right shapes. Print these off in A4 or A3 size, on different coloured paper and have students trace the letter shapes. These could be used with your handwriting programme for junior students, learners beginning to write or someone looking for a prompt for their classroom. Each letter A-Z are in lower case writing, with a callout on where to start their letter formation. There are then numbered movements with the direction arrows showing which way they should go to form their letters.

There is 21 pages in this resource with an instruction sheet too.


Number formation

These numbers are a great way for students to practice forming their numbers and tracing the right shapes. Print these off in A4 or A3 size, on different coloured paper and have students trace the number shapes. These could be used with your maths programme for junior students, learners beginning to write or someone looking for a prompt for their classroom.

Each number 0-9, with a callout on where to start their number formation. There are then numbered movements with the direction arrows showing which way they should go to form their numbers.

There is 13 pages in this resource with an instruction sheet too.

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Number formation

NZ$3.00

Number formation

These numbers are a great way for students to practice forming their numbers and tracing the right shapes. Print these off in A4 or A3 size, on different coloured paper and have students trace the number shapes. These could be used with your maths programme for junior students, learners beginning to write or someone looking for a prompt for their classroom.


Each number 1-9, with a callout on where to start their number formation. There are then numbered movements with the direction arrows showing which way they should go to form their numbers.


There is 13 pages in this resource with an instruction sheet too.

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Donut time maths

NZ$4.00

Donut Time Maths

This resource is a great progression from set making to adding/subtracting to 20, to multiplication and division with a donut theme. Use the donuts on their playing boards or simply use counters/beans that you have around.


Check out the instructions image to see how it works, and what to print out!


This includes:

-set making to 20

-addition cards to 20

-subtraction cards to 20

-multiplication cards for x2, x3, x4, x5, x10

-division cards x2, x3, x4, x5, x10

-problem solving template


Print off the right playing boards and matching playing cards, laminate to ensure durability. Use the donut cards to make your sets or solve your problems. For multiplication and division, use the baking trays too!

Students can complete their number sentence on the sentence strip once they have solved their problem.


This resource has 49 pages in it.

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Breakfast Time Maths

NZ$4.00

Breakfast Time Maths

This resource is a great progression from set making to adding/subtracting to 20, to multiplication and division with a breakfast theme. Use the breakfast pieces on their playing boards or simply use counters/beans that you have around.


Check out the instructions image to see how it works, and what to print out!


This includes:

-set making to 20

-addition cards to 20

-subtraction cards to 20

-multiplication cards for x2, x3, x4, x5, x10

-division cards x2, x3, x4, x5, x10

-problem solving template


Print off the right playing boards and matching playing cards, laminate to ensure durability. Use the item cards to make your sets or solve your problems. For multiplication and division, use the plates too!

Students can complete their number sentence on the sentence strip once they have solved their problem.


This resource has 51 pages in it.

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How can I solve it? posters

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How can I solve it? posters

These posters are a great anchor chart or reminder for students to use in the classroom as a reminder for which strategy they should use. These are three in this poster pack:


  1. using fingers, using objects, drawing, number line and numbers chart
  2. using tens blocks, popsicle sticks, tens frames, number line and numbers chart
  3. groups of, an array, repeated addition/subtraction, number line and numbers chart


These can be printed in a large poster for the classroom wall, smaller table charts or to send home as a reminder.

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Seesaw videos

8/14/2020

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With New Zealand going back into lockdown, many teachers are back to using distant or online learning to keep the learning happening. Part of the first lockdown we had here, I shared info on how to create your own sticker books and stickers for Seesaw and motivational rewards. These can be updated each day or based on the activities students complete and be a way of keeping students involved or interested in their learning. 
I have created a video below on how to find and access past Seesaw sticker books; with links to how to create your own sticker book using my template and sticker templates. 

This second video is of the amazing new update to Seesaw! You can now link directly to Seesaw activities for students to complete without having to go through the activity portal. Before it was hard to get students to complete activities online by simply talking about where to go, how to access it and using visuals as prompts. 
Now you don't need that - you can generate the student link and share it with them directly. They get taken straight to the activity to complete and then can fill it in! So easy and handy. Check out my video showing you how to do it!
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Distant learning - how did i run my classroom?

8/12/2020

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Even though full lockdown was awhile ago for us in New Zealand, with the recent new cases in the community we are looking at the true possibility of a nationwide full lockdown again. I want to do my part and have been asked to share what I did in lockdown before. This post will share roughly what I did and have links to freebies you could use. 
For background knowledge, I teach Year 0-3 students and we were fortunate that all students in my class had access to a device, internet and the online learning we had set up. 
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General online learning - what did I do?
  • We met daily for zoom sessions with me. These were half an hour and were targeted curriculum areas like writing, reading, maths, phonics/word work, art
  • We had themed days where students could wear something, bring something or we would do something fun
  • We had school wide optional morning meetings at 9.00am for 15 minutes to catch up, share news and be together
  • We had school assemblies once a week to share student of the weeks, fun challenges and work we had been doing
  • I ran 1:1 opt in sessions 2 times a week for students to have learning just with me on reading, writing or maths.
What technology did we use?
  • We created a school Google site home learning site where we shared our work and choice boards for students to find and use
  • My class used Seesaw to communicate and share their work from home. This was to share learning activities for students to complete, learning from home and messages to parents to keep in contact
  • I had set up Epic for reading, Teach your monster to read, and Prodigy for learning at home. Other technology apps were optional but those 3 were set up for logins to go out on the first day of lockdown
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How I run it?
My school did a choice board of activities that were similar, but different. I used a must-do, may-do and you pick system where there were certain activities that were a must-do, then some things they could choose from. 
Of course parents were able to choose whether this worked for their students or didn't, and there was no pressure to complete it all. 
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The must-do activities were usually one reading themed, one maths themed, one writing themed and then a check in. There were also two different variations of the choice board which differentiated for needs, with students being able to choose 1, some from both or all options. 
This was a Google slide that was embedded into our Google site and had all the links on it for students to use. There were screenshots of activities and specific key help for parents to be able to support the learning happening. I also talked through this every Monday so students could see the learning that was happening and the activities for the week. 
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How did it go?
Overall I really loved the online learning. Anything technology I thrive off and found it a great opportunity to stretch my learning, change my practice and use technology to enhance learning. Yes it was hard (which I will share below) but I feel my students didn't regress too much in the time we didn't have in class. 
I had 90-100% attendance in every online zoom session, with students being prepared for the session by bringing the materials, being present and engaged online and using technology in a new way we might not have before. The learning was completed regularly by 72% of my students with many doing parts here and there. Of course I wanted them to be happy so there was no expectation for it to HAVE to be done. The 1:1 sessions were always booked each week and were used to target students in discussion with parents. 

Any downsides?
Yes of course there were some which every teacher faced!
  • Time - there wasn't enough to do your job justice. Yes I feel like I did all that I could with what I had but of course time to do more would have been great
  • Differentiation for all levels like you would do in class is hard. Group work was harder to achieve but Seesaw did help make this happen - thanks to Seesaw for being amazing!
  • Ensuring students were engaged in the learning and making the most of who I was as a teacher. I wanted to help them all achieve and found a HUGE amount of pressure on me to do a great job. Especially in those half an hour zoom sessions!
  • I missed my kids! Man I missed them a lot!
Want even more ideas and in depth on what I did? Check out my online PLD recording that I ran in April!
Freebies for your online learning
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Zoom activities sheets with ideas for teachers! 

There are 5 in this pdf idea pack that can be used to support other online ideas you might have. 
Zoom rules
This zoom rule sheet was helpful for my students to know the expectations and what was meant to be done. 
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Weekly overview chart
This is a Google Slides template that can be used as your overview for your students. What is the theme, what is the focus and what will you need. 
Seesaw check in templates
Using Seesaw and looking for check in templates? Here are a range of examples covering different ideas. These can be added to your Seesaw library via the links. 
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Eye Spy with my little eye freebie
This can be used on Seesaw or Google classroom. Based on first initial sounds and then also items for them to find. 
Letter fitness
This is a great way to get students moving and recognising letters. I used this in a zoom session and was lots of fun.
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Home learning sticker book
This sticker book was a great online sticker motivation for my students. They got stickers for different aspects of work they completed and were assigned via Seesaw. 
Need more Seesaw help? Check out my Youtube channel for PLD recordings and online tips. 
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End of week reflection on Seesaw

8/8/2020

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For those of you that love reflection opportunities for your kiddies, this Seesaw activity could be the next best thing for you - looking to a set up for weekly reflection questions. We use reflection activities weekly and parents love to hear what their children have loved, learnt and want to learn about.
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This is a three part activity where they can use the video to record themselves. Of course they can use other tools too but the video tool is a great way to capture students, their thinking and emotions whilst sharing or reflecting. 
Want to see it in action? Click on the image to view my example to see how it works and how the new multiple video tool looks in an activity. 

Want the activity on Seesaw? Click on the button below to be able to add it to your Seesaw library. 
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Find it on Seesaw here!
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Freebie of the week

8/8/2020

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This weeks freebie of the week are these anchor charts to help students use a wide range of vocabulary instead of commonly used one! No more said, happy, long or slow! Spice up their lives with some new vocabulary instead of using those common words! This resource includes 21 commonly used words with replacement or other words they could use instead! Display this in your classroom on the wall, by group tables or as prompts for students to refer too! Exciting for new things in your classroom that can help students extend their ideas or make them more interesting! Download it below!
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Play learning provocations

8/6/2020

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Playful learning is what I run in my classroom. Of course you can call it play based learning, play learning, play in learning. What ever you call it - this can help you. I have been exploring with playful learning opportunities in my classroom all year. 
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These provocation ideas are split into four categories - sensory, cognitive, pretend and fine motor. Each of these can be easily implemented in your classroom with what you have and the needs or interests of your students. Of course this is not a finite list, but something I am using to make sure I meet each of these play areas for my students. Download this list as pdf below, along with this other freebie of some pretend (dramatic) play ideas too!
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Persuasive writing

8/3/2020

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Persuasive writing is the next resource to be made! We are moving onto this in our classroom for writing and will be persuading others on what we think is the best crystals. But before we even start that, we need to know about the parts of persuasive writing. This is where my latest resource comes in!
Persuasive writing is a great resource to use alongside this genre - with anchor charts, an example and table amts that explain the key concepts! This is great for anyone starting out! 

Purchase the full resource below or download the anchor chart freebie on the right!
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Persuasive Writing

NZ$4.00

Persuasive Writing

This resource is a great addition to your classroom writing programme for teaching persuasions. It has materials that might be beneficial to your students and classroom set up.


This pack includes:

-persuasive cover sheet explaining what a persuasion is

-anchor charts to unpack each part of persuasive writing

-teacher model with prompts

-teacher model

-persuasion table mat

-persuasion success criteria slip


These could be used as whole class resources, table prompts and a wall display for your classrooms.


This resource has 14 pages in it.

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Freebie of the week

8/1/2020

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This weeks freebie of the week is this parent teacher conference meeting template. This can be used to assist teachers and parents with goal settings and questions when meeting parents in conferences. 
This resource has six different template variations, depending on the wording you like to use. It has a space for goals, questions and other comments. 

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These could be photo copied with a copy given to parents for their hard copy, and also attached to their file or planning for you - the teacher. These are handy for all teachers looking to have successful parent teacher conferences with goal setting. Download this freebie below. 

Parent/teacher conference templates

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Parent/teacher conference templates

These templates are great for parent/teacher conferences or meetings you are having. This could assist alongside reports and be used for goal setting, questions and comments. This could be copied and sent home with the parents, or kept just for your own copy to plan for next learning steps.


This comes with 6 variation headings:

  • family meeting goals
  • family meeting conferences
  • family meeting
  • whanau meeting goals
  • whanau meeting conferences
  • whanau meeting


This resource has 6 pages.

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