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Living Things Outdoor Activity: Living or Not?
For this activity students will look at what makes something living or not. They will complete the table by going outside and drawing living things in the left column and non-living things in the right column.
This pack has three differentiated levels.
Diff. 1 – Drawing items in the table
**Diff. 2 **– Drawing items in the table with an extension activity where they must circle the living things.
Diff. 3 – Drawing items in the table with the extension question ‘What makes something living?’.
This activity works well both individually or in pairs.
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Easter Bar Model Practise: Bonds to 10
This Easter themed resource will give your class loads of practise with number bonds to 10 using the bar model method. It’s a non-prep resource which contains three levels of differentiation.
Diff. 1: Complete the bar models by filling in the missing number.
**Diff. 2: **Complete the bar models by filling in one or two of the missing numbers + a word problem challenge.
**Diff. 3: **Complete the bar models filling in one or two of the missing numbers + two word problem challenges.
B&W copies are included with this resource.
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Materials and Their Properties: Outdoor STEM Activity - Permeability
Your students are set with the challenge to save Eddie who is ship wrecked on a desert island. They will need to research and create a water catching device using only natural materials and some tape.
Your class will research the permeability of different natural materials to find out which material will be best to make their water catchers out of. They will then design and create their water catchers before putting it to the test and seeing which catcher can collect the most water and save Eddie!
After researching, designing, building, and testing, they will then evaluate their designs and teamwork, looking at what went well and what they could have done to improve it. This activity is best done in mixed ability groups of 2 or 3.
Equipment needed:
Resource activity sheets
Measuring jugs
Water
-Tape
Scissors
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British Tree Identification Guide
A simple guide for your students to identify common British trees. For each tree it shows a picture of the tree, its’ leaves, and seeds. Laminate these sheets and use the time and time again. Equally, leave them in your outdoor space for students to use as this wish while exploring the world around them.
Christmas Bar Model Practise: Bonds to 10
This Christmas themed resource will give your class loads of practise with number bonds to 10 using the bar model method. It’s a non-prep resource which contains three levels of differentiation.
Diff. 1: Complete the bar models by filling in the missing number.
**Diff. 2: **Complete the bar models by filling in one or two of the missing numbers + a word problem challenge.
**Diff. 3: **Complete the bar models filling in one or two of the missing numbers + two word problem challenges.
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Bar Model: Numbers Bonds to 10
This resource will give your class loads of practise with number bonds to 10 using the bar model method. It’s a non-prep resource which contains three levels of differentiation.
Diff. 1: Complete the bar models by filling in the missing number.
**Diff. 2: **Complete the bar models by filling in one or two of the missing numbers + a word problem challenge.
Diff. 3: Complete the bar models filling in one or two of the missing numbers + two word problem challenges.
B&W copies are included with this resource.
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Algebra Problems With Andy: Years 2 - 3
These are some animal themed fun algebra problems for early algebra learners. This pack contains 3 differentiated sheets aimed at grades 1 – 2 where they must figure out what each animal is worth by using simple addition to make the columns and rows equal the correct answer.
Contents:
3 x differentiated algebra problem sheets
This pack also contains black and white copies.
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Floating and Sinking Outdoor Challenge
For this activity students are challenged to make the same object both sink and float, encouraging them to think about why objects either sink or float, and then how it is possible that the same object can be made to both sink and float.
This resource has two differentiated results sheets and questions:
Diff. 1 – A simple question about the properties of items that sunk.
**Diff. 2 – **A question to encourage critical thinking about how it is possible the same object can be made to both sink and float.
A great follow up activity is to get your class to design and build a paper boat, seeing which boat is able to carry the most cargo without sinking.
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10 More 10 Less Activity
This pack contains four differentiated worksheets where your class will get loads of practise at working out 10 more and less as part of their addition and subtraction unit. These sheets are designed to be very visual with the use of base-ten images. For children who need more support you can provide them with base-ten apparatus or similar to help them physically see what’s happening to the numbers as they add and take away 10.
White Rose Maths aligned.
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Continents Research Booklet
This continents student research booklet is a great project for students to carry out research on all 7 continents (Asia, Africa, Antartica, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America), creating a page for each where they’ll research the population, size, number of countries as well as some fun facts. There’s also space for a picture at the top of beach continent page. It’s perfect as a personal project or extension activity if you’re looking at continents
This pack comes in both color and black and white as well as a blank template.
To create the booklet, cut each A4 page in half, hole punch the top corner, and use some string or treasury tags to hold them together.
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Landforms Student Booklet
This types of landforms student booklet is a great project for students to carry out research on canyons, coasts, deserts, hills, islands, mountains, plains, plateaus, oceans, rivers, valleys, and volcanos, creating a page for each with space for a diagram or picture along with a front and back cover page. It’s perfect as a personal project or extension activity if you’re looking at different landforms.
This pack comes in both color and black and white as well as a blank template.
To create the booklet, cut each A4 page in half, hole punch the top corner, and use some string or treasury tags to hold them together.
**Vocabulary included:
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canyons
coasts
deserts
hills
islands
mountains
plains
plateaus
oceans
rivers
valleys
volcanos
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More or Less Addition and Subtraction Board Game: Years 1 - 2
This board game is great fun and will give your class tons of practise looking at 1 more or less, 10 more or less, as well as some bigger numbers for an extra challenge.
It’s a no-prep game (all you need is dice and counters) which can be played with 2 or more players. I have used this resource very successfully as a lesson however I now keep a pile at the back of the classroom that children can use as an extension activity or treat (they love it that much!).
This pack contains four levels of differentiation.
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1 More or Less / 10 More or Less Coloring Activity
Your class are sure to love this fun coloring activity where they will get tons of practise looking at 1 more or less and 10 more or less. They will color a 1-100 grid by answering questions to reveal the secret picture. It’s a great visual way for children to practise this adding and taking away ones and tens.
There are two sheets, one for 1 more or less and one for 10 more or less.
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Forces and Motion: The Lever Challenge - Outdoor STEM
For this activity students will be set the challenge to lift their partner off the ground without touching them using a set of materials provided. The idea is that they’ll create some kind of lever so they can stand on one side of the plank of wood and lift their partner on the other.
Our suggested teaching structure:
Planning sheet: 15 mins Building their lifting device: 20 mins Evaluation sheet: 15 mins This activity works best if students are left to produce their own designs and figure things out for themselves, however if by the end of the session, not all the students have figured out how to lift their classmate by using a lever, get some students to demonstrate and begin to explain how it works.
Resources per group:
Activity pack
Planning sheet
Evaluation sheet
Plank of wood
Log / pipe (something to wrest the lever on)
Rope
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Halloween Outdoor Bingo
This is a great bingo activity for Halloween to get your students exploring the outdoors as they hunt for all the different creepy critters, sounds, and feelings they can find in your outdoor space. They’ll use all of their senses to complete their bingo sheet as they, listen, look, and feel for different things.
1 / 10 More Than or Less Than Worksheet Activity
For this activity students will complete the patterns and number tracks by working out 1 / 10 more than or 1 / 10 less than. This resource pack contains four differentiated worksheets.
**Sheet 1: **1 more / less than – numbers 1 – 30
**Sheet 2: **10 more / less than – numbers 1 – 200
Sheet 3: 10 more / less than – only multiples of 10
**Sheet 3: **10 more / less than – all numbers
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Addition Dice Game: Years 1 and 2
This is a fun addition dice game for grades K - 1 to practise addition either mentally or using visual aids to help. Children will roll dice either 2, 3 or 4 times (depending on ability) and add them together. You can set different challenges each time (highest total score, lowest total score, quickest to complete, etc.).
This activity is a great lesson, but is also perfect as a fun extension activity.
B&W copies are included in this pack.
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Place Value: Adding Tens Activity
These differentiated worksheets are designed to get students looking at the relationship between units and tens when doing addition. They will complete the unit addition before looking at the comparative tens addition (e.g. 1 + 2 = 3 and 10 + 20 = 30).
Contents:
Diff. 1: Using base ten to complete the additions.
Diff . 2: Part-whole models with numbers 1 - 100.
Diff 3: Part - whole models with numbers 1 - 200.
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Months and Seasons in Spanish Vocabulary Cards
These vocabulary cards are perfect for learning or revising months and seasons in Spanish. This is a great way to have students review their Spanish vocabulary whether they’re used for a display or as flash cards!
Vocabulary included:
All 12 months
All 4 seasons
Check out our Spanish Months and Seasons Cootie Catcher Game.
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Humans And The Environment: How Humans Affect The Environment Bundle
This bundle on the affect humans have on the environment contains a powerpoint & quiz and worksheets to get your students thinking carefully about both the positive and negative impact humans are having on our planet.
PowerPoint & Quiz
An interactive PowerPoint and Quiz on the affect humans have on the environment is perfect for your sustainability / eco-friendly topic. It encourages the children to think about both the positive and negative impacts we’ve had on the environment as well as what they can do in their own lives to try and reduce the problems.
Contents
Slides 1 – 3: Introduction
Slides 4 – 9: Positive or Negative Affect Game
Slides 10 – 15: Negative Affects
Slides 16 – 23: Positive Affects
Slides 24 - 34: Quiz
Slide 35: Activity Ideas
Worksheets
This activity is perfect for your sustainability topic as students will look into what we do that has both positive and negative effects on the environment and our planet. This pack contains a worksheet with three levels of differentiation where they’ll look at items / actions and decide whether or not they have a positive or negatives effect on the environment.
Diff. 1: Students will cut and stick objects / actions into the correct column.
Diff. 2: Students will cut and stick a wider variety of objects / actions into the correct column.
Diff. 3: Students must decide whether or not the object / action has a positive or negative effect and explain their reasoning.
Black and white copies are also included.
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