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Ready for a TEACHING hack that will blow your mind? No more ugly smeared whiteboard marks. Use a highlighter & it rubs off quick & easy! Looking for some inspiration for your classroom? Check out these resources you can add for your kiddies to use! Sound Cards
NZ$6.00
Sound Cards These sound cards are a great way to help teach phonics and key sounds. This pack comes with 58 different sound cards that can be used to practice and identify each sound. This comes with the sound card in letter or sound card, picture and visual representations of each sound, and matching written words underneath. Target sounds included are:
These could be used in small group phonics teaching, aligning to decodable text phonics sessions or whole class sound prompts. These are best laminated to ensure durability and reuse. Total resources comes with 61 pages. Sound Cards #2 (written words)
NZ$8.00
Sound Cards #2 (written words) These sound cards are a great way to help teach phonics and key sounds. This pack comes with different sound cards in written form that can be used to practice and identify each sound. This comes with the colourful tabs to help differentiate each sound when creating a set of sound cards for your kit. Please see the second image for a list of all the sounds covered in the sound cards. There is one page of cards for each sound. These could be used in small group phonics teaching, aligning to phonics sessions or whole class sound prompts. These are best laminated to ensure durability and reuse. This resource has 136 pages in it. On Sale On Sale Sound Cards Bundle (picture and written form)
NZ$14.00
NZ$11.20
Sound Cards Bundle (picture and written form) These sound cards are a great way to help teach phonics and key sounds. This bundle pack comes with different sound cards in picture and written form that can be used to practice and identify each sound. This also comes with the colourful tabs to help differentiate each sound when creating a set of sound cards for your kit. Picture word target sounds included are:
Written word target sounds included are on the third image - there are over 100 different sound cards. Check out both resources individually or download this bundle to save 20% off! This resource comes with 190 pages. These could be used in small group phonics teaching, aligning to phonics sessions or whole class sound prompts. These are best laminated to ensure durability and reuse. **This comes in a zip file so please ensure you have the right software to unzip the file to access your sound cards. On Sale On Sale Stage 1-6 Maths Bundle
NZ$48.00
NZ$38.40
Stage 1-6 Maths Bundle This is a bundle pack of my Stage 1-6 Maths. Grab them all individually or in one cheaper bundle. These resources are fabulous for those of you with students working in Stage 1-6. It includes activities, games and ideas that can be used in an independent maths programme, or alongside your teaching sessions. This bundle is perfect for beginning teachers looking to set up their maths section, or a teacher looking for more ideas. It includes a learning progression sheet that highlights the areas for number knowledge and number strategy in Stage 1- Stage 6. The resources follow the learning progression and are noted in the top right hand corner with what progression they match too. It also comes with decorations for your box to keep track of your resources. This resource pack is best laminated to ensure durability and can be used with whiteboard pens as wipe sheets. These align with NZ Curriculum pink book learning progressions. **This will be downloaded as a zip file so please make sure you have access to be able to unzip to access the files. Writing Goal Cards and checklists
NZ$5.00
Writing Goal and Checklists This writing goal and checklist pack is perfect for those teachers looking for a range of goal cards and checklists to help structure your writing programme! There are different templates in this pack so you can see what works for you, your class and your needs! Perfect for looking for differentiation or something specific. Included is:
In this pack there are 17 pages. Make your own must do/free pick board
NZ$5.00
Make your own must do/free pick board This is a new version of a must do/free pick choice board that you can use to create your own learning opportunities for your students. This resource includes:
All templates in this resource come with tumble pictures to copy and paste onto the slide that you want to use to make your own choice board. These are on the side of each slide. This is a powerpoint resource so you must have access to powerpoint and a zip file opener to access this resource. Sound it out to Space
NZ$4.00
Sound it out to Space This activity is a great alternative to phoneme box sounding out. It is fun, engaging and hands on with kiddies being able to map out each sound before blending them together. With a space theme, this has phoneme stars with a space background and uses a spaceship/rocket as the moving piece. How does it work? Kiddies use the phoneme star mat and spaceship. Kiddies use words they have provided by their teacher, and move the spaceship each phoneme star whilst saying it out loud. Then once they get to the blend it star, they blend the sounds together to say the word. For reinforcement, kiddies can then write it down on the recording sheet. This resource includes 4 different variation mats for 3/4/5 phoneme words. This resource includes 21 pages. **It does not include words - teachers are able to use/provide the word lists that best match their kiddies learning and needs. Letter of the Week Pack
NZ$10.00
Letter of the Week Pack This pack is full of activities and worksheets that can be used in your classroom to reinforce your letter of the week teaching. This also comes with things to help set this up in your classroom so your students know what letter of the week it is. These can be printed out and used as a worksheet, exported as a PNG or JPEG file to be used online with software like Seesaw and Google Classroom. Included is:
This resource includes 232 pages. This is a zip file - you will need software to be able to unzip this to access your resource. Make a word
NZ$5.00
Make a word This activity is great for students to practice their spelling, decoding, sound mapping and more! There are a range of sounds included that students choose between to make their words. Each page has a key sound in the middle of the circle which is the focus sound. Then students use the sounds around the outside plus the middle sound to make a word. Sounds covered are: short a short e short i short o short u ai ay ee ea igh oa ar or ir oo oy Each sound page comes in two variations. One with a recording box on the bottom and one without. There also is a separate recording page that has a box for real and made up words. Students can use either variation of the activity. There are 66 pages in this resource. Getting ready for your 2022 classroom? Then think about purchasing a tribe membership! A great way to save money, time & your energy! You have access to every resource on my website for the time of your membership. There are two options available - a month or a year. Such a great saving especially if there is lots you want to grab! Check out the information below for more!
I have also created a range of Google Keep headers to match this type of format if this is something you are looking to switch too. These are free to download via the link below.
This is another template that I made on google drawings. I simply duplicate this each week and then add in or change what I need to. This gets completed each Sunday and shared with parents looking forward to the next week. This was really simple to create - but you can use my template link below to make a copy of and use in your own classroom too!
Happy grams!!! A quick and cute note for parents on how the day has gone. With so many things that go on during the day, it can be hard to make contact with parents to let them know about the amazing things their child might have done! Could be around attitude, perseverance, assessment or just a general awesome day!
❗️Have a laptop? You NEED these digital Stage 1-6 number knowledge presentations 💻 Long awaited & perfect with the freebie of the week….a set of number knowledge presentations that automatically rotate through questions for kiddies! 👌🏼 Use these in your classroom to: 💬 prompt discussion 🧮 as a hot spot or warm up ✅ check on learning & more!!! Available individually for each Stage or as a bundle! Perfect for kiddies working on Stage 1-6 of NZ curriculum! ❤️ Love this? Let me know below! ⬇️⬇️
Im not the creator of these learning styles - there is lots of literature and evidence online about these styles and which are more popular than others. Some literature authors state there are only four main ways; some say seven; I even read somewhere about nine. These seven are ones that I have worked from this year over 2021 and placed my students into. I always ask parents when students start where they think their students might prefer. Download this pdf chart if you feel this might help you unpack the learning styles of your students too!
I've been working on lots of new resources for teachers in a variety of different area. Find them below to navigate, view and purchase what could work in your classroom. Phonics resources - check out my new phonics packs that are a great introduction for your classroom and phonics learning. Buy them individually or in a bundle! Phonics Pack 1
NZ$10.00
Phonics Pack 1 This phonics pack 1 is a great introduction to using structured literacy in your classroom. No matter what books or phonics programme you are using to support structured literacy in your classroom; this pack will help reinforce those learning concepts you are covering. This pack can be used in whole class teaching, small group teaching, buddy lessons and individual for students. This Pack 1 covers /m/ /s/ /f/ /a/ /t/ /c/ /p/ /i/ sounds. Included in this pack is: Teaching powerpoint show to cover:
*This is perfect for whole class teaching and can be used on TV display for all your students to practice. Teaching powerpoint in pdf form too Spin and cover games: Spin and cover either the picture with the first sound or a word including the spun sound What’s the sound game: Roll the dice and move across the board saying the first sound of the picture you land on Decode & Blend game: Roll the dice and move across the board sounding out the word you land on Circle the sound activity: Circle the first sound that matches the image on the card Initial sound follow up worksheets: Follow up worksheets that can be completed during or after the learning that is going on Flashcards or teaching cards: Use these for individual practice to give students This comes in a zip file so you will need the correct software to unzip the file. It will then have all four parts of the resource. The powerpoint show is only a powerpoint show in (ppsx file) and can not be converted to powerpoint or slides due to the format it has been saved in. This ensures the animations are in place and can run successfully. Phonics Pack 2
NZ$10.00
Phonics Pack 2 This phonics pack 2 is a great introduction to using structured literacy in your classroom. No matter what books or phonics programme you are using to support structured literacy in your classroom; this pack will help reinforce those learning concepts you are covering. This pack can be used in whole class teaching, small group teaching, buddy lessons and individual for students. This Pack 2 covers /d/ /g/ /n/ /b/ /l/ /v/ /o/ /h/ sounds. Included in this pack is: Teaching powerpoint show to cover:
*This is perfect for whole class teaching and can be used on TV display for all your students to practice. Teaching powerpoint in pdf form too Spin and cover games: Spin and cover either the picture with the first sound or a word including the spun sound What’s the sound game: Roll the dice and move across the board saying the first sound of the picture you land on Decode & Blend game: Roll the dice and move across the board sounding out the word you land on Circle the sound activity: Circle the first sound that matches the image on the card Initial sound follow up worksheets: Follow up worksheets that can be completed during or after the learning that is going on Flashcards or teaching cards: Use these for individual practice to give students This comes in a zip file so you will need the correct software to unzip the file. It will then have all four parts of the resource. The powerpoint show is only a powerpoint show in (ppsx file) and can not be converted to powerpoint or slides due to the format it has been saved in. This ensures the animations are in place and can run successfully. Phonics Pack 3
NZ$10.00
Phonics Pack 3 This phonics pack 3 is a great introduction to using structured literacy in your classroom. No matter what books or phonics programme you are using to support structured literacy in your classroom; this pack will help reinforce those learning concepts you are covering. This pack can be used in whole class teaching, small group teaching, buddy lessons and individual for students. This Pack 3 covers /j/ /u/ /w/ /x/ /k/ /qu/ /e/ /r/ /z/ /y/ sounds. Included in this pack is: Teaching powerpoint show to cover:
*This is perfect for whole class teaching and can be used on TV display for all your students to practice. Teaching powerpoint in pdf form too Spin and cover games: Spin and cover either the picture with the first sound or a word including the spun sound What’s the sound game: Roll the dice and move across the board saying the first sound of the picture you land on Decode & Blend game: Roll the dice and move across the board sounding out the word you land on Snakes and ladders game Circle the sound activity: Circle the first sound that matches the image on the card Initial sound follow up worksheets: Follow up worksheets that can be completed during or after the learning that is going on Flashcards or teaching cards: Use these for individual practice to give students This comes in a zip file so you will need the correct software to unzip the file. It will then have all four parts of the resource. The powerpoint show is only a powerpoint show in (ppsx file) and can not be converted to powerpoint or slides due to the format it has been saved in. This ensures the animations are in place and can run successfully. Phonics Pack 4
NZ$10.00
Phonics Pack 4 This phonics pack 4 is a great introduction to using structured literacy in your classroom. No matter what books or phonics programme you are using to support structured literacy in your classroom; this pack will help reinforce those learning concepts you are covering. This pack can be used in whole class teaching, small group teaching, buddy lessons and individual for students. This Pack 4 covers /ll/ /ss/ /ff/ /zz/ /bb/ /gg/ /dd/ /tt/ sounds. Included in this pack is: Teaching powerpoint show to cover:
*This is perfect for whole class teaching and can be used on TV display for all your students to practice. Teaching powerpoint in pdf form too Spin and cover games: Spin and cover either the picture with the sound or a word including the spun sound What’s the sound game: Roll the dice and move across the board saying the sound of the picture you land on Decode & Blend game: Roll the dice and move across the board sounding out the word you land on Snakes and ladders game Fill in the sentences: Read the decodable sentences and choose the right word to match from the choices Write the word activity: Sound out the picture prompts and write them on the cards Follow up worksheets: Follow up worksheets that can be completed during or after the learning that is going on Flashcards or teaching cards: Use these for individual practice to give students This comes in a zip file so you will need the correct software to unzip the file. It will then have all four parts of the resource. The powerpoint show is only a powerpoint show in (ppsx file) and can not be converted to powerpoint or slides due to the format it has been saved in. This ensures the animations are in place and can run successfully. On Sale On Sale Phonics Pack Bundle (Phonics Packs 1-4)
NZ$40.00
NZ$32.00
Phonics Pack Bundle (Phonics Packs 1-4) This phonics pack bundle is a great introduction to using structured literacy in your classroom. No matter what books or phonics programme you are using to support structured literacy in your classroom; this pack will help reinforce those learning concepts you are covering. This bundle can be used in whole class teaching, small group teaching, buddy lessons and individual for students. It contains: Phonics Pack 1 - /m/ /s/ /f/ /a/ /t/ /c/ /p/ /i/ sounds. Phonics Pack 2 - /d/ /g/ /n/ /b/ /l/ /v/ /o/ /h/ sounds. Phonics Pack 3 - /j/ /u/ /w/ /x/ /k/ /qu/ /e/ /r/ /z/ /y/ sounds. Phonics Pack 4 - /ll/ /ss/ /ff/ /zz/ /bb/ /gg/ /dd/ /tt/ sounds. These come in a zip file so you will need the correct software to unzip the file. It will then have all four parts of the resource. The powerpoint show is only a powerpoint show in (ppsx file) and can not be converted to powerpoint or slides due to the format it has been saved in. This ensures the animations are in place and can run successfully. Maths resources - check out my new maths resource for your classroom! Basic facts practice sheets with a few different aspects combined; or Space themed missing number activities. Basic Facts Practice Sheets
NZ$5.00
Basic Facts Practice Sheets These practice sheets are a great way to reinforce key basic facts concepts for students exploring Stages 3-5 of the New Zealand Curriculum. Of course they can be used with other school curriculums or year groups depending on your students. Each practice sheets have a variety of concepts to cover and practice on one paper. There are three variations of each one for multiple times of practice should students need continued support with a particular basic facts skill. Example of skills covered: facts to 5 facts to 10 facts to 20 times table practice halves and doubles missing numbers There are 28 pages in this resource. Missing Numbers - Space theme
NZ$4.00
Missing Numbers - Space theme Missing number activities are a great way for students to practice number sequence counting and number identification. In each activity there are numbers missing which are replaced with pictures. Students need to work out which number is missing and fill it in on the representing picture. Included are:
Best to be laminated and used with a whiteboard pen as a wipe sheet. Or use a plastic sleeve to ensure durability. There are 28 pages in this resource. Space resources - check out my new Space themed resources. Great for themed classroom learning in your term. The 'Space in the Classroom' pack has themed activities for literacy, writing and maths! Space in the Classroom
NZ$5.00
Space in the Classroom This space themed pack is great a junior classroom with a Space theme. It has prompts and activities that can be incorporated into your space as provocations or activities. Included is:
These activities are best used in a junior classroom but can have aspects of it used in other classrooms depending on your focus or target. There are 84 pages in this resource Missing Numbers - Space theme
NZ$4.00
Missing Numbers - Space theme Missing number activities are a great way for students to practice number sequence counting and number identification. In each activity there are numbers missing which are replaced with pictures. Students need to work out which number is missing and fill it in on the representing picture. Included are:
Best to be laminated and used with a whiteboard pen as a wipe sheet. Or use a plastic sleeve to ensure durability. There are 28 pages in this resource. Dinosaur resources - check out my new dinosaur report writing resource. Similar to my animal report writing; but dinosaur themed with templates, posters and more! Dinosaur Report Writing
NZ$7.00
Dinosaur Report Writing This resource is a great addition to your classroom writing programme for teaching dinosaur report writing. It has materials that might be beneficial to your students and classroom set up when introducing or teaching how to write a report. This pack includes: -dinosaur report writing cover sheet explaining what dinosaur report writing is -anchor charts to unpack each part of dinosaur report writing e.g. diet, habitat, life cycle -dinosaur posters in colour and black and white -dinosaur fact posters in colour and black and white The dinosaurs posters specifically described are:
-general report writing templates that can be used for research or publishing. These are generalised without specific titles or dinosaur names -specific dinosaur report writing templates
These could be used as whole class resources, table prompts and a wall display for your classrooms. This resource has 157 pages in it.
But never fear! I whipped up this introduction and very surface level peek into some ways Seesaw and numeracy can go together! In the holidays I will run a deeper level PLD with insight into activities; but this can get you through until then! Seesaw has opportunities to document, create, share and reflect for both teachers and students with their learning. I love the way that it can make it easier for both teachers and learners. View the slides and watch the recording below to see a little bit more of how you can use Seesaw with numeracy! Find links to freebie templates and handouts plus other PLD recordings too on the slides below!
I already have free online courses that you can complete here on my online courses site! There are some around Google apps and Seesaw; now adding flipped learning to it! Check out the promo video below showing you what it comes with! Whānau, family members and parents are an important part of the classroom - just like your students. All parents want the best for their little kiddies (even though it might not come across that way sometimes). When starting your year, there are some important things you should think about and plan to start your year. Schools might have particular expectations that you can work with like how to communicate with parents (on an app, in person, set times) and for things like parent teacher conferences. Setting up (in your mind) what you want to achieve over the year will help it be a success.
A big thing for me with families is facebook and personal messaging. I absolutely REFUSE to add any parents as friends on facebook; give out my personal cellphone number and have conversations at absurd hours of the night. That is something that I have always stuck with since I began teaching, and feel that my facebook page is my personal life - the small part I have seperate from school. I worked at a school that lived their entire school community on facebook. It was INSANE trying to stop parents messaging me on facebook, ignoring friend requests and even facebook calling! It was just something I can not do and won't change for a job. If there is something you are firm about, then stick to your guns, be true to what you believe in and be consistent. Parents soon learnt to contact me via email or come in and visit me. Also accepting phone calls or emails at 10.30pm at night is a NO go. I will respond at resonnable times of the day. Check out my top tips to get set up with parents! Want to learn more about Seesaw? Check out all of my Seesaw blog posts, resources and how to get set up if you are looking for an amazing way to communicate with parents and whānau.
Some of my resources pictured above are available for download! The 'meet the teacher' resource can be downloaded via the 'Mrs P's Teacher Hub link'. I made up the learning story template on Google drawings which involves text boxes and layering - super simple to make! Download my happy grams template freebie on this post! As always, if you need any help or have any questions email me info@mrspriestleyict.com I consider modelling books to be one of the most important things to use to assist my teaching in guided teaching time. Modelling books (if used correctly) can be an amazing way to enhance, help and extend learning than simply explaining something. I know many beginning teachers are like whhhaaatttt? Because this came up seven times in the suggestion box for next blog posts. Someone even asked "do they have to use them?". Of course you don't. Each school and teacher is different. You will have ways that work for you and ways that don't. For me, modelling books are part of my teaching and something I find hugely beneficial for my students. When I first started teaching in 2012, I was at school that had a HUGE list of non-negotiables with modelling books. They have to have a whole list of things in them, and were basically a teacher driven book - the students got nothing out of them. After moving on from that school I was able to fine tune the way I wanted to use them, see their true potential with my students and repurpose them (in my mind) for how they truely should be.
These will affect how you use them and the value they hold with you as a teacher. Now as I have said, I find and hold modelling books to be an important part of my teaching. That is because I use them explicitly in my guided teaching sessions. They hold the learning intentions students are working on, have formative and/or summative assessment gathering with the learning we are completing in the sessions and the content of the learning to support my direct teaching. I have my modelling books open constantly and use these in the beginning, middle and end of the teaching sessions. Like I said, modelling books are not compulsory and something you MUST have. You might not have even heard about modelling books until today. But if you have used them before, I wonder if they hold the same value to you as they do to me?
When I am back into my classroom and are set up, I want to create a video explaining my modelling books further so I can share exactly how I set them up and answer any questions you might have. Until then, if you have any question please email me info@mrspriestleyict.com. |
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