FREE The Gruffalo Creative Ideas Worksheets - Green Hat Thinking Worksheets Make Reading Fun! The Gruffalo is a wonderful way to explore the creative side of a child's personality. I have made a series of Green Hat Thinking questions to help let the child think 'out of the box'. I would love comments from anyone who has used this material in their classroom.

I have created 15 anti-war slogan posters which teachers are free to use, discuss and share in their classrooms. They are a great way for launching and supporting classroom discussions. Why do people go to war? Is there such a thing as a just war? Is there always a solution which does not involve violence? If you like these posters, please take the time to leave a nice comment, share and distribute these resources to others. You can also click the little heart to be informed of all the future teaching resources I make and upload.

I am interested to see if people are interested in my simple Christmas verbs idea. If you are, please leave me a nice comment and suggestions about what other Christmas related topics you would like to see being converted in a series of simple posters.

FREE Stick Man White Hat Thinking Worksheets Make Fact Finding More Fun! Stick man is the latest book to be converted into a set of Thinking Hats Guided Reading materials. It is another perfect book for my thinking hat materials. It contains all the elements a student needs to develop their higher thinking skills. I love getting people's feedback on this material.

I have been getting such nice comments for making FREE posters for teachers that I decided I would try a more festive approach this time. Here are 10 motivating slogans for you to choose from. Here is the link to the other 15 posters - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/15-free-christmas-posters-to-brighten-up-any-classroom-share-them-with-everyone-11177314. Please download and enjoy! Please click the little heart to say you like it or leave a nice comment! Please visit my shop at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/peterfogarty.

Mental arithmetic tests for Y5 designed to be done fortnightly.

I have been a keen fan of this book for a long time. I was really excited to see as part of the Open Government scheme, I was able to take this book and make it into something I believe is much more user friendly. When I used the original book with an interactive whiteboard, I was always annoyed at having to skim to the end of the book to show an answer. I wanted it on the next page. In addition, I have now replaced all the pictured with much more stimulating colourful pictures. I have also taken the time to follow the advice of Dudley council and sorted the different problems into age groups and blocks. You will notice there is some repetition of problems both between blocks and in different year groups. The students can try the same problem twice at different times, as this is excellent consolidation. It is also an excellent time to suggest students think about how they could change the problem. How can this be used in the classroom? This could be used as an assessment at the start or the end of a unit. It also could be used as an emergency set of lessons for any teacher while covering another teacher’s maths classes. In addition, it is also an excellent set of resources to prepare for different exams. Look at how the students resolve a problem and identify the different ways different students attempt to answer the same problem. In addition to answering the problems, this is also an excellent time to look into inverse operations. How do we know we have found all the answers? How do we know we have found the correct answer? I have really enjoyed making these mental maths problems a lot more accessible. I have enjoyed teaching them in a wide range of different classes and I hope that you too will enjoy making maths fun.

Mental arithmetic tests for Y4 designed to be done fortnightly.

FREE Year 5 PowerPoint Mental Maths Tests (3 weeks) I love the Wigan Mental Maths tests but I am trying to reduce the amount of paper I have in the classroom and so I have started to convert the Year 5 tests into PowerPoints. I use them weekly, and use the same one twice then I put them online for the parents to use at home.

This summer I upgraded all my teaching resources and I am now offering my presentations as both PowerPoint presentations and also as a fun YouTube video. FREE Year 3 Lesson - Solving Word Problems - Autumn Term. Perfect for SATs revision, end of term revision, an extension lesson or a homework lesson. If you like this lesson, then you will also like my full FREE Year 3 Maths Lesson pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050.

This summer I improved my Place Value presentation. I have created both a PowerPoint and a YouTube version of my presentation. I have been looking at the materials I need to update and improve and I found this little gem. If you are looking for a fun, free, Year 3 Autumn term lesson about place values, complete with a warm up, main lesson and a plenary, then I would highly recommend you try this one. If you go to https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050, you will find it as part of my complete FREE Year 3 Maths teaching pack.

I have uploaded a new version of my Addition on an empty number line PowerPoints and I added a YouTube video for each presentation. FREE Year 3 Maths Lesson - Addition on an empty number line - Autumn Term. It would be good for a revision lesson, an extension lesson or a homework lesson. If you like this lesson, you should also try the complete FREE Year 3 Maths lesson pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050.

Year 3 Mental models for adding and subtracting has been improved and now includes both a Youtube and PowerPoint presentation lesson. FREE Year 3 Lesson Mental Models to Add and Subtract (Autumn Term). It could be a great way of revising for SATs test, end of term tests or as homework for the students to do with their parents. If you like this one, please look at my full FREE Year 3 Maths lessons pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050

YouTube and PowerPoint presentations which go hand in hand in the classroom make a much better teaching idea. You can go through the PowerPoint in the classroom and give them the link to repeat at home. This instant recall subtraction bonds will help them to learn a lot faster. FREE Year 3 Maths Lesson - Instant recall of Subtraction Bonds - Autumn Term. This is perfect for revision, homework or to teach more about subtraction. If you like this lesson, you should also look at the FREE Year 3 maths pack I made here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050.

FREE Youtube video! This summer I upgraded all my teaching resources. My PowerPoints now also include free YouTube videos about addings and subtracting multiples of 1, 10 and 100 FREE Year 3 Lesson about Adding and Subtracting Multiples of 1, 10 and 100. (Autumn Term) - Perfect for revising a topic for SATs revision or the Christmas test. This is part of a bigger set of FREE Year 3 lessons I developed, found at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050.

This summer I redeveloped all my teaching resources and now offer both a free PowerPoint presentation and a YouTube version of each PowerPoint to make life easier for every teacher! Learn my fabulous adding and subtracting 11 and 9 maths tricks for your self. Be the star of the staffroom! FREE Year 3 Maths Lesson - Adding and Subtracting 11 and 9 (Autumn Term) - If you like this teaching resource, you will love the whole Year 3 Maths teaching pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050.

Adding several small numbers together has been improved and enhanced so it now includes both a YouTube video and a PowerPoint presentation. FREE Year 3 Lesson Adding several small numbers (Autumn Term) - If you like this lesson, you will also like the complete FREE Year 3 Maths pack I uploaded at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050.

I added free Youtube videos and better presentations about how to improve mental calcuations by improving your maths vocabulary and mental calculations. FREE Year 3 Lesson - Maths vocabulary and practising mental calculations (Autumn Term). It comes complete with a starter, a main lesson and a plenary. IF you like this teaching resource, you should also try the FREE full set of Year 3 teaching resources I created at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050.

This Ordering numbers from the greatest to the least is now both a PowerPoint and a YouTube presentation. Ordering numbers is a lot of fun for everyone. Here is a FREE Year 3 Autumn Term Ordering Numbers lesson which is part of my FREE, highly recommended https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167050 Year 3 Maths pack.

I have developed a series of termly Year 3 Maths assessments based on the Wigan maths assessments. I have created both Youtube videos and PowerPoints around these tests. There are two different Year 3 Maths assessments. In the first you ask a question and everyone answers it and then you have a choice of two different assessments. In the first, the answer appears after the question and this one is useful if you are using a Block 1 Year 3 assessment as a revision tool as everyone can discuss how they found their answer. They can also use it to see how well they are doing during their termly Year 3 assessment. The second type is the traditional ask all the questions first, swap papers and check each of the answers which is all great and has its own merits. I hope you like this new approach to teaching maths in the classroom as I do plan to make a lot more lessons which are similar to this in the future.