This activity gets your students comparing equations, figuring out the answers to simple additions before deciding if they need the greater than, less than, or equals sign to make the number sentence correct. This pack contains 4 differentiated worksheets which with different levels of addition challenge. B&W copies are also included. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A set of pirate themed NO PREP differentiated word problems using the bar model strategy, focussing on addition and subtraction for years 5 and 6. The bar model is great to help children visualise and solve problems and is becoming much more widely used across schools. This pack will guide your children through the idea, giving them loads of practise at applying it to word problems. This pack contains 3 sets of word problem sheets each with 3 levels of differentiation. Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback to earn credits that you can use toward future purchases on TpT. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales.

This is a fun addition dice game for grades K - 1 to practise addition either mentally or using visual aids to help. Children will roll dice either 2, 3 or 4 times (depending on ability) and add them together. You can set different challenges each time (highest total score, lowest total score, quickest to complete, etc.). This activity is a great lesson, but is also perfect as a fun extension activity. B&W copies are included in this pack. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

For this activity students will complete the patterns and number tracks by working out 1 / 10 more than or 1 / 10 less than. This resource pack contains four differentiated worksheets. **Sheet 1: **1 more / less than – numbers 1 – 30 **Sheet 2: **10 more / less than – numbers 1 – 200 Sheet 3: 10 more / less than – only multiples of 10 **Sheet 3: **10 more / less than – all numbers Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This continents student research booklet is a great project for students to carry out research on all 7 continents (Asia, Africa, Antartica, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America), creating a page for each where they’ll research the population, size, number of countries as well as some fun facts. There’s also space for a picture at the top of beach continent page. It’s perfect as a personal project or extension activity if you’re looking at continents This pack comes in both color and black and white as well as a blank template. To create the booklet, cut each A4 page in half, hole punch the top corner, and use some string or treasury tags to hold them together. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This types of landforms student booklet is a great project for students to carry out research on canyons, coasts, deserts, hills, islands, mountains, plains, plateaus, oceans, rivers, valleys, and volcanos, creating a page for each with space for a diagram or picture along with a front and back cover page. It’s perfect as a personal project or extension activity if you’re looking at different landforms. This pack comes in both color and black and white as well as a blank template. To create the booklet, cut each A4 page in half, hole punch the top corner, and use some string or treasury tags to hold them together. **Vocabulary included: ** canyons coasts deserts hills islands mountains plains plateaus oceans rivers valleys volcanos Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

For this activity students will be set the challenge to lift their partner off the ground without touching them using a set of materials provided. The idea is that they’ll create some kind of lever so they can stand on one side of the plank of wood and lift their partner on the other. Our suggested teaching structure: Planning sheet: 15 mins Building their lifting device: 20 mins Evaluation sheet: 15 mins This activity works best if students are left to produce their own designs and figure things out for themselves, however if by the end of the session, not all the students have figured out how to lift their classmate by using a lever, get some students to demonstrate and begin to explain how it works. Resources per group: Activity pack Planning sheet Evaluation sheet Plank of wood Log / pipe (something to wrest the lever on) Rope Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

These are some animal themed fun algebra problems for early algebra learners. This pack contains 3 differentiated sheets aimed at grades 1 – 2 where they must figure out what each animal is worth by using simple addition to make the columns and rows equal the correct answer. Contents: 3 x differentiated algebra problem sheets This pack also contains black and white copies. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This board game is great fun and will give your class tons of practise looking at 1 more or less, 10 more or less, as well as some bigger numbers for an extra challenge. It’s a no-prep game (all you need is dice and counters) which can be played with 2 or more players. I have used this resource very successfully as a lesson however I now keep a pile at the back of the classroom that children can use as an extension activity or treat (they love it that much!). This pack contains four levels of differentiation. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A FREE sample of our Halloween themed addition and subtraction word problems using the bar model. Check out the full pack here. A set of Halloween themed NO PREP differentiated word problems using the bar model strategy, focussing on addition and subtraction for years 4 and 5. The bar model is great to help children visualise and solve problems and is becoming much more widely used across schools. This pack will guide your children through the idea, giving them loads of practise at applying it to word problems. This pack contains 3 sets of word problem sheets each with 3 levels of differentiation. Please don’t forget to rate this product and provide feedback to earn credits that you can use toward future purchases on TpT. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This pack contains four differentiated worksheets where your class will get loads of practise at working out 10 more and less as part of their addition and subtraction unit. These sheets are designed to be very visual with the use of base-ten images. For children who need more support you can provide them with base-ten apparatus or similar to help them physically see what’s happening to the numbers as they add and take away 10. White Rose Maths aligned. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A set of entertaining NO PREP electric symbol Tarsia puzzles for your students to practice recognising symbols for your electricity topic. Each differentiated puzzle has a complete set and a muddled puzzle set. I have used these to great success over the last few months. These puzzles are a great extension or main activity to help revise this topic in a fun and engaging way. Contents: 3 x Complete Tarsia Puzzles 3 x Mixed Tarsia Puzzles Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for elapsed time word problems with three levels of differentiation. It’s a great lesson starter, filler, or activity that will easily get your class solving time word problems without them even realising that they’re learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack includes both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the students must solve the word problem before playing the game. Contents: Folding instructions 3 x differentiated completed cootie catchers 3 x differentiated blank cootie catchers Blank template Have fun! Check out our four operations ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers: ‘Balance The Equations’ Four Operations Cootie Catchers: Years 2 and 3 ‘Balance The Equations’ Four Operations Cootie Catchers: Years 4 and 5 Check out our addition and subtraction ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers: ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catcher for Years 2 and 3 ‘Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5 ‘Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5 Check out our multiplication and division ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers: ‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 2 and 3 ‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 4 and 5 ‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 6 and 7 Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

For this activity students will look at what makes something living or not. They will complete the table by going outside and drawing living things in the left column and non-living things in the right column. This pack has three differentiated levels. Diff. 1 – Drawing items in the table **Diff. 2 **– Drawing items in the table with an extension activity where they must circle the living things. Diff. 3 – Drawing items in the table with the extension question ‘What makes something living?’. This activity works well both individually or in pairs. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This Christmas themed resource will give your class loads of practise with number bonds to 10 using the bar model method. It’s a non-prep resource which contains three levels of differentiation. Diff. 1: Complete the bar models by filling in the missing number. **Diff. 2: **Complete the bar models by filling in one or two of the missing numbers + a word problem challenge. **Diff. 3: **Complete the bar models filling in one or two of the missing numbers + two word problem challenges. Please don’t forget to rate resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This activity is a cootie catcher (or fortune teller) for balancing equations with all four operations (multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction), with some equations involving decimals. It’s a great lesson starter, filler, or activity that will easily get your class balancing equations without them even realising that they’re learning! They will be engaged and excited with this addictive activity (as I am sure you will be too!). This pack includes both complete cootie catchers with all the answers filled in, as well as blank cootie catchers where the students must balance the equations before playing the game. Contents: Folding instructions 2 x differentiated completed cootie catchers 2 x differentiated blank cootie catchers Blank template Have fun! **Want something easier? Check out: ** ‘Balance The Equations’ Four Operations Cootie Catchers: Years 2 and 3 ‘Balance The Equations’ Four Operations Cootie Catchers: Years 4 and 5 Check out our addition and subtraction ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers: ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catcher for Years 2 and 3 ‘Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5 ‘Balance The Equations’ Cootie Catcher for Years 4 and 5 Check out our multiplication and division ‘Balance The Equation’ Cootie Catchers: ‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 2 and 3 ‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 4 and 5 ‘Balance The Equation’ Multiplication and Division: Years 6 and 7 Please don’t forget to rate this resource if you enjoyed it. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Your students are set with the challenge to save Eddie who is ship wrecked on a desert island. They will need to research and create a water catching device using only natural materials and some tape. Your class will research the permeability of different natural materials to find out which material will be best to make their water catchers out of. They will then design and create their water catchers before putting it to the test and seeing which catcher can collect the most water and save Eddie! After researching, designing, building, and testing, they will then evaluate their designs and teamwork, looking at what went well and what they could have done to improve it. This activity is best done in mixed ability groups of 2 or 3. Equipment needed: Resource activity sheets Measuring jugs Water -Tape Scissors Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This Easter themed resource will give your class loads of practise with number bonds to 10 using the bar model method. It’s a non-prep resource which contains three levels of differentiation. Diff. 1: Complete the bar models by filling in the missing number. **Diff. 2: **Complete the bar models by filling in one or two of the missing numbers + a word problem challenge. **Diff. 3: **Complete the bar models filling in one or two of the missing numbers + two word problem challenges. B&W copies are included with this resource. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Inventing an outdoor game is a great way for your class to develop their instruction writing skills as part of your non-fiction topic. They’ll first look at an example set of instructions in the form of a memory game, studying the different features of instruction writing before planning and writing a set of instructions for their own game that they can test out on their friends. **Contents: ** Teacher Guide Instruction Writing Checklist Instruction Example (Memory Game) Differentiated Mind maps Differentiated Writing Templates Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know your thoughts. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!