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Tag Archives: year 1
Idea 250: SPaG Lesson on Questions: FREE Resources!
This would work well as a ‘refresher’ lesson for Year 2 (questions are one of the four question types Year 2 are supposed to be using) and makes sure children get chance to see the unusual word order found in … Continue reading
Posted in English, Resources Included
Tagged elementary, english, grammar, key stage one, primary, question marks, questions, SPaG, year 1, year 2
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(FREE Resource) Exit Slips
I’ve written previously about exit slips and how useful I’ve found them. Essentially they are almost like a mini-quiz you give at the end of a lesson, which children all do independently. I’ve found the benefits of exit slips include: … Continue reading
Posted in English, Mathematics, Resources Included
Tagged assessment, elementary, exit slips, formative assessment, kindergarten, mathematics, maths, plenary, primary, secondary, year 1, year 2
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Idea 241: (FREE Resource) Part-Part-Whole Differentiated Quiz-Quiz-Trade Cards
This is a resource I put a bit of time into making but that I use fairly regularly as a 5 minute activity in my Maths class. Print off the resource and give one page to each pupil. Then ask … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, Resources Included
Tagged addition, elementary, first grade, key stage one, ks1, mathematics, maths, mental maths, primary, quiz quiz trade, subtraction, year 1, year 2
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Idea 238: Quickfire Dice!
A very simple and very enjoyable activity with a wide range of uses. Teach this near the beginning of the school year and it can be used as a warmer throughout. One die needed between each pair of children. Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics
Tagged addition, elementary, first grade, mental maths, number bonds, primary, quickfire dice, second grade, subtraction, year 1, year 2, year 3, year 4
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Idea 236: ‘Minion Maths’ Dice Game
This is an idea I trialled with my current Year 2 class and which I’ll be introducing early next year so I can have my class play this game often for mental maths practice. As with any new activity, I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics
Tagged addition, dice game, elementary, key stage 1, ks1, maths, mental maths, minions, primary, subtraction, year 1, year 2
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Idea 234: Don’t Roll a 6!
This is a classic fun Maths activity requiring only one die per child. The game is essentially: you keep rolling the die again and again, adding up the numbers you roll as you go. The objective is to get as … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics
Tagged dice games, Don't roll a 6, elementary, key stage one, ks1, mathematics, maths, primary, year 1, year 2, year 3
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Idea 232: Football Maths (Adding 3 single-digit numbers)
This is an activity I invented that my class LOVED and which really helped them work on their mental addition, in particular by finding out which is the easiest and fastest way to add 3 single-digit numbers together (a Year … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics
Tagged adding, adding three numbers, addition, dice game, elementary, first grade, football, maths, maths game, national curriculum 2014, primary, soccer, year 1, year 2
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My Top 10 Ideas for an NQT or RQT in Key Stage One
Below are 10 ideas that I’ve found have been really effective in my class this year. Every class and every teacher is different, but I hope you might find one or two of these ideas inspire you a bit! … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, English, Miscellaneous
Tagged elementary, key stage one, nqt, primary, rqt, teaching, top ten, year 1, year 2
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Idea 226: ‘Microwave Brownies’ A Fun Design and Technology Activity
I was trying to think of a fun Design and Technology activity involving cooking that wouldn’t put too much of a strain on the rather tired old oven we have access to at school. That’s when I hit on microwave … Continue reading
Posted in Design and Technology
Tagged brownie, cooking, d and t, Design and Technology, dt, elementary, key stage one, key stage two, microwave brownie, primary, year 1, year 2, year 3
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Idea 223: Reading Comprehension ‘Twisted’ Father Christmas Lesson with FREE Resources
This lesson is aimed at dealing with a problem I’ve encountered when teaching reading comprehension: when reading a piece of text about something they have encountered before, many of the children tend to use their pre-existing knowledge to answer questions … Continue reading
Posted in English
Tagged elementary, first grade, primary, reading comprehension, second grade, year 1, year 2, year one, year two
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