📱 Our favorite K-2 digital tools (Part 1)

💡 Tips, Tools and Templates

Our favorite teacher tools for K-2

We got a great response to our very first edition of What’s New in K-2 where we highlighted some awesome tools for your classroom. This week, we're sharing even more tools and resources to go along with them.

Below you’ll find 5 teacher tools that can save you time and energy in the classroom. From updates to tools you know and love to fresh finds hopefully there’s something for everyone!

👍🏽 Padlet TA (ta.padlet.com)

Make lesson planning easier! Padlet TA is like having a digital teaching assistant who helps you build engaging lessons, printable activities (coloring sheets, tracing, reading passages), and interactive fun (matching, sequencing, fill-in-the-blanks). Plus, quick utilities: random name picker, group creator, and more.

Try:

• Short Vowel Matching

• Sequencing activity for Harry, the Dirty Dog

• Text Leveler

• Check out this examples board to see more ideas

🐡 Grouper (grouper.school)

Grouper allows you to instantly generate random groups of any size. Groupings can be randomized, customized, or based on student attributes. They can be used immediately for whatever task you’d like your students to engage in or saved for later.

• 10 ways to manage group work in the classroom

🗂️ Symbaloo (Symbaloo.com)

Ever forget the name of a website or lose an important link in your messy Google Drive? Symbaloo helps you organize, save, and share your favorite links in one easy-to-access place.

• Ways to use Symbaloo in the classroom

• Using Symbaloo for education

🎨 Canva for Education (Canva.com/education)

Unleash your creativity with Canva for Education! From presentations to worksheets, the resources are endless. If you have an idea, Canva can help you bring it to life. Canva Pro is 100% FREE for educators!

• Learn more about Canva for Education

• Read more about what Canva can do in our post “Stop paying for worksheets on TPT”

🎡 Wheel of Names (Wheelofnames.com)

Need to make groups fast? Wheel of Names is the perfect solution. Just spin the wheel to instantly create groups or partner students together.

• How to use Wheel of Names in the classroom

What digital tool are you most excited to try out with your students? Hit reply and let us know!

📺 Teaching with Teachflix Junior

 🤔 The 5 W’s Song

🎥 Video Link: The 5 Ws Song on Teachflix

This video is great for reading comprehension and for teaching those all important 'wh' question words that are used everyday when when speaking or writing English! Whether you are learning storytelling, beginning story writing or doing ESL vocabulary, learners of English of any age will love to learn with The 5 W's Song by Scratch Garden!

Ready-made video resources:

Scratch Garden’s “The 5 W’s Song” allows students to learn the important “wh” question words that are used everyday in reading and writing. Check out these resources below to get your students asking and answer questions about key details in a text.

📚 The 5 W’s of Reading

✋🏽 5 finger retell

🧠 Mind Map

🛍️Teacher Finds for the Classroom

🛎️ Classroom Doorbells

Need to get your students’ attention or want to have your students line up? Check out the link (https://www.weareteachers.com/classroom-doorbell/) to find fun and creative ways to incorporate doorbells into your classroom.

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