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
These ASCII Secret Codes 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 stem teaching.
Included in this resource are
- Writing your name in Binary
- Two secret messages (2 versions normal and challenging)
- Answers have been included
This colourful Growth Vs Fixed Mindset Wall Display will encourage a growth mindset in your classroom. They make a perfect reference tool all year round and great when setting up your classroom.
The wall display comes in two sizes. A4 and A3. That is the brain is either A4 or A3 size depending on how much wall space you have. Personally I use the A3 brain with the speech bubbles from the A4 set.
I have also included a black and white brain for the students to colour in themselves.
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This CSI themed Math Murder Mystery activity will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve perimeter and area problems and puzzles. Students narrow down the suspects by completing the activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person is left.
There are two versions. One in American Customary and the other in Metric.
This case includes
Clue 1: Correct calculation for perimeter and area.
Clue 2: Perimeter of various shapes.
Clue 3: Calculate the missing length from the perimeter.
Clue 4: Area of quadrilaterals
Clue 5: Area maze
Answer sheets are included
This pack makes learning prepositions and prepositional phrases fun and easy. It contains everything student needs to learn prepositions and even includes a pre and post test for your convenience. all you need to do is print and go.
This Preposition Pack Includes:
*Preposition Pre Test
*Preposition Post test
*Recording Sheet
*7 preposition Activity Sheets
*Time Prepositions Activity Sheet
*Location Preposition Activity Sheet
*Movement Preposition Activity Sheet
*Fun Word Find Activity
*Marking Key
*A3 Preposition Poster
Encase your not sure what is is. Kids love learning them!!!
A Preposition is a word or group of words that is used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object.
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STEM Paper Helicopter: A Science and Engineering Challenge.
This science and engineering challenge will see students create a helicopter that rotates when dropped. It engages the students and challenges to think about helicopter flight and what determines flight. This challenge looks at speed, direction, size and use of wings.
This pack contains everything you need. All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate members various roles within the group.
Included are instructions, templates and extension question sheet. As a bonus I have also include an A4 STEM Poster.
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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
This card sort activity will challenge your students to identify and categorize all 3 of Newton's Laws.
This interactive card sort contains 9 pages of cards (4 per page) for a total of 36 different cards. These cards are great for review, rotations, partner work, or individual.
I have included 2 versions in this pack
1. with a QR code so that students can self mark their own work, freeing up your teacher time
2. For an extra challenge, and more teacher lead, a copy without the QR code.
Included in this set is the following:
-3 category cards (ex. Newton's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Law)
-3 definitions (one for each category card)
-10 examples with pictures of each law (30 example cards total)
- An answer key has also been included for reference.
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Both Student Roles for you STEM challenges and a Wall Display in either A4 or a3
This resource is perfect for your STEM projects. The students are given clear roles and are taught to work in teams to successfully complete their work.
Included are:
Captain Encouragement
Testing Officer
Collections Manager
Chief Communicator
To make the lanyards I laminate each sheet,cut therm out, punch a hole in the top of each and tie a piece of string around each to fit around your students necks.
I like/prefer to use colored ribbon with the corresponding colored lanyard. Just looks nicer and the kids love it!!!
STEM posters for you wall display. Each letter is on a separate A4 or A3 sized paper.These posters capture the attention and imagination of both students and teachers as they pass through your room.
In this pack there are two different designs. Choose which suits your room better.
I have included both an A4 and an A3 size to make it easy for you to print. I laminate them and then staple them to my class wall.
They go really well with my STEM role cards.
Science
Technology
Engineering
Mathematics
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This Book of Addition and Subtraction Worksheets for Reception to Year 1 students contains 35 pages of Ten Frames, Cut and Glue activities, number puzzles, mazes. They are designed to keep your students engaged and make progress. also included are templates to make your own for those struggling students that have not moved on by the end of the unit.
This book also caters for advanced advanced Kindergarten or those struggling students in Year 1.
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STEM Water Drop Race: A Science and Engineering Challenge.
This science and engineering challenge will challenge students about water tension. Students will conduct science experiments to introduce themselves to the concept of water tension and how water can move on different surfaces. Recording sheets are provided for students to write their observations and conclusions on. For the advanced students extension questions are provided to extend their knowledge. Also included is a technology challenge in building their own Water Drop Racetrack.
This pack contains everything you need (except straws, paper etc). All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate members various roles within the group.
Included are instructions, templates and extension question sheet. As a bonus I have also include an A4 STEM Poster.
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These ASCII Secret Codes 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 stem teaching.
Included in this resource are
- Writing your name in Binary
- Five secret messages
- Answers have been included
These Whakatauki puzzles involve students converting Maori proverbs from English to Te Reo using a cryptogram.
This resource is perfect for a Waitangi Day activity, Maori Language Week, or for your day to day Te Reo teaching in a Bi-Lingual, Full Immersion or normal primary class.
Included in this pack are the following Whakatauki-Maori Proverbs:
- Pursue excellence – should you stumble, let it be to a lofty mountain.
- My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul.
- Goodwill towards others is a precious treasure.
- With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.
- What is the most important thing in the world? It is people! It is people! It is people!
- What is the food of the leader. It is knowledge. It is communication.
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STEM Zooming Paper Dory: A Science and Engineering Challenge.
This science and engineering challenge will challenge students about water tension. Students will conduct science experiments to introduce themselves to the concept of water tension and how it changes when another liquid is added. Recording sheets are provided for students to write their observations and conclusions on. For the advanced students extension questions are provided to extend their knowledge. Also included is a technology challenge.
This pack contains everything you need. All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate members various roles within the group.
Included are instructions, templates and extension question sheet. As a bonus I have also include an A4 STEM Poster.
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This CSI themed Math Murder Mystery activity will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve fraction problems and puzzles. Students narrow down the suspects by completing the activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person is left.
This case includes
Clue 1: Fractions of a number e.g. 1/3 of 24.
Clue 2: Comparison of fraction size.
Clue 3: Addition of fractions
Clue 4: Converting improper fractions to proper fractions.
Clue 5: Simplifying fractions.
Answer sheets are included
Mini Math Mysteries are engaging math activities that are designed to be done in one class period. There are 5 x Math Mysteries in this pack. At the top of each page is a story to set the scene of the mystery, students then answer 16 questions to narrow down the suspects and options until they have solved these daily math questions.
This resource contains
5 x Color Addition and Subtraction Integers math mysteries
5 x Black and White versions of the same mysteries
5 x Answer pages
1 x Teacher instruction page for a print and go activity
These Adding and Subtracting Integers worksheets provides an opportunity to practice mathematical skills as well as problem solving skills in a more practical context and focused on positive and negative numbers. The high interest topics in these mysteries are also highly motivating for this age group and will capture their imagination.
These math mysteries are designed for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. Could also be used with struggling ninth grade students that need a little extra work and reinforcement . I also leave some of the mysteries for my sub teacher.
Math Mysteries are an independent escape room (or crack the code) type of activity where instead of using locks, students identify suspects with puzzles and word problems . This mystery is perfect all year round, start of school, end of year and any season. (fall, spring, summer and winter). Also great for Halloween, Christmas and Easter time.
This murder mystery will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve addition math puzzles to solve a murder. Students will need to gather evidence by completing charts, Interview witnesses by sorting through addition equations and compare data to narrow the suspects. Finally they will narrow it down to two suspects, with a final hundred chart puzzle to uncover the truth.
Who is the Math Mystery Murderer!!!
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Summer Olympics in Rio is upon us. This Visually stunning writing scenario takes the audience on a journey to the Olympics in first person.
Included in this pack is a PowerPoint presentation to show your students. The bigger the screen the better as these are high quality images. During the show, students discuss and fill in the 5 senses chart provided. These notes will help direct the students in their writing with a vocabulary rich story.
If you like this pack you will also like my Summer Olympic Bingo game. A game for the whole class that ties in perfectly with this writing lesson/s
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This CSI themed Roman Numeral Conversion 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 is left. Who is the Roman General?
This case includes Roman Numeral Conversion. Answers are included
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This Weather Instruments Presentation looks at the different types of instruments used to gather the current and future weather conditions locally and around the world.. It provides explanations with high quality images to reinforce the children's learning and talking points.
Presentation Topics:
- Barometer
- Rain Gauge
- Thermometer
- Anemometer
- Wind Vane
- Wind Sock
- Hygrometer
- Weather Balloon
- Weather Satellitre
- Doppler Radar
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Setting up your class rules or treaty at the start of the year is important for any class. These meeting houses make a perfect template to create a display for your class. I typically have a discussion with the students to talk about what rules they would like. The students then write them onto to the templates to make a colourful display on the wall.
I have include 4 different versions for you to chose from to so that you have one that best fits your students and class.
- Already coloured in traditional Maori colours.
- Needs to be coloured in with koru's already on Wharenui
- Basic shape of Wharenui (Koru's need to be added)
- Blank template with no lines.Students do it all
This resource is perfect for a Waitangi Day activity, Maori Language Week, or for your day to day Te Reo teaching in a Bi-Lingual, Full Immersion or normal primary class.
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