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Tag Archives: year two
Idea 275: FREE Poem Resource for Teaching Suffixes -ness, -ment, -ful, -less, -ly ‘Recipe for a Teacher’
DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE HERE I saw a great idea for writing a recipe-type poem for friendship the other day as a way to evidence the ITAF 2017 statement that the pupil is “adding suffixes to spell some words correctly in … Continue reading
Posted in English, Poetry, Resources Included
Tagged elementary, english, key stage one, ks1, poetry, primary, suffixes, year two
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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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Idea 221: Find a New Friend Day
This is a nice way to encourage pupils to make new friends outside of their normal social circle. I’ve now made Fridays my Find a New Friend Day. We discussed the kinds of things we could say such as ‘Could … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions / Morals
Tagged elementary, friends, key stage 1, kindergarten, ks1, making friends, year 1, year 2, year one, year two
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Idea 212: Snowman Cards
The children dip their thumbs in white paint to make the body of the snowmen and use their fingertips to do the heads. Once dry, they can use markers to add noses, arms, hats, eyes etc. Having only one paint … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, christmas art, christmas card, first grade, kindergarten, primary, snowman, snowmen, year two
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Idea 209: End-of-Day Routine ‘Draw What You’ve Learned’
I was reflecting on my routines in the classroom and thought there had to be a way to get the children ready to go home in a better manner. All of my class piling into our small(ish) cloakroom at once … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, Miscellaneous
Tagged class routines, class transitions, elementary, end of day routine, first grade, key stage one, ks1, primary, second grade, year one, year two
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Idea 205: Quiz Quiz Trade Differentiation Top Tip
Previously (Idea 184) I mentioned the Kagan structure called ‘Quiz-Quiz-Trade’, where children walk around quizzing each other with cards that have a question on one side and the answer on the other. For an observation I had, I went ahead … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged cooperative learning, differentiation, elementary, kagan, key stage one, key stage two, qqt, quiz quiz trade, year one, year two
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Idea 204: Encouraging Children To Listen with Kagan ‘Timed Pair Share’ Structure
How I previously used ‘talk partners’ in a lesson: “Do you think a car is alive? Discuss with your talk partner what you think and why.” After perhaps a minute, I would signal for everyone’s attention and then randomly-select a … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, English, Miscellaneous
Tagged cooperative learning, elementary, kagan, key stage one, key stage two, kindergarten, ks1, ks2, talk partners, timed pair share, year one, year two
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Idea 201: The ‘2 Minute Check’, Simple Idea to Encourage Children to Start Writing Immediately
This is a simple idea to motivate your children to start writing immediately, mentioned to me by a colleague just the other day (hi Dave!). Once you are ready for your class to go off and begin writing, tell the … Continue reading
Posted in English
Tagged 2 minute check, elementary, english, first grade, key stage one, learning objective, literacy, starting writing, year one, year two
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Idea 181: ‘Chilli Challenge’ Differentiation Approach
This is an approach to differentiated tasks or success criteria that was mentioned at a tutorial I attended, and which I then used in my class. The general concept is that you create either tasks or success criteria that get … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics
Tagged chilli challenge, differentiation, elementary, first grade, independent task, key stage one, kindergarten, maths, primary, year one, year two
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