Primary Flynn

I have mentioned that I teach at a dual track school which means there is English and French Immersion classes from Primary to Grade 6.  As you can tell I love creating different printables for the classroom that I can use every year.  I love the 2 primary french immersion teachers who teach with me and I love sharing because as teachers we should be sharing ideas and materials/resources.  Every time I show them something, they always say "I wish we had that in French."  So, my goal is that wherever possible with anything I make, I will translate it into french so they can use it.   So here is a French Immersion J’ai et Qui a with shapes and colours all in french.  I have created 4 sets of cards for your students’ fun!  The first deck has a mix of circles, triangles, squares and rectangles with different colours for each shape.  The second deck has a mix of circles, triangles, squares, rectangles and hexagons with different colours for each shape.  The third deck has a mi

My students love using the geometry fans and number sense fans I have made for math so I have now made making word fans for our literacy centers.  This resource has been developed as a teaching tool and resource you and your students can use together or separately. These fans would be a great way to help your students with making words. You can use these fans in whole group lessons, guided lessons or in literacy centers.  These fans can also be a great assessment tool for the teacher to quickly assess each student’s knowledge of word building. I have made the following fans: -          Vowels -          Consonants -          Word Family Endings -          Digraphs -          Blends -          Various recording sheets for literacy centers You can find these fans in my TPT store at the following link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Making-Words-Fans Enjoy! Kemble

I know Christmas break should be all about relaxing but I think any teacher starts to think about the new year and what other activities you will be doing with your students.  My students are really growing in their reading and word recognition so I decided to make a few sight word activities.   The first one is connect 4 boards .  I took the dolch lists from Kindergarten to Grade 2 and mixed up the words for each game board.  I have tried to teach the kids with my connect 4 boards to take your turns quickly as you say the word quickly so it helps with fluency too.  I double side my boards and laminate.  The second activity is sight word flip booklets.  The idea is like connect 4 but instead the students roll a die, find that number, say the word and colour in that spot.  The first student to colour their whole card, wins.  I created sheets that have the same words on each grid and sheets that have grids with different words.  You can put the sheets in any order you want.

Here is a book I do every year.  My students become the illustrators and they take the book home for Christmas to read to their moms and dads.  Print out the sheets, photocopy and staple together.  I put the sheets between two pieces of red construction paper and glue Santa on the front of the red cover.  Have the students colour Santa and give the kids cotton balls to cover Santa’s beard.  On each page, the students illustrate each sentence.  The last page the kids draw a box that has been opened.  Give them one of the toy soldiers and a strip of construction paper and fold it back and forth so the toy soldier pops up.  On the page that has the line “Here is the snow that covers the town” I give the students cotton balls when they have finished drawing to cover the page like it is snowing. You can download it now for free in my TeachersNotebook at the following link: http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/kemble_flynn/my-christmas-book or in my TpT store at the follow

I teach at a school that has a French Immersion program so the French Immersion Primary teachers asked me if I could make my Christmas I Have Who Has card game for them with J’ai and Qui a on the cards.  I know they are always saying how there is so much more available for teachers who teach in english so I had no problem making the cards for them.   So if you are a French Immersion Primary teacher, I have placed this package in my TPT store at the following link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Jai-Qui-a-Christmas-Math-Game or in my TeachersNotebook shop at the following link: http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/kemble_flynn/french-immersion-christmas-i-have-who-has-card-game Included in this package: - J’ai et Qui a cards (colour & black and white pictures no words) can be played between 17-30 players - J’ai et Qui a cards (colour & black and white pictures with words) can be played between 17-30 players Enjoy! Kemble :-)

There are only 2 weeks left of school and everyone knows it is a struggle to keep the little ones focused on work rather than Christmas and what presents they will be getting.  I have posted about my Christmas Math centers I will be doing for the next 2 weeks and here my Christmas Literacy centers.  I have made up some Christmas word mats, little booklets and some other writing activities.  Here are a few pictures: This product includes the following: - Christmas Word Mats with words and blank tiles for kids to spell (colour & black and white) - Elf, Elf What Do You See? Class Book (cover and student pages & emergent reader pages) - Elf, Elf What Do You See? emergent reader (students trace words and colour pictures provided) - Elf, Elf What Do You See? emergent reader (students trace words and draw their own pictures) - Christmas Writing Activities                 - Why My Snowman is Smiling (primary lines and grade 1 and above lines)                

So I also have Christmas math centers ready for next week that are available in my TPT store.  The following centers included in the package are: - Zero Wins board game (colour & black and white boards) - Christmas Patterning (colour & black and white) - Roll, Count and Cover (or Colour) game (colour & black and white) - Christmas Picture Match (colour & black and white) - Match the Snowflake - Number and Christmas Picture Match (colour & black and white) - Roll or Spin a Snowman (colour & black and white) - Candy and Snowman board game (colour & black and white boards) and spinners - Number Place mats - I Have Who Has (colour & black and white) can be played between 17-30 players For some of the games, you will need some Christmas erasers.  I got my erasers at the dollar store.  You can find this package at the following link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Christmas-Fun or in my Teachers

Christmas time is so busy in the classroom and the kids get so distracted at this time of year.  So I knew I had to create some new centers that would align with my outcomes but would be fun for the kids too.  So next week the kids will be doing Santa Phonics Fun during literacy centers.  Here are a few pictures of what is needed: So I have printed out my Santa pictures and grabbed some craft sticks.  I printed out letter labels to put them on the bottom of the craft sticks.  I have also used Velcro to attach the pictures so I can switch the pictures out. I like using the flora foam that you can get at the dollar store but you could also use a container of beans or rice and place the stick down to cover the letter and then decide if the students will be listening for the beginning sound, middle sound or ending sound. This package is available in my TPT store at the following link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Santa-Phonics-Fun or in my TeachersN

Hi everyone, I'm throwing a sale in my TPT store starting tomorrow and Tuesday and everything is 20% off!!  You can save another 10% by using the code CMT12.    You can view my store by clicking on the picture below.  Enjoy! Kemble :-)

I LOVE finding a use for file folders so the students can take the activity to their desks.  So I created these making words file folders for each student.  I can use them in group lesson or a whole class lesson.  The students are able to use them during free time too.  I print out the letters on card stock and laminate.  I put little squares of Velcro on the back of each letter.  I print out the two making words sheets on whole page labels so I can just peel and stick on the file folder.   I do laminate each file folder so they will last.  I then put Velcro in each of the blank squares.  On the other side of the file folder I place strips of Velcro where the letters will be placed for the kids to be able to see.  Here are a few pictures: You can find my Making Word Mat for File Folders in my TPT store at the following link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Making-Words-Mat-for-File-Folder or in my TeachersNotebook shop at the following lin

I have always struggled to keep my art samples that I show my students in one place.  So this summer I saw these plastic folders at the dollar store.  Anything I see at the dollar store I am always thinking "How can I use this in my classroom?"  Aha moment...my art samples.  Here are a few pictures of the folders. As you can see from the pictures below there are sections in each folder.   I know my labels aren't pretty but it works right now as I will be adding to my folders all this year and then at the end of the year I can make pretty labels.   I put my larger art samples above these folders in my shelf. I would love to know how other teachers store their art samples.  Enjoy!! Kemble :-)

I know all of us strive to do a better job at organizing ourselves.  I feel I am getting better a little bit every year.  And when I think I have something that helped me stay organized, I always try to find a way to improve it or revise it.  So I have revised and added to my Must Have Teacher Forms for my classroom.   With some of my forms, I put together 2 books that I always carry back and forth from home and school.  I used plastic dividers from the dollar store to divide the sections and then bound the 2 books.  This first one has 4 different sections: my to do list of things I need to do or finish, my students information, my outcome checklists and a record of my photocopying.   My second book also has 4 different sections: my Parent Communication log sheets, my record of notes sent home, students I have spoken to and the reason and my student observations.  As you notice, for my cover, I forgot to put the title Students Spoken to but in my TPT package, it's the