halves. half. 1/2. Look at the group of fruit and draw a line to make each group into two groups of equal quantity. Then fill in the missing numbers below the clip art: Half of 6 is 3 etc.

Tally the number of 1)shapes 2)fruit 3)stationary Then make the bar graph in the bar graph outline below. (Delete some of the clipart, or copy and paste some to change the data)

Reading and spelling worksheet. Children must help the alien answer the questions...look at the picture and answer 'Is this a cat?', 'Is this a net?' etc. Answer with HFW 'yes, it is.' or 'No, it is not'. 20 CVC words with clear black and white pictures. Should keep 'em busy for a while??? Is It? Yes It is.

Visual introduction to square number patterns . Useful as a visual introduction to exploring square numbers and/or as a lesson starter. A square is slowly built by adding the next odd number of squares to the first to make a bigger square (number). 3 animated slides (don't bore your students too much, just use 1 a lesson) *Slide 1 uses a growing pattern of odd numbers in an addition sentence (underneath the square) to create square numbers. *Slide 2 uses the above plus the matching multiplication sentence. *Slide 3 uses the visual and only the multiplication sentence. I like to show slide 1 with just the addition sentence first off and impress my students with my quick fire maths skills ;-) "1+3+5+7+11+13+15+17+19+21+23 = 135". The following day I'll teach them the trick of multiplication. A few of my higher ability will be able to answer the addition sentences on their own at the end of a lesson. You'll need a bit of patience as the squares reveal themselves. Hope students around the world enjoy it (?) and that it makes multiplication that little more understandable. Please rate and comment politely, all my resources are shared freely.

Help the alien. Look at the clipart pictures (10 clear black and white images) Read the question, 'Is this a cat?' Then answer with either, 'Yes, it is.' or 'No, it is not. It is a CVC' Extension activity from the upload 'Is this a CVC?&'

Gold, silver and bronze certificates for students who have learnt their multiplication tables to different levels. Also includes the reverse side showing test results (you just need to delete ticks corresponding to results to match the front side) Comes with a checklist / test sheet. Levels are; BRONZE For being able to say a complete multiplication table in order. e.g. "One times two is two. Two times two is four etc." SILVER For being able to give the product of the numbers multiplied together, out of order. e.g. Q: “What is six x two?", "What is twelve x two?" etc. GOLD For giving facts when presented with the product only e.g. “24?” “12 x 2” Please rate and comment if you find them useful.

More or Less Homework?? Discussion Activity Designed to allow me to evaluate the group work skills of a group of four grade 3 students and to see if they are demonstrating 'cooperative learning behaviours'. I hope that it has been designed to encourage the exchange of ideas (exploratory and cumulative talk) and not just work out the logistics of completion (presentational and or argumentative talk). [However, it will require explaining and modelling] It is, (I think) a 'meaningful open-ended task' and has been worded so that students can interpret each reason as a pro or a con(:so that they can 'create their own meaning') Furthermore, it is difficult enough for there to be a potential of failure if they don't work collaboratively. Based on research articles and designed specifically for grade 3 international (inc. some high level ESL) students to complete in 20-25 minutes.

Sentences need to make sense. The order of the words in a sentence can change the meaning of the sentence. Students read the two sentences and choose the one that makes the most sense. e.g. Ben ate a hotdog. A hotdog ate Ben. EAL or ESL homework activity.

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. e.g. to, too and two Students have to circle the correct word (homophone) for each sentence. Homework worksheet.

Look at the 5 numbers. Decide which is the smallest and then which is bigger, bigger, bigger and the biggest and write inside the squares.

My class really like these: add together the two numbers at the bottom that are in the same colour box. Then write the answers in the boxes in the middle. Add together the two numbers in the boxes and write the total in the star shape at the top. Differentiated worksheets uploaded (easy/missing numbers/DIY blank etc.) Also easy to edit.

Simple labeling worksheet with 15 /ar/ digraph words. Very simple and clear images. With a word list with sound buttons. Please let me know what you think of the style of images.

Classroom management behaviour chart. Start on the earth, move up to sun and then rainbow. Down to clouds and then storm clouds. Use clothes pegs or blu-tac names.

Simple number bonds to ten and number bonds to twenty posters or table mats.

Behaviour, calming poster. STAR acronym Stop Take a breath And Relax

Doubling and Halving worksheets. Differentiated two ways.

2 resources to support teaching of stage 5 week 8 of Letters and Sound alternative u pronunciation. U as in human, unicorn, tuna U as in butter, under, sun. 24 Word cards with images to be sorted into the matching u sound groups and a read and write in the correct column worksheet.

3 double-side, engaging, and effective writing worksheets which students really enjoy. An interesting but simple three word sentence with a noun and verb is provided; children then rewrite them to make them much more interesting by adding adjectives to the noun, adverbs to the verb and additional information. My students really love doing these and always come up with delightful, fascinating, improved sentences which help them with longer pieces of written work and their understanding of the power of adjectives and adverbs to make writing come alive. PDF version (Sasson font) and editable Word version (Comic Sans) uploaded.

Adverbs of manner lace mat / table mat to support students choosing and using more adventurous adverbs of manner.

Differentiated worksheets to help with connecting division and multiplication. Arrays hidden behind a clue - 3 levels LA x2 facts / MA x2,x3,x4 facts / HA x3,x4,x6,x9 facts. colour match worksheets - fill in each fact. Then use the same colour to show the number facts that belong in the same family. All fact families from x2 to x10.