Illuminate your classroom with the spirit of Diwali through this engaging lesson on the Indian festival of lights. Students will gain meaningful insight into the cultural traditions, rituals, mythology, and global celebrations that brighten this 5-day Hindu holiday. Vivid illustrations coupled with clear, engaging text unravel the origins and significance of Diwali. Learn how the demon king Narakasur’s defeat and Sita’s rescue represent the triumph of light over darkness, inspiring the diya lamps, fireworks, and sweets that define this occasion. The reading also highlights unique Diwali practices across India and beyond. Learning is reinforced through differentiated assessment options catered to diverse needs: 4 levels of multiple choice quizzes with various question types 3 written response variations, including a short phrase worksheet for essential understanding A 40-question true/false quiz evaluates both comprehension and critical thinking Enlighten your students with a memorable exploration of Diwali, the festival of lights cherished by Hindus worldwide. This richly illustrated lesson makes an illuminating addition to studies of Indian culture and mythology for years 5-10.

Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint with 5 worksheets about the basic rules of subject-verb agreements. Subject Verb Agreement PowerPoint progression: 1)Starts by reviewing what the subject and verb of a sentence is. 2)Then an example slide of the grammar rule. 3)Main part of the PowerPoint provides example sentences with various different subjects and students choose the correct form of the verb, on a click the correct form of the verb floats into place. (rule is removed after a few slides, but then reappears so that you can reinforce [or correct] the rule). Fun story style to keep students engaged. 4)Ends with a simple task instructing students to write examples for different subjects and pronouns. I use it with a ESL after-school class and mini-whiteboards for pairs of students to make it into a quiz game format. Also included are 5 carefully designed, story-style, fun worksheets which provide reinforcement and practice for the rule. 1 of the worksheets repeats the examples used in the PowerPoint.

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.

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.

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.

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

Fronted Adverbials Word Mat. “Fronted Adverbials are words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence which are used to describe the action that follows. A comma is usually used after the adverbial.” Fronted adverbials listed under time, frequency, location, manner and degree.

(Letters and Sounds Phase 5) alternative spellings for ‘air’ sorting cards, illustrated sentence, phoneme spotter story and worksheets. 2 versions of clip-art sorting cards with all example words for all 4 spellings for air (air, ere, ear, are) - 1 version picture with word (sort into spelling groups) & 1 version match picture to word (focus on reading) 11 Illustrated sentences (from letters and sound plan + homophone examples) 3 Worksheet focusing on 1 spelling (i.e. air worksheet, ere worksheet, are worksheet) 1 homophone and homograph choice worksheet. 1 phoneme spotter story Alternative Spellings for /sh/ Alternative Spellings for /oa/ Alternative Spellings for /igh/ Alternative Spellings for /ee/ Alternative Spellings for /or/

/igh/ trigraph labeling worksheets. Using 12 extra clear, black and white, clip-art images. Differentiated​ with and without workbank, and wordbank with and without sound buttons.

Flashcards, worksheets and bingo to support teaching of alternative ‘sh’ Words from Letters and Sounds Phase 5 Week 28 plan plus additional words following spelling pattern. Alternative spellings for ‘sh’ ‘ci’ = ‘sh’ as in special, social, official, facial, etc. ‘ti’ = ‘sh’ as in station, patience, mention, position, etc. ‘s’ or ‘ss’ = ‘sh’ as in passion, sure, sugar, session, mission, etc. Two version of mini-flashcards (1 with word and image useful for sorting / 1 with word and image on seperate cards for matching/games) using 58 carefully chosen example words. Bingo A5 sheets (6 words per player) Game using 28 alternative sh words. Images really help to support students understanding of the high level vocabulary. Alternative Spellings for /sh/ Alternative Spellings for /oa/ Alternative Spellings for /igh/ Alternative Spellings for /ee/ Alternative Spellings for /or/ Alternative Spellings for /air/

162 Noun, Verbs, Adjectives Display Cards. 42 Verbs 42 Nouns 78 Adjectives Perfect for classroom display, parts of speech hunt, flashcards, memory games etc. Selection of words from the common to the more abstract. Also included are 12 bingo pages using 37 of the above images. Each game card has 2 verbs, 2 nouns, 2 adjectives; students can therefore define words called by type etc. Complete your verb teaching toolkit with: EAL Newcomer: Essential Verbs & Verb Tenses Irregular Verbs V1,V2,V3 Verb Mats EAL Newcomer - Interactive ESL Activity Verb Tense Games | Past Tense Cards

Three times table multiplication worksheets. Differentiated three ways. Three times table trick worksheets with arrays. Skip counting by 3s worksheets with hundred square, groups of dice, skip counting practice.