Primary Flynn

Online learning certainly threw a curve ball for all teachers and students.  It sent teachers scrambling to create activities to do with students over a Google Meet or Zoom meeting.  When we went to online learning this time, we only had a few days to switch and have all our activities ready for the students.   I knew I needed a quick math activity that I could show my students over Google Meet and they could use their white boards or blank notebook to show me their answer.   I would present these math slides where the students are shown a picture with a certain amount of objects and then I give them 3 different numbers that could be the answer (with one of the numbers being the correct answer).  The students put their answer down and shows it to me in the camera.  Once I have seen all the students answers, I clicked on the Google Slide and a check mark appears by the correct number. My students’ loved them.  We continued the activities when in person learning was back the following mo

My students love the Spot It Game and with the COVID19 online learning, I realized I needed to create a few games students could play with each other over their Chromebooks.   I have created Spot It games with 31 cards and 57 cards.   There are 3 one player games and 3 two player games each with the 31 cards and 57 cards.   I hope your students enjoy looking for the match.   You can find this activity in my TPT store at the following link: Spot It Games Enjoy!

My students love doing this booklet on paper.  But when we had to go to online learning, I wanted to try to recreate this as much as I could.  My students draw their number monster on paper but also did one on Google Slides. When I introduce a number, my students do a number monster to that number.   For example, if I have introduced the number 2, their number 2 monster has to have 2 eyes, 2 noses, 2 mouths, 2 ears, 2 arms and 2 legs.   By the end of the year, they will have number monsters from 1 to 10. I have created number monster slides for the numbers 1 to 10.  I have created 3 sets: black and white monsters, coloured in monsters and faux fur coloured in monsters.  You can pick which ones you will assign.  I have also included slides with different eyes, mouths, noses, ears, arms and legs. I have included some on the slides but if you want to put different ones you can. You can find this package in my TPT shop at the following link: My Number Monster Book Numbers 1 to 10 E

Well, another school year has come and gone and summer is upon us!  I try to relax and enjoy the summer but I do take this time to update some of my TPT products.   One product I have been working on updating is my plant jouranl.  Here is the link to the explanation of my paper copy plant journal https://primaryflynn.blogspot.com/2012/08/plant-journal.html I have decided to update my plant journal for Google Apps specifically Google Slides.   Every year I notice my primaries are getting better at using the Samsung tablets and Chromebooks so I believe they are reading to do more projects on the Chromebooks.  You can find this package in my TPT store at the following link: Google Slides Plant Journal There is also a video explanation of the journal. Enjoy! Kemble :-)

As I explore and learn more about what Google Apps such as Google Slides can do, I get really excited for my students.  Google Slides now gives me another tool to help me  differentiate my student's learning and another assessment tool.  I have realized Google Slides is excellent for creating various math activities.  One such activity is using the 100 chart in sections and creating Fill in the Missing numbers activities for the students.     These slides would be great for math centers or partner work on a Chromebook.   This package includes the following: - 100 Chart Fill in the Missing Numbers Blank Slides ( 20 slides with 2 different designs on each for you to add your own numbers) - 100 Chart Fill in the Missing Numbers Set 1 (25 slides with 2 different sections on each for students to solve) - 100 Chart Fill in the Missing Numbers Set 2 (25 slides with 2 different sections on each for students to solve ) - 100 Chart Fill in t

My students love spelling on the magnetic white board with the foam letters.  They know that the blue letters are consonants and the red letters are vowels and the purple “y” can be a consonant or a vowel.  I wanted to create a book buddy spelling activity on the Chromebooks that used letters that looked like our magnetic letters the kids use.  You can find this activity in my TPT store at the following link: Let's Spell: Building Words with Letters Enjoy! Kemble :-)

I am so excited for a few reasons!  Reason 1 - school year is done and it's summer vacation...I get to have a little breather/break.  Reason 2 - I have just finished creating my fourth Android app and can't wait to use it in my class next year! This app is based on a math activity I do with my students once we get to adding combinations of 5 in the classroom.  I created the following template for two players. Each player takes turns rolling the dice and if they get one of the combinations of 5, they get to cover that combination.  The first player to cover all the combinations wins.  I also make my students state what they have rolled out loud and add it up.  If they don't do that, they loose a turn.  The other player is very keen on getting that extra turn so they are really good at making sure their partner does say the combination rolled.   I have been toying with the idea of how I could make a math app that the kids can use on the tablets.  And the past week,