I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
I have collected a very wide range of different National Day presentations I have created, from throughout the year, such as Science Day, Commonwealth Day, European Day of Languages, Mountain Day and Pancake Day, to name but just a few of them!
Are you looking for month long celebrations? I have brought together my Black History Month, Walk To School Month, Happiness Challenge, and Big Draw into a single, easy to use bundle.
I love guided reading. I love to get the children to discover more from every book they read. I like my students to look at the same book from different viewpoints, such as by using Thinking Hats to get more out of each book. I have created a wide range of different worksheets which you can use time and again with different books. Try them today.
This is my bundle for teaching about terrorism and why it is important to work towards peace. I have also written a child friend version of what to do should your school or a public place be attacked by terrorists. These resources could be used as part of a display or to help prompt the students to discuss the issues in the classroom.
FREE Jack and the FlumFlum Tree Yellow Thinking hat Worksheets Make Your Day Brighter!
Jack and the FlumFlum tree is full of positive messages (Yellow hat thinking) for children. It shows how you can use simple household items such as some balloons to scare away sharks and fix a boat with chewing gum. The children will love to find the advantages and clever ideas in this set of worksheets.
I would love some comments from people who have tried this in their classroom.
FREE - Room On A Broom Red Thinking Hat Reading Questions - Thinking About Feelings Is Fun!
Room on a broom is one of the best selling children's books on Amazon and yet it has hardly any resources listed on the TES. As obviously lots of teachers and students love this book, I thought I would make it into a series of worksheets.
I would love some feedback about what you think about this set of worksheets.
FREE The Gruffalo Workbook - 16 Thinking Hat Questions For More Creative Classroom Thinking
This is part of a weekly series of worksheets I am developing for teaching thinking hat questions during your guided reading lessons. They would also make excellent homework sheets. There are 3 white hat worksheets (facts), 3 Yellow hat (positives) 3 Black hat (negatives), 3 Green Hat (creative), 3 Red hat (feelings) and 1 Blue hat (Mind map).
There are none of the original images in this workbook - and you will still need the book to complete the tasks.
I would love some feedback of what you think of this work.
FREE Room On The Broom White Hat Reading Questions - Fact Finding Can Be Fun To Do!
Room on the Broom is a great book. I noticed a lack of really fun online Thinking Hat worksheets for this book and I thought I would try to resolve this.
It focuses on different aspects of characterisation. I would love to have some feedback about these worksheets.
FREE White Hat Reading Questions For The Gruffalo - Fact Finding Has Never Been So Much Fun!
The Gruffalo is a book ideal for exploring the different Thinking Hats. The White Thinking hat focuses on the information and the facts you can find in the book. This is the normal starting point for a reader. Thinking Hats build up from this fact.
I would love to have some feedback from anyone who has used this material in their classroom.
FREE The Magic Train Yellow Thinking Hat Worksheets Make Looking On The Bright Side More Fun!
These worksheets were originally written for 'The Magic Train' (Published by Barefoot books). However some of them could easily be used for absolutely any other book.
I am building up this collection of Thinking Hat Reading Questions as I want to encourage higher thinking skills in every primary school child but I could not find any instant thinking hat worksheets for books on the Internet. Please comment on these and tell me what other picture books you would like me to write about.
FREE Room On The Broom Yellow Hat Reading Questions Makes Positive Thinking Fun!
I noticed that despite this book being a best seller, the schools had very few resources for it and so I decided to focus on providing a set of Thinking Hat reading questions for anyone wanting to complete guided reading on this fabulous book.
Today I have focused on pulling out all the positives from this book. This set of worksheets is easy to differentiate and every child will gain something from it.
Please leave a comment when you have downloaded this set of files.
FREE The Magic Train Red Hat Thinking Questions - Helps Put Some Feeling Into Guided Reading
I have read everywhere how important Thinking Hat Questions are when it comes to reading. However, when I looked on the TES for lots of examples of other teachers work, I could not find a lot. I have now set myself the task of creating as many Thinking Hat Guided Reading Questions as possible for all the best selling picture books. It is a long term plan and you will need to be patient if this is not the book you were wanting. If you tell me which book you want, I will complete is as my next book. Please review these Red Hat Feeling worksheets and tell me how to improve them.
The Gruffalo is a great resource for exploring children's feelings and emotions. These three Red Hat Thinking worksheets help to guide their reading and their emotional learning skills. The worksheets are easy to differentiate and will help develop a deeper understanding of the characters.
I would love to have teachers comment on these worksheets after they have used them in the classroom.
FREE The Magic Train Black Hat Thinking Activities - Problem Solving Has Never Been So Fun!
Every day I am trying to add some more thinking hat resources I am making for my class to TES. It has been shown that Thinking Hat Questions promote higher thinking and reading skills in children and yet when it came to actually finding lots of these resources on this website, I could not find any and so I am planning to write worksheets each night and share them with everyone. I would love a review of my work and also any suggestions on what other children's books people would like me to add to this collection.
FREE The Magic Train Green Hat Thinking And Reading Worksheets For Creative Classroom Thinking.
Green Hat Thinking Activities are a lot of fun. It is the part of the reading scheme which lets the children to go a little wild and to extend, stretch and manipulate the story into a better fit. It is chance for them to add the missing details which make the whole book a lot more fun.
I have imagined what happens if they miss the Magic Train Home, the train stops working and also where does the train go after dropping off everyone at the end of the story?
I really would appreciate your input into how I could make these worksheets better.
After the Paris terrorist attack, good advice came out from homeland security on what to do if you face an attack. However it was focused on adults and not child friendly. I thought I would create a simple book which explains to children what is now recommended in the case of an active shooter attack. You should however still point out that this is an incredibly unlikely event - but one students now need to be prepared for.
Want some fun fun White Hat Thinking Worksheets for your class? This set of worksheets is designed to be used with the book 'The Magic Train' (Barefoot Publishers) though they could be used with the Barefoot YouTube videos if you don't have the books or access to them.
I would really love feedback on these worksheets as I am still in the process of perfecting them. I offer them in .pub as this is the best way for teachers to be able to modify them for their own use.
I have developed an idea. Did you know that during your registration period every day, you could be actively making your whole class happier? This could be done in the morning, the afternoon or even better at the end of each day before they go home.
All they do is complete this 21 page daily journal on things which make them happy. I have used it and I can say it does make a big difference to how you approach life.
I love writing for the TES and it does make up a substantial part of my monthly salary. I originally write a book to help people get started. I have now written a second short book to help people take their original TES teaching resources and make them sparkle a little bit more to help them get better sales.
I consider myself a successful TES Gold Author and I am now wanting to share my wealth of ideas, resources and links for FREE with other TES users to help them to become a successful TES author and also to help guide them on the first steps towards success...
This book tells them why they should become a TES author, where to find ideas to turn into presentations, where to find the free images which will help them to make their presentations a success and how to promote their work so that it becomes a highly sought after resource.
Try it today. I love being a TES author and it is certainly a passion for me. I want others to now also follow in my footsteps and also become successful and happy TES authors, the easy way!
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.