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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!
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.
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
Looking to get started and need a few ideas? No worries - get in contact! 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
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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. Eye spy - numbers 1 to 10
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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. Eye spy with my little eye - blends
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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. Eye Spy with my little eye - two versions
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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:
Alphabet letters - tracing and formation
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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. Letter and numbers tracing formation bundle
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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. 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. Number formation
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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. 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. 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. 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:
These can be printed in a large poster for the classroom wall, smaller table charts or to send home as a reminder. 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!
What technology did we use?
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.  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!
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
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.
 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!
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!
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:
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