"Buckets" to 10

Today we had another practice to Basic facts to 10.

Number Splash!

During this term,Rm 13/15 has been learning about numbers through play. This is one of the games we have played to practice Number ID:

Pipe Cleaners Mess!

I saw this activity on a teacher's blog, and I thought I give it a go with our New Entrance class. They had a lot of fun:

Teaching Inquiry Update - Term 3 2021

Here are some of the Vocabulary activities and Comprehension strategies that we focus on during our Reading session. The purpose of these activities is to give my students different "tools" to interpret/decipher/analyse diverse texts.

Watch This Space 2021

Teaching Inquiry 2021 - Action Plan

Here is the Action Plan of my Teaching Inquiry this year. The focus will be on both Reading and Writing.

Emotions - PENN Movie

This our PENN movie from Term One:

Guess My Mood

During Term One, we have been exploring emotions, feelings and moods. Here are the activities and games we did to learn more.

Term 4 2020 - Colour and Shape

A term dedicated to art... Enjoy!

Teaching Inquiry - Reading

The first steps that I took in my inquiry were to choose my target group (3 students) and observe them reading, mostly what do they do when they find an unknown word.

Matariki Day at Pt England School 2020

Our school celebrated Matariki Day at the end of last term. Around the school, the students read stories,  baked, painted, made different crafts or made movies. This is a short video about we have done. Enjoy!

DFI Week Nine - Reflections

This course has been a great journey for me. Some "landmarks" have been new to me, some of them I revisited, and some I saw them in a different light. It's been a joyful ride and I am glad I had the opportunity to take part. Also, this experience opens up new questions, new pursuits and new adventures.
This was my "digital bubble"

DFI Week Eight - Reflections

Today's session focussed on computational thinking. It was a relatively new subject for me so I was really curious to learn. It was an interesting session where I got the chance to try different coding resources (studio.code.org, compute.it.toxicode.fr/).
Next term we are going to learn about Position and Orientation for Maths, so it will be a great opportunity to share with my students what I have learned today.

DFI Week Seven - Reflections

This week's session was focussed on the use of devices (iPad and Chromebook) from the student's and teacher's perspectives.

The use of devices from the student's view enabled me to understand some of the frustrations my student may feel when working on their tasks due to lack of visibility (small screen, different brightness) and to be mindful when designing learning tasks by avoiding moving of small objects, filling in small boxes, or low quality or small pictures.

On the other hand, utilising the device from the teacher's view, helped me gain new knowledge about shortcuts, but also the multiple use of Explain Everything and Whiteboard.

DFI Week Six - Reflections

Today's session was focussed on enabling access to learning through Google Sites. Sharing and talking about our class sites with our bubble colleagues and getting feedback was really helpful.
It was a productive session for my professional development and I'm looking forward the next session dedicated to devices.

DFI Week Five - Reflections

Today's session was focussed on Collaborate-Sites and the use of Multi-Modal Learning. The great thing about multimodal learning is that you can engage with my learners in a variety of different ways (visual, audio, text, etc). It can be used as a tool to differentiate the learning to suit diverse types of learners. So, along with practice, it will help me improve the way I present ideas to my students.

This is one of the tasks that we had - to create a multi-modal site:

https://sites.google.com/ptengland.school.nz/true-or-fake/home

DFI Week Four - Reflections

Today's session was focussed on Dealing with Data and it offered different ways to organise (filter/sort/display) data (Google Spreadsheets), but also how to create and share learning content using Google Forms and Mymaps. It was a very interesting session for me as the information presented today filled in some gaps in my knowledge (Spreadsheets), but also added new learning (Mymaps and Forms). Along with practice, it will help me improve the way I present ideas to my students.

This is one of the tasks that we had - displaying and interpreting data from one of our students' blog posts and visitors:



I'm looking forward for next sessions about creating with Google sites.

DFI Week Three - Reflections

Today's session was focussed on Media and it offered different ways to create and share using Google apps and YouTube. It was a very productive session for me as the information presented today filled in some gaps in my knowledge (YouTube channels, Google Slides and Drawing). Along with practice, it will help me improve the way I present ideas to my students.

This is one of the tasks that we had:



I'm looking forward to our next session on spreadsheets.

DFI Week Two - Reflections

Today's session was very useful mostly for organizing my workflow, but also learning more about how to use Meet to connect with my students.
There was a lot of information presented, some filled in gaps (Gmail, Calendar, Meet), some completely new (Keep, Tabs), that I need to sort out through a thorough exploration. It was a positive experience and I am curious to see what the next session will bring.

DFI Week One - Reflections

What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

Learn - Create - Share - adapting teaching and preparing students for the 21st century digital demands. 

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?
Being organised and having the technological knowledge of how to do it will improve my professional efficiency.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?
I have learned how to use different tools in Google Docs, like how to organise text or Explore tool that I can share with my students or use to create presentations or activities.