A complete Maths lesson focusing on doubling.
The lesson demonstrates what doubling is and covers all doubles to 10 + 10. Children can practise writing the doubles number sentences on whiteboards and then check that they have written them correctly when they are revealed on the IWB. The lesson includes three differentiated doubling worksheets and a short doubling plenary.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap or booster session for Year 2 children.
For my Finding Half lesson see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/finding-half-of-an-amount-money-complete-lesson-12131580
For my Finding Half and Doubling Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/finding-half-and-doubling-lessons-12245533
A set of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 10. Activities included are drawing or using objects to represent number bonds, writing number sentences to match number bonds, completing part whole models for number bonds to 10, solving word problems, using bar models. These sheets focus solely on number bonds to 10. They give children the opportunity to practise number bonds to 10, use manipulatives or pictorial representation to solve problems and also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons focusing on number bonds to 10 plus have also laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time or early work.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used as part of an intervention for Year 2 children.
For my Making 5 Activity Worksheets see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/making-5-activity-worksheets-12185922
A Powerpoint all about the season winter.
The Powerpoint shares lots of facts about winter and includes questions for the children to answer about winter.
There are also five worksheets about winter for children to complete. The worksheets cover filling in the missing words in sentences about winter, designing a winter snowman, answering questions about the season winter and drawing a winter scene.
Aimed at Key Stage 1 children however the Powerpoint and some of the worksheets could be used with Reception children.
For my Autumn and Winter Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12199026
For my Seasons Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397144
Play Notes on the Ocarina
A music activity to help children to learn to play the notes on an ocarina. Each slide shows a different note and explains how to play that note. The notes have all been given names to help children to remember them. The final slide shows children how to play the first line of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star using the Ladybird Ocarina notes.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
A music activity to help children to learn to play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on the ocarina. The children first practise playing the different notes with each note having a name to help children to remember them. Children then practise playing the first line of the song on their ocarina, then the first two lines followed by playing the next two lines and then playing the whole song.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1
Sentence Writing Intervention
A sentence writing booster/intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children who are struggling with writing. The PowerPoint covers five weeks and introduces children to 35 of the 100 high frequency words/hfw. Each week covers reading the focus high frequency words, writing the focus words, cutting and sticking words to make a sentence and then writing a dictated sentence. I have used this activity to encourage children to write sentences with capital letters and full stops and to hold and repeat the sentence in their head.
The intervention helps children to gain confidence when they are writing sentences.
HFW Reading Intervention
A reading intervention that covers 100 high frequency words/HFW. The words are split into 13 sets with five activities for children to complete for each set. The activities are - read the words, find and colour the star words, match and colour words starting with upper and lower case letters, read the sentences including hfw and use the picture to fill in the missing word and read the sentences and draw a picture to match the sentences.
Please note that the sets do not contain equal numbers of words due to needing to construct sentences that make sense.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
A set of 8 classroom behaviour certificates for teachers to use when they spot a pupil displaying one of the positive behaviours. The certificates are for -
excellent attitude
fantastic lining up
superb effort
brilliant tidying
wonderful kindness
good listening
super sitting
beautiful manners
The certificates encourage children to engage in the positive behaviours and children enjoy being praised for their positive behaviour.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage One children.
A set of 21 number bond scavenger hunt cards for making 20. Children have to solve the problem and identify the missing number in the number sentence, children then find the previous answer on the next card and continue solving problems until they reach their starting card. These cards can be used as a retrieval activity or as a warm up activity. They can also be used during carpet time as a follow me activity.
Aimed at KS1.
A set of 13 multiplication scavenger hunt cards for x10. Children have to solve the ten times table problems and then find the previous answer on the next card and continue solving problems until they reach their starting card. These cards can be used as a retrieval activity or as a warm up activity. They can also be used during carpet time as a follow me activity.
Aimed at KS1.
A set of 13 multiplication scavenger hunt cards for x11. Children have to solve the eleven times table problems and then find the previous answer on the next card and continue solving problems until they reach their starting card. These cards can be used as a retrieval activity or as a warm up activity. They can also be used during carpet time as a follow me activity.
Aimed at KS1 and LKS2.
A music activity to help children to learn to play the different notes on an ocarina.
Each slide shows a different note and explains how to play that note. The notes have all been given names beginning with the note letter to help children to remember them. The final slide shows children how to play the first line of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star using the Ladybird Ocarina notes.
There is also an Ocarina Notes Poster showing all of the notes alongside their name and their note. Children can use the poster to practise the different notes in order.
Children of all ages and abilities can learn to play the ocarina and have great fun making music.
Activity aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children although could be used by Lower Key Stage 2 children too.
For the whole song please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ocarina-twinkle-twinkle-little-star-12210764
For my Ocarina Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ocarina-bundle-12210780
A phonics activity workbook covering vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Each new sound has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match the sentence therefore showing their understanding of the sentence.
This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework.
I have also used this workbook as Early Morning Work for children to practise their phonics. The workbook supports children to become more confident with each focus sound and as the activities are repeated for each new sound the children can become more independent when completing the workbook.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 although could be used as a booster or intervention activity for Year 2 children.
For my Split Digraph only version see
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-revision-split-digraph-workbook-12149339
For my Phonics Activity Powerpoint see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-activity-12125266
For my Phonics Digraphs and Trigraphs bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-screening-revision-and-practise-12125275
A presentation about emotions, what they are and how we can recognise and control them.
This presentation can be used as an assembly or during a PSHE discussion or lesson about emotions. The PowerPoint includes questions for children to think about and answer. This presentation can be used to help children to understand that everybody experiences positive and negative emotions and how we can deal with these emotions.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
For my Emotions Presentation and Emotions Worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/emotions-powerpoint-and-worksheets-12350920
For my assemblies bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/four-ks1-assemblies-12255290
A Maths booster/intervention that can be printed off to create a booklet of activity worksheets for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children. The booklet covers five weeks and covers a range of activities including number writing to 5 and then to 10, missing numbers, number recognition and representation using pictures and addition and subtraction using numbers to 5 and then numbers to 10.
I have used this activity to support children with their understanding of number and addition and subtraction and it has helped to boost their confidence when they return to class.
For my Writing intervention please see
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-sentences-intervention-12130753
For my Maths and Writing Intervention Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-and-writing-intervention-12178045
A fun Maths activity to introduce children to 2D shapes.
The activity includes interactive activities for the children to join in with. The activity shows different 2D shapes and describes their properties. Children then have to guess the 2D shape that is being described or the 2D shape that is being slowly revealed. Children then have to explain why a shape eg a circle is not a triangle, this encourages children to use the vocabulary to describe 2D shapes and demonstrates their understanding of 2D shapes. There is also a shape spotting activity using pictures and an odd one out activity again encouraging children to describe and talk about the properties of 2D shapes. My class have enjoyed using this PowerPoint to learn about 2D shapes and it encourages lots of talk about 2D shapes. The activity could be used as a whole class activity or in small intervention groups.
There are also 3 differentiated 2D shape worksheets for the children to complete.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children.
For my 3D shapes PowerPoint see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/3d-shapes-12176751
For my 2D and 3D Shapes Bundle see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/2d-and-3d-shape-powerpoints-12176770
An English story writing activity to support children when writing a story.
Children plan their story using a story plan. This activity then demonstrates to the children how to write each part of their story using the story plan. I use this activity over several days to support children to write their story and will often cover several parts in one lesson with mini plenaries in between reminding children what their writing needs. Children like the little girl who pops up to ask questions to improve the story.
The activity could be used in Early Years for orally retelling a story or in Key Stage 1 for writing a story.
For my planning activity Powerpoint please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/planning-a-story-12172616
For my Story Planning and Story Writing Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/story-planning-and-writing-bundle-12173585
**A set of three complete Maths lesson for counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. **
Each lesson shows children how to count in twos, fives and tens. Children then practise counting in twos, fives and tens, identify missing numbers counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and count sets of objects in 2s, 5sand 10s.
Each lesson includes differentiated worksheets and a plenary.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap or booster session for Year 2 children.
A complete Maths lesson for teaching half past in a step by step manner.
This interactive lesson focuses on half past. The lesson recaps key terms and o’clock before teaching children how to read half past times. The lesson encourages lots of discussion to ensure that the children understand half past. It includes three differentiated half past worksheets and a short plenary.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used as a recap lesson or as part of an intervention for Year 2 children.
For my o’clock lesson see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/time-o-clock-complete-lesson-12158027
A number bonds word problems activity for making 20.
This Maths activity can support children to learn and practise number bonds to make 20. The activity shows children all of the different number bonds for making twenty. Each number bond has a word problem eg I have twenty cats, 12 of the cats are playing in the garden. How many cats are in the house? Children can solve these problems using objects and pictorial representations and record their number sentence on their whiteboards. The word problems in this activity all start with the teen number so children can gain confidence solving the problems for making 20.
Activity could be used as a whole class activity or in small groups.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could be used as a recap or as part of a booster session for Year 2 children.
For my Making 5 Activity please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-5-12149331
For my Making 10 Activity please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-ten-12128345
For my Making 5, 10 and 20 Activity Bundle please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/number-bonds-making-5-10-and-20-12171233
Making 10 Activity Worksheets
A set of 8 different Maths activity worksheets to practise making 10 covering bar models, part whole models, adding using objects and word problems. These sheets focus solely on number bonds to 10. They also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences. I have used these as worksheets during Maths lessons plus have also laminated the different sheets for children to use during choosing time or early work.
Making 10 Activity Cards
A set of Maths activity task cards for making 10. The set includes 6 number bond activities for making 10 including using a bar model, part whole models, addition and word problems. These cards can be used as part of a number bond Maths lesson or could be used during choosing time for children to practise number bonds to 10. The activity cards also give children the opportunity to practise recording number sentences.
These cards can be laminated so that they can be used again.
Number Bonds - Making Ten PowerPoint
A number bonds activity for making 10. This Maths activity can support children to learn and practise number bonds to make 10. The activity shows children all of the different number bonds for making ten. Each number bond has a word problem eg I have ten dogs, 5 of them are playing in the garden. How many dogs are in the kennel? Children can solve these problems using objects and pictorial representations and record their number sentence on their whiteboards. Activity could be used as a whole class activity or in small groups.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 children however could also be used as a recap or as part of an intervention group for Year 2 children.
A set of 10 problem solving activity worksheets with a Christmas theme.
Activity 1 - spot and count the objects
Activity 2 - compare trees and answer the questions
Activity 3 - read the clues and solve the problem
Activity 4 - read the clues and add buttons to the snowmen
Activity 5 - solve the number sentences and colour the tree
Activity 6 - find the odd one out
Activity 7 - use the picture to answer the spot it questions
Activity 8 - create different jumpers using three colours
Activity 9 - find the odd one out
Activity 10 - spot the difference
Aimed at Key Stage 1 children.
For Christmas Maths Worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-maths-sheets-12216277
For Christmas English Worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-english-sheets-12217443
For a set of 30 mixed Christmas worksheets please see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-worksheets-12196605