Hi I am Kev, my wife Belinda and I run Innovative Teaching Ideas. We love to learn, and now have three little learners to guide through life. Above all we would love to hear your feedback and thoughts around our products and can make resources to meet your needs.
Hi I am Kev, my wife Belinda and I run Innovative Teaching Ideas. We love to learn, and now have three little learners to guide through life. Above all we would love to hear your feedback and thoughts around our products and can make resources to meet your needs.
This maths reflection tool is aimed at students aged 6 - 14 gives a great insight into how your students feel about their abilities in maths, and what areas they still need to work on in the future.
This task allows for both artistic and mathematically minded students to share what they know in the areas of the four operations and general maths.
It takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours to complete depending upon your students age and ability.
A friend of mine asked for some printable templates to help her grandchildren improve their handwriting skills.
As a result I have created these Victorian Modern Cursive Templates for you to download and print out.
They work most effectively when laminated so that they can be used over and over.
Please let me know if you would like these made up in any other specific font and I'll see what I can do.
Tens Frames are used to teach children complements of 5 and 10. They use these to practice what’s missing from a set to make it complete. The ten frame uses the concept of benchmark numbers (5 and 10) and helps students develop visual images for each number. For example, this device makes it easy to see that 6 is 1 more than 5 and that 6 is 4 less than 10.
Battleship is a classic game of strategy and logic kids of all ages love to play. Best of all, it is a great to play in your maths class as it teaches students how to use acartesian planeand understand how to use co-ordinates on a grid.
I have made up two PDF versions of the classic battleship game you can download and print
The first one is the traditional battleship game and the second one is the slightly more advanced 4 quadrant version of Battleship which is more suited to secondary students.
"You just sunk my Battleship!"
Enjoy
Learning the alphabet is the first step for your child to learn how to read. With reading comes a greater vocabulary.(and curiosity) It helps kids express themselves about their environment and gain more knowledge.
This great Poster will be awelcome edition to any classroom or with it's bright colours and simplicity.
We know it is a teachers job to help students when they need it, but quite often students can come a little too reliant on their teachers.
This poster gives students four strategies to help them solve problems before asking their teacher. It is a great visual tool that is easy to remember and has some great concepts that go beyond the classroom.
This poster highlights the 'Big Three' search engines for teachers and students and highlights the strengths and weaknesses for each one.
Google Search
Wolfram Alpha
Wikipedia
Your students will definitely find this a useful resource next time they reach for a computer to look something up as it gives them both purpose and direction on what to use and how best to use it,
I would recommend also taking a look at our "How to use Google Search like a Boss" Which has been hugely popular in teaching students how actually use Google Search with purpose and direction.
Children love getting their hands on computers, tablets, and smartphones – encourage their curiosity with this no prep, editable three-class lesson plan.
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This resource has been created for teachers to explain what computers are, how they work, and how they impact our lives.
Whether you’re a dedicated computer teacher or have a room of general elementary learners, you’ll find it easy and fun to explore this area of the curriculum with this resource. Even if you’re a true Luddite with no tech background at all, you won’t have any problem understanding and explaining the content.
This resource comes as an editable PowerPoint, but it isn’t just for lectures. There are enough tasks to keep everyone busy for at least two or three lessons, with the scope to go further. Part of the download includes a resource that you can integrate into your writing sessions as well.
We’ve broken down this lesson set into the following elements:
What is a computer and what does it do?
A brief history of computers
Different types of computers
What components make up a computer and what do they do?
Computer Peripherals
How does information flow through a computer?
Teaching ideas related to this unit of work.
Useful content to assist in teaching and learning
Useful links for students and teachers
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This lesson plan is aimed a t teaching students about friction and how it effects the movement of objects.
It contains a number of engaging and hands on activities and resources which effectively demonstrate the learning intentions.
Learning intentions or Overview
Students will examine the effect friction has upon moving objects
Why does friction impede the free movement of objects.
What is the relationship between force and friction.
It is an editable PowerPoint file format
Introduce your students to the imagination and mystique of Greek mythology while teaching concepts of cause and effect with this no prep and easily extendable lesson.
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The heroism and tragedy of Greek myths make them perfect springboards into a variety of writing and philosophical elements for elementary children. However, their complexity can make prep a chore. Save time for yourself with this completely prepared presentation – all you have to do is open and run the slideshow on your interactive whiteboard or computer. And if you want to keep going with the topic, the included extension tasks will keep kids busy for at least one more lesson. If you’d like to engage your students in two important topics at once, this quick and easy lesson is for you.
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Students probably love writing narratives more than any other genre. It allows them to use freedom and knowledge to share their ideas in their own style.
I have put together a series of 6 posters that will assist students in creating and reading narratives including.
Plot
Details
Prediction
Setting
Characters
Fiction and Non Fiction
Whether you run a computer lab or work in a well-wired room, this high-resolution, professionally designed bundle of 65 posters will get everyone working efficiently with no prep required – just print and post.
When you download this bundle, you’ll receive 65 posters for both Apple and Windows. Every shortcut poster comes in three completely different styles so you can mix, match, and give your room variety and a pop of color. If you want to imagine for yourself what your classroom or lab could look like with these, check out the preview.
Each design style includes 13 shortcut posters for both Apple and Windows, including:
Copy
Paste
Cut
Save
Print
Undo
Select All
Bold
Underline
Italics
Insert Hyperlink
Find
Replace
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These posters are a collection of teaching posters based upon Britain's famous 'Keep calm an Carry on" campaign during world war II.
They are a bit of fun and can be applied to any staff room for some light humor.
They include the phrases
Keep calm and reboot
Keep calm and love teaching
Keep calm and stop teaching
Keep quite and continue working
Keep calm and enjoy learning
Keep calm and raise your hand
Keep calm and teach on
They are all high resolution images that can be printed from tiny to poster size with no loss of quality.
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This collection of printable posters /signs are great for office doors. They look great and are completely editable as a Word Document.
Just add your name and photo and away you go. They come with four base templates which you can customize entirely.
Where is the Principal?
Where is the Nurse?
Where is Mr. Jones?
Where is the Counselor?
Attach a clothespin to the appropriate place on the poster. You could easily decorate one with paint, scrapbook paper and/or glitter!
You will receive Four easy to edit word documents to suit your exact needs.
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Kids of all ages love dinosaurs, and they are a great topic to teach. There seems to be an unending fascination with these giant creatures which dominated earth for millions of years and then suddenly vanished.
This collection of 13 Dinosaur Posters will really enhance any learning space at home or school, and help you and your students better understand Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.
These Posters are all high resolution PDF images that can be scaled to meet any size requirements (including posters) and provide facts, images and information about the following 12 dinosaurs.
Megalosaurus
Pteranadon
Tyrannosaurus
Triceratops
Brachiosaurus
Stegosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Diplodocus
Allosaurus
Plesiosauria
Velociraptor
Archaeopteryx