Before getting children to complete group work activities, it’s important that they know how to work well as a team. I handed out these cards to groups of 3 children and got them to act out the scenario. We then used freeze frame and circle time discussions to talk about how to work well as a team. Hope you enjoy! This resource contains: 6 scenario cards based on group work I intend to make a booklet of these scenarios in the future, if you’re interested, make sure you follow me to see them when they’re ready! Other Related Products that also help with collaboration and critical thinking: Thunks - Questions that make you thunk! Philosophy For Children Lego Therapy Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! ♦ Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit MY BLOG ♦ If you have any questions or concerns, go ahead and contact me through the Q & A and I’ll get back to you ASAP!

This resource contains a set of three differentiated worksheets based on solving worded problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This resource works well with my FREE presentation: Word Problems: Presentation on Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction SAVE money by buying this as part of my Maths Bundle (over 30 worksheets!) Math Bundle: Addition & Subtraction General Math Worksheet Notes: Besides the learning objective, there is a colour in brackets. The colour refers to which worksheet would be most suitable for which differentiated group. The colours below represent the following ability. ★ Red - Lower Ability ★ Orange - Middle Ability ★ Green - High Ability I use the apple at the top right-hand side of the sheet for pupil self-evaluation. I get the students to colour the apple in the following colours: ★ Red - I don’t understand (please help me) ★ Orange - I am okay but need more practice ★ Green - I have met the objective and am ready for another challenge This helps me to identify which students will need help during the next lesson, ensuring I look through their work carefully to work out what misconceptions they may be having. Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! ♦ Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit MY BLOG

This resource contains six worksheets based on using column method with addition and subtraction. Students will get the opportunity to answer a variety of questions directly on the worksheets. As described below, the worksheets are differentiated three ways, with the more difficult worksheets containing concepts such as carrying and borrowing. This resource works well with my FREE presentation: Addition & Subtraction: Presentation on Partitioning, Number Lines & Column Method SAVE money by buying this as part of my Maths Bundle (over 30 worksheets!) Math Bundle: Addition & Subtraction General Math Worksheet Notes: Besides the learning objective, there is a colour in brackets. The colour refers to which worksheet would be most suitable for which differentiated group. The colours below represent the following ability. ★ Red - Lower Ability ★ Orange - Middle Ability ★ Green - High Ability I use the apple at the top right-hand side of the sheet for pupil self-evaluation. I get the students to colour the apple in the following colours: ★ Red - I don’t understand (please help me) ★ Orange - I am okay but need more practice ★ Green - I have met the objective and am ready for another challenge This helps me to identify which students will need help during the next lesson, ensuring I look through their work carefully to work out what misconceptions they may be having. Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! ♦ Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit MY BLOG

Even more worded problems based on addition and subtraction. This contains three worksheets with varying difficulty, building up to questions which require multiple-steps. I would recommend this for a Year 5 class but could be used by neighboring year groups. Hope it saves you time! Why not check out one of my FREE presentations: Addition & Subtraction: Presentation on Partitioning, Number Lines & Column Method SAVE money by buying a Maths Bundle (over 30 worksheets!) Math Bundle: Addition & Subtraction General Math Worksheet Notes: Besides the learning objective, there is a colour in brackets. The colour refers to which worksheet would be most suitable for which differentiated group. The colours below represent the following ability. ★ Red - Lower Ability ★ Orange - Middle Ability ★ Green - High Ability I use the apple at the top right-hand side of the sheet for pupil self-evaluation. I get the students to colour the apple in the following colours: ★ Red - I don’t understand (please help me) ★ Orange - I am okay but need more practice ★ Green - I have met the objective and am ready for another challenge This helps me to identify which students will need help during the next lesson, ensuring I look through their work carefully to work out what misconceptions they may be having. Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! ♦ Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit MY BLOG

Want to find out more about how to improve the following skills within your classroom: Improve peer collaboration Think more critically Develop problem solving capabilities Build team working skills Use a tested and proven format to improve listening skills Empathize with a range of characters from different narrative stories… I have been using philosophy for children within my classroom for the last ten years and shared my knowledge recently at a workshop. This presentation contains easy to follow guidelines of how to run a session and includes resource banks and reference points. Other Related Products that also help with collaboration and critical thinking: Thunks - Questions that make you thunk! Lego Therapy Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! ♦ Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit MY BLOG

Perimeter of Squares and Rectangles This pack is a brilliant resource to equip your class with the skills needed to answer a broad range of perimeter questions. I designed these sheets after viewing Math test papers with the aim to prepare my students for any perimeter test question that might come up. One worksheet based on finding the perimeter of squares and rectangles One worksheet based on finding the missing lengths to work out the perimeter One worksheets based on finding out the lengths of a shape when given the perimeter (using the inverse operation) Answers keys for all the worksheets that show stage by stage methods Presentation based on finding the perimeter of different shapes Like this resource, or not quite what you were looking for? Why not try: *** Bundle: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division Word Problems *** Most worksheets are differentiated three ways and are easily adaptable. General Math Worksheet Notes: Next to the learning objective there is a colour in brackets. The colour refers to which worksheet would be most suitable for which differentiated group. The colours below represent the following ability. Red - Lower Ability Orange - Middle Ability Green - High Ability I use the apple at the top right hand side of the sheet for pupil self evaluation. I get the students to colour the apple in the following colours: Red - I don’t understand (please help me) Orange - I am okay but need more practice Green - I have met the objective and am ready for another challenge This helps me to identify which students will need help during the next lesson, ensuring I look through their work carefully to work out what misconceptions they may be having. Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit MY BLOG If you have any questions or concerns, go ahead and contact me through the Q & A and I’ll get back to you ASAP!

This presentation is filled with load of Thunks! Thunks are unusual questions to make you think. Examples could be: If the world was rules by rabbits, what would it look like? If you could have a million dollars or a million friends, which one would you chose? I use this bank of Thunks to get my class thinking at the start of the day and they love it. A lot of these questions have been taken and adapted from Ian Gilbert’s Little Book of Thunks. Other Related Products that also help with collaboration and critical thinking: Lego Therapy Philosophy For Children Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! ♦ Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit MY BLOG

0 - 9 Digit cards which I created to use for my Math Bulk Addition and Subtraction worksheets. I get the children in my class to turn them face down and flip them the right way round one at a time to create their own addition and subtraction questions. Enjoy!

This is a year long set of exercises I gave to a Year 3 class in the UK. It gets the children to practice difficult joined letter formations. First they practice the letters, than words with the letter form and finally in complete sentences. Each document contains around four tasks. I used this as a task for a guided reading rotation and got the children to practice their handwriting in a handwriting book.

I hope this free class timetable will save you time. The timetable contains the following: a broad range of different class times all the basic lessons taught within Elementary classrooms cute clip art pictures specialist lessons If there are other lessons or times you’d like me to add, please get into touch and I can update the document. Other products that you might also enjoy: Bundle: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division Word Problems Grammar: Past, Present and Future Tense Lego Therapy Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit MY BLOG

This is a great and simple to resource which can be used within your classroom. I use it as a theme in registration but you could also use it as a classroom poster. The item contains the following: A4 sheet containing 20 countries flags with how to say hello in each language Not what you’re looking for? Why not check out my grammar resources… Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed! Do you need some fresh ideas and tips? Then visit My BLOG Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly! If you have any questions or concerns, go ahead and contact me through the Q & A and I’ll get back to you ASAP!