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Thanksgiving Algebra Equations, teacher notes, answers, 9 pgs, no Prep
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Thanksgiving Algebra Equations, teacher notes, answers, 9 pgs, no Prep

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This resource is an opportunity for students to practice simple algebraic equations using symbols, in this instance Thanksgiving themed symbols. There are three worksheets to cater to differing abilities. The first worksheet is addition and subtraction up to 100. The second worksheet is times tables up to 100. The third worksheet is a mix of operations. This resource comes with · Teacher notes · 3 activity worksheets · Answer sheets You may like to also check out these other math resources of mine here: 2 Digit Addition and Subtraction Regrouping [Thanksgiving Reflection and Scale Factor Drawing](Thanksgiving Reflection and Scale Factor Drawing) Binary Number Grid Puzzles Thank you for checking out this resource.
Halloween Coding for Kindergarten, teacher notes, 17pgs
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Halloween Coding for Kindergarten, teacher notes, 17pgs

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This is a resource to introduce young students to the world of coding. Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This resource gives an opportunity to expose pre-school (and early elementary) students to the world of coding with the format used in the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a blank box sequence to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. There are two ways this resource can be used; As a cut and paste worksheet. There are 5 different Halloween themed coding worksheets, with answers. As a reusable independent learning centre activity. There are 5 activity cards and a set of ‘coding blocks’ to cut out and laminate. These can all be kept in a tray or container and the students can then take the activity and work with it. This resource comes with; 5 activity worksheets Answer sheets 5 activity cards (card versions of the worksheets) 1 set of 15 ‘coding blocks’ If you have students ready to move beyond this then you may like to check out the next level of this type of resource I have made: Coding for Juniors – Using Scratch Jr Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, with 1 block too many Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, making turns Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, making turns, with 1 block extra Or get the entire set here: Coding for Juniors Pack – Using Scratch Jr
2 Holidays Scale Factor Drawing, 16pgs, teacher notes
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2 Holidays Scale Factor Drawing, 16pgs, teacher notes

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This is a bundle of two holiday season (Thanksgiving and Christmas) scale factor drawing resource worksheets. This bundle has; 4 worksheets (2 for each seasonal holiday) each worksheet has 2 opportunities to practice drawing a holiday themed picture to a different scale of each of the 2 worksheets the second is more challenging than the first worksheet each worksheet also have an additional partially completed version, providing an easier option to complete the task each of the worksheets have the opportunity for students to draw their own design to factor up (or down) All up there are 12 different opportunities to practice scale factor drawing. Students will learn the need to note carefully looking at what parts of the images are in each box and transfer them correctly into the correct boxes in the blank spaces. Teacher notes included. This is a great way to get 2 holiday themed activities in one purchase! If you would like to check out each seasonal resource on its own please click on the links below. Thanksgiving Theme Scale Factor Drawing Christmas Theme Scale Factor Drawing
Thanksgiving Geometry for Jrs, Translation, Rotation, Reflection, answers
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Thanksgiving Geometry for Jrs, Translation, Rotation, Reflection, answers

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A simple Thanksgiving themed worksheet activity for early elementary, junior students to demonstrate their understanding of the three basic geometric transformations - translation, rotation and reflection. This could be used as a formative or summative assessment task, a follow-up lesson activity or a math center activity. When I have used this resource, it has engaged my students and shown how well they have understood these concepts. The resource includes; Worksheet Sheet with shapes to cut and paste Sheet with a possible answer You may also like to check out these other math resources of mine here: Rotating around a Point - for Juniors Measuring Length for Juniors Thanksgiving Theme Fractions for Juniors – half and quarter Fractions for Juniors - Bundle Two Digit Place Value Bingo Coding for Juniors Pack – Using Scratch Jr
On Task Tickets
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On Task Tickets

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A set of On Task tickets or coupons to reward positive working habits. Great to establish behavior that leads to self managing students who are focused on their learning. Designed to a retro style, students will love the tactile nature of earning and collecting as many of these as they can. How you reward the redeeming of these is up to your imagination - maybe even have your students create a suitable redemption scheme of their own.
Matching and Ordering Angles, answer key included
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Matching and Ordering Angles, answer key included

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This resource is two worksheets; 1. Matching pairs of identical angles to find the odd one out. 2. Ordering angles from the largest to the smallest. This resource is designed for students beginning working with angles. The focus here is on matching same angles and ordering angles. There is no requirement to measure or calculate the angles. Answer sheet is included.
Fractions of Whole Shapes for Juniors - Half and Quarter
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Fractions of Whole Shapes for Juniors - Half and Quarter

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A brilliant resource for supporting, consolidating and assessing students’ understanding of halves and quarters. Students place and glue half and quarter shapes to fill whole shapes on a recording sheet. In this resource are two recording sheets (one with guidelines and one without) and 4 sheets of cut out shapes. These 4 offer different levels of difficulty from simple halves only, to mixed sheets of halves and quarters, and finally a sheet of quarters only.
Mapping New Zealand Battles - WW2
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Mapping New Zealand Battles - WW2

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An activity sheet that combines the maths concepts of position and direction within a New Zealand ANZAC unit study (with a focus on World War 2 battles). Students work on locating New Zealand battle locations in World War 2 using longitude and latitude. Students will require access to an atlas or (more preferably) an online map app, such as Google Maps. Students are provided with the recording sheet and an information card that contains information on four battles New Zealand was involved in, the dates of the battles and the country. Please note - they are not in order on the card! Using the information cards and the coordinates on the recording sheet students then work out which battle took place in which country and when. Includes; recording sheet, information cards, teacher instructions and answer sheet.
Recording Time - Assessment Sheet
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Recording Time - Assessment Sheet

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This resource is ideally used as an assessment sheet. It can be used prior to a lesson plan or at the completion. It is designed to provide an indication of a student’s time knowledge, especially in regards to recording time. This resource covers; Recording from analogue to digital Recording from digital to analogue Recording minutes TO the next hour Recording minutes PAST the hour Students working on this resource will best have had prior experience with reading and recording digital and analogue times on the half hour, quarter hour and one minute intervals. Resource includes assessment sheet, answer sheet, teacher notes.
Hatupatu and the Birdwoman Legend
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Hatupatu and the Birdwoman Legend

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New Zealand Maori Legend Hatupatu and the Birdwoman. This is a neat activity to do with younger students (I have done it with Year 1 and up), though older primary students may enjoy adding their own creative element to it. Students cut out cave ‘flaps’ and glue on the display sheet creating a space behind the flaps to hide Hatupatu. This resource includes; the display sheet for publishing, cave ‘flaps’, instructions (including where to find the text for Hatupatu and the Birdwoman’) and Hatupatu image.
Binary Number Grid Puzzles - 5 x 5 grids
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Binary Number Grid Puzzles - 5 x 5 grids

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This resource is a fun hands-on activity that uses the binary number system to create mini pictures. Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems. This resource includes; Two activity sheet sets of 12 puzzles each Answer sheets
Transformations Assessment Sheet (Rotation, Reflection, Tessellation, Resizing)
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Transformations Assessment Sheet (Rotation, Reflection, Tessellation, Resizing)

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This resource is a single assessment diagnostic worksheet. The sheet is an opportunity to gather formative or summative assessment of a student’s knowledge of basic geometric transformations. The transformations covered here are; -Reflection -Rotation -Tessellation -Resizing/Enlargement/Scale Factor drawing This sheet is not intended to provide a comprehensive picture of a student’s understanding in all aspects of geometric transformations. Rather, it is intended to provide a snapshot/an indication of what a student knows. This then can inform your future teaching and learning focus. This resource includes; -One geometric transformations worksheet -Answer sheet You may like to also check out these other related math resources of mine here: Bundle Rotate shapes around a point - Half turns and Quarter turns Scale Factor Drawing 3 Holidays Scale Factor Drawing 3 Holidays Reflection and Scale Factor Drawing
Halloween Binary Number Grid Puzzles - 8 x 8 grids, 8 puzzles, notes, answers.
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Halloween Binary Number Grid Puzzles - 8 x 8 grids, 8 puzzles, notes, answers.

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Are you in need of a quick ready to go, little instruction required math filler? This resource is a fun hands-on Halloween activity that uses the binary number system to create mini Halloween images. The images are; Jack’o’Lantern, evil face, bat, pumpkin, candle, skull, candy and ghost. Students will devour these and be wanting more! By then they will have a beginning understanding of the binary number system. Binary numbers are an essential part of understanding how computing works. Understanding binary numbers is not only learning within the digital curriculum and helping students become 21st Century learners, but they are also a core element of maths knowledge and learning about different counting systems. This resource includes; Two activity sheet sets of 4 puzzles Answer sheets If you like this free resource and would like to immerse your students in more of these binary puzzle pictures then please check out my shop Pooley Productions. Here you will find, in addition to a wide collection of resources, a range of different grid sized binary puzzles resources, including the bundle pack that contains all puzzles I have made.
Thanksgiving Coding for Kindergarten, teacher notes, answers, 12pgs
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Thanksgiving Coding for Kindergarten, teacher notes, answers, 12pgs

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This is a resource to introduce young students to the world of coding. Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners. Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out. This resource gives an opportunity to expose pre-school (and early elementary) students to the world of coding with the format used in the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr. The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a blank box sequence to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet. There are two ways this resource can be used; As a cut and paste worksheet. There are 4 different Thanksgiving themed coding worksheets, with answers. As a reusable independent learning centre activity. There are 4 activity cards and a set of ‘coding blocks’ to cut out and laminate. These can all be kept in a tray or container and the students can then take the activity and work with it. This resource comes with; 4 activity worksheets Answer sheets 4 activity cards (card versions of the worksheets) 1 set of 12 ‘coding blocks’ If you have students ready to move beyond this then you may like to check out the next level of this type of resource I have made: Coding for Juniors – Using Scratch Jr Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, with 1 block too many Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, making turns Coding for Juniors - Using Scratch Jr, making turns, with 1 block extra Or get the entire set here: Coding for Juniors Pack – Using Scratch Jr
Describing 2D and 3D shapes
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Describing 2D and 3D shapes

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A worksheet for students to assign the correct labels for describing 2D and a 3D shapes. Can be completed individually or in pairs. Good for a quick diagnostic of mathematical language knowledge in describing 2D and 3D shapes.
Success Mountain
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Success Mountain

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Success Mountain is an A3 sized poster for displaying aspirational achievement in student work and effort. These can be laminated and displayed. They are great to reference students to. Student names can be added to the stage they have achieved. Included are 4 mountains, each with a different set of indicators. This resource is in pdf and Word formats, allowing for you to edit to suit your classroom culture and needs. The text for each poster is; Poster 1: I do my work well and do it the best I can I do my work well, but it isn’t the best that I can do I do my work ok, but there is so much more that I can do better I do my work, but not well I hardly try at all Poster 2: I work until I am finished and then check to see if it is good I work until I am finished I start my work and do some or most of it I start my work and do a little bit I start my work and then I give up quickly Poster 3: I give my work the best effort I give my work a great effort I give my work a good effort I give my work some effort I give my work little or no effort Poster 4: Expert Skilled Practitioner Able Apprentice Novice
What a Load of Rubbish - Thinking about Recycling
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What a Load of Rubbish - Thinking about Recycling

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Worksheets to encourage student thinking about recycling. Designed for small group work, but can be done individually. This resource contains 3 worksheets, with the first two being able to be completed together and the third could be used as a follow up after further work and study of recycling.
Fractions for Juniors - Bundle
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Fractions for Juniors - Bundle

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4 resources in one! Fractions for Juniors - Half and Quarter A hands on activity for 1st and 2nd grade students. Students work with the concept of a half and a quarter and cut and paste representations of each. Fractions of Whole Shapes for Juniors A brilliant resource for supporting, consolidating and assessing a student’s understanding of halves and quarters. Fractions for Juniors - Thirds A hands on activity for 1st and 2nd grade students. Students work with the concept of a third and cut and paste representations of a third. Students place and glue half and quarter shapes to fill whole shape on a recording sheet. In this resource are two recording sheets (one with guidelines and one without) and 4 sheets of cut out shapes. These 4 offer different levels of difficulty from simple halves only, to mixed sheets of halves and quarters, and finally a sheet of quarters only. Grouping Fractions - Halves, Quarters and Thirds An excellent resource to check understanding of basic the fractions Half, Quarter and Third. The resource is best used after students have been learning about and working with each of the three fractions. This is a hands-on cut and paste activity where junior students can practice and demonstrate their understanding of these three fractions.
Using the Words of Probability
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Using the Words of Probability

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Have students become familiar with words to use in describing degrees of probability. This is a single worksheet where students place 5 words describing the probability of an outcome of a dice roll. Then they explain the reasoning for giving an answer to the last question. The five words used in this resource are; Impossible, Poor, Equal, Good and Certain.