The seaside themed PowerPoint explains and shows what an array is, with fun seaside and beach illustrations, arrays using circles, clear examples, top tips for saving time e.g. counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. (Please see video for a 8 second per slide run through of the PowerPoint, actual PowerPoint is far smoother and controlled via right click to begin each animation, giving time for explanations and children to think and answer) Also included a fun, introductory array cut-match-stick worksheet (2 version: one at a lower level and one slightly harder)

Use these writing frames to help Key Stage 1 and lower Key Stage 2 students write stories. 8 story idea writing frames with suggested words to help students write interesting stories. Appropriate possible word choices for characters, and setting and a selection of appropriate key phrases, adjectives and verbs which writers could incorporate into their stories. All or just a few of the words can be used. Although it may seem to a teacher or tutor that the plot is predetermined by the word selection children can write a multitude of different stories by selecting fewer or more words, putting words in different orders and by adding their own extra words and information to create a different story each time. (Differentiation by outcome) Designed to help young writers expand their vocabulary and have fun writing.

Five times table with doubling and halving (multiply by 10 and halve strategy) Step counting, Visual Animated Grouping, Arrays, Flashcards, Tips and Tricks. All accessible from the main menu linking to each of the following elements: 1) Step counting hands (0-100) 2) Step counting flashcard (0-200) 3) Visual animated grouping of objects (1x5 up to 10x5) using ice-cream, balloons, fidget spinners, coffee cups, - Make a story to go with the visual 4) Arrays of dots with accompanying sums 5) Flashcards of sums in order, then another slide out of order.6) See product:give sum flashcards 7) click-to-show missing answer multiplication wheels (9 versions) 8) Slide that clearly shows product of times five always ends in a zero or a five; with two fix digits and flying in and out tens number 9) Visual explanation of the Multiply by 10 and Halve it trick: unifix cubes of x5 shown with a confused smiley, then unfix cubes showing x10 shown with a happy smiley, which is in turn covered to show that students can think times ten and then halve the answer to get the x5 answer. Includes differentiated multiply by ten and halve worksheets

ea Alternative Pronunciation of ea. ‘ea’ as in head, feather, bread. (and ‘ea’ as in sea, dream, meat) Sorting flashcards with 42 images and words (21 for each pronunciation) and FInd, highlight, read and write in two column worksheet.

Compensation Strategy for Mental Subtraction. By visually illustrating the mental subtraction strategy of compensation by using moving base ten blocks and a bin my students where able to better understand how answers are adjusted by adding back or subtracting more and therefore compensating for the rounding which made the question easier. PowerPoint includes 5 examples with base ten blocks and 5 matching slides with matching sums but just the thought process and 2 additional examples without base ten blocks to help learners move from a pictorial representation to an abstract one. Download includes a double sided worksheet based around the PowerPoint teaching.

Adverbs of manner lace mat / table mat to support students choosing and using more adventurous adverbs of manner.

Alternative pronunciations for ey. ey = ai / as in they, grey, obey, prey, survey. ey = ee / as in key, money, turkey. To support Phase 5 Week 14 of Letters and Sounds. Includes: Image/Word Cards for sorting into each pronunciation. Memory Reading and Matching image memory game. ey write and link to matching pronunication of ey worksheet (differentiated​) Read, highlight, and write in matching column groups worksheet

Alternative spellings for (y)oo Carefully chosen words and matching, clear images following Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Week 26 planning documents. alternative spelling of ‘(y)oo’ = ‘u_e’ as in : use, muse, duke, value, cube, tune. alternative spelling of ‘(y)oo’ = ‘ue’ as in : cue, venue, rescue, argue, due, hue. alternative spelling of ‘(y)oo’ = ‘ew’as in : stew, few, new, nephew, mildew. 2 versions of flashcards to support teaching of y(oo) 1)Flashcards with words and image on one card 2)Flashcards with word on one card and image on another card for matching/games Spelling tables for end of week’s review (differentiated - 1 for labeling/1 for sound button drawing) Mixed word list (I usually enlarge photocopy upto A3 and do a reading game - missing one or two words as students listen and try to remember which words were missed) Alternative Spellings for /sh/ Alternative Spellings for /oa/ Alternative Spellings for /igh/ Alternative Spellings for /ee/ Alternative Spellings for /or/ Alternative Spellings for /air/

A table mat to support children in their spelling and choosing which medial vowel to use.

Made for my grade 3 class who are just starting to formally learn their times-tables. Very visual resource using arrays with dots, hundred charts, step counting and various sum flashcards. PowerPoint activity/presentation progressing in this slide order: Counting in steps of two up to 120 from 0. Count to 24 in steps of 2 with array being built. 100 square count in steps of two with pattern being revealed (2 sec each step). 100 square count in steps of two with pattern being revealed (1 sec each step). Double the number with numbers in random order (doubling function in-out machine design). 2 times table with sum and array in order. 2 times table with sum and array turnaround in order. 2 times table with sum but no array 2 times table with sum and array out of order. Answer shown and student to give sum. Also included are the x0 and x1 timetables. Often overlooked when teaching multiplication, but essential to grasping a true understanding. First slide is ‘times zero’ times table and shows a fixed golden zero with sum twisting in and out. Emphasizing the rule that; “When you multiply a number by zero, the answer is always zero” Second slide is ‘times one’ times table and shows the multiplicand (the number being multiplied) emerging from itself and sliding over to the product (the answer) Emphasizing the rule that; “Any Number Times One is that Number / 1 x anything = itself”

A PowerPoint which introduces the ‘Doubling-and-Halving Strategy for Multiplication’. This PowerPoint uses an array to show the multiplication strategy of doubling one factor and halving the other factor to help to work out some multiplication problems. Doubling and halving is therefore related to thinking that ‘restructures’ an array to make it more manageable to multiply (e.g. 3 × 18 = ___ can be rewritten as 6 × 9 = ___). Very visual resource which helps students see that the total number of circles in an array (the product) stays the same when an array is cut and rearranged. No text: so recommend that the teacher walks through the first couple of example slides and then students verbally explain the following examples to their peers. Order of animations: Tricky array and sum is shown. Confused smiley bounces in. (explain here that if you don’t know your 15 times table etc. this could be hard) Scissors appear and cut the array - array restructures into simpler array (double of one factor/half of the other) New corresponding sum appears - click & answer is shown Array restructures to first formation and tricky sum is shown again As the total number of circles has remained the same throughout the sequence the answer should be obvious :-) I use it alongside other strategies so that it is presented as an option for mental computation involving multiplication.

Alternative pronunciation of A worksheet and sorting cards. To support teaching during phase 5 of Letters and Sounds. 39 cards with images useful for practicing reading and sorting into groups of different pronunciation. (also uploaded 16 smaller cards (4 cards for each pronunciation) which students could use for a cut and stick in book activity or similar. Read, sort and write worksheet. a = ‘a’ (as in cat) a = ‘ai’ (as in alien) a = ‘ar’ (as in class) a = ‘o’ (as in wash)

Pronunciations of ‘ou’ sorting flashcards, read and colour the 4 pronunciations worksheet, and grouping and listing frame. Alternative pronunciations of ‘ou’ ‘ou’ as in ‘oo’ sound (e.g. you, group) 'ou’ as in ‘o’ sound (e.g. could, should) 'ou’ as in ‘oa’ sound (e.g. shoulder, boulder) Standard pronunciation of ‘ou’ ‘ou’ as in ‘ou’ sound (e.g. cloud, proud) Supports Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.

This interactive (click to show answer) Multiplication Wheel PowerPoint covers all the times tables from x2 up to x12. Includes A5 multiplication wheel booklet. Each times table has 9 different multiplication wheels on 9 separate slides (linkable from a menu page): MISSING PRODUCTS (click inner number to reveal outer answer) 1) Wheel in order from 0 start 2) Wheel in order from 2 start 3) Wheel in order from 4 start 4) Wheel in mixed order, mix version 1 5) Wheel in mixed order, mix version 2 MISSING FACTORS (click outer number to reveal inner number) 6) Wheel in mixed order, mix version 1 7) Wheel in mixed order, mix version 2 MISSING PRODUCTS AND FACTORS (mixed missing inner and outer numbers) 8) Wheel in mixed order, mix version 1 9) Wheel in mixed order, mix version 2 Each slide can link back to main menu, or to that specific times table menu. Could be used as whole class quiz, warm up, game or as an individual program on a laptop for students to work on independently. ALSO INCLUDES MULTIPLICATION WHEEL BOOKLET. Two wheels on each A4 page, all times tables from 1-12, print back to back, fold, assemble in order, fill in the answers. Editable Word format and PDF included. My students love making these little books every year. Hope that you will use the 2 PowerPoints and booklet time and time again.

Pronunciations of ‘Y’ sorting flashcards, and matching read, sort and write worksheet ** and** Poster Alternative pronunciations of ‘Y’ ‘y’ as in ‘ee’ sound (e.g. baby, twenty) [10 images/words] y’ as in ‘ie’ sound (e.g. cry, July) [10 images/words] y’ as in ‘i’ sound (e.g. gym, crystal) [10 images/words] Standard pronunciation of ‘y’ ‘y’ as in ‘y’ sound (e.g. yam, yolk) [10 images/words] Poster, Flashcards, Worksheet Supports Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.

2 resources to support teaching of stage 5 week 8 of Letters and Sound alternative u pronunciation. U as in human, unicorn, tuna U as in butter, under, sun. 24 Word cards with images to be sorted into the matching u sound groups and a read and write in the correct column worksheet.

(Letters and Sounds Phase 5) alternative spellings for ‘or’ sorting cards, illustrated sentence, phoneme spotter story, blending for reading sheets and worksheets. Sorting cards/Flashcards, sentences, worksheets and phoneme spotter include: Review spelling of ‘or’ as in for, fork, stork, pork. ‘or’ = ‘al’ as in talk, walk, wall, stalk ‘or’ = ‘our’ as in pour, court, mourn, fourteen. ‘or’ = ‘augh’ as in taught, naughty, caught, daughter. To support teaching of Phase 5 Week 21 Alternative Spellings for /sh/ Alternative Spellings for /oa/ Alternative Spellings for /igh/ Alternative Spellings for /ee/ Alternative Spellings for /air/