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Maths thinking boards/problem solving

9/25/2019

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I designed these maths thinking boards to originally be used with Seesaw. But after thinking about the resource, I thought they would be awesome to use in maths both online and offline. These have different sections for students to show their learning and strategies to solving problems. 
These thinking boards are for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division - each with key sections to show different ways of answering the question. 
Today we used an addition one in peers. Students worked together to solve the problem and shared their learning in any way they wanted with the prompts. It is a great way to practice number sentences and number stories too. 
Want the thinking boards for your classroom? Download them from my teachers pay teachers store for free!
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Click here for the Seesaw activity link for the online version. 
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Google Keep - can I make it pretty?

9/24/2019

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I have been asked this many times - how can I make Google Keep pretty? The answer is very easily! 
Awhile ago I created a post (similar to this) sharing my google keep notes and also this quick youtube video on how you can make your google keep pretty too. Great for those of you that love pretty things on your desktop!
I created my templates on powerpoint with a fancy font and colour. The fonts I brought were off teachers pay teachers that I uploaded onto my computer to be able to use. You then save your text and background as an image, and upload it onto google keep as an 'add image'. It will then save it to the top of your note. 

There are lots of other great ideas floating around the internet but I hope this helps unpack it easily on how you can make it pretty yourself. 
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Story publishing

9/17/2019

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We finished our narrative writing this week and students really wanted to publish them in a meaningful way. We have a WOW wall but my students wanted a way of being able to read each others stories.

So we created little story books with titles, front covers, their planning sheets and their final version of their stories. They put them in the library corner and then spent all reading doing 'read to self' or 'read to someone' so they could read each others!! It was so awesome. 
You could do this for any type of publishing - it really gives the work a purpose. Students are able to read others writing, see how their peers completed their work and just read for enjoyment.
So easy to create, we used:
-colour paper for our book covers
-free template for book cover off sparklebox
-narrative planning templates off teachers pay teachers
-typed up publishing on google docs
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Sunday SPotlight

9/15/2019

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This week I am sharing my teacher tech videos page - the new addition to my website. This is a place where educators, teachers, individuals and even students can go to for quick help tips around digital devices. 

The videos are sectioned into three sections currently: google related videos, seesaw related videos and then anything else technology based. The videos are filmed using screencastify or quicktime player screen recorder and are short videos talking through simple steps or ideas. The youtube links are also there if you would rather view them on Youtube. 

Click on the link here to check it out!

Need some help with something and can't find a video or recording tip?
​See me a quick message and I can add one to the library for you!
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Google Forms for student voice

9/15/2019

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Google forms is a simple way of involving technology into your classroom. It can be used to promote technology use in a meaningful, yet exciting way to involve students and enhance engagement. A simple way is by using it to gather student voice! This google form asks students which one they prefer - a cat or a dog. Sure you could just ask students for a show of hands; but by asking them this through a google form it could be integrated as part of your programme in a tumble, discussion time, or checkpoint that students could complete before the learning. 
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You could then extend it by giving students an opportunity to respond with an answer. This one being a reason why they prefer it to the other one. 
This could also use sentence stems or whole class discussion points that you might have brainstormed altogether as a class. 
I have lots of previous website posts about google forms with examples and links to ways you could use it in your classroom. This is just one way, with there being MANY different ways you could use it. Just search 'google forms' on my website to bring up all the website posts. 

Want a follow up activity for persuasive writing and this google form? Download this free template below!
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Bitmoji learning pit

9/11/2019

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The learning pit is a great way of unpacking and exploring learning. Created by James Nottingham, it is a great way for students to be critical, creative and collaborative. This version of the learning pit is using Bitmoji to engage students and add excitement to our anchor posters.  And this way makes it relatable for me to use and talk about with my students. 
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Each of the parts of the learning pit are unpacked with a heading, explanation and some thinking prompts. This helps students to think and reflect about each part of the learning pit when exploring and going through it.

This template was designed by Mr Davola Tech and is free to make a copy of. Check the link here for a copy for yourself. 
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Reflection in class

9/8/2019

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Last week I shared and talked about the traffic light reflection model. Check out the post here. This was a poster I used to help highlight reflection prompts and thinking structures to help my students with reflecting on their learning in class. I have used this reflection model in my classroom on and off this year, but wanted to commit myself to using it more going forward to the end of the year. 
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How it works is I use my feedback and exit slip bundle cards for students to choose when reflecting on their work. We talk about the learning we were trying to achieve, talk through the traffic light prompts and students select the appropriate level they feel for the activity. 

In this session we also then peer shared with each other why we chose the colour and tried to talk about evidence in our work that could back it up. The evidence part is what we will continue to work on talking about as that was hard for my students to do. 

In saying that, it was lots of fun and an engaging way for students to reflect and think about what they were doing in the activity and the purpose. 
Purchase the resources here to help support the traffic light reflection model in your classroom too. 
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Maori language week - sunday spotlight

9/8/2019

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This week it is Māori language week - 9-15 September 2019. This is a time to celebrate the language and promote te reo in the classroom! As part of our national language, it is vital we are using te reo in the classroom to continue to build awareness, acceptance and inclusion. 

To help bridge the gap, you can download my free te reo school online calendar! A great way to practice key terminology and sentence structures for your daily calendar!
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This includes a template with days of the week, month, date, weather and space for important updates. Perfect as a beginning of the day activity or calendar maths warm up in maths time. 

Make a copy of the template for yourself here. 
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Traffic light reflection

9/2/2019

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Self reflection is a great way for students to think about their learning, their evidence and how they feel about what they are working on. Reflection can occur at any time of the lesson and it is important that students (and teachers) are practicing it throughout the day. Using the traffic light reflection model is a great way for students to develop this type of thinking. 

This model works the same as a traffic light with 3 colours - green, orange and red. 
Green - "I get it"
Orange - "I'm getting there"
Red - "I need some help!"

I have used this traffic light model before with my students, with circle cut outs that they place in their books to reflect on how they are feeling. I also have a stamp which they can tick to show their reflection under their learning. 
This poster is designed to unpack each colour with key reflection prompts that students can use to figure out what level they are working on.  Download the poster >>>>
Purchase my accompanying feedback and exit slip bundle as well below. 
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Sunday Spotlight

9/1/2019

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This weeks Sunday spotlight is sharing my recently updated Seesaw task cards. These are targeted for four curriculum areas of learning - maths, reading, writing and ESOL. Each of the task cards has instructions with images for students to follow to complete the learning activity each task card is written for. 

Check out the individual links below or check out the bundle link here for a discount on all the task cards. 

Seesaw reading task cards
These are great for unpacking reading activities and responses for students in literacy time. Activities include ones like book review, recognising blends and character description. 
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Purchase it here.
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Seesaw maths task cards
These are great for unpacking maths activities with two different sets of task cards. The first are basic activities like counting to 100 or number of the day. The second task cards provide templates that assist the task cards like showing how to work out addition or subtraction problem solving. 
Purchase the Maths task cards here.
Purchase the Maths task cards #2 here.
Seesaw ESOL task cards
These task cards are great for students learning English, and looking for ways to explore basic sentence structures and activities. These include activities about their family, feelings and who they are. 

Purchase the ESOL task cards here. 
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Seesaw Writing task cards
These task cards are aimed at literacy activities - with writing in mind. Some of these are around publishing, practicing spelling words or practicing high frequency words. 

Purchase the writing task cards here. 
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