I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
Are you wanting to teach or revise addition and subtraction with your class or at home? Then this is a wonderful set of teaching resources - whole lessons, which will help you do this. Try it today!
Test Your Spelling Skills
Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct
No. 2 – Numbers 1-20
To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line:
Example words
one _________________ _________________
two _________________ _________________
three _________________ _________________
four _________________ _________________
Make target setting an interactive, hands on activity! This ideas is based on a simple 3D square based pyramid net. There is space on each side for students to write down their monthly English, Maths and Social targets. There is also a space for their name and something they learnt in the previous month.
I added the motivational quotes so students appreciate what they are learning towards. I added the positive behaviour system, where the students move around the track each time they achieve their pyramids targets! The harder they work, the faster they move around the track. Lots of fun for everyone!
I have created this worksheet in black and white so teachers can either print them on white paper or onto different coloured papers, the idea being to change the colour of the pyramid every month, so everyone knows which pyramid they should now be following.
Are you looking for spell checking activities? Here some fun look, say, spell check writing activities and also a nice presentation about how to spot common mistakes in written English.
Are you looking for month long celebrations? I have brought together my Black History Month, Walk To School Month, Happiness Challenge, and Big Draw into a single, easy to use bundle.
Here is a fun, multicultural, cross curricular set of resources for Halloween. There are maths resources, different language resources, photos about how people celebrate Halloween and even a phonics sheet about Halloween.
Are you wanting your students to study harder and work smarter? Then these posters and teaching ideas might help them to achieve their real potential. They can use the 3D monthly target to keep focused. The motivational posters should help them keep their dreams in sight, while they can refer to the different learning guides to make sure they remember how to learn effectively.
Year 2 Spring Maths Bundle. In 2000, I was commissioned to write a set of Spring Maths lessons for Year 2 students by a major UK Educational Publisher. The lessons contain the learning objective, a fun starter and a main lesson, followed by suggestions on how differentiate the independent learning part of the lesson using resources commonly found in most UK primary school classrooms.
At the start of my teaching career, I was commissioned by a major British Educational Publisher to create a set of Year 2 Maths lessons. The lessons cover the objectives, the starter and main part of the lesson and suggest the independent learning task. The final tasks are easy to organise in a typical British classroom and a highly differentiated.
Are you learning Polish? Are you looking for fun images to share with your students? I took my ESL course and I adapted it to help teachers also teach Polish. The worksheets are in English but there are 57 different settings and 114 pages of worksheets to translate into Polish. Students can use these pictures as a focus for their conversations and also for fun end of lesson games, where they recall the new vocabulary used in each session.
Here is a 5 day teaching unit using PowerPoint for anyone who is wanting to teach students about how to use and reason with numbers. The lessons start with a 10 minute mental warm up session. This is followed by a highly interactive, whole class teaching session. The PowerPoint lessons end with a differentiated teaching challenge for students at different attainment levels.
Autumn Term
Lesson 1: Week 8
Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
Learning Objective: count on in steps of any size
solve number patterns
make up our own number patterns.
Lesson 2: Week 8
Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
Learning Objective: count on in steps of any size
solve number patterns
make patterns agree with rules
make alternating patterns.
Lesson 3: Week 8
Title Reasoning about Numbers
Learning Objective: investigate square numbers
find ways of investigating numbers
find square numbers by using a pattern.
Lesson 4: Week 8
Title Reasoning about Numbers
Learning Objective: solve word problems
recognise odd and even numbers
find and talk about general statements
develop mental strategies.
Lesson 5: Week 8
Title Reasoning about Numbers
Learning Objective: add and subtract
use the words used to add and subtract
add several numbers together and find the differences by counting on.
Here are 5 great PowerPoint lessons about addition, subtraction, rounding and money to use in the classroom. The lessons are complete with 3 parts. The first part is the 10 minute mental warm up session. The central part in the whole class, interactive learning session. The final part of the lesson provides differentiated challenges for the students.
Autumn Term
Lesson 1: Week 9
Title Addition and Subtraction
Learning Objective: complete adding and subtracting problems
add several numbers
understand that adding but not subtracting can be done in any order.
Lesson 2: Week 9
Title Subtracting from Multiples of 10
Learning Objective: understand the words used to describe adding and subtracting
subtract a one-digit number from a multiple of 10
record the answers in different ways.
Practise subtracting from multiples of 10.
Practise subtracting from bigger multiples of 10.
Lesson 3: Week 9
Title Subtraction
Learning Objective: use words to describe subtraction
subtract a one-digit number from a multiple of 10.
Lesson 4: Week 9
Title Describing Money
Learning Objective: use words to compare and order numbers
recognise coins
total money
understand different monies can be the same.
Lesson 5: Week 9
Title Rounding and Money Problems
Learning Objective: round amounts to the nearest 10p
approximate and order numbers on a number line
recognise coins
be able to total money together.
Three complete PowerPoint lessons about number sequences. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up, followed by a whole class learning period, and finishes with a set of differentiated learning challenges.
Spring Term
Lesson 1: Week 1
Title Number Sequences
Learning Objective: count on and back in steps of 10
describe and continue a sequence
make up a number pattern.
Mental Warm Up: Today you are going to complete a mapping diagram with a ‘+10’ rule.
Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be looking at sequences of numbers that have been made by counting on or back in steps of 10 or 1.
Educational Challenges Use cubes or beads in two colours to make a number sequence. Use the ‘+10’ or ‘–10’ rule.
Make a pattern using cubes or beads in two colours. Use the ‘+10’ or ‘–10’ rule.
Think of a way to show a sequence that has got hundreds in it.
Lesson 2: Week 1
Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
Learning Objective: count on and back in steps
describe a number pattern
continue a number pattern
make predictions.
Mental Warm Up: Start from the start number. Count back in steps of ten when I clap my hands.
Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to count on in steps of different sizes using some grids.
Educational Challenges Shade the first number on a 4 x 4 grid and count on in fours. Do the same for a 5 x 5 grid and a 6 x 6 grid. Does the pattern look the same?
Count on in steps of 4 on different-sized grids. Explain the pattern.
Count on in steps of 4 on different-sized grids. Predict the pattern.
Lesson 3: Week 1
Title Number Sequences
Learning Objective: count on or back in steps
describe number patterns
continue number patterns
make predictions.
Mental Warm Up: Sit in a circle. Collect a card between 0 and 30. Stand up if you have number cards 1, 4, 7 and 10. What is the next number? Stand up if you have the number.
Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to look at some number patterns and work out the rule.
Educational Challenges Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Write the number sequences.
Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Write the number sequences.
Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Make up a pattern for a friend using a two-step rule.
Five exciting PowerPoint lessons about multiplication, division and fractions. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up game. The lesson then focuses on the main interactive whole class learning point. The lesson finishes with differentiated learning challenges.
Spring Term
Lesson 1: Week 10
Title Multiplication
Learning Objective: understand and use multiplication as repeated addition
recognise and interpret situations as multiplication
develop strategies to multiply a one-digit number up to 5 by 2, 3, 4 or 5
use the ‘x’ symbol.
Lesson 2: Week 10
Title Multiplication, Money and 'Real-Life' Problems
Learning Objective: use multiplication as repeated addition
recognise and use multiplication
use the ability to count on in twos, fives and tens to find different amounts
find total costs
use patterns in 5 and 10 times-tables to check results.
Lesson 3: Week 10
Title Multiplication and Division, Money and 'Real-Life' Problems
Learning Objective: understand the difference between multiplication and division
count in twos, fives and tens to find the number of coins to make a given amount
check results
understand equivalent values of coins.
Lesson 4: Week 10
Title Multiplication and Division and 'Real-Life' Problems
Learning Objective: develop understanding of multiplication and division
recognise when to use multiplication
write a number sentence for a problem.
Lesson 5: Week 10
Title Fractions
Learning Objective: understand and use words about fractions
find one half or one quarter of a number of objects
write ½ for one half
write ¼ for one quarter.
These 5 complete PowerPoint lessons will help students to understand data handling. The lessons start with a mental warm up. Then the student will enjoy the interactive, whole class, sessions. The lessons then finish with fun differentiated challenges for the students to complete.
Spring Term
Lesson 1: Week 12
Title Problems Involving Measures
Learning Objective: find solutions to simple mass word problems
understand and use words about mass.
Lesson 2: Week 12
Title Problems Involving Measures
Learning Objective: find solutions to simple mass word problems
explain ways of working
understand and use words about mass.
Lesson 3: Week 12
Title Problems Involving Measures
Learning Objective: find solutions to simple mass word problems
understand and use words about mass
understand equivalence.
Lesson 4: Week 12
Title Handling Data
Learning Objective: solve problems involving collecting, organising and interpreting data
record data using simple tables
explain results.
Lesson 5: Week 12
Title Handling Data
Learning Objective: solve problems involving information
record findings as a block graph
explain results.
Five complete PowerPoint Lessons which focus on the topic of money. The lessons all start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by the main, whole class, learning session. The lesson ends with a set of differentiated challenges for the students.
Spring Term
Lesson 1: Week 4
Title Money
Learning Objective: select and use the right calculation
check our calculations
solve money word problems
find totals.
Lesson 2: Week 4
Title Money
Learning Objective: solve money word problems
recognise and use different value coins
select the right coins to pay.
Lesson 3: Week 4
Title Money
Learning Objective: choose and use correct calculations
check calculations
solve money word problems
find totals and give change.
Lesson 4: Week 4
Title Money
Learning Objective: check calculations
say what each coin is
solve money problems.
Lesson 5: Week 4
Title Money
Learning Objective: make decisions and check calculations
solve money problems
use the appropriate number operation.
Three full PowerPoint Lessons about counting and properties of numbers which start with a fun mental warm up. The students then experience a fully interactive, main class leaning session. The lesson finishes with a fun differentiated learning challenge.
Summer Term
Lesson 1: Week 1
Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
Learning Objective: recognise odd and even numbers
understand what is special about odd and even numbers
count on and back in twos.
Mental Warm Up: Counting on and back in ones.
Counting on and back in tens.
Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to investigate sharing by 2.
Educational Challenges Investigate which numbers can be shared equally by 2. Look for patterns and predict results.
Investigate which numbers less than 30 can be shared equally by 2.
Investigate which numbers can be shared equally by 2. Predict results for numbers greater than 100.
Lesson 2: Week 1
Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
Learning Objective: say what is happening in a number pattern
say what number is next in a number pattern
count on and back in steps of different sizes.
Mental Warm Up: You each have a number card. Is your number odd or even?
Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be counting on and back in steps of different sizes.
Educational Challenges Make up number chains using ‘add’ and ‘subtract’. Predict whether the final number will be more or less than the start number.
Make up number chains using ‘add’ and ‘subtract’. Ask a classmate to work out the end number.
Lesson 3: Week 1
Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
Learning Objective: count on in twos, fives and tens
recognise multiples of 2, 5, and 10
be able to explain number patterns
recognise that some numbers can be a multiple of more than one number.
Mental Warm Up: Today you will be counting on and back in twos, fives and tens.
Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to recognise multiples of 2, 5, and 10.
Educational Challenges Colour in multiples of 2, 5 and 10 on a hundred square.
Practise recognising multiples of 2, 5 and 10.
Five complete PowerPoint lessons about counting and properties of numbers. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive fun whole class learning session. The lesson finishes with a set of differentiated learning challenges for the students to complete.
Spring Term
Lesson 1: Week 8
Title Counting and properties of numbers
Learning Objective: recognise odd and even numbers
investigate number problems and puzzles
explain methods, reasoning and relationships.
Lesson 2: Week 8
Title Counting and properties of numbers
Learning Objective: recognise odd and even numbers
devise and continue a number pattern
describe a pattern.
Lesson 3: Week 8
Title Counting and properties of numbers
Learning Objective: recognise and continue or complete number patterns
describe a pattern or rule
devise a number pattern
recognise odd and even numbers.
Educational Challenges Complete number sequences.
Try making number sequences using big numbers for a friend to complete.
Lesson 4: Week 8
Title Counting and properties of numbers
Learning Objective: recognise odd and even numbers
recognise a pattern
explain what we did.
These five complete PowerPoint Lessons will help to teach students about division, multiplication and fractions. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. These are followed by an interactive, whole class teaching session. The lessons finish with differentiated learning challenges.
Summer Term
Lesson 1: Week 11
Title Understanding Multiplication and Division
Learning Objective: understand multiplication and division
use multiplication and division vocabulary
deal with something left over
choose the correct number operation
solve money problems.
Lesson 2: Week 11
Title Understanding Multiplication and Division
Learning Objective: use division and multiplication
use multiplication and division vocabulary
understand the idea of something left over
use the correct number operation
solve money problems.
Lesson 3: Week 11
Title Understanding Multiplication and Division
Learning Objective: double and halve
understand that halving reverses doubling and vice versa.
Lesson 4: Week 11
Title Fractions
Learning Objective: recognise and find simple fractions
recognise a half or a quarter
know that two halves or four quarters make a whole and that two quarters make a half
understand that doubling reverses halving.
Lesson 5: Week 11
Title Fractions
Learning Objective: recognise and find simple fractions
recognise that two quarters make a half
place halves on a number line.