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One of the math outcomes I need to cover for my Primary students is: N02 Students will be expected to recognize, at a glance, and name the quantity represented by familiar arrangements of 1 to 5 objects or dots. Performance Indicators N02.01 Look briefly at a given familiar arrangement of 1 to 5 objects or dots and identify the number represented without counting. N02.02 Identify the number represented by a given dot arrangement on a five-frame. This outcome works on subitizing.  Subitizing  is the ability to recognize, at a glance, a quantity of objects, without one-to-one counting. I work on this every day with my students during our mental math work.   I have made dot combination plates on paper that I print out and laminate and I also use PowerPoint presentations.  My students respond in a few ways: with fingers, with number cards I have provided them and/or using a whiteboard to write the number down.  I start off with the low...

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I do love using YouTube videos but I do not like the ads that come with them and the other suggested videos around the video.  Sometimes the suggestions are appropriate and sometimes they are NOT appropriate.  So I use SafeShare.tv to help take those ads off.   First I find the YouTube video I want to show (don't forget to watch any videos before you show them to your students!!!).  Then I copy the share link on the bottom of the YouTube video (Ctrl+C).  I go to SafeShare.tv.   I paste my link and then click on Generate SafeView. This will generate a safe view for me.  I click on the keep it private box and submit. Now I click on download the video. I choose the video format I want ant then download the video to a folder and I now have that video with no ads that I can show in the classroom. Here are a few of the YouTube videos and channels I use throughout the year.   1 - Turtlediary - has amazin...

Here are a few Apps that I love using in the classroom to help keep me organized. 1 -  Google Keep  You can get  Google Keep  on your tablet and on your  computer .  Here is a screen shot from my computer.   All the notes sync up so I can get them anytime I want from any one of my devices. 2 -  S Note for Samsung When I want to take notes at a staff meeting, a parent meeting or notes on a specific student, I use the S Note for Samsung.  Each of my notes are organized for me and I can add to them anytime.   3 - Google Calendar What I love about Google Calendar is that I don't have to have just one calendar, I can have many calendars for different things such as a class calendar, a personal calendar and a school calendar.  I can add tasks to the calendars and events with reminders.  If you are using Google Apps for Education then you can make appointment slots which are perf...

I am all about Google forms!!!  I used to do my letter assessments with paper but once I discovered Google forms, I rethought all my paper assessments within the classroom and once I figured out how to insert images into Google forms (very easy by the way), I created a Google form for my letter assessments and I was blown away at the ease of the assessment process.  I sue a Samsung Tab A with an S-Pen in my classroom and my students thought it was really cool to see the letters on the tablet.  The benefit of using Google forms is that all the data I am collecting on my students goes straight into a Google sheet which allows me to show my data in various ways such as pie charts or bar graphs.  AND it allows me to save on paper!!! I have put these assessments into a package for my TPT store and Teachery shop.  Below give you a little look into the package. I cannot say enough about Google forms and how it has transformed my ass...

Last summer I became a Google Certified Level 1 Educator and was amazed at all the things I learned about Google Apps and I fell in LOVE with Google Forms and what it could do with my assessment in the classroom.   The past year I started putting my math assessments into Google Forms in order to use less paper but what I realized was that Google Forms allowed me to assess more students in a shorter time which was amazing. The tasks are based on the performance indicators for the Nova Scotia curriculum.  I use a Samsung Tab A in my classroom solely for my GAFE.  I only do school work on this tablet.  The Samsung Tab A has an S-Pen so I can actually write too.  However, a ny tablet that you can access your Google Drive which then you can use the Google Forms to assess your students.   I do advise you to get a stylus for the tablet you are using as the Google Form allows you to write in certain sections.     Here are a few p...