I have been a teaching principal in a small rural school for the last 3 years. Before this I have over 10 years teaching experience teaching students ranging in age 5 through to 12 and have loved every minute.
“Students are engaged, motivated and keen to succeed. They take responsibility for their learning and increasingly know about themselves as learners. They stay on task, work well together and help each other. Positive and respectful interactions between students underpin learning”. Educ
I have been a teaching principal in a small rural school for the last 3 years. Before this I have over 10 years teaching experience teaching students ranging in age 5 through to 12 and have loved every minute.
“Students are engaged, motivated and keen to succeed. They take responsibility for their learning and increasingly know about themselves as learners. They stay on task, work well together and help each other. Positive and respectful interactions between students underpin learning”. Educ
A bunch of quick and easy Easter activities that I use for my class. Nothing is required for these activities and worksheets. Just print them off and go.This is a fantastic resource to celebrate and remember Easter with your students.
They include:
Easter Egg Basket Addition
Easter Egg Basket Making
2x Word Scavenger Hunts
Word Find
Color in pictures and Easter Eggs
Design your own Easter Eggs
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This STEM CSI investigation is themed around an Easter Egg Hunt. It is the perfect activity for Easter, but can be used all year round.
This activity will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve 10 and 100 addition and subtraction puzzles . Students narrow down the suspects by completing the activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person is left.
Answer sheets are included
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This Growth Mindset activity: Building Bridges or simply Bridges is a Japanese logic game originally called “Hashiwokakero” These puzzles will hook both you and your students in and wanting to do more. On each visually stunning puzzle you are given a number of islands where you need to join these islands with bridges. These puzzles are designed to improve your students spatial awareness.
Reasons why solving Building Bridges Puzzles are good for your students
It sharpens your critical thinking skills
It improves our problem solving skills
It helps us in multi-tasking thinking skills
It helps stay mentally fit
All you need to do is decide if you want color or black and white as both are included. Personally I use color. Print them off and laminate the sheets and you are good to go.
Included is also a PowerPoint show to teach you and you students how to play.
This Growth Mindset activity: Building Bridges or simply Bridges is a Japanese logic game originally called “Hashiwokakero” These puzzles will hook both you and your students in and wanting to do more. On each visually stunning puzzle you are given a number of islands where you need to join these islands with bridges. These puzzles are designed to improve your students spatial awareness.
This version is slightly easier than my other version and is a great option of your students have never played these types of puzzles.
Reasons why solving Building Bridges Puzzles are good for your students
It sharpens your critical thinking skills
It improves our problem solving skills
It helps us in multi-tasking thinking skills
It helps stay mentally fit
All you need to do is decide if you want color or black and white as both are included. Personally I use color. Print them off and laminate the sheets and you are good to go.
Included is also a PowerPoint show to teach you and you students how to play.
This is an adaptation from the classic game “I have…who has…”. This game is a tried and tested game in helping students to both learn and practice counting and adding with Australian money.
Two variations of the games have been included for differentiated learning. One with the same images of the corresponding currency on the cards and the other with different images of the same amount for a harder game.
The Australian Money Loop game includes images of Australian currency for students to learn to sight the notes and coins quickly and easily.
Simply print, laminate, cut and reuse.
Your school principal has been abducted by aliens in this CSI themed Math Murder Mystery activity will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve problems and puzzles. Students narrow down the suspects by completing the activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person/animal is left. The problems in this math mystery focus on Grade Two “Operations & Algebraic Thinking” and “Number & Operations in Base Ten”.
his case includes
Clue 1: Addition up to 20.
Clue 2: Adding and subtracting single digit numbers.
Clue 3: Addition of 2-digit numbers with regrouping.
Clue 4: Rounding to the nearest 10’s
Clue 5: Addition up to 20, Making 20
Answer sheets are included
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The Mad Scientist has struck!!! He has turned all of the teachers at school into frogs. This CSI themed math murder mystery will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve Multiplication and Division, problems and puzzles. This mystery is based on their times tables only and focuses on students x2 and x5 times tables. Students narrow down the possible options by completing the activities and marking them off from the ingredient list until one potion is left. Can you save the teachers?
This case includes
Clue 1: x5 times tables multiplication maze
Clue 2: ÷2 division true or false puzzle
Clue 3: ÷5 division cryptogram activity
Clue 4: x2 and x5 times tables multiplication word problems
Clue 5: x2 and x5 times tables activity
Answer sheets are included
The Mad Scientist has struck again!!! He has now turned all of the classes apple computers into actual apples. This CSI themed math murder mystery will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve Multiplication and Division problems and puzzles. This mystery is based on their times tables only and focuses on students x3 and x4 times tables. Students narrow down the possible options by completing the activities and marking them off from the ingredient list until one potion is left. Can you save the teachers?
This case includes
Clue 1: ÷4 division cryptogram activity
Clue 2: x3 times tables multiplication maze
Clue 3: ÷3 division true or false puzzle
Clue 4: x3 and x4 times tables multiplication word problems
Clue 5: x3 and x4 times tables activity
Answer sheets are included
Students build Timetable/Multiplication Fluency, identifying timetables from 1 to 5 and 10 in one game and 6-10 in another, with the no fuss, 5 in a Row PowerPoint game. Students use the boards provided to answer automated and random timetable questions . This game is self running either individually, as a group, or as a whole class.
2 Games Included
1. Multiplication Fluency 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 10x
2. Multiplication Fluency 6x 7x 8x 9x 10x
Theses games can run on computers, whiteboards or projectors. All that is required is that you print, cut and laminate the Number Boards and press start on the PowerPoint Show.
There are 30 different Number Boards for each game for your students to choose from and with the shuffling ability of the game, every game is different so that your students do not get bored of it. This game is self timed with a 10 second interval between the questions giving the students enough time to mark off or put a counter on their Number Board.
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Building number sense in the Early Years is vital. These number word mats for number between zero and ten are perfect for students learning and revision.
Students read the correct word to match the number, draw the amount in the blank ten frame along with make it using play-dough or wix-stix and then write the number word.
To get the most from the Number Word Mats, I suggest printing the mat on to white cardstock and then laminating the mat for extra durability.
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Building number sense in the Early Years is vital. These number word mats for number between zero and ten are perfect for students learning and revision.
Students read the correct word to match the number, draw the amount in the blank ten frame along with make it using play-dough or wix-stix and then write the number word.
To get the most from the Number Word Mats, I suggest printing the mat on to white cardstock and then laminating the mat for extra durability.
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A booklet of make 10 Number Bonds where students shade in the matching number bond. This booklet is ideal for students that are still learning or struggling to learn their number bonds. Personally I print it all off and staple it together to make an individual attractive booklet for them to learn from.
This booklet can be used for small groups, homework, seatwork, or at a math center where it can be laminated.
I have also included a certificate of achievement for the students to join the Number Bond Club and two versions; one with images at the bottom and one without.
A booklet for 2018 and 2019 where students can answer questions about the current month. In this version the students are required to add in the missing numbers for 10 days of each month. This booklet is ideal for students that are still learning or struggling to learn their days of the week. Personally I print it all off and staple it together to make an individual attractive booklet for them to learn from.
I made this resource in March and got my student to fill in the previous months as practice. Now my intention is to bring it out once a month for reinforcement.
This booklet can be used for small groups, homework, seatwork, or at a math center where it could be laminated.
I have also included a certificate of achievement for the students to join the Calendar Club.
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Included in this resource is both 100 and 120 number charts so that you can easily differentiate your lessons depending upon the students ability and learning goals. These number charts are a perfect way for students to learn and practice both their counting and place value. I have used these individually, for groups and whole class work.
Once the students are shown what to do, they can also be used for homework, seatwork, or at a math center.The grids are large enough for students to write the numbers in with some numbers already entered to guide the students along.
These ANZAC themed hidden pictures will engage and excite your students and is a fantastic way to remember the ANZAC’s on their special day or all year round…Everything you need is included. Just print and go. No preparation required.
These engaging hundreds charts mystery pictures require students to read numbers to 100, locate them on the hundreds chart, and to colour them. In doing these activities they will practice their number recognition and number fluency.
This pack includes 6 ANZAC Themed Hundreds Chart Hidden Pictures. This pack is a great way of reaching those hard to reach boys while extending others.
With this resource students will be able to demonstrate their mastery and understanding of measuring in both centimeters and meters. There are 20 sorting cards for students to place and group with the most appropriate measurement. Students can either put the cards in a group together or record their findings on the recording sheet. If you would like the students to self mark, I have also included a marking sheet.
This activity is perfect in a math center, individual or group work.
These Binary Code Task Cards are perfect to help students learn how to encrypt and decrypt binary messages as well as understand binary code. They are great at engaging your students with problem solving and help support your computer teaching while unplugged/
Included in this resource are
32 Everyday objects to be converted into Binary
Template to create your own
Color and black and white version
Answers have been included
Math Multiplication Web also known as Multiplication Circles Makes multiplying facts 1- 12 fun. Included are the webs or both multiplication and division from 1 through to 12.
The Multiplication Web reinforces the rule of multiplication with added multiplication practice by completing the multiplication web.
These webs could form part of a lesson, or placed in your math center for early finishers, or extension activity, or given out as homework.
These odd and even number mazes are great activities that your students will enjoy. There are 10 mazes included (5 for even numbers and 5 for odd numbers) where students find the path to the finish line by following the even or odd numbers.
The activities include a variety of numbers ranging from below 20, to tens, to hundreds for the more advanced students.
Answer keys are included.
This CSI themed Math Murder Mystery activity will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve problems and puzzles. It is based around the Russia 2018 FIFA Football World Cup. Students narrow down the suspects by completing the activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person is left. The problems in this math mystery focus on their basic facts so is suitable for a variety of age groups. So whether your students call it football or soccer…enjoy.
This case includes
Clue 1: Multiplication - Timetables up to 12
Clue 2: Division - Dividing by up to 12
Clue 3: Addition - Adding 3-digit numbers with some regrouping.
Clue 4: Place Value - Adding and subtraction 10’s, 100’s and 1000’s
Clue 5: Subtraction - Taking away up to 10 from 2-digit numbers
Answer sheets are included