I have been teaching MATHEMATICS (11-16) since 1990. I have regularly been commended on my classroom displays and the quality of my resources as I feel this enriches the student experience.
As a self-taught graphic designer I now produce professional quality materials for our academy/academy chain across all departments including posters/banners and promotional materials. I am currently working on updating some older resources as well as developing new ones!
I have been teaching MATHEMATICS (11-16) since 1990. I have regularly been commended on my classroom displays and the quality of my resources as I feel this enriches the student experience.
As a self-taught graphic designer I now produce professional quality materials for our academy/academy chain across all departments including posters/banners and promotional materials. I am currently working on updating some older resources as well as developing new ones!
FEED THE MONSTERS activity/game
An activity/game to consolidate the recognition and matching of upper/ lower case letters and COLOURS
It can be easily made but with a bit more effort can look quite professional and built to last quite a few years.
See my instructions which are included. USE the PDF to print off.
Please look out for other resources in the ‘MONSTER’ series for both MATHS, ENGLISH and general use such as displays and activities.
There will also be the opportunity to download the 1000+ images of all the images for use in your own resources, projects and displays.
ALL THE INDIVIDUAL RESOURCE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS are now available
Logic/reasoning skills activity - Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills
36 Questions (6 Questions per worksheet) that can be done as worksheet or cut into individual questions to stick into books
ANSWERS INCLUDED
Also see my MONSTER MATHS 1 and MONSTER MATHS 2 AND JUNIOR PUZZLE LEVEL 1, 2 and 3 uploads
A collection of activities around an ANIMAL ALPHABET.
WORDSEARCH
BINGO - 50 Unique BINGO CARDS and DRAW TOKENS (that can also be used check on what has been draw). They are A4 as they stand but if you want A5 versions print the PDF - 2 per page
A set of ‘playing card’ sized cards for use in a game of PELMANISM or other games. You will need at least 2 sets.
I suggest these are printed on thick card if possible. I have used 300gsm
These also have a CARD BACK GRAPHIC so if you want this design on the back of the cards there are instructions.
Laminate or use plastic card sleeves for best results.
24 Quotes Across
14 x A5 Worksheets (7 x A4 Landscape )
Answers provided
Work individually, in pairs or small group.
A real, but enjoyable challenge for most pupils.
A logic puzzle based on, and using, PENTOMINOES.
Includes:
Reusable WORKSHEET
ANSWER GRIDS
GRID TO PHYSICALLY LAYOUT THE ANSWERS
SOLUTIONS in B/W and COLOUR
YOU WILL NEED A SET OF PENTOMINOES
IF you do:
The colours used in the WORKSHEET match up with the ones in my other FREE resource PENTOMINOES - STARTER KIT
This resource matches in size with the 15mmx15mm version
I have incuded the PNG for the grid used in this puzzle in case you wish to use it at a different size.
This set of resources can be given as either 4 separate worksheets or cut into strips as 13 individual questions perhaps as a starter activity.
JPEG files included in case you want to use the in your own PowerPoint or Notebook files etc
The GOOD STARTING point is knowing that each dice has a total of 21 spots and calculate the
GRAND TOTAL (bottom right) = number of dice in the box x 21 OR
While the multiplication may be useful it can also be done entirely with addition and subtraction.
The dice boxes have 4, 6, 12, 15 or 35 dice in them.
It could also be a calculator activity.
It is a good discussion point on where to start when filling in the grid.
A lot of pupils will automatically start count the spots on the different coloured dice. However I found that ‘worked backwards’ were a lot more successful.
Checking that the column and row totals all ‘work’ is an essential part of this task.
I would appreciate any comments or feedback you could give via reviews.
I am currently in the process of uploading several DICE related resources which are available now or will be available in the near future.
SHAKESPEARE PLAYS - 2 PUZZLES/QUIZES - FIND ALL 38 PLAYS
EACH INDIVIDUAL PLAY IS SHOWN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
EACH INDIVIDUAL PLAY IS SHOWN BUT THE VOWELS ARE MISSING
I created this resource just for fun and thought someone out there might find it of some use.
The missing vowels version is a lot easier than the alphabetical order one.
Both will be difficult if you don’t know any Shakespeare Plays.
Find the code (file name) I gave to the 216 spiders I have used in all my ‘SPIDER SHAPES’ RESOURCES.
INCLUDED:
Find the code worksheet (as PDF, WORD and image files)
ANSWERS
TEACHER info.sheet
All 216 spiders shapes as clip art for use in any other projects you can think of.
Identify shape, trace shape then draw the shape.
Line tracing and pen/pencil/ruler skills.
30 different questions over 5 worksheets.
Worksheets supplied as PDF, WORD and image files.
10 worksheets, each based on the numbers 1 to 10
Colour set number, write/trace set number, write/trace word
Circle the box(es) with set number of spiders in them.
Each spider 3-10 also has a body that has that many sides so names of shapes can be talked about.
Each worksheet supplied as PDF, WORD and images files.
A FUN GAME for groups of pupils includes mathematical /other facts about all numbers 1-100
OR USE THE CARDS AS A TEACHING RESOURCE
SET OF A5 mini-posters for SQUARE,TRIANGLE,PRIME and PERFECT NUMBERS + ALL INDIVIDUAL CLIP-ART
INCLUDED:
This A3 GAME BOARD
(Looks great laminated)
Play/rules involve using
SQUARE and PRIME numbers and much more
RED squares have SQUARE NUMBERS
GREEN squares have PRIME NUMBERS and have People on:child, young adult, old adult
BLUE squares have TRIANGLE NUMBERS
ORANGE squares have some ATOMIC NUMBERS
PURPLE squares have PERFECT NUMBERS
YELLOW squares have INTERNATIONAL DIRECT-DIAL CODES(country indicated by flag)
PINK have related to MISCELLANEOUS FACTS about that number (some maths some ‘fun’
ADVANCED VERSION
Rules for 2 different ways to play the game
Advanced 1 - Uses a SCORE CARD so the player can check off all the numbers they have landed on.
Each of these has a particular POINTS VALUE
BONUS points are awarded in certain conditions
THE POINTS TOTAL HAS THEN TO BE WORKED OUT
Advanced 2 - Uses a set of CARDS to COLLECT
(instead of the SCORE CARD)
Each of these cards have INFORMATION about that particular number and includes maths,science and fun facts
BONUS points are awarded in certain conditions
THE POINTS TOTAL HAS THEN TO BE WORKED OUT
BY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF POINTS ON EACH CARD
ALSO INCLUDED: GAME RULES, SCORE CARD, SET OF CARDS FOR EACH NUMBER (+BONUS CARDS)
FOR USE IN YOUR OWN DOCUMENTS/POWERPOINT SLIDES etc
TWO VERSIONS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE (black background/white background)
Supplied as High Quality 300dpi PNG and PDF files
DESIGNED in ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR (files also included) at 515mm by 316mm
As these and the PDF files are vector based the images can be scaled to virtually any size without loss of quality.
It is recommended that you use the PDF’s
What angle do gears have to rotate through to give certain reading on a scale?
Also requires knowledge of angles, fractions, ratio , decimals / recurring decimals.
5 worksheets - 10 questions + ‘working out’/ answer sheets if required.
Gear clip-art and question images are included for use in your other documents.
Find matching shapes/spiders. Working methodically will probably be essential on later questions and the task will be made easier is certain answers can be eliminated first. This has been very popular in the past and students in general work together and enjoy the challenge. Other staff have enjoyed doing this too.
Included:
Worksheet files in PDF, WORD and Image files.
Answers
All the 216 available spider shapes as clip art.
SPOT THE PATTERNS IN THE SEQUENCE OF SPIDERS
15 questions over this back-to back worksheet.
All the clip-art I used to make this resource.
Supplied as PDF, WORD and image files.
This is a collection of 1000+ MONSTER base clip-art for use in your own displays, projects and activities etc.
It includes:
26 MONSTER UPPER CASE ALPHABET*
26 lower case spiders
30 ‘Plain’ monsters*
10 MONSTER NUMERALS*
*ALL available in 9 colours, in black silhouette as well as an outline versions
The 30 plain monsters also have an ‘ODD ONE OUT’ so that may be used in a spot the difference activity.
The OUTLINE monsters have pre- prepared versions to print off at A4,A5,A6 and A7 sizes ready to use forCOLOURING in etc.
Available as separate PDF’s (use if you want images as they don’t distort as they get bigger - use Insert > Object if you use with MS WORD)
**** USING the PDF’s CERTAINLY GIVE BETTER QUALITY RESULTS****
Also as separate 300dpi PNG’s
IDEAS FOR WHAT THESE CAN BE USED FOR
COUNTING e.g: how many eyes?, How many legs etc
MATCHING - UPPER and lower case letters.
COMPARISONS
CLASSROOM DISPLAYS
COLOUR MATCHING
ODD ONE OUT
FLASH CARDS
and OTHER ACTIVITIES
Reference Guides are included to help identify the resource you want.
The entire collection is over 120Mb so you must be able to UNZIP the folder.
Please let me know if there is anything else I can add to this resource and please review if you find these resources are useful.
A possible activity for on and around MAY 4th (Star Wars Day)
3 WORDSEARCHES with ANSWERS
CLUES are on a separate sheets.
Find nearly 200 Star Wars Characters over the 3 puzzles.
These are reasonably difficult because of the strange names with unfamiliar spellings and letter combinations.
A program (in Adobe Flash) that displays the factors/factors pairs for all the numbers 1-100
Really useful factor related activities and for checking worksheet answers. Lots to discus with the students.
Same colour coding as my FREE Factor Banner/Poster which, at the moment, is my one of my most popular downloads.
Should work on the touch of an interactive whiteboard .
Flash should work on most computers/laptops and I have had this working through Internet Explorer.
If you are able to make a comment/follow I would be grateful as it lets me notify you if there is any changes/upgrades to it.
Multiplication tables that I have printed back-to-back and laminated.
One side have X ? ( eg 1x2, 2x2, …10 x2) tables
and the other the associated ?X tables( eg 2x1, 2x2…2x10)
My daughter asked me to do these for our 3years 7month old grandson who has developed a particular interest in Maths and particularly number.
He has used them on virtually a daily basis and even at his young age, knows most of his multiplication tables off by heart, which is amazing.