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We love teaching and making resources to promote enjoyment, motivation, and understanding for children and teachers with a particular passion for learning outside the classroom.
These conversion pair cards will get your students converting between different units of measure. They can be used in loads of different ways including as an outdoor scavenger hunt. They are sure to give your students tons of practice converting units of measure in a fun and engaging way.
Conversions included: Millimeter, centimeter, & meters Milliliter & liter Grams & kilograms
Ideas for use:
**Game 1: **Hide the cards around your outdoor area and get the students to go on a scavenger hunt to find the matching pairs.
**Game 2: **Give each of the children 1 card, get them to walk around and find the other person with the matching card. How quickly can they do it?
**Game 3: **In pairs, put all of the cards face down on the table. Take it in turns turning over two cards to try and find a matching pair. The person with the most pairs at the end is the winner
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Subtraction boards are a fun and practical way for your early learners to practice simple subtraction outside. For this activity they will complete the differentiated questions by collecting the correct amount of objects (shown above question) to represent the subtraction and placing it over the top of the square.
Once they have completed all four subtractions on the board you can get them to take a photo for a record or write out the subtractions with pictures and answers on some paper.
This activity is a great physical and visual way to help them understand subtraction in a concrete way.
It’s best to either laminate the boards or print them out on thick card so they can be used multiple times. We leave them in our outdoor space so students can come and choose them as they like during free-flow activities.
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Children will get lost in their imagination and creativity with this fun and engaging story telling / writing activity. It is a great way to practise creating exciting stories, thinking carefully about describing characters and settings.
The children must select one of each card (character, lives, problem, & solution) and base their stories around each of the cards. The children will absolutely love it!
We have used this very successfully for a few days worth of lessons. The children spend the first lesson playing with the cards and enjoying telling stories. They then choose four cards, stick them in their books, and do a big write based on those cards they have chosen.
We hope you enjoy them as much as we have!
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Teaching the religious side to Christmas is easy with this set of exciting and engaging activities that will get your children thinking deeply about the true religious meaning of Christmas. It is a perfect hassle free resource for both Sunday schools and in the classroom at this exciting time of year.
This Pack Contains:
2 x Christmas Storyboard (one with missing words) + Answer Key: The children must cut the images and text then put them in the correct order and retell the Christmas Story. (5 pages)
1 x differentiated ‘Jesus IS Born’: Using the template, the children must draw the scene of Jesus in the stable and write in the correct box how each person may have been feeling. You can do loads of in depth discussion and role-play based around this activity. (1 page)
1 x ‘Christmas Prayer Craft activity: Easter is a time where we ask for forgiveness. This craft activity will get your class thinking about forgiveness in a thoughtful and imaginative way. We use these prayers for a lovely Christmas RE display. (1 page)
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Enjoy and Happy Christmas!
Use these entertaining math puzzles for your students to practice finding a fraction of a number. The large puzzle pieces are great to be used as a fun outdoor extension or recap activity however the small puzzles can easily be used as a full lesson activity. I have used these to great success over the last few weeks. My children have loved them and are know pros at finding fractions of numbers!
Contents:
2 x differentiated Tarsia puzzles each containing
- Muddled up puzzle worksheet
- Complete puzzle worksheet
- Large puzzle pieces
Check out our other Math Tarsia Puzzles!
Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100, and 1000
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A fun Easter maths activity for grades 3 – 4 that consists of 8 differentiated maths puzzles that make Easter themed shapes where children must work out the answers to questions to match the pieces together. This is a perfect activity for fun revision lessons as you are winding down for the holidays!
This pack contains four puzzles that are differentiated 2 ways (8 puzzles in total), which cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Contents:
- Addition puzzle X 2
- Subtraction puzzle X2
- Division puzzle X 2
- Multiplication puzzle X 2
Although each puzzle is differentiated, you can also change the level of challenge by asking the children to work out the answers in their head or by allowing them to write down their workings out.
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A highly visual and interactive PowerPoint and quiz on volcanoes as part of your natural disasters geography unit. It’s perfect for introducing this topic or as a quick lesson recap.
Contents
Slides 1 - 7: Introduction
Slides 8 - 12: Types of Eruption
Slides 13 - 14: Types of Volcano
Slides 15 - 19: Fun Facts
Slides 20 - 32: Quiz
Slides 33 - 34: Conclusion / Challenge
<br/>Check out our other natural disaster PowerPoints:
Earthquakes
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This board game is a great way for students to practise elapsed time problems without them even realising they’re learning. The game is ideal for 2 – 4 players and only needs the board, some counters, and some dice to play. They’ll roll the dice to progress along the board, landing on squares with elapsed time problems that they must work out and move their counter accordingly. This pack contains 4 levels of differentiation. We love using this game for extension and filler work as well as a whole lesson activity and fun way to teach time.
Contents:
Diff. 1: The board progresses in hour intervals
Diff. 2: The board progresses in half hour intervals
Diff. 3: The board progresses in half hour intervals using the 24-hour clock.
Diff. 4: The board progresses in 15-minute intervals
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Using physical materials outdoors is a great way to introduce your students to subtraction. For this activity they take a task card and use leaves, stones, and sticks to help them work out the simple subtraction on the card.
This resource contains two levels of differentiation:
Diff 1 (green) – Numbers 1 to 10
Diff 2 (blue) – Numbers 10 – 15
To help the task cards last, we laminate the them and get our student to write the answers on in removable pen.
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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
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This STEM activity gets your students looking at the properties of materials as they are challenged to test their survival skills by getting the dirt out of water using only natural materials and a drinks bottle (they need to design and make their own natural filters!).
To set up the challenge: - Put students into teams of 2 or 3. - Give them the instructions to read. - Give each group a good-sized plastic bottle with four small holes in the bottom (a hot metal skewer is great for this). - Tell them to go into your outdoor space and make their filters. - Test the filters by pouring muddy water in and seeing how much cleaner the water that comes out is. As well as leaves, sticks, stones etc. in your outdoor space, for this activity it is good for them to have access to both sand and gravel.
Once they have completed the activity they can fill in the evaluation sheet which encourages them to think scientifically about what they have done. Extension: You can then move onto looking at real filters and seeing how they work with different liquids – will it separate salt from water?
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15 visual healthy eating / lifestyle vocabulary cards that are perfect for your topic word wall complete with a title. They’re a great way to help your children learn the key terms needed for this relevant and engaging topic. We have found them especially helpful for children with English as an additional language or spelling difficulties. Each card contains the key word, definition, and visual aid.
Contents
15 X Key Vocabulary Cards
Display Title
Healthy Eating Vocabulary Included
Balanced Diet
Calories
Carbohydrates
Diet
Exercise
Fat
Fruit
Keeping Healthy
Minerals
Nutrition
Protein
Pulse
Saturated Fat
Vegetables
Vitamins
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This set of Christmas themed addition word problems are perfect for grades 1 – 2 to get ready for the festive season. There are 24 word problems, 12 of which are ‘challenging’ problems for those children who need the extra level of difficulty.
The first set of questions are mostly simple addition without carrying, however the challenge questions involve one and two step carrying.
These NO PREP resources can be used as worksheets, or they can be cut out and used as task cards.
Contents
- 12 X Addition Word Problems
- 12 X Challenging Addition Word Problems
- 2 X Answer Keys
We hope you have fun with these and have a wonderful Christmas! ☺
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Christmas is the perfect time to put a coat on and head outside to do this differentiated Christmas Math Challenge with a space, shape, and measure focus. Your children will love measuring, scaling, and drawing these Christmas themed shapes onto the playground.
Contents:
- 6 x ‘draw the correctly sized objects’ sheets
- 6 x ‘scale the object’ sheets
Enjoy and have a wonderful Christmas!
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Religious Christmas vocabulary words have never been easier. Teach your children the important vocabulary of the Christmas season through our differentiated word search and crossword puzzles.
The crossword has two differentiated puzzle with the clues on a separate sheet. Included is also a vocabulary list to help the children if needed as well as an answer key.
The word search has two differentiated puzzles.
Have fun and Happy Christmas!
Contents:
- 2 Differentiated word search puzzles
- 2 Differentiated crosswords
- 1 Vocabulary sheet
- Crossword answer keys
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Enjoy and Happy Christmas!
These display resources and help cards will help your children become more independent with improving their writing. Not only will this allow your children to take more independence over their learning and writing, it will also save you a ton of time as they use this display to improve, and continue improving!
This pack consists of display resources and help cards for the following areas:
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Connectives
- Punctuation
- Sentence Openers
- Writing Checklist
This display has worked wonders in my classroom, and I hope it does in yours too!
These classroom management reward vouchers are a perfect addition to any behaviour system. They are a low cost resource that the children love! Simply print and laminate the vouchers and give them to your children who are working hard or showing good behaviour for them to redeem at an appropriate time.
There are 22 vouchers levelled from 1 – 3, 3 being the best rewards and should be used as a rarity.
You can either let your children choose which reward voucher they want (from the correct level) or have a lucky dip system in place.
I have noticed a huge difference in my class since introducing these vouchers. They have worked magic for me!
Contents:
Level 1:
- Pillow Time: Sit on a pillow for half a day
- Chair Half Day: Sit on the special chair for half a day
- Pick A Pen: Choose one of the special pens to write with all day
- Story Picker: Choose a story for the teacher to read to the class
- Wear A Hat: Wear your favourite hat to school for a day
- Any Job You Want: Choose a class job to do for the day
Level 2:
- Extra Recess: You get 2 minutes extra recess
- Board Artist: Use the whiteboard as your canvas, get creative!
- Sit By A Friend: Sit by a friend for 1 lesson
- Game Master: Pick a game for the class to play at the end of the day
- Extra Tech: 5 minutes extra computer or tech time
- Toy From Home: Bring in a toy from home to play with during recess
- Pillow Time: Sit on a pillow for a day
- Chair Day: Sit on the special chair for a day
- Desk Upgrade: Use the teacher’s desk for a lesson
- Reading Break: Take 5 minutes, have a relax, and read a book
Level 3:
- Extra Recess: You get 5 minutes extra recess
- Call Home: Your teacher will phone your parents to tell them that you’re a super star
- Sit By A Friend: Sit by a friend for 1 day
- Extra Tech: 10 minutes extra computer or tech time
- Mystery Box: Take a lucky dip from the box
- Table Treat: Your whole table gets 2 minutes extra recess
I hope your class enjoy this as much as mine have!
A fun Easter maths activity for grades 1 – 2 that consists of 8 differentiated maths puzzles that make Easter themed shapes where children must work out the answers to questions to match the pieces together. This is a perfect activity for fun revision lessons as you are winding down for the holidays!
This pack contains four puzzles that are differentiated 2 ways (8 puzzles in total), which cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Contents:
- Addition puzzle X 2
- Subtraction puzzle X2
- Division puzzle X 2
- Multiplication puzzle X 2
Although each puzzle is differentiated, you can also change the level of challenge by asking the children to work out the answers in their head or by allowing them to write down their workings out.
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Use these entertaining differentiated math puzzles for your little ones to practice simple mental addition. The large puzzle pieces are great to be used as a fun outdoor extension or recap activity inside and outdoors however the small puzzles can easily be used as a full lesson activity. I have used these to great success over the last few weeks. My children have loved them and are now superb at their mental addition!
Contents:
2 x differentiated Tarsia puzzles each containing
- Muddled up puzzle worksheet
- Complete puzzle worksheet
- Large puzzle pieces
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I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!
A highly visual and interactive PowerPoint and quiz on earthquakes as part of your natural disasters geography unit. It’s perfect for introducing this topic or as a quick lesson recap.
Contents
Slides 1 - 9: Introduction
Slides 10 - 23: Vocabulary Quiz
Slides 14 - 27: Types of Earthquakes
Slides 28 - 29: Richter Scale
Slides 30 - 33: Case Study
Slides 34 - 43: Type of Earthquake Quiz
Slide 44: The Challenge
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