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)
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.
3 double-side, engaging, and effective writing worksheets which students really enjoy.
An interesting but simple three word sentence with a noun and verb is provided; children then rewrite them to make them much more interesting by adding adjectives to the noun, adverbs to the verb and additional information.
My students really love doing these and always come up with delightful, fascinating, improved sentences which help them with longer pieces of written work and their understanding of the power of adjectives and adverbs to make writing come alive.
PDF version (Sasson font) and editable Word version (Comic Sans) uploaded.
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.
242 Phonics worksheets!
Phonics worksheets which can be used with any phonics scheme
Covers all phonics blends, digraphs, trigraphs and diphthongs.
For each phonics sound, blend, digraph, etc. there are 5 or 6 phonics pages:
Add the blend or digraph to the word and connect to the matching picture
Clear clip-art (black and white - perfect for colouring) phonics labeling page using 9 carefully chosen example phonics words/clip-art
followed by a fun read and draw page
Write the blend or digraph and read the words with the aid of sound buttons and lines under each grapheme.
Find, highlight and write the words containing each specific blend (or digraph, trigraph etc.)
then a cloze page of decodable sentences which have been carefully sequenced to progressively incorporate words that are consistent with the letters and corresponding phonemes that have been taught to the new reader/speller in previous pages of the book (plus sight words)
Could be made into a 242 page phonics workbook, or individual pages can be printed off and photocopied.
(I have uploaded two versions of the book - the original 168 page standard version, and a 242 extended version)
Perfect for beginner readers and spellers.
Also great for EAL students to help build vocabulary alongside reading and spelling skills.
Made by an experienced phonics teacher, and used in classrooms weekly.
Phonics cooperative partner activity
Phase 3 Set 1 Worksheets
Phase 3 Set 2 Worksheets
Phase 3 Set 3 Worksheets
Spelling Mats Phase 3 and Phase 5
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.
Includes 11 multiplication resources
Mental Multiplication Strategies = for multiplying by x2/x3/x4/x5/x8/x9/x0/&x1
Using Place Value to Multiply with Arrays PowerPoint
Doubling and Halving Strategy to Multiply PowerPoint
Nine times table tricks and patterns
Division and Multiplication / Combining and Sharing Objects
Division - Think Multiplication Strategy
Also added a cool multiplication wheels powerpoint
plus some editable speed maths worksheets and multiplication certificates.
Some of my best multiplication resources. I have found them extremely useful and clear to help students gain a deeper understanding of multiplication knowledge and skills.
8 Mental Strategies for Multiplication
These thoughtfully made PowerPoints are carefully designed to help students grasp commonly taught multiplication strategies ( and tricks) for x0, x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x8, and x9 times tables. Ideal for years 3 and 4, but also helpful for year 5 and 6.
To multiply by 2 = double the number
To multiply by 3 = double the number and add a set
To multiply by 4 = double, then double again.
To multiply by 5 = multiply by 10 then halve
To multiply by 8 = double-double-double
To multiply by 9 = use your fingers/ the digits of answer added = 9
To multiply by 0 = the answer is always 0
To multiply by 1 = the answer is always that same number.
All the PowerPoints include examples to 12 and extensions to large multiplications to show that the strategy really comes in useful for doing tricky mental multiplication.
Please see video for a taster.
All slide animations are activated when you click the mouse, giving teacher and student thinking and explaining time. Video is sped up to get through the examples.
Includes some supporting, differentiated worksheets
A set of carefully designed resources to introduce multiplication to children, and to help them to progress to trickier skills.
Helps to clearly introduce repeated addition, multiplication as groups and multiplication as arrays.
Includes 8 large PowerPoint files all with menu pages and clear, careful, fun and logical slides and numerous activity sheets (worksheets, cut & stick activities, a booklet etc.)
(Nearly) Everything you’ll need to help young students understand and get to grips with the concept of multiplication.
Total price of bundled items : £22.40
Repeated addition, arrays and multiplication resources to help children understand the concepts of repeated addition, arrays and multiplication.
2 PowerPoints (2 facts & 5 facts) clearly demonstrate repeated addition and logically introduce groups of items, and then arrays.
Includes 12 worksheet activities thoughtfully designed to allow students to develop repeated addition and multiplication skills and understanding.
Worksheets include matching activities, cut and sticks, drawing, a booklet to make arrays and other helpful activities. (Most examples focus on the 2s, 5s and 10s facts - some worksheets are differentiated with more challenging examples)
Perfect for years 1 and 2.
Think Addition Strategy to do Subtraction mental math 2 Presentations & 8 Worksheets -
Think-addition-to-do-subtraction is a mental math strategy that introduces students to the concept that there is an inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. You think of an addition fact in the same fact family. For example, you can solve 10 - 4 = ? by thinking 4 + ? = 10 and knowing that 4 + 6 = 10.
I made these two PowerPoints to help my grade 3 class (ages 8 & 9) with the think-addition strategy. Many of my students this year are slow to recall number-bond facts, and therefore this has hopefully helped them to see the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. Could well be used in earlier grades.
1 PowerPoint of 25 sums with matching circles being added and taken away: mainly for subtraction sums between 10-20, but also has 4 slides for facts to 10.
Slides can of course be hidden and order rearranged.
2nd PowerPoint of 20 larger sums with no circles: variety of examples within 100.
Comes with seven subtraction think addition worksheets in PDF format of increasing difficulty, and 1 editable microsoft word worksheet.
Visual Multiplication. See video.
This PowerPoint is designed to introduce young students to multiplication visually with the use of multiplication input tables.
All facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables presented plus 16 other mixed facts. A total of 43 multiplication examples.
Different clipart themes for each of the 43 examples allowing for different story scenarios.
(e.g. 3x5 uses 3 types of birds with 5 birds in each group)
Matching turnaround facts are linked to from each slide.
Chosen facts can be directly jumped to from menu slide.
Multiplication sum, movement of items from small groups to one large group, and answer controlled by click of the mouse.
Designed by a teacher and used in real grade 1 and 2 classrooms.
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)
Three rimes table trick with arrays to help with the three times table multiplication strategy .
This clear, step-by-step and helpful PowerPoint will help students learn that multiplication by 3 can be done by doubling and adding another set.
e.g. to calculate 3 × 14:
first double 14 getting 28, then add another 14, (to get 3 times 14) which is 42.
21 Examples are presented (from 3 x 2 up to 3 x 21) in order, or from a hyperlink menu.
Each slide shows the sum and a confused face,
Then two lines of the matching array (showing the doubling array)
Then another set (another line of the array) is added
Whilst the matching thought process is shown with clear sums.
Finally everything apart from the x3 sum and array dissolve out, leaving just the sum, the answer and the x3 array.
Each part of the thought multiplication strategy is presented when you click the mouse, giving students time to work out and explain each step.
Includes 3 level differentiated mathcing sylte worksheets and skip counting x3 worksheets.
Also see my Multiplication Strategies pack which includes this trick and other common multiplication strategies
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/mental-multiplication-strategies-11756501
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
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.
Animated & illustrated PowerPoint introduction to prefixes and suffixes and how they change the meaning of (base) words.
Most common prefixes and suffixes covered.
Each prefix or suffix is presented with 10+ logical examples in an engaging style. Think-pair-share activities for each prefix or suffix.
Slide Order:
Review of base words quickly covered with an identify the base word activity.
Explanation and examples of common prefixes: ‘re’, ‘un’, ‘mis’, ‘pre’, and ‘dis’.
Each prefix then followed with a think-pair-share activity.
20+ examples of words with the prefix then shown for students to self check against.
Explanation and examples of common suffixes: ‘-ful’, ‘-less’, ‘ly’, ‘er’, ‘est’
Each suffix followed with a think-pair-share activity
20+ Examples of words with the suffix.
Quite a long slide show if all done at once (whole lesson perhaps). Could be used to introduce/review just prefixes or suffixes in one lesson by showing only 1 half of the presentation. Some slides could also be hidden.
Other than a brief explanation and examples for each prefix or suffix, I’ve tried to keep it quite straight forward so that their isn’t too much lecturing or reading required.
Recommend students use mini-whiteboards for the think-pair-shares or list on paper the examples pairs or small groups can come up with.
Been designed with ESL grade 3, 4 and 5 students as the target pupils, so repetitive language used with vocabulary building as a desired outcome.