Primary Flynn

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 Num...

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 cove...

I have created number sense slides with monthly themes.   The student looks at the number in the corner and puts down that many objects into the picture background. They are very simple slides for your students to complete. March Slides April Slides You can find this package in my TPT store at the following link: March Number Sense Slides April Number Sense Slides Enjoy! Kemble

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...

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?

I have tablets in my classroom but I also have a few Chromebooks and have been getting my little primary students on them and I am finding they are really enjoying them and at times would rather go on the Chromebooks than the tablets.  So I have started to create a few activities for my students.   One of the activities they love and were asking for were more word searches.  I had some at Christmas time on paper and the class loved them. BUT all schools have a paper budget and I didn't want to print out word searches galore.  I know I could print and laminate word searches but that still means more paper and then more laminate. I knew I could use Google Sheets to create word searches.  And my students love them.  I have put 10 puzzles within one Google Sheet so the students are going to many Google Sheets.  The students just have to click on the next tab to get to the next puzzle.  I didn't want to overwhelm my students so I made each pu...

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 t...