At the end of this Fractions – Making a Fraction Farm your students will have produced a farm based on fractions, decimals and percentages. Each step in this project based learning project is clearly explained and supported by resources in the pack. Included in this PowerPoint are Curriculum Standards for Common Core and Australian Curriculum A description of what Project Based Learning is A Learning Intention – ‘I will show what I know about fractions The Nine Steps a) What do we know about fractions using manipulatives? Photo of examples provided. Fraction wall graphics included. b) A rubric for assessment to track progress and give feedback throughout the unit. c) Designing the farm for fraction work – determining the scale and size of animal or crop fields. Examples are provided to explore before students develop their own farms. d) Discovering more about fractions through INB pages e) Accumulating more knowledge – develop your own posters about knowledge – examples provided. f) Comparing fractions- decimals – percentages g) Presenting the work with guidelines h) Reflecting on my work through a written response Extra resources – Fraction Walls, Fractions posters that include – vocabulary, equivalent fractions and the four operations I use these steps for Project Based Learning in my teaching and learning space. Setting the stage for the learning that is about to happen and making a link back to a real life scenario The teacher negotiates the criteria for evaluating the projects Students become project designers Students discuss the information needed for their designs Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project Students create their projects Students prepare to present their projects Students present their projects Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the agreed criteria COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Skip Counting - Addition - Problem Solving are all covered in this BBQ activity. Skip counting provides an understanding of number patterns. The skip counting skill helps with the four operations and gives confidence to solve problems. Our BBQ Problem Based Learning task explores a menu and solving the price of food eaten. Prompts for purchasing BBQ menu items There are prompts to use for display. They will motivate your students to draw, record their BBQ choices and then cost each order. Skip Counting Mats The skip counting mats are provided to review 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 7s and 10s from a zero and non zero starting point. Start at 0 or start at any number. Student Workbook Select the pages you want to be printed in your students’ books. Some students may not need all the pages. Use play money to help work out the skipping patterns. Small whiteboards can be used to record the skipping pattern. Interactive Note Book Pages These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work. Draw the BBQ order on the front and under the flap work out how much the order would cost. The answer key is provided at the back of this pack. Teach the students how to record dollars and cents. Answer Keys COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Lemonade Stand - Make a Model and create a Financial Plan. This Project Based Learning (PBL) task is to design a Lemonade Stand model to scale and produce a business plan to sell lemonade to customers. I use these steps for Project Based Learning in my teaching and learning space. Setting the stage for the learning that is about to happen and make a link back to a real life scenario The teacher negotiates the criteria for evaluating the projects Students become project designers Students discuss information needed for their designs Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project Students create their projects Students prepare to present their projects Students present their projects Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the agreed criteria Students can work individually, in pairs or in groups. They work through a task to design an outcome using their creative abilities. The task is usually interdisciplinary and can involve Numeracy, Literacy, Science, Design and Technology. The teacher’s role is to guide, check in and help to uncover content to be covered. Focus – Design Technology, Economics and Mathematics Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Skip Counting - Addition - Problem Solving are all covered in this BBQ activity. Skip counting provides an understanding of number patterns. The skip counting skill helps with the four operations and gives confidence to solve problems. Our BBQ Problem Based Learning task explores a menu and solving the price of food eaten. Prompts for purchasing BBQ menu items There are prompts to use for display. They will motivate your students to draw, record their BBQ choices and then cost each order. Skip Counting Mats The skip counting mats are provided to review 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 7s and 10s from a zero and non zero starting point. Start at 0 or start at any number. Student Workbook Select the pages you want printed in your students’ book. Some students may not need all the pages. Use play money to help work out the skipping patterns. Small whiteboards can be used to record the skipping pattern. Interactive Note Book Pages These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work. Draw the BBQ order on the front and under the flap work out how much the order would cost. Answer key provided at the back of this pack. This section has the answer keys for the Student Workbook and the Interactive Note Pages. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Who doesn’t love ice cream? This Ice Cream Math pack is engaging, colorful and full of addition ideas. Use this Ice Cream Shop to create your own ice creams and work out the cost for each one. It is your choice if you show your students how to record money. My extension students do, but my other students do not. Use bundling sticks or Base 10 blocks to work out the cost. Check on a calculator – they love doing this. Prompts for Ice Cream Shop This is a sample of the prompts to use for display. They will motivate your students to draw, record their ice cream and then cost each one. Number Bonds There are two types of mats in this pack. (plus two printing options). You can choose what dice to use – 6-10-20 sided! Set One – roll two dice and add both collections together. Set Two – Roll two dice and place the largest collection in the large ice cream. Now work out what you need to add to the smaller number rolled to make the larger number. Copy and laminate them use whiteboard marker to write your equations. Check with a buddy before rubbing out. Student Workbook This is a sample of the pages available. Select the pages you want in your students’ book. Work through the Number Bonds first – Answer Key at the end of this pack. Use the costing pages to work through the examples and then let the students design their own. The work with the previous number bonds will help you to work out which ones to include in the booklet for each child. Adding Ice Cream Scoops This section has two tasks. Set One – add to 10. You can use two or more scoops of ice cream. Set Two – add between 11-26 with two or more scoops of ice cream. Interactive Note Book Pages These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work. Draw the ice cream on the front and under the flap work out how much the ice cream would cost. Answer key provided at the back of this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Time Lap Book - Learning to tell the time can be hard for some students. Use this colourful learning tool to engage and challenge students. This Time Lap Book is set up to record learning goals and show learning. The pack includes - Detailed photos to help you to put the Lap Book together with specific instructions. Pages can be copied onto white paper or on coloured paper as I have done. I have provided a colour version as a third printing option. Goals are clear and the Lap Book will show evidence for o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. The goals beyond this are to extend your students. Cards to help sequence days of the week, months of the year and seasons. These can be printed as is or on coloured card and laminated. You may wish to use them to glue into your everyday Math Book and then copy them into the Lap Book. They can be used as sorting cards too. Additional goals are given but they are not part of this Lap Book, they are for extension tasks. A tracking page to see where your students are and what their point of need for teaching is. An Excel spreadsheet is in the zipped file for you to keep track of digitally too. Just add your student names, the file is formatted so that it will colour according to skill level. A section that includes tasks to do with a focus group if they need work to consolidate the following tasks - a) Make your own clock before you add one to the Lap Book b) Work on days of the week, months of the year and sequencing the seasons. Goal tags to glue into the lap book. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This Angles – Read the Room pack aims to help your students discover the types of angles and the names we give them. Share the two photos with your grade and ask what sorts of angles they see. Use the ANGLES page to record what your grade knows or what individual students know. This can be added to as you progress through the tasks. The first set of cards are to determine if the angles are acute, obtuse or right angled. Print the cards (either blue background or black/white). Students record the type of angle by checking the correct box on the answer sheet. There is an answer key. The second set of cards are to determine if the angles are acute, obtuse, right, complete, straight or reflex angled. Print the cards (either yellow background or black/white). Students record the type of angle by writing the name of the angle in the correct box on the answer sheet. There is an answer key. Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Design your own Christmas Tree with these fun prompts. There are posters, printables and learning centers to use to consolidate addition and using arrays in the project based learning activity pack. Prompts for designing a Christmas Tree Use these posters to set up your display area and motivate your students to design amazing Christmas Trees. Print and glue the three pages for the banner together and use the single posters too! Printable Workbook These books are available in color and black and white. Choose the pages you want printed. The pages that have the options for trees, baubles, decorations etc can be displayed around the room and not placed in the booklets. Student Workbook These books are available in color and black and white. Choose the pages you want printed. The pages that have the options for trees, baubles, decorations etc can be displayed around the room and not placed in the booklets. Roll a Tree Design Use these mats to make your own tree. Use the colored ones and laminate them or share the black and white copy with each student. Decide what differentiation you need for groups and they may add two objects or three or more. Record work in your Math Book or on small whiteboards. Check costs with a buddy. Making Arrays The problem solving cards can be placed around the room or sets can be copied for small groups. Draw the arrays or make them with counters. Check the work with a buddy. There is a recording sheet and answer key. Answer Keys Answer keys are provided but the individual trees will have a variety of answers. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

Teaching Positional Words is vital for the placement of people and objects. Our Positional Word Resource is going to teach, explore and consolidate these important words. Your students will love exploring these positional words through these tasks. The positional words covered in this pack are above, across, against, among, around, behind, below, beside, between, down, far, first, in, into, last, near, off, on, out, over, through, toward, under and up Posters are available in two sizes two color options - full color and b/w which can be printed on color card which is a third option the smaller size could be used for matching opposites Jigsaw Puzzle Match the picture to the right word for extra revision Bingo Game You will need counters to place over the icons when they are called out by the caller. There are ten boards to choose from Student Booklet Two versions First version is a read and color Second is fill in the missing position word and then color I have – Who has card set It doesn’t matter which card starts, all cards must be in play Print and Go Two options for writing in the correct word Two versions for gluing the correct word Two versions of draw a picture for the word given Glue in the opposite positional word Two glue sorts for behind/in front, near/far and under/over ………………………………………………………………………………………………… COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place Teaching Resources This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without the consent of the author.

This 3D Shape Lapbook investigates the shapes, corners, vertices and faces that make all 3D objects. Keep all your learning in one place and great for showing parents what they know at conferences. The pack contains • Detailed instructions to put the folder together and photos to assist you through every step • A choice between a color and black/white cover • A template for where to place each part of the folder • Beginning, Level One, Two and Three Learning Goals to achieve • A ‘Shape Recording’ Booklet for each student to record their knowledge about what they know about each shape • Pocket templates to attach to sort 3D objects on cards • Color and black/white options for sorting cards • A ‘Shape Fact’ Booklet to record faces, corners/vertices and edges Related products - 3D Assessment Grid 3D Posters with Faces 3D Posters 3D Shape Sort 3D Shape Lapbook Geometry Shape Word Wall Vocabulary Cards Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

3D Shape Grid Assessment, Notebook and Printables Teaching 3D shapes helps children develop spatial awareness, improves problem-solving skills, and lays a foundation for geometry. It enhances their understanding of the physical world, aids in visualizing objects, and supports mathematical reasoning in real-life contexts. This 3D Shape Grid pack includes - a grid to record the faces, edges and vertices for common 3D shapes a notebook to record learning answers using a QR code answer key Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.

This pack provides 3D Shapes – Posters on some of the most well known 3D shapes. There are two versions of the 3D Posters each in color and black/white. The first version has the name of the shape, while the second version has attribute facts about the sides and vertices/corners. Shapes included are – • cone • cube • cuboid • rectangular prism • cylinder • hexagonal prism • ovoid • pentagonal prism • square pyramid • sphere • triangular pyramid Related resources – 3D Assessment Grid 3D Posters with Faces 3D Posters 3D Shape Sort 3D Shape Lapbook Geometry Shape Word Wall Vocabulary Cards Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack. Themes – 3D shape, posters COPYRIGHT ©Paula’s Place This product is for personal use in one classroom only. To share or use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be shared or distributed without consent from the author.