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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.

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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
Guy Fawkes - Number Bonds To Ten
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Guy Fawkes - Number Bonds To Ten

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Are you teaching about number bonds to 10? Are you looking for a way to link your teaching into Bonfire night, Guy Fawkes or Firework night? Then this is the resource for you! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different calculations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Guy Fawkes - Number Bonds To Ten. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Guy Fawkes - Number Bonds To Ten. The students can then discuss how they solve each problem.
Polish Halloween Skeleton Counting Song - PowerPoint+ Halloween Worksheets+ 31 Teaching Activities
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Polish Halloween Skeleton Counting Song - PowerPoint+ Halloween Worksheets+ 31 Teaching Activities

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A fun way to learn the Polish numbers during Halloween. I have also included a set of Halloween themed worksheets your students could translate into Polish and a set of 31 teaching activities you could use with the pictures from these resources. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different skeletons being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about the Halloween Skeleton Counting Song. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different groups of skeletons. The students can then discuss what they think each skeleton was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Year 2 Number Sequences (Week 1 Term 2 Lesson 1)
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Year 2 Number Sequences (Week 1 Term 2 Lesson 1)

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Lesson 1: Week 1 Title Number Sequences Learning Objective:  count on and back in steps of 10  describe and continue a sequence  make up a number pattern. Mental Warm Up: Today you are going to complete a mapping diagram with a ‘+10’ rule. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be looking at sequences of numbers that have been made by counting on or back in steps of 10 or 1. Educational Challenges  Use cubes or beads in two colours to make a number sequence. Use the ‘+10’ or ‘–10’ rule.  Make a pattern using cubes or beads in two colours. Use the ‘+10’ or ‘–10’ rule.  Think of a way to show a sequence that has got hundreds in it.
Year 2 Number Sequences Lesson 3 Term 2 Week 1
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Year 2 Number Sequences Lesson 3 Term 2 Week 1

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Lesson 3: Week 1 Title Number Sequences Learning Objective:  count on or back in steps  describe number patterns  continue number patterns  make predictions. Mental Warm Up: Sit in a circle. Collect a card between 0 and 30. Stand up if you have number cards 1, 4, 7 and 10. What is the next number? Stand up if you have the number. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to look at some number patterns and work out the rule. Educational Challenges  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Write the number sequences.  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Write the number sequences.  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Make up a pattern for a friend using a two-step rule.
Year 2 Place Value Term 2 Lesson 1:	Week 2
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Year 2 Place Value Term 2 Lesson 1: Week 2

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Lesson 1: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers in figures and words. Mental Warm Up: Playing Bingo with numbers Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to practise reading numbers in figures and words. Educational Challenges  Read out number word cards. Your partner must write the figure. Swap roles.  Match words to figures. Practise writing figures for words and words for figures.  Make some number word cards for the rest of the class to read out and write the figure.
Year 2 Term 2 Week 5 Lesson 2 Mass
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Year 2 Term 2 Week 5 Lesson 2 Mass

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Lesson 2: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  use and begin to read words about mass  compare different masses. Mental Warm Up: What’s my number? Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to continue our work on mass. Educational Challenges  Look at the food packages your teacher has given you.  Weigh out the amount.  Compare them  Check the order is correct by weighing the items using 10g weights.
Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 4 Mass - You will need to provide some packaging to complete this lesson.
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Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 4 Mass - You will need to provide some packaging to complete this lesson.

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Lesson 4: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  solve measurement problems  understand and use words about mass  measure and compare using standard units. Mental Warm Up: Questions about different numbers. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to continue our work on mass. Educational Challenges  Check the order is correct by weighing the items using 10g weights.  Look at the food packages your teacher has given you.  Estimate which size of plastic bag to put 50g of the substance in.
Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 3 Mass PowerPoint Presentation Makes Learning Fun!
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Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 3 Mass PowerPoint Presentation Makes Learning Fun!

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Lesson 3: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  use and begin to use words about mass  suggest and use simple measuring equipment  develop estimating skills. Mental Warm Up: I am thinking of a pair of numbers with a difference of how much? Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to continue our work on mass. Educational Challenges  Estimate what the order of mass should be.  Check the order is correct by weighing the items using 10g weights.  Look at the food packages your teacher has given you.
Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 2 Shape and Space
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Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 2 Shape and Space

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Lesson 2: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  solve problems and recognise patterns  recognise and describe line symmetry  complete symmetrical patterns. Mental Warm Up: I bought two items.Together they weigh 100g. How much could each of them weigh? Main Lesson Idea: Today and tomorrow we are going to be looking for and using lines of symmetry. Educational Challenges  Find symmetrical letters. Make a poster.  Make symmetrical patterns with paint and paper or pegs and pegboards.
Year 2 Term 2 Shape and Space
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Year 2 Term 2 Shape and Space

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Lesson 1: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  recognise and describe turning movements  recognise half and quarter turns to the left or right  understand angle as a measure of turn  recognise right angles. Mental Warm Up: What do we know about the number 100? Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to continue our work finding out about different turns and we are going to learn about a special size of turn called a right angle. Educational Challenges  Cut out a quarter of a circle to make a ‘right angle measurer’. Use it to find things which have right angles.  Make a ‘right angle measurer’. Can you think of things that have corners which are greater than or less than a right angle?
Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 3 Shape and Space
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Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 3 Shape and Space

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Lesson 3: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  solve problems and recognise patterns  recognise and describe line symmetry  complete symmetrical patterns. Mental Warm Up: Put these weights into order – heaviest first. Main Lesson Idea: We are going to continue looking for and using lines of symmetry. Educational Challenges  Make symmetrical patterns with paint and paper or pegs and pegboards.  Find symmetrical letters. Make a poster.
Halloween
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Halloween

14 Resources
Everything you need to get a Halloween week of lessons moving! Lots of different language lessons, fun photos and songs. Something for everyone!
Shopping Bundle
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Shopping Bundle

4 Resources
Looking for great resources about shopping? This bundle complete complete with shopping presentations, ESL topic lessons about shopping and lovely English writing prompts. Try it today.
30 Photos Of Shopping + 31 Fun Teaching Activities For These Cards
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30 Photos Of Shopping + 31 Fun Teaching Activities For These Cards

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different objects for sale and the different stores being shown in each of the photos. This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about shopping. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of shops and shopping. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Guy Fawkes – Counting to 10 - PowerPoint Presentation and Teaching Display Materials.
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Guy Fawkes – Counting to 10 - PowerPoint Presentation and Teaching Display Materials.

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Are you teaching about counting to 10? Here is a great teaching tool, linked into fireworks, bonfire night and Guy Fawkes events. Students can count the numbers in order or solve the mixed up number slides. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Guy Fawkes - Counting to 10. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into order. Teachers could show two printed out cards at once and add them, subtract them, or multiply them.
Year 2 Counting And Properties Of Numbers (Term 2 Week 1 Lesson 2)
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Year 2 Counting And Properties Of Numbers (Term 2 Week 1 Lesson 2)

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Lesson 2: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
 Learning Objective:  count on and back in steps  describe a number pattern  continue a number pattern  make predictions. Mental Warm Up: Start from the start number. Count back in steps of ten when I clap my hands. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to count on in steps of different sizes using some grids. Educational Challenges  Shade the first number on a 4 x 4 grid and count on in fours. Do the same for a 5 x 5 grid and a 6 x 6 grid. Does the pattern look the same?  Count on in steps of 4 on different-sized grids. Explain the pattern.  Count on in steps of 4 on different-sized grids. Predict the pattern.
Year 2 Place Value Term 2 Week 2 Lesson 2
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Year 2 Place Value Term 2 Week 2 Lesson 2

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Lesson 2: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  what a digit is  what each digit in a number means  to represent numbers as tens and ones. Mental Warm Up: If I chose a number between 20 and 28, what number could it be? Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to use different ways to represent numbers. Educational Challenges  Show three ways of representing numbers using different apparatus. Try a number greater than 100.  Show three ways of representing numbers using different apparatus.  Show three-digit numbers using different sets of apparatus.
Year 2 Lesson 3:	Week 2 Place Value
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Year 2 Lesson 3: Week 2 Place Value

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Lesson 3: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers to 100 and over  know what each digit in a number means. Mental Warm Up: What numbers can we make if there are three beads in the tens place on an abacus? Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to investigate different numbers that we could make on an abacus. Educational Challenges  Investigate which two-digit numbers you can make with six beads and an abacus.  Investigate which two-digit numbers you can make with six beads and an abacus.  Investigate which three-digit numbers you can make with six beads and an abacus.
Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 4:	Week 2	Place Value and Ordering
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Year 2 Term 2 Lesson 4: Week 2 Place Value and Ordering

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Lesson 4: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100. Mental Warm Up: Ten children will be given a number card between 0 and 100. What is the number on the card? Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to make some numbers and then order them. Educational Challenges  Make two-digit numbers by combining 3, 5 and 9.  Make two-digit numbers by combining 3, 5 and 9. Put the numbers in order.  Try making and ordering two-digit numbers and three-digit numbers.