Add 2 four in a row game

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Add 10 four in a row game

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Subtraction as inverse to addition

I made these little houses to use for this activity. The child throws 2 dice and writes the numbers in the bottom corners of the roof of the house. Add them up to make the top number.
Then write the two addition and two subtraction number sentences in the house.

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Cyberbullying workshop

I have written about a Cyber bullying workshop I did with year 6s and thought you might want to look at it.

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Calculation wheel

The child has to do all the calculations and should get back to the original number providing I have done my maths right!

Number relations

This is a good activity for children to do to practise different skills.

Child chooses a number to write in the cloud. You could give a range eg. between 1 and 10 or 10 and 20 depending on the ability of the children. They they have to fill in all the boxes. I have uploaded a blank one too so you can write different things in to what I have done. I have put a small hundred square on there to help.

Halloween maths games

Some great ideas for combining maths and art and craft. Click here

Maths area resources

Here are a few ideas for using in Maths areas or stations. The wheels need pegs with the correct answer on each peg. Child has to work out the answer and peg the correct peg to it.

You need to cut these up along the lines to make jigsaws.

Emotional literacy site

Check out the emotional literacy site for lots of resources added this summer.

And if you have a facebook account then 'like' the page here to get regular updates and extra information on Emotional literacy.

Make things out of paper

If you want to make a box or a bag or a kite or finger puppets or some amazing toys out of paper then please check this site out

Also some fabulous little stars to make here where you write inside them. I think they would be good for a reward system in class. If a child is doing the right thing they pick a star and unravel it. Am sure you could sit watching tv making them. There is a link to the video tutorial.

The most amazing maths site ever!

I was blown away by the shear amount of activities and resources on this American site. So many fantastic ideas to use...

Happy exploring!

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Characteristics

I made these many years ago and have used them so many times with my own children and at school. They are fiddly to cut out but so useful. I keep mine in a plastic container. I just printed onto card and then cut out but you could laminate and they would last forever.









Here are some ideas to use them

1. Pick out 10 words, read them and order them into alphabetical order
2. Pick out 3 words, read them, cover them and spell them. Check
3. Pick out 3 words and look them up in a dictionary
4. Pick out 3 words to describe the character in your reading book
5. Pick out a word and use it in a sentence
6. Pick out 2 words and use them in a sentence
7. Pick out 3 words that describe you
8. How many words can you read in one minute?
9. Find a word you don't know and learn it. Look it up in a dictionary. Use it as much as you can for the rest of the day.
10. Find 6 words with 2 syllables
11. Find 6 words with 3 syllables
12. Find a word that means the same as 'nice'
13. Find 3 words that are positive characteristics
14. Find 3 words that are negative characteristics
15. Find a word that has 3 letters.
16. Find a word that has 7 letters
17. Find a word that has 'ful' at the end
18. Find a word that has 'less' at the end
19. Find a word you like the sound of, read it to a friend and explain what it means. Use it in a sentence.
20. Draw a picture of your superhero and find words to describe him or her.
21. Find a word for every letter of the alphabet (excluding x)
22. Find a word with 'ly' at the end
23. Find a word with the silent 'w'

24. Find a word with 'ing' at the end.

There are loads and loads of ways and I am sure you will come up with your own ideas.

Here is a the file with the words

Cool it Busy Bags

After the last post I started thinking about children who are upset/angry and are sent to time out. I thought that perhaps they could do an activity in a busy bag which might help refocus the negative behaviour with something positive. I have come up with these ideas

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Busy Bags

I absolutely love this idea, would be great for areas in the classroom.

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Do2Learn education - drawing

This is great, tutorials for drawing simple things. Perfect for children.

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Doodle art

I love this site! There are loads of free printables and ideas so please do explore

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Stretch a sentence

I absolutely love this idea found on Pinterest. I made my own version. What a fab way to get more interesting sentences out of the children.

Peg the number

I saw this idea on a German site and thought it was brilliant aswell as very adaptable to other things.
Basically you have to put numbers on pegs (a small sticker should do it). Number the pegs from 1-10. The child has to match the correct number to the number of Jellybeans.
This could be adaptable in many different ways.
Matching phonemes
Matching colours
Matching number sentences to the correct answer
Times tables
It is such a simple idea but fabulous for challenge areas in classrooms and look at all the fine motor skills that are needed to actually peg onto the wheel.

The list is endless.

I have made one for cvc words and emotional literacy

I used pegs and wrote with permanent markers, afterall how cheap are pegs?

All about me

A super little worksheet downloadable from here. The many pieces of me. Could be used as a self esteem activity or a back to school activity for a new class display.

www.elsasupport.co.uk

Free clipart site

I found this fabulous free clipart site with lots of lovely cute graphics