Hop into Easter

This unit Hop into Easter focuses on writing, reading and maths.  I can't wait to do this work with the Preps.
(122 pages)

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English

Matching lower case letters to capitals – copy in color and laminate. Cut leaving a small pink border around each card. Mix cards up and match. Sequence the lower case letters in alphabetical order and then match capitals. Use to play memory games. Place face down and pick one card at a time and say a word that starts with that letter or has that letter in it

Making lists- there are color copies and black and white masters to use for e, ea, double letters and er sound. Go for a word walk around the room and make lists of words that you see

Scissor sentences - Three pages of simple sentences. Cut the words from the bottom, match and glue on top of the correct sentence. Draw a picture

Sight words - Color copy and laminate

Use as flash cards and for memory games

Maths

Matching numeral and word to collection. Copy onto color. Have one set for each pair of students who need to be working on this skill

Patterns – color copy and laminate. Place in small plastic pockets and use as two/three/four colour patterns as well as two/three/four object patterns

Patterns – worksheet, complete the pattern

Roll and cover - use dice to roll a number and place counters on top of the correct numeral

Sequence and add eggs – colour copy and laminate. You may need more than one set. Place baskets in correct sequence and hen use the eggs to show how many in that collection. There is set for numerals and one for words

How many? – count the objects and record the correct total

Who lost the race? – Ordinals to see who is last

What order? – More ordinal work

2D shapes

Last week we revised what makes a triangle, circle, rectangle and square.
 
We used attribute blocks to look at the number of sides and corners.
 
We used different words like corners, points, lines, edges.
 
Then made connections between each shape that were similar and different.
 
Orally we brainstormed where each shape could be found in our environment.
 
We turned the shape into something and talked about what the shape is, how we turned it into a new object.
 
The children then dictated a sentence to go with it before I hung them up.
 
They were very inventive and did lots of talking about the drawings and shapes.

When our parents have been in the room they have loved them too.
 
Next step - 3D shapes

Buddies and when we grow up...

We have had our first official buddy meet.
We introduced ourselves and talked  about what we might be when we grow up.
This fortnightly session is just lovely and we look forward to these sessions.
Our buddies help us in the yard, we work with them, eat with them and do lots of learning together.
We find it helps to create a sense of community and caring in our school.
We have close to 540 students, which is very big for a primary school in our state.

So we work hard to create a sense of belonging for all our teachers, students and families.

Maths rotations

I just love maths!
I love hands on resources, I love strategy games, I love the planning, I love the doing and most of all I love the learning.

We used 10 sided dice to roll a number, record it and then draw a collection to match.

Games are great and we are looking at seasons and here is a game that lets us count as well.

Practising our numerals is a full time job and we take starting at the top very seriously.
Rainforest Maths is great on the smart board (sorry for the quality of that photo). We were using Level A - Counting bugs.

We will be ready to look at counting on from the biggest collection very soon for some students. They handled this very well.

Dinosaur Dots is fun for identifying numbers to 6 for those who need it.

We love rolling the large dice and making collections to match. We are really good at this now and some students are ready for 20.

I could spend at least two hours a day on Maths and I know my students would love it.

Watch out for St Patrick's Day Maths tasks next week.

A friend and I are trialling an approach to the Australian Curriculum and AusVELS that would also suit the Common Core Curriculum in USA. I will post more information as we complete some more trials.

Patty pan patterns


Pretty patty pan patterns. Most of my Preps have got the two colored patterns, some tried successfully and did three colours correctly. This skill is important as they need to see patterns with colour before they can see patterns with numbers.
We also did this task to consolidate the sound that 'p' makes.
What sort of tasks do you do to teach patterns?




Sunshine Wheels

We are learning more about ourselves and using a sunshine wheel to organise our thinking about what we like. Some of my students tried to label, while some tried to put initial sounds. I love this task as I get an insight into what they like. You can find this task in my pack - Me and My Family.















My coaching day

I coach teachers in Mathematics one day a week. About three years ago I worked for Regional Office through National Partnerships to coach teachers to lift their capacity and improve student outcomes. This was a fantastic experience and one I was very fortunate to be able to do.
Currently I coach one day a week. I love this part of my job as I get to discuss Maths with teachers who work outside my current year level. This group of students are setting new challenges around skip counting backward or forward. Their teacher is working on counting strategies that help them to count and remember large numbers. Using tallies in the playground to help count is hands on, real and engaging. I was in awe of the counting they were doing. They set goals, review them and set new challenges each and everyday. Great job

Hang ups

Today we got some strings put up across our space. I know this seems like a little thing, but to finally see work hanging up makes our space seem more like the preps are making a mark. So when I say hang ups I mean we can finally hang up some stuff.
Hopefully tomorrow we will get our data projector hung up probably and be able to use our smart-boards. We take these things for granted and I have really missed using one. A few more sleeps and it will be ready to use.
Here's to a week of hang ups! The good ones I hope.

A ladybug maths task for adding and doubling


This week we will use a ladybug to help us count. 

Some of my children are ready to look at doubles and some are ready to place an equation with the task as well. 


The photo of the three ladybugs show how you can use the task three different ways to assist or extend learning. 


I have revised this file to add an extra 20+ pages plus more tasks to support learning around adding and doubles. 








'All about me' - well them really

This week has been crazy - but good crazy. There have been many firsts for my preps, my team and me!
As you know I love the drawings that happen in our room. We are looking at 'Me and my Family' and on Friday we looked at some important milestones in the life of a prep. Here is a small collection of our work. The first three sections are about  - being a baby - learning to walk - a favourite birthday. The next three - starting kinder - starting school - and finally us as old people.
Here is a freebie  - click on the blank timeline picture, save as a picture and then print uisng a full page . For the whole unit of work check out http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Me-and-My-Family-Unit







 
Now 'Five for Friday' with Doodle Bugs Teaching.
1. My first paid consultancy work went well. I have left this group with some things to wonder, plan and evaluate
2. I am enjoying the group I lead - Coaches coaching coaches
3. My cover is definitely blown and people are beginning to know I am from Paula's Place
4. My TPT store and the new app is making my life start to ka-ching a few times every now and again
5. I love working with the Prep team. We are trend setters in terms of a big shared space and a deliberate plan to not have enough tables to match children. They do not have tables at Kinder but we expect them to work on one at school!
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