I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
I enjoy creating high quality resources to help students achieve their full learning potential. Many of my products contain flexible lesson plans, differentiated worksheets and practical activities and PowerPoint Presentations on a wide range of subjects.
Reading comprehension passage with questions and exercises.
Text is also on PowerPoint Presentation - Option for whole class reading.
Suitable for KS1/Lower Grade KS2.
Reading comprehensions - There are 14 questions and 11 questions respectively.
Use the cover sheet to make a lovely reading comprehension booklet.
**Covers: **
Looking for answers in the text
Tick box statements
Punctuation
Correct spellings
Rewrite in a difference tense
Inference
Explain their answers
Specimen answers provided.
Learning Objectives: Develop pleasure in reading
Answering and asking questions
Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done
Images royalty free from Microsoft Clipart.
This single phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘dr’ CCVC words.
As with the other consonant blends packs:
it is child-centred
child-friendly and
a step up from CVC and CCV to Phase 4: Letters and Sounds Phonics.
It is an addition to my other resources on initial consonant blends.
This smaller pack contains:
Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan.
PowerPoint Presentation 1 - includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities.
PowerPoint Presentation Phoneme Count - Again, as in the others, I have listed all the CCVC words and the units of sound above the fingers so that children can see and hear the separate phonemes (with pictures).
Encourage children to make simple sentences with the words to understand its meaning and distinguish between nouns, verbs or adjectives.
Flash cards and words with and without sound buttons and lines.
Set of pictures and words for matching activities.
Differentiated Activity Sheets 1, 2, 3 - for cut/paste work, writing sentences and reading and matching words to pictures.
You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use.
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Reading comprehension winter short story text that focuses on particular aspects of the English language, word work and grammar.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/2
Lessons 1 to 5
The pack can be used in whole class, group setting and one-to-one teaching.
This comprehension literacy resource includes:-
Main PowerPoint Presentation - 30 Slides to go with the lessons - the reading text is on Presentation for whole class teaching including whole class exercises.
Extra Adverbs Presentation (8 Slides) – Outlining 4 main adverbs and exceptions (Time, Manner, Place, Frequency) – It also highlights that not all adverbs end in –ly e.g. friendly, cowardly).
Literacy Plan – includes learning objectives and plenaries – PowerPoint Slides are referred to in the lessons.
Literacy lessons for a week focusing on the text:-
Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing
Cut/paste activities
Writing sentences below sequenced pictures to tell the story.
Punctuation review - differentiated to include capital letter, full stop, exclamation and question mark tasks
Punctuating direct speech and how to use inverted commas – includes whole class activity
Grammar work focus on Adverbs of Manner – includes adverbs game
Word work focus on writing interesting words for ‘said’ (synonyms) - to increase children’s vocabulary
Writing sentences
Composition - Writing a story based on A Snowman In The Park- includes drafting sheet/alternative task to copy out a short dialogue remembering to add punctuation to the dialogue and starting a new line for a new speaker.
Worksheets and activities - differentiated.
Resources editable and printable.
File Type: Word, PowerPoint and pdf contained in a zip file.
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This product relates to addition and subtraction using a tens frame.
Students add and subtract using a ten frame. The more able students can use a double ten frame.
Content:
PowerPoint Presentation (15 Slides)
Teacher Notes on how to use the product
Digit cards 1 - 20
Plus, minus and equals symbol
Color cards and counters for counting out
Counters and cards in 5 colors saved as clipart images for you to enlarge/reduce sizes
Example Tens Frame Information
Tens frame
4 Worksheets to support practical tasks
Addition tasks - two-color cards or counters are used to make an addition sentence.
Subtraction tasks - single-color cards are used to make a subtraction sentence.
The students can record their practical work into their math book.
All files saved in a folder.
Common Core Aligned
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This product relates to UK sterling money pounds and pence. Its aim is to encourage students to use different skills to find solutions to a two-step problem.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/Lower Keystage 2.
Ideal for revising adding up coins and to finding how much more money to pay for an item.
The worksheets start off with small denominations and then it increases to 50p and £1.
There are 60 differentiated worksheets.
Worksheet 1 - up to 10p (11 pages)
Worksheet 2 - up to 20p (11 pages)
Worksheet 3 - up to 30p (12 pages)
Worksheet 4 - up to 50p (12 pages)
Worksheet 5 - up to £1.00 (14 pages)
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The worksheet is divided into 3 columns.
The first column contains the price of the item.
The second column shows the coins the customer uses to pay for the item but unfortunately it is not enough.
The problem is in two parts: -
Add up the total amount of the coins and write it in the blank box.
Find out how much the customer is short by, i.e. how much more he/she has to pay and then fill in the box.
The space above the box in the third column is for the student to show their workings out.
Skills required: addition, subtraction, counting on/back.
Provide hundred charts, number lines, coins, small objects for the students.
File Type: Word and PDF.
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This reading comprehension product contains a short reading text on PowerPoint for whole class reading and comprehension questions.
Lesson Plans and differentiated worksheets/tasks.
Please see Preview Pane for sample worksheets and slides.
Aimed at and suitable for Kindergarten/Grade 1 and ESL/EFL/ELA students.
This resource can be used in whole class and group setting and for one-to-one teaching.
The Learning objectives and outcomes are in each lesson plan 1-5.
**English Language Arts lesson plans for 5 days focusing on the text. **
22 Slides: PowerPoint Presentation
Reading comprehension questions - listening/speaking and reading/writing
Scrambled sentence activities - differentiated tasks involving capitalization and using end punctuation.
Word work focus on the prefix ‘un’ - making new words and gap filling exercises.
Grammar work on the simple past - regular and common irregular verbs.
Answer sheet for worksheet 1 and self-correction sheet for worksheet 2 (Lesson 4)
Writing sentences
Composition - Writing a story based on Zack’s Unusual pet
Opportunity for computer work/non-fiction work on finding information about animals not usually kept as domestic pets.
Worksheets and activities - differentiated.
There is a Past Tense Verb Table for information/visual display for printing off in PowerPoint. Displaying regular and irregular past tense verbs.
Resources editable and printable.
File Type: Word, PowerPoint and PDF Formats contained in a zip file - all files in one folder.
Relates to Letters and Sounds: Phase 4 CCVC (consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant) words. The vowel will represent one sound and can be a vowel, digraph or trigraph, e.g. fright - f-r-igh-t.
Aimed at: Years 1 and 2 and/or children still finding it challenging to segment and blend, ESL/EFL students and SEN students.
Use in English language learning classes - use pictures as a visual prompt to segment and blend words.
This pack includes
Teacher Notes
4 sets of differentiated initial consonant blend strips - each set contains 21 initial consonant blends.
Plain strips - Children look at the picture, read the word and write it out.
Trace over dots strip - Children look at picture, trace over dots and then write out the word
Trace over dash lines - Children practise tracing over the words
Jumbled word strip - Using the picture as a clue, children sound out and write the word correctly.
handy for early finishers.
suitable for use in small group settings
Children can practise reading, segmenting and blending words.
Discriminate between initial blends beginning with the same phoneme - clap-crab.
As an extension: Write up the word in their workbooks and write a simple sentence with the word using it as a verb, noun or adjective.
Optional: Print, laminate and cut out.
You have the option of reducing the strips on the photocopier, cut out and stick into children’s workbooks to record phonic work.
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This product relates to multiplication and division one-step word problems with Answer Keys.
Aimed at: Keystage 1/Lower Keystage 2
**Content: **
15 Slides - PowerPoint Presentation on how to tackle word problems. In addition to drawing arrays, other strategies are touched upon - examples of how to use the number line, pictures and times table facts to solve multiplication and division problems for the more able children.
Differentiated worksheets:
Division Problems (1) - 15 questions (3 questions on each page)
Division Problems (2) - 15 questions (3 questions on each page)
Multiplication Problems (1) - 15 questions (3 questions on each page)
Multiplication Problems (2) - 15 questions (3 questions on each page)
Multiplication word problem task cards numbered 1 to 18 - work out answers/write number sentence.
Division word problem task cards numbered 1 to 18 - work out answers/write number sentence
Laminate the task cards and cut out for repeated use.
Alternatively, you can select and cut out the task cards to stick into workbooks for children to work on the problems.
File Type: PowerPoint Presentation, Word and PDF Format
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This product relates to telling the time on analogue and digital clocks.
Content:
• 2 Blank clocks showing 5 mins interval - Students can use these to refer to when working on their activities.
• 2 Worksheets – Showing o’clock times to convert to digital times
• 8 Worksheets – Different digital clock times which students read and then draw hands on analogue clocks to show correct times.
• 8 Worksheets – Different analogue clock times which students convert to the correct digital times for each clock.
More challenging
• 5 Worksheets - a digital time is shown and 3 analogue clocks of which one of the clocks shows the correct time. Students tick the correct time shown. The activity is labelled A to J. In addition there are:
•4 worksheets with questions A to J - students answer related questions on this activity (Answer sheet Included).
The last set of worksheets are for the more able students as there are extra questions related to the activities.
If you just want the multiple choice activity A to J and related questions, see link below:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/telling-the-time-worksheets-multiple-choice-questions-elapsed-time-time-word-problems-12072157
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This single phonics pack focuses on initial consonant blend ‘gl’ CCVC words.
As with the other consonant blends packs:
it is child-centred
child-friendly and
a step up from CVC and CCV to Phase 4: Letters and Sounds Phonics.
Increases children’s vocabulary.
Aimed at: Reception and keystage 1, SEND and ESL/EFL students.
It is an addition to my other resources on initial consonant blends.
This pack contains:
Detailed Lesson Plan with learning objectives, lesson starter, main activities and plenary - You can choose which parts are relevant to your class. PowerPoint slides are referred to in the plan.
PowerPoint Presentation 1 (31 Slides)- includes explanation of initial blend, CCVC words and whole class activities to prepare children for their independent activities.
PowerPoint Presentation Phoneme Count ((12 Slides) - Again, as in the others, I have listed all the CCVC words and the units of sound above the fingers so that children can see and hear the separate phonemes (with pictures) - Referred to in the lesson plan.
Encourage children to make simple sentences with the words. Some meanings of words are shown through pictures and speech bubbles.
Option for children to use the dictionary to look up the word gloat, gloom and glib - meanings are illustrated in PowerPoint Presentation Phoneme Count.
Flashcards of CCVC words with and without sound buttons and lines.
Set of pictures and words for matching activities.
Differentiated Activity Sheets 1, 2, 3 and 3a and 4 - for cut/paste work, writing sentences, reading and matching words to pictures.
You can combine the set of pictures and words with the other resources I have done on consonant blends - creating a set of pictures and words for future use.
Ideally laminate the set of flashcards and picture/word cards.
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This resource relates to mixed consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) phonic word work. There are 2 sets of worksheets which you can use to add to your work on CVC words. There is cut and paste and writing. The two sets of worksheet activities are:
Cut and paste the correct word and glue next to the picture.
Choose the correct word and write it on the handwriting guide lines.
The mixed CVC words to cut and paste and/or write are:
van, dog, pig, man, hug, log, mud, mug, sun, dig, bud, nun, box, hut, cut, jet, six, fox, fix, ram, mad, wet, mad, cat, jam, rat, sub, rub, peg, red, leg, map, bed, nap, wax, bib, bus, web, zit and kit.
Ideal for literacy centre work. Students can work independently or you could use in small group work to practise segmentation and blending to read and write CVC words.
You can download A4 size or US size worksheets.
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This resource is on the hundred square and the 1-120 square/grid. Students gain practice in moving up and down in tens and matching tens and ones/units grids to the numbers on the hundred square. Referring to the hundred square to complete word problem questions.
If you are looking for some hundred square activities, then resource is ideal for use in lessons, review and homework.
Answer Keys included.
Content:
• Worksheet 1 – (2 pages) - Students complete the hundred square from 1 to 100. After completing it, there are 11 questions to answer.
• Worksheet 2 – (2 pages) - Students fill in the partially completed hundred square. After completing it, there are 7 activities to do. Three of the activities include students shading in every two jumps for counting in two, every five jumps for counting in fives and every ten jumps for counting in tens.
• Hundred Square -Tens/Ones Activities (A to E)
Students work out what each tens and ones grid represent and write the number in the circle and then shade in the number on the hundred square. The first example has been done.
• 2x Cut/Paste missing numbers puzzle on a hundred square.
Students will see that there are missing extracts of grids from the hundred square. They cut out the grids and glue them in the correct spaces on the hundred square.
• Missing numbers on a hundred square.
Students will see parts of a hundred square which they complete with the missing numbers.
• 10 More than/Less than Word Problems.
Students read the 8 word problems and use the grid to help them work out the answers.
• A Set of 9-piece puzzle that make up the 1-120 Grid for students to cut out and glue together into their workbooks or on a separate sheet of paper.
Please see preview pane for examples of product.
You may be interested in:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-partitioning-hundreds-tens-and-ones-units-presentation-plans-worksheets-display-bundle-11532794
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This product relates to alphabet activities for Reception/Year 1, SEN and ESL/EFL/ESOL.
Learning Objectives: To begin to learn about alphabetic order and matching upper to lower case letters. To identify initial sounds.
Content:
• Teacher’s notes
• 2 Sets of Aa-Zz puzzle pieces – Cut/paste
• Aa-Zz -Matching letters of the alphabet to pictures
• Aa-Zz - Tracing over letters and matching to pictures
Description
Cut and Paste to match Puzzle pieces
Place a selection of Aa – Zz puzzle sheets on tables for children to cut out and match upper and lower case letters and stick into workbook or on a separate sheet of paper.
They can trace inside the letters with different colour pencils (rainbow tracing).
For the capital letter part of the puzzle ask children to write words beginning with capital letters such as their name if it begins with that letter, a city, day or month, a place of interest etc and draw pictures.
For the lower case part of the puzzle, ask children to write and draw things beginning with that letter that does not always begin with a capital letter.
Please see sample preview in preview pane.
Matching letters to pictures and colour activity
‘Aa is for’ to ‘Zz is for’ activity – tell children they need to colour in the picture that begins with that letter and not to colour in the other pictures.
Tracing over letters and matching to pictures
This alphabet activity is similar to the above except that the children trace over the dots.
File Type: Word and PDF
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For US version
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12693309
This product contains word searches, crosswords, jigsaw puzzles and colouring sheet for students to do if they have finished their work early or you wish to consolidate vocabulary relating to the church.
Content:
Teacher Notes on the activities
1x Word Search with Solution (lowercase letters)
1x Word Search with Solution (uppercase letters)
1x Word Search 2 with objects as clues (Solution included)
2 Differentiated Crosswords (with Solution)
2x Differentiated Scrambled Words Word Search (with Solution)
1x Colouring Sheet – Two stained glass windows
3x Differentiated Stained Glass Window Jigsaw Activity with Solution
Stained Glass Window Jigsaw Puzzle
This is a 9-piece jigsaw puzzle activity in which students cut out the pieces and arrange them on the worksheet before sticking down.
It is also differentiated - there is a sheet with two puzzle pieces stuck down for students to complete the rest of the puzzle with the remaining 7 pieces.
Please see my example sheet.
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Suitable for US
You can use this resource to present in an assembly (10-15 mins) or as a standalone lesson as I have included worksheets.
It is editable to suit learning abilities of your pupils. Remember to ‘Save As’, give a new name to the Presentation before editing.
You can change the date of Mother’s Day as it changes each year.
Content:
• Assembly/Lesson Notes
• 19 Slides – PowerPoint Presentation
• Mother’s Day card to colour in and add additional designs
• Worksheet 1 – Pupils draw four things and write simple sentences of what their mums do for them.
• Worksheet 2 – Pupils draw four things and write simple sentences of what they will do on Mother’s Day to make it special
• Worksheet 3 – Pupils complete a cloze activity.
Please see Assembly Notes – There is pupil interaction.
Meaning of Mother’s Day
Traditional Simnel Cake now linked to Easter
History of Mother’s Day and the ‘Mother’ Church
Children think about how they can make their mums feel special on the day
When USA and Mexico celebrate their Mother’s Day
Geography link – You could ask pupils to locate USA, Canada, Australia, UK and Mexico on the map as they are all on different continents.
Simple Ready-made card This is for some pupils who are reluctant to design a card. See preview pane.
Print off the sheet onto card or good quality paper.
Pupils can decorate and colour in and add their name at the bottom.
Then fold along the line to look like a card.
Second sheet with the heart should be printed on normal paper.
Tell pupils to decorate the sheet with the large heart on and then cut out to stick onto the front of the card.
3 Optional Worksheets to use after assembly or lesson.
Worksheet 1 – Pupils draw four things and write simple sentences of what their mums or foster mum or gran do for them.
Worksheet 2 – Pupils draw four things and write simple sentences of what they will do to make Mother’s Day special. For example, he/she could draw themselves giving mum a tray with breakfast in bed and then write a sentence correctly punctuated.
Additional Worksheet 3 – This worksheet is in two parts.
There is a gap-filling activity with the words in the word bank.
The second part is finding which day of the week is missing and then writing it.
File Type: Editable PowerPoint and Word docs, also in PDF format .
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This products relates to the hour, i.e o’clock times and half past the hour times.
Children read and write times on analogue clock and on digital clocks.
Content
O’ clock times worksheets (to the hour) (x3): Children read the times and draw hands on the clocks to represent the times shown.
Half past times worksheets (x3): Children read the times and careful draw hands on the clocks to represent the times shown.
Multiple choice tick boxes Worksheets relating to the hour and half past times (x3)
There are six clocks on each worksheet and below each clock are three times with tick boxes. Children tick the box that shows the time correctly.
Challenge: Worksheets for children who want more of a challenge.
What the time will be Worksheets (x3) – (Includes Answer Key)
These worksheets show the time the witch is cooking her brew (Time Now) and depending on what time the witch says that lunch will be ready, children work out the time it will be ready and write it on the digital clock. (Prior learning: children will know how to write times digitally or are learning to).
Work out when lunch was ready Worksheets (x3) – (Includes Answer Key)
These worksheets show the time the witch is cooking her brew (Time Now) and depending on what time the witch says that lunch was ready, children work out the time lunch was eaten and write it on the digital clock. (Prior learning: children will know how to write times digitally or are learning to).
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This resource relates to Halloween and contains a mixed bag of worksheets for children to do.
Content:
Counting Halloween pictures up to 10
Counting Halloween pictures up to 20
Both the above include Answers.
Making 5 - Children use the same colour to colour in two pumpkins that add up to 5 (see example in preview)
Making 10 - Children use the same colour to colour in two pumpkins that add up to 10
Making 15 - Use the same colour to colour in two pumpkins that add up to 15
Making 20 - Use the same colour to colour in two pumpkins that add up to 20
Extension: Use the same colour to colour in three pumpkins that make 20
Scary Sequencing Picture Patterns Worksheet - Cut/Glue - Children complete the sequence of pictures by cutting and sticking the correct picture.
Do-It-Yourself Picture Patterns - Children create their own picture patterns using the blank sheets and ready-made pictures. They can choose how they want to create their picture pattern sequence. The pictures are: cauldron, broomstick, frog, witch’s black hat, spider, jar of eyeballs, mummy, black cat and witch’s green face.
Spiders In the Web Worksheet - Children count the spiders and then draw two lines to match the number of the spiders on the web to the number and number word in the boxes.
For the last two worksheets, children cut out the numbers and number words and glue them next to the correct spider webs.
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This is a St Patrick’s Day theme product which contains five different maths activities.
Optional preparation: You can cut out the puzzle pieces and have children assemble them or get the children to cut out the sheets of puzzle pieces and they can assemble and glue onto a separate sheet of paper or into their workbooks.
Content:
• Differentiated puzzle pieces for children to match up numbers 1 to 10 and 11 to 20. The puzzles are in colour and b/w.
Pictures on the puzzles are gold coins with a shamrock and lucky horseshoes.
• Worksheet - Match up numbered gold coins with a picture of a shamrock in the centre by drawing lines to the correct tens frame or twenty frame (double tens frame).
• Worksheet - Count the number of coins and draw a line to the correct tens frame or twenty frames (double tens frame)
• Block Bar Chart worksheet in colour/b&w with 2 differentiated question sheets (with Answer Sheet):
Worksheet 1 with 8 questions
Worksheet 2 with 11 questions
• Cut and glue picture pattern worksheet (with Answer Sheet) – Children cut out the next picture(s) in the sequence.
Pictures: leprechaun, green hat, Irish harp and shamrock.
• Children can make up their own picture patterns with the pictures using the worksheets provided.
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You may be interested in this St Patrick’s Day Bundle which contains 3 separate products on assembly/lesson, myths and legends and additional St Patrick’s worksheets:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-bundle-presentation-worksheets-lesson-plans-facts-on-st-patrick-myths-legends-word-work-12067949
Free resource for puzzle numbers 1 to 5:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-shamrocks-counting-1-to-5-sort-and-match-early-years-yr-12078403
This resource relates to counting hearts of different colours. Children choose the correct colours to count and record their answers.
Aimed at: EYFS/Year 1
Content:
• Teacher Notes (3 pages) -with suggested activities
• 20 – Two-Colour Count Heart Shapes Cards
• 10 – Three-Colour Count Heart Shapes Cards
• 10 – Two-Colour Count Heart Cards with Number Track
• 11 – Colour Flash cards with words
• 1 sheet of four different colour number tracks
Laminate the above and cut out the flash cards and number tracks.
A lovely resource which can be used for one-to-one and small group assessment.
It can be used as an early morning maths input for children to practise counting.
In addition, children will be consolidating their knowledge on colours: red, blue, black, purple, orange, white, green, grey, yellow, brown and pink.
The counting cards are differentiated.
For children that need some support:
There is also a set of cards with a number track. For example, if the card has 5 white hearts and 4 red hearts, s/he counts the red hearts and then point to the number on the number track before writing the number next to the red heart picture.
Extension work example
For the more able children, you can ask how many hearts altogether. This will lead into more formal addition work: 3 green hearts + 4 orange hearts equals 7 hearts altogether.
Please see Preview Pane for additional resources.
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Other counting shapes resource:
Colour Count Shapes Activity Cards
This resource relates to column subtraction with no borrowing. If you are introducing column subtraction and/or you want your students to practice column subtraction with no borrowing and place value (how to write horizontal subtraction sums correctly in columnar form) then you can add these worksheets to your maths lessons.
Content:
2 Information Sheets (Option to laminate)
Write and Solve Column Subtraction Worksheets A to C
Subtract 1-digit from 2-digit Column Subtraction (4 pages) - Includes PDF fillable boxes
Subtract 2-digit Column Subtraction Practice Worksheets (5 pages) - Includes PDF fillable boxes
Column Subtraction Match Up (5 pages)
You can use the worksheets in small or large group settings. You may want to start your students off by re-writing conventional subtraction equations into columnar form. They can then progress on to taking away 1 digit from 2 digits column subtraction and then taking away double digit.
The subtraction match up activity involves two skills:
Students solve the sums
Draw a line to match up their answers in figures to the number words
Please see preview pane.
Answers are included.
You may be interested in Addition in Column Format
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/addition-column-vertical-addition-worksheets-no-regrouping-12449877
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