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Organisation Fridge magnet for kids

2/8/2022

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So many people have asked how I made this organisation fridge magnet which I shared over Instagram this weekend. One of our school values is 'be prepared' and I wanted to try help my kiddies achieve success in this area. So I made this table, added in some pictures off Google, printed and laminated then added a magnet. 
This can be added to their home fridge or blue tacked on their door or in their room! Something easy to create but effective in its purpose! 

Find the table template below to add in your own pictures - simply upload it to google slides or powerpoint then add on your chosen images and text!
fridge_magnet_table_template.pdf
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Writing example models - freebie download!

11/25/2020

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During lockdown, I wanted to create an example of what parents can expect writing to look like. Due to the progression of students writing over time, it can sometimes be hard for parents, teachers and students to know how it can progress. 

​So I created these writing example models to help show what the progression of writing COULD look like. It covers the first 1-2 years of writing and identifies key ideas or information in each writing example. 
These are free to download to use in your classroom or at home to show how writing can progress. Download these below!
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Writing Example Models

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Writing Example Models

These writing example models were made for the lockdown earlier this year. The purpose behind them was to show parents the progression of writing and what to expect from students at home; or when learning how to write.


These example models have since been a popular requested item to download for the classroom also. Perfect for showing students how writing changes, improves and new things are learnt and applied in writing.


This covers the general progression of writing over the first 1-2 years of school. It includes 6 writing example models.

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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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Letter fitness game - get your kids moving online

5/6/2020

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I wanted to find a way of incorporating phonics and word work with fitness in a zoom session. Tricky, I know. Especially with littles! But i devised this cute game that can be played that gets students moving whilst practicing letter recognition.
How does it work?
The slideshow shows a letter and a fitness move students need to complete. If they have the letter in their name they perform the move! Easy, fun & engaging! Gets students out of their seat and moving in your session!
You can play the game with your kids too! Click on the link to view and play the game!
Play the game here
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New resource - word work hot spot

5/3/2020

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I love word work and small snippet activities that get students to practice key skills from your classroom. Being online at the moment, it can be hard finding fun activities that students can practice during your online sessions. These word work hot spots are a great quick way to practice key skills! There are eight in this slide deck that can be used online in whole group discussions, or assigned to Seesaw or Google classroom to complete. 
This is available to purchase on my website or TPT store. Great learning opportunities for young learners. 

Daily word work hot spot

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Daily word work hot spot

These daily word work hot spots are a great way to practice key word work concepts in a quick and fun way. Use these in many ways in your classroom - group work, independent practice or whole class activities.


Use these in either slideshow mode (for easy exporting and use on apps like Seesaw to activeinspire for modelling) or pdf mode for printing.


These word work hot spots target:

  • word families
  • initial sounds
  • write a sentence using tricky words
  • alphabetical order
  • first sounds
  • tricky words


This resource comes in both pdf and powerpoint format (not editable). Insert a text box on top for typing.


This resource has been updated 2/5. If you have the old version and would like the update please send an email info@mrspriestleyict.com.

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common words - junior students

4/27/2020

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Before the lockdown commenced I created a parent website that was to help reduce the anxiety and pressure that parents might face being home and having to play the role of 'teacher'. Part of the website has a section on common words that students can use to help test themselves or practice over the lock down. I had just kept all the resources on the home learning website but have decided after many requests to publish the common word resources here.  

You will find an image to preview you the slides, the link to the youtube recording of the words as a whole and then in a test mode and then a link to the slide deck where you can make a copy of these slides for yourself. 

Magneta and red words

​Find the slide deck to make a copy here
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Yellow words

Find the slide deck to make a copy here
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Blue words

Find the slide deck to make a copy here
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Green words

​Find the slide deck to make a copy here
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A video showing all of the common words in one video. 

Want to visit the home learning website? You can do here!
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Google slide activities for home learning

4/18/2020

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Using google slides for home learning or distant learning activities? I have a range of resources and activities on my Teachers Pay Teachers store that might help! Why recreate when it is already there? Check them out below with even a preview of how each one works. 
Ice-cream addition and subtraction: this activity is great practice for students who are adding and subtracting to 10/20. There is a number line to help them and the ice-cream can be used to help count forwards to back along the line. 

Word families: this activity is great for learning about word families. Simply drag the words to the right family. 

Build a word: use the word tiles to build a word they know! There are 3 variations to be able to spell different words. 

High Frequency words: drag the right colour dot to the word it tells you! Great for word recall. 

Numbers 1-20: this interactive one has a space for students to find the right number, type the number and then drag the right amount of dots to create the number. 
Ice-cream add/sub
word families
build a word
High frequency words
numbers 1-20
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Creating a sticker book on Seesaw

4/16/2020

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This week I set up digital sticker books on Seesaw. These are to provide motivation for the work completed and submitted online for our week activities on Seesaw. These are easy to set up and use the stickers that I have created as well - just slightly different. My students have loved this online reward system and encourages them whilst we are on home learning. Watch the recording tutorial below! 
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Using zoom for class meetings?

4/13/2020

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I am using zoom for daily class meetings whilst we are in lock down, meaning that I will be attempting to run some sort of normality PLUS fun activities in these sessions. Using this type of learning could be tricky, but here are some tips that might help you! These are grouped around home fun, reading, writing, maths and word work. Something for everyone and all of these can be done without technology (apart from the zoom session). Click on the link below for the posters. 
Grab the posters here!
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'App's on google slides

4/13/2020

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I love making fun interactive things that students can use in different ways. Technology can be used in so many ways and it is always fun using something differently to usual - in this case Google Slides. Last year I posted a link to a website post from Kasey Bell sharing a way you can make 'apps' on Google slides. Not really apps, but things that you can click on to go to different places. So fancy hyperlinks. 
I created some different versions over the years but have release a new one day - targeting junior maths concepts of counting sets and adding simple sets!
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Access the game here
You can find a link to my other ones below too. Simply click on the URL and copy it to your students to complete at home or assign it as an activity on Seesaw! Can't wait to share this one with my class. 
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Guess the letter game made on Google slides. 

​Access it here. 
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What number comes next? made on Google slides. 

​Access it here. 
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How am i doing online learning at home?

4/13/2020

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Today I ran an online zoom session sharing what I am doing in my classroom for home learning whilst we are on lockdown. I have delivered lots of online learning over this holiday period but for some reason I was extra anxious today about sharing my ideas. Mostly because of how judgemental people have been online and I am mindful of what people think about setting work for their students online. But nevertheless, I shared what I am doing with everyone and you can take it or leave it. 
I have always loved sharing what I am doing in the classroom and remote or home learning is no different. I am confident in the ideas I have and that it will help continue to build connections with students whilst also practicing key skills we have learnt in the classroom. 

Missed the session or want to watch the recording? Find the below and also a link to the slides you can access - with links to resources I have made available for you to make copies of. Find that at the bottom of the page. 
Access the slides here
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Seesaw online recording - how to give feedback

4/10/2020

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Today I ran the last of my online Seesaw PLD, focusing on providing feedback in different ways - using the traditional Seesaw tools and new stickers. It was a really quick PLD but awesome if you are looking to provide your students with feedback in different ways. Check out the recording and slide deck attached for a copy of the slides and also my template you can use. 
Get the slides here
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Word work activity for home learning

4/9/2020

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With online learning, it can be really daunting to come up with ideas that are fun yet still covering key skills or concepts they might have or be learning in class. So this quick tip for word work is a great way for students to practice and keep up with their learning from class. This one involves a really simple slidedeck which you can make a copy of for yourself here. 
Slide deck link here
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