I am a junior school teacher with 24 year's experience. I love to teach English most of all, but I get inspired by all aspects of the curriculum. In my shop you will find resources covering English, Maths, History, Philosophy, Art and RE and much more!
I am a junior school teacher with 24 year's experience. I love to teach English most of all, but I get inspired by all aspects of the curriculum. In my shop you will find resources covering English, Maths, History, Philosophy, Art and RE and much more!
The children can all have the same grid. See grid sheet for instructions. A fun way to help children to remember what multiples of 2 end in. Could be part of a starter or quick recap.
This is a project designed to last for a week, but it could be longer, where the children can use their imaginations to plan an indoor play area for children with a maths theme to it. As designers they have to think about how a fun indoor area might teach children more about 2D and
3D shape, times tables, capacity and money. PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! Encourage them to research on the internet and use maths dictionaries to find out names of harder 2D/3D shapes etc so they are learning new things and consolidating their own skills at the same time.Use the photos to help generate ideas!
The children really enjoy creating a beautiful symmetrical piece of patch work which can be hung together all year as a lovely colourful display. I am proud of my original idea, inspired by a book on Amish patchwork. PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! No sowing involved! I used fabric glue instead! A great project for the autumn term. The Smart board slides show examples of what the patch work piece might look like but the slides and lesson plans take them step by step through creating their own unique piece. There is an overview of the project with learning objectives.
The children are introduced to the activity on the smart board slides and have to try to guess what the task is about. This is challenging as they will have to think for themselves. You need drinking straws and blue tac. PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! It helps the children to understand the vocabulary related to 3D shapes, such as shape names, 'edges' and &'vertices&'; and it aids their measuring skills too. There is a link on the slides to this activity which is taken from the nrich website. Take photos as you do the activity as the shapes are fragile.
The children pick this up quickly once they grasp the concept of not repeating the number is any row, column and section. PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! Use the Smart board to show this, which recaps the Sudoku with shapes instead of numbers lesson which is best to do first (see my other resources for this.) I gave them the 4 by 4 grid first and once they marked it they could get the 6x6 grid. I gave them a sticker for each sheet they completed!
