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Flipgrid is now Microsoft-owned, so it integrates nicely into this world – especially within Teams. SSO enables a very easy setup for your class – just a matter of completing a few fields such as the students’ email domains, and then sharing the room code with your students. Working with students who do not have […]
Read More Flipgrid in the ClassroomHave you ever wanted to improve the teaching and learning of ANZAC Day within the Early Years curriculum? This has been on my mind at this time every year. Thanks to the inspiration of the online group Primary History Teachers Australia, I have created a short menu of activities which suit the developmental levels. How […]
Read More ANZAC Day Learning in the Early YearsThis post is a summary of a presentation given to my Primary School colleagues, aiming to provide tips, examples and resources. Why Stop Motion and Maths? It’s the ideal partnership. Students use concrete materials to explain what they know – with not a worksheet in sight. The ‘acting out’ of a concept enables: the development […]
Read More Stop Motion and MathsA list of links mentioned in my presentation. The Carrolup Collection BreakoutEDU On Twitter, search the hashtag #alwayswillbe Clinton Pryor My ‘Level Up’ blog Pinjarra Massacre activities Hexagon generator Mentimeter Seesaw
Read More WASLA Birds of a FeatherThis post is a resource to supplement my presentation at the AISWA HASS Conference in Perth on October 6, 2017. The Year 5 History curriculum offers many rich opportunities to look at our local people, events and stories. The Pinjarra Massacre is a good example, and useful when developing the historical skill of perspective. Practical […]
Read More Pinjarra – Battle or Massacre?MY PHILOSOPHY Why do I teach what I teach within my role of ICT Literacy Teacher, in regard to both colleague and student learners? This expression of my pedagogy is influenced by my own experiences and my personal values. It is also influenced by social and cultural values, awareness of the changing world, my knowledge […]
Read More Philosophy of Teaching and Learning – Revisited 2016The Abstract: You don’t always need to download an app from the iTunes Store. The following web-based apps are free and iPad-friendly. When selecting these apps, I focused on opportunities for creativity and thinking in the Early Years Classroom. BINGO BAKER A great tool for practising basic number facts, or vocabulary terms. No need to […]
Read More ‘APPY AS – Notes For My School PresentationYou often find out about a great book to read through a friend. In our Grade Two class, we have a daily routine called ‘Postie’. Letters are written and read recommending a good-fit book to a classmate. The Student of the Day becomes the Postie and gets to deliver the letters to others. ‘Postie’ started […]
Read More Postie Letters: enhancing Reading and Writing in the Daily Five ClassroomIn blogposts and via Twitter some teachers report that the Daily Five routine is often ‘tweaked’ to suit their classroom constraints. Less apparent is the ‘tweaking’ that is done to match a teacher’s pedagogy, their beliefs about how learners learn and how teaching works. If you believe that the eye and ear work best together […]
Read More INTERROGATING THE DAILY FIVE – PART 2In my first years as a teacher I felt that the way I taught spelling and word study was disconnected. I could design fun activities, however I was not sure these word searches and blends worksheets actually helped students to move on. I wished that my spelling and word study programme was more connected with […]
Read More THE DAILY FIVE – WORD WORK
Whose Learning Is It Anyway? 