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

Online learning created many challenges for all teachers.  I teach grade Primary and for math, we use a lot of hands on materials such as counters and dice.  When my students had to move to online learning from home, it created a challenge regarding dice for some of the activities the kids would be doing.  I needed to come up with an idea that would allow the students to “roll” a die or dice for the various activities they would be doing online and that it had to be in the same spot as the activity.  I didn’t want my students to have to go to another site to “roll” a die or dice.   I created these videos that have virtual die or dice and I put the die and/or dice in random orders.  I made the videos around 5 minutes. Then I inserted the videos into the Google Slide activities.  Below is a video explaining how I used the videos with one of my online activity. The videos in this package: Single Die: Random roll #1-3 Random roll #1-4 Random roll #1-5 Random roll #1-6 Random roll #1-7 Rand

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

Hello again, My students play concentration combinations in the classroom.  I have them printed on different coloured paper.  For example, for combinations of 5, they pick a blue card then a yellow card to see if the combination makes 5.  If it does, they keep the combination, if it doesn’t they flip the cards back over in the same spot and then their partner goes.  When we went to online learning, I tried to recreate some of the activities my students know how to do.   I have the same cards my students use in the classroom but just had to put coverings over them – blue and yellow.   My students learned to pick a blue covering and move it to the side to reveal the cards underneath and then pick a yellow cards and move it to the side to reveal the card underneath.   If the bottom cards made a combination of 5, they would cut the blue and yellow covering.   If they did not make a combination of 5, they would move the blue and yellow covering back and their partner could go ne

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 puzzles so I created these various puzzles to challenge them but also to help my students get used to using the Chromebooks.  I assigned a few puzzles first with the bookbuddies so the older students could help show the younger students how to use the mouse pad and/or the keyboard arrows.  Once my students got used to the puzzles, I assigned more puzzles individually through Google Classroom. You can find this activity in my TPT store at the following link: A Variety of Puzzles for Google Slides Enjoy! Kemble :-)

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 wanted to create a phonics sorting activity that was paperless.  So I created the mat backgrounds that don’t move and then found developmental sequence for speech sounds for early, mid and late emerging speech sounds.  I created the blank slides first and then populated the slides with 4 -6 pictures of each comparing sound.  Each slide compares 2 speech sounds.  I have my students say the picture name out loud and try to hear that first sound and then move that picture under the correct letter. I created this activity to do with my bookbuddies but as I discovered my students wanted to do it outside of the bookbuddies so I would assign a few slides on my Google classroom each tech/center time. You can find this activity in my TPT store at the following link: It Begins with Phonic Mats Enjoy! Kemble :-)

I find syllables are very tricky to teach the Grade Primaries.  I used to teach syllables by clapping them out but I know like to teach syllables by having my students place their hand under their chin and then say the word.  Each time their mouth goes down, it is counted as one syllable.  I created a few worksheets for my students to practice counting syllables and then I created some Google slides.  I assigned those slides to our Google classroom and the kids grabbed the assignment and continued their syllable work.  It actually reinforced the worksheets and I discovered this group of students really took to putting their hand under their chins. You can find this activity in my TPT store at the following link: Syllables - How Many?