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Edit worksheets so they can be manipulated online or on your interactive whiteboard

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Liveworksheets.com - Interactive worksheets maker for all

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Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the

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This is a short online course for primary teachers introducing Digital Portfolios and how to use them in teaching, learning and assessment.

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30 FUN & EASY Painting Ideas (2025) - ABCDee Learning

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Looking for painting ideas for kids? I have 25 easy and fun painting ideas that can be done at home or in the classroom!

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Hands-On Math Goes Digital In and Beyond the Classroom!

Explore Our Collection of FREE Virtual Manipulatives

From Number Lines to Base Ten, Pattern Blocks to Place Value, Disks our collection of free Virtual Manipulatives gives educators and families access to visual and hands-on digital resources that lead to understanding. Students can use these resources in class and at home to practice math concepts, reinforce their growing math understanding, technology they love in the process.

Free Resources & Instructions for Teachers and Families

We've developed these resources for easy access and easy use:

How-To Videos

There's a short video for each of the Virtual Manipulatives in our collection so teachers can use these digital materials easily and confidently with students.
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Activities

Activities from the Didax books that teachers use most for easy download. Engaging challenges address core math operations, concepts and skills, from early numeracy all the way to introductory geometry and algebra.
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Demonstrate key math concepts in your classroom using our new virtual manipulatives!

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Free Resources | Biodiversity In Schools

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Check out these resources on HOMOPHONES. Write a CREATIVE STORY Using Common Homophones #1 Homophones Creative Story #1Download Write a CREATIVE STORY Using Common Homophones #2 Creative-Writing-Ch…

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Many of my reluctant readers and writers tend to skim over the instructions in their assignments. This is a bad habit, especially during tests, where missing directions can lead to mistakes.

In the following task, I've hidden a "secret" statement within the instructions to test if students are truly reading them carefully. The statement reveals that the assignment is fake and tells students to touch their nose.

This silly activity has a serious purpose: read the instructions in your assignments closely, bruh!

Another fake assignment here:

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Written by Brian Tolentino

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Many of my reluctant readers and writers tend to skim over the instructions in their assignments. This is a bad habit, especially during tests, where missing directions can lead to mistakes. In the...

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Can you guess how many marbles are in the jar? We turned this popular carnival game into a fun learning opportunity. From estimation to subitizing, multiplication, addition, and subtraction, this marble jar is full of surprises.

Simply drag and drop the marbles into the jar, where they'll bounce, roll, and settle into place. Or, press the "Fill" button on the right hand side to add a random number of marbles to the jar. Click the "Total" button to show or hide the number of marbles in the jar. Use the trash can button to empty the jar.

Here are a few ideas for using the marble jar:

Add a few full layers of marbles to the jar. Ask students to use multiplication to determine how many marbles there are. To make it easier, make each layer a different color.

Use the "fill" button to add marbles to the jar. Ask students to estimate how many marbles there are. Then, discuss estimation strategies before showing the total and seeing which student estimated the closest number.

Use the "fill" button to add marbles to the jar. Then, use the "total" button to show how many marbles are in the jar. Next, add or subtract marbles from the jar and ask students to determine the new total.

How will you use the online marble jar?

Visit classplayground.com for more resources and printables related to subitizing, estimation, and counting.

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Marble Jar | Free Virtual Manipulatives | Toy Theater

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This fun online marble jar is perfect for working on skills such as estimation, addition, and subtraction.

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Estimate how many sweets in a tub of Cadbury Heroes. Also estimate how many of each individual sweet in the tub.

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Olympic Handball is a fast-paced, exciting team sport that combines elements of soccer, basketball, and netball. It's an excellent way for students to develop physical fitness, teamwork, and strategic thinking.

Played on a court with two teams of seven players each, the objective of handball is to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's net.

How to Play Handball in Schools

To help you get started, the IHF have created a comprehensive School Handball Guide. This guide covers everything you need to know to introduce handball in your school, from basic rules to lesson planning.

What's in the School Handball Guide?

Introduction to Handball: Basic rules and gameplay.

Lesson Planning: Step-by-step guides to planning your handball sessions.

Skills and Techniques: Drills and exercises to develop essential handball skills.

Organizing Events: Tips on setting up school tournaments and handball festivals.

Safety and Inclusivity: Guidelines to ensure a safe and inclusive environment for all students.

For more information, or if you have any questions, please contact us at schools@olympichandball.org .
Download the Handball School Guide

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Olympic Handball is a fast-paced, exciting team sport that combines elements of soccer, basketball, and netball. It's an excellent way for students to develop physical fitness, teamwork, and strategic thinking. Played on a court with two teams of seven players each, the objective of handball is to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's net.

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The 'Role Models in pSTEM: You can be what you can see' project was created to highlight positive role models for young women in the subjects of physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering. By creating videos for use in classrooms and on social media, the project hopes to make more young women aware of the very many career paths and opportunities available to them by pursuing these subjects. Following the UNESCO framework of factors influencing girls' and women's participation in STEM, the interviews explore the backgrounds and influences of each of the role models and highlight what they enjoy about what they do.

A handbook and slide deck are available for teachers to download and use in tandem with the videos.

Sharon Sweeney is a fashion designer who runs a small business that creates bespoke pieces that are ethical and sustainable - using organic, deadstock and recycled fabrics. At the National University of Ireland, Galway, she studied Environmental Science and worked in a lab for a short time before travelling to America where she studied part-time for a course in Fashion, and it was from that experience she realised her passion for design. She returned to Ireland and began studying part time for a diploma at the Grafton Academy of Fashion Design. She now draws from both her design and science background to not only create slow fashion, but also to create awareness around the damaging effects the fast fashion industry has on the environment.

NUALA CRIMMINS

Nuala Crimmins is a Partner in Grant Thornton Ireland, where she is Head of Insurance. Having studied Actuarial and Financial Studies in UCD, Nuala went on to work in a variety of roles across the insurance sector, in Ireland and internationally, spanning areas such as regulation, pricing & product development, project management and internal audit.
Project Leads:
Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, UCD School of Mathematics & Statistics

Dr Catherine Mooney, UCD School of Computer Science
Project Funders:
HEA Gender Enhancement Fund

Institute of Physics
Project Partners:
WITS Women in Technology & Science

Irish Science Teachers Association

Irish Mathematics Teachers Association

Irish Applied Mathematics Teachers Association

Engineering & Technology Teachers Association

Institute of Guidance Counsellors

CESI (Computers in Education Society of Ireland)

Engineers Ireland

INGENIC Irish Network for Gender Equality in Computing

Third Level Computing Forum

Ireland ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education

FutureNeuro the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases

Videos created by: Stand Out Films
https://www.standoutfilms.ie/

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Strand: Number

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Steve Wyborney's Blog: I'm on a Learning Mission.

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Welcome to Splat! You are only moments away from a VERY POWERFUL, highly interactive number sense strategy that can be used at any grade level!

This post includes 50 (fifty!) free, downloadable PowerPoint math lessons!

Watch the video, download some (or all) of the lessons, and experience what happens when you unleash this resource in your classroom!

I've been excited to click the Publish button on this post for several weeks! It's time!
UPDATE: The Fraction Splat! Series (with 20 more downloadable lessons) is now available!
After reading this blog post, take a look at THE 12 MOST POPULAR MATH STRATEGIES AND DOWNLOADS ON THIS BLOG.

Splat Through 10
How many dots are under the Splat?

Splat Through 20
How many dots are under the Splat?

Multiple Splats
(Note: Splats that are the same color must cover the same number.)
Splat 3.1 - multiple splats Splat 3.2 - multiple splats Splat 3.3 - multiple splats Splat 3.4 - multiple splats Splat 3.5 - multiple splats
Instant Multiple Splat
(Note: An additional feature of this level is the opportunity to ask, "What could the total be?")

Splat 4.1 - Instant Multiple Splats Splat 4.2 - Instant Multiple Splats Splat 4.3 - Instant Multiple Splats Splat 4.4 - Instant Multiple Splats Splat 4.5 - Instant Multiple Splats
2-Color Splat
(Splats of different colors must have different values.)

Splat 5.1 2-color Splat Splat 5.2 2-color Splat Splat 5.3 2-color Splat Splat 5.4 2-color Splat Splat 5.5 2-color Splat Splat 6.2 Instant 2-color Splat Splat 6.3 Instant 2-color Splat Splat 6.4 Instant 2-color Splat Splat 6.5 Instant 2-color Splat
Instant 2-Variable Splat
(Splats of different colors must have different values. Splats of the same color must have the same value.)
Splat 7.1 Instant 2-variable Splat Splat 7.2 Instant 2-variable Splat Splat 7.3 Instant 2-variable Splat Splat 7.4 Instant 2-variable Splat Splat 7.5 Instant 2-variable Splat
Number Splat
(Note: Only the numbers circled on the screen may be used.)
Splat 8.1 - Number Splat Splat 8.2 - Number Splat Splat 8.3 - Number Splat Splat 8.4 - Number Splat Splat 8.5 - Number Splat Splat 9.1 - Instant Number Splat Splat 9.2 - Instant Number Splat Splat 9.3 - Instant Number Splat Splat 9.4 - Instant Number Splat Splat 9.5 - Instant Number Splat
Instant Number Splat with 2 Variables
(Note: Only the numbers circled on the screen may be used, and Splats of different colors must have different values.)
Splat 10.1 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat Splat 10.2 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat Splat 10.3 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat Splat 10.4 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat Splat 10.5 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat
NOTE: I wrote each of these lessons using PowerPoint, so I recommend playing them in PowerPoint. If you do not have PowerPoint, you may want to download the PowerPoint viewer so that you can play the lessons.

UPDATE: The Fraction Splat! Series (with 20 more downloadable lessons) is now available!
Other Posts and Resources Which May Be of Interest Tiled Area Questions The Maze Hundreds Chart
Introducing Cube Connectors
Provide Massive Space to Notice
Primary Tile Questions
3 Powerful Tile Strategies (and 40 new downloadable pages)
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I would treasure hearing about your experiences using Splat! to promote number sense in your classroom!

All my best,
Steve

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Reading is for education as much as it is for enjoyment. Immersing oneself in fiction has been proven to help develop empathy, stories open up your mind to ideas and conversations, and illustrations enhance a story and help children to understand a topic even more deeply.

As online safety and the issues related to digital wellbeing have become more widely spoken about, there have been some wonderful picture books published to complement these conversations. Key values in the offline world, can be applied to the online world to keep kids safe during their digital experiences. Sharing these values through stories is a beautiful and engaging way to build digital wellbeing.

Here are some of our favourites. And to make it easy for you to find the right book at the right time, we've organised them into topics (scroll down and see for yourself!) and provided some suggestions for discussion starters and activities to do with your kids.

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Using Picture Books to Teach Cyber Safety and Digital Wellbeing to Young Children

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We often think about books as a way to unplug from our digital lives, and that's a great reason to read. But the lines between online and "irl" are increasingly blurred, so it only makes sense that some books wrap their stories around devices and digital media. And what better way to get some perspective and reflect on digital citizenship topics than to approach them in the steadily-paced pages of a great book?

This collection does just that: It features books for each grade level, both fiction and nonfiction, that feature digital dilemmas, citizenship, and well-being. Remember: It's never too early to start these conversations, since even little kids are often online! So whether you have these selections in your classroom library, use them for read-alouds, or offer them for assignments, they're an excellent in-road to meaningful discussions.
Kindergarten and up
Description: On a hot, noisy night in the city, a kid wants to play a board game with his family, but they're too busy. Then the power goes out, and the neighborhood comes alive with fun, communal activities. When the power is restored, everyone goes back to their business, so the kid turns the lights off and the family comes together to play the board game.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Pause for People
Kindergarten and up
Description: The Couch Potato loves sitting around, playing video games, doing livestreams, and watching his favorite TV shows. But then the power goes out! He decides to go outside for a walk, and he realizes all he's been missing in the outside world.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Media Balance Is Important
Kindergarten and up
Description: Dot is great at using technology and loves it! But when she's feeling burned out by too much screen time, her mom encourages her to go outside. Getting away from devices reminds her of all of the off-screen fun she also enjoys.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: How Technology Makes You Feel
Kindergarten and up
Description: Nerdy Birdy loves Tweetster, a new video game, but his friend Vulture doesn't want to play it. They both try to compromise a bit to maintain their friendship, but then Nerdy Birdy makes a big mistake: He posts an embarrassing picture of Vulture with a mean caption! Vulture gets upset, and Nerdy Birdy apologizes and realizes his friends on Tweetster can't compare to his in-person buddy.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Pause & Think Online
Third grade and up
Description: Kitty works hard to get a phone and then finds out that using it comes with some not-so-fun surprises-and lots of responsibility. As Kitty runs into challenges, it becomes clear that having good digital well-being habits is important.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Your Rings of Responsibility
Third grade and up
Description: Marcus and Sierra post a short film online that gets super popular, very fast! Marcus feels pressure to get even more subscribers and keep the attention that the first video got. But the pressure leads to conflict, and Marcus and Sierra have to figure out what's really important to them.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: This Is Me
Fourth grade and up
Description: Charlotte and Ben are facing some challenges at home and at school. Their family and friendships are going through changes. But through an online word game, they're able to find each other and some connection.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Keeping Games Fun and Friendly
Fifth grade and up
Description: Frost is in middle school and has a close group of friends who are sometimes picked on by other kids. A new girl, Rose, starts to change things. Meanwhile, their school bans cellphones, so Frost's friend, Deedee, starts using sticky notes instead of text messages. A cruel sticky note war begins, and the friends have to decide how to handle it.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Is It Cyberbullying?
Eighth grade and up
Description: Josh Sundquist is an internet comedian who's always wanted to be famous. But as he builds a social media following and gets some tastes of fame, he wonders if it will really make him happy.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Who Are You Online?
Ninth grade and up
Description: A high school student starts an Instagram account that targets fellow students with racist language and memes. The community is in turmoil, with people conflicted about the punishment for the account's creator and followers. Meanwhile the students who were targeted deal with nightmares and just try to get through each school day. Though the incident was in 2017, readers also get a window into continued consequences in 2020.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Responding to Online Hate Speech
Ninth grade and up
Description: An Agatha Christie-style mystery for the modern age, this murder-driven story centers around a group of social media influencers, the effects of their online identities, and the secrets they keep.

Discussion Questions:

Digital Citizenship Lesson: Curated Lives

You can check out the full list of books on Common Sense Media!

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11 Great Books to Boost Digital Citizenship | Common Sense Education

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Read, discuss, and pair with lessons to address important topics about digital life.

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Creating a Realistic Beach Scene in Pencil: Step-by-Step Tutorial

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A FREE one page weekly "newspaper" to help inspire kids to engage with STEM in the real world. Each issue can be printed or shared digitally with the kids you know. Literacy & STEM...better together!

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Maths manipulatives

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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.
Watch the video to learn how sharing works.

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Practice Measuring Angles with an Interactive Protractor!

Use this interactive protractor app to practice measuring angles on the screen, or download the questions as a pdf worksheet. Rotate the protractor by holding down the shift-key + left-mouse button, or use two fingers on your touch device. More instructions below.

More about the Protractor Practice App

What is a Protractor?

A protractor is a tool to help you measure angles, kind of like a ruler, but with degrees markings on a circular edge. To use it, align the horizontal line on the protractor to one of the two lines that make up the angle you want to measure, then read off the angle on the appropriate scale on the curve edge of the protractor.

Using the interactive protractor app on screen

Move the on-screen protractor using (desktop) left mouse drag or (tablet) single finger touch and drag. Protractor is highlighted in green when moving.

Rotate the on-screen protractor using (desktop) shift-key + left mouse drag or (tablet) two-finger touch and rotate. Protractor is highlighted in red when rotating.

Check your answers

Enter your answers in the respective boxes, then click "Check Answers" button to check your answers. Angles within 2 degrees will be marked as correct. Note: there are two scale markings corresponding to left-to-right ( black) and right-to-left ( blue) angle measurement. Make sure you are reading off the correct set of markings.

Keep practicing with new questions

Click the "New Questions" button to generate a new set of questions.

Work on the same set of angles remotely

Use the URL displayed at the top to load the same set of angles. Share the link with all your remote students during zoom class and practice measuring the same set of angles, or assign the same set of questions as homework to the whole class.

Download the questions as a PDF worksheet

Print out the 6 questions as a PDF (the protractor image will not be included) and practice using your own "real" protractor to measure the angles. Answers are printed on the second page.

Use your own image with the interactive protractor

Click the "Custom Image" and enter a link to a publicly accessible image URL as the background, then use the overlay interactive protractor to measure various angles on your own worksheet. Only image files are supported at this time. You can use a free service like imbgg to upload your image and paste the link into the URL box.

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Interactive Protractor Practice App - TeachableMath

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An interactive protractor app to practice measuring randomly generated angles. Upload custom background image or download as a PDF worksheet.

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7 times 13 is 28 | 13×7=28 | Abbott and Costello

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7 times 13 is 28 | 13×7=28 | Abbott and Costello

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How to Play Volleyball for Beginners STEP-BY-STEP

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How to Play Volleyball for Beginners STEP-BY-STEP

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We are taking inspiration for this Maths Week activity from this image taken from Joannes Buteo’s Opera Geometrica. We are going to use the lines drawn in the ground by the three figures for a maths investigation that links to the Königsberg Bridge Problem solved by famous mathematician Euler in ...

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Virtual Maths Manipulatives Shelf

Virtual Shelf, loaded up with all the most important virtual maths manipulatives.

Virtual Maths Manipulatives Collection

Your guide to all the virtual maths manipulatives you need, organised according to strand units.

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Primary CPD - Virtual Maths Manipulatives

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Sherry Parrish's book has hundreds of number strings and images for Kindergarten to 5th grade. And because of the popularity of these resources, many teachers have already produced powerpoints which feature the number sentences and images from her book. I downloaded these myself for my own ease of use but found that because they were intended for US grades, I needed to reorganise and re-structure some of them to align them to our classes and curriculum. I also collected other suitable number talks from other sources and am currently creating some of my own. Below, are my suggestions for the different class groups and links to download the resources.

Number Talks Resources for Infants

I have taken the resources for Kindergarten and broken them up into two folders, Junior Infants (numbers to 5) and Senior Infants (numbers to 10). Each of the folders has a READ ME FIRST document; you should do this!

These folders are then further divided into sub-folders: frames, rekenrek and dots. From each folder, do the activities for the numbers as you teach them in class e.g. after doing the number 3 in class do the frames set for number 3, the rekenreks set for number 3 and then the dots set for number 3.

When all numbers for that specific class have been introduced, you can do the mixed number talks that cover all the numbers; these are a collection of slides that are a combination of the sides for each individual number. Senior infant teachers might also like to do the mixed number talks for junior infants, as revision at the start of their year.

In each of the non-mixed sets, usually each group of 3/4 slides are designed as a number string and intended to be used in a single session. This will be explained on the first slide if relevant.

Suggested structure:

Show the image to the children and ask

Then ask children to explain how they saw that number eg "I saw 2 and 2 and then 1 and that's 5", "I saw a group of 4 and 1 and that's 5".

Connect the child's thinking to a number sentence by circling the dot arrangement(s) the child describes and by writing a matching number sentence ie 2 + 2 +1 = 5, 4 + 1 = 5

Click here to access the Number Talks folder for Junior Infants

Click here to access the Number Talks folder for Senior Infants

Number Talks Resources for First & Second Classes

For these classes, I have renamed the Grade One folder as First Class and the Grade Two folder as Second Class (while not all of the maths contents of these US grades corresponds exactly with our first and second class curriculum, the number talks resources here do).

The First Class folder is further divided into sub-folders, each of which deals with one of four addition strategies:

Within each of these sub-folders, there are different sets of slides of images (ie once again these are frames, rekenrek and/or dots) or slides of number sentences. As there is a substantial number of slides for this class, it is not necessary that every slide is covered, nor is it necessary to complete all or most of a strategy eg counting all/on, before moving onto another strategy. A teacher might decide to complete all the frames images in each strategy and then re-do the strategies but this time looking at the number sentences. However, it is recommended, and is more logical that you go through the strategies in order ie only explore benchmark/friendly numbers once the children are comfortable with the corresponding activities in the making tens folder.

The subtraction number talks are first introduced in Second Class and thus this folder is divided initially into addition and subtraction. The addition folder contains different slide presentations of number sentences only, each of which deals with one of six addition strategies:

1. Doubles & Near doubles

2. Making tens

3. Benchmark/friendly numbers

4. Breaking each number into its place value parts (also known as partitioning)

5. Compensation

6. Adding up in chunks (also known as sequencing)

The subtraction folder also contains different slides presentations, each of which deals with one of two subtraction strategies:

1. Adding up (also known as complementary addition)

2. Removal (also known as deduction)

Within each of these slide presentations, there are three different categories, of increasing difficulty. Again, as there is a substantial number of slides for this class it is not necessary that every slide is covered, nor is it necessary to complete all or most of a strategy, before moving onto another strategy. A teacher might decide to focus on the slides in category one or two of each presentation/strategy and then revisit each strategy later in the year but this time focus on category two or three respectively. However, it is recommended, and is more logical that you progress through the strategies in order ie only explore benchmark/friendly numbers once the children are comfortable with the corresponding category in the making tens folder.

Click here to access the Number Talks folder for First Class

Click here to access the Number Talks folder for Second Class

Number Talks Resources for Third to Sixth Classes

In the final section of her book, Sherry Parrish has a section of number talks for Grades 3-5. These grades would loosely align themselves with our third to sixth classes, but not as closely as how the junior end grades and classes align. As a result, I felt it necessary to go through the number talks and try to organise them so that they would better align with our senior classes. To this end, I put together a table of how I'd suggest the Grade 3-5 talks could be divided among out 3rd-6th classes. This table is included on the document titled READ ME FIRST and the table may be used to aid a whole school approach to number talks. In this table, the categories of each number talks set is divided among suggested classes:

* Based on the suitability of the content for the curriculum of each specific class

* So as to avoid unnecessary repetition, while also facilitating beneficial revision (ie for the Making Tens strategy I've suggested that 3rd class do category 1 and 2, and then that 4th class can revise category 2 again before moving onto category 3)

Some other suggestions:

As with the previous classes, the operations should be done in order ie Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division (as relevant to the specific class) and then, within each operation, progress through the strategies in the order on the table. If there is a second category of number talks to do, then this cycle can be repeated using the second category for the 2nd half of the school year.

Where two categories of the same strategy has been suggested for a class, (eg I have recommended that 3rd class do Making Tens, Category 1 and 2) it is not necessary for these categories to be done back-to-back and may even be preferable if the class did Category 1 early in the school year and then category 2 in the second half of the school year). In a similar way 4th class could do Making Tens, Category 2 in the first half of the school year and Category 2 in the second half. Differentiation: a weaker group may need to stick to the first category and/or use a category assigned to a lower class eg 4th class doing Category 1 instead of 2 or 3.

It is not necessary to do all the slides within each category. Differentiation: a weaker group may need to stick to the first category and/or do it again for the second half of the year meaning they may do all the slides in that category

As there is only a small number of number talks here for 6th and, to a lesser extent, 5th class, I am currently developing more resources to suit those classes. Check back for these.

Click here to access the Number Talks folder for Third to Sixth Classes

My Own Number Talks Slant

I'm no number talks guru by any means but I'd like to also share with you some of my own practice and ways I have been using number talks.

Number talks are recommended to use as an Oral & Mental starter for the 5-15 mins at the beginning of the main maths class. Initially, I found that I was going over time when I started these with a class and that if I tried to stick within 15 minutes that I wasn't getting to do all of the calculations in a specific number string. However, as time went on, I found that the sessions went much faster, as both the class and myself got more familiar with the structure.

It is suggested that number talks would be a daily activity at the start of each maths lesson; however I feel that sometimes, depending on the content of the main lesson, there might be a more appropriate or relevant starter activity. Number talks form an excellent suite of ideas that could be dipped into any day, irrespective of the content of the main lesson, but teachers should not be under pressure to do them everyday; choose what you think is best for you and your class depending on the content of the main maths lesson on that particular day.

I found that the number talks sessions worked equally well with whole classes, infants to sixth, and with smaller groups, (eg as part of a learning support slots, either within the class as a station in team-taught lesson or in withdrawal sessions). The small groups are particularly useful for the children who might be reluctant to volunteer their ideas in a whole class situation and gives them the opportunity to develop their confidence to ultimately contribute in a whole class setting. Learning support teachers could also use the number talks to pre-teach groups so they would be more confident and willing to contribute to a whole class number talk with their class teacher. For example, if a learning support group in 4th class were due to start category 2 of a specific strategy with their class teacher, their learning support teacher could revise category 1 with them in advance and/or use some of the category 2 strings or compose new number talks based on similar numbers.

I found that class participation levels and the "quality of the talk" both rise if the children have already encountered specific mental computation strategies in class. Where classes had been explicitly taught mental calculation strategies, eg doubles, making a ten, friendly numbers, compensation, constant difference subtraction etc they were more likely to explain their thinking using the correct mathematical terminology.

In the number talks videos, the children are often seen sitting together on the floor. As the children in my school wouldn't be that familiar with this seating arrangement, I just worked with them in their usual seating places as I didn't want the change of scene to detract and distract from the focus of the number talks.

While I initially used the fist and thumbs up system advocated by Sherry Parrish, when collecting answers, I often got the response "I had the same answer as Jack". So I returned to my preferred tool of mini-whiteboards, (to maximise on participation and honesty regarding answers) but insisted that they were not to be used at all for working out, all of which was to happen in the heads. Rather, the MWBs were only to be used to record the answer.

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Introduction

Here's a collection of games and puzzles using an ordinary set of dominoes. There are many more we could put in, including domino magic squares. We'll add to this collection in future features. Perhaps you would like to invent your own game; there are some ideas to build on here and NRICH will publish any good games sent in. You may find our Dominoes Environment useful too.

A Domino Set

A set of dominoes usually consists of 28 rectangular dominoes, each having two squares with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 spots.

Every combination is represented. The value of the domino is the sum of the values of the two squares. Use a readymade set of dominoes or make one for yourself out of cardboard; then you can enjoy many different games and puzzles.

Basic rules for Dominoes

The basic rule in playing dominoes is that you make a chain of dominoes placing them end to end. In extending a chain, you always match one square of one of your dominoes to a square on the end of the chain. The exception to this is if you have a double domino - one with the same number on both squares. In this case, you can match both squares of the domino to one on the end of the chain, by placing the double domino perpendicularly across the end of the chain, like this:

This creates a branch in the chain, and you now count both squares on the double domino as ends of the chain which can be built upon. (Of course, if you prefer, you can just play the double domino in the usual way.)

The players all start with the same number of dominoes and you win if you are the first player to use up ALL your dominoes. If there are extra dominoes at the start they are placed face down as the 'pool'. Usually the player with the highest double starts. When it is your turn, you place one of your dominoes on one end of the chain and, if you cannot do so, then you have to pass, taking one domino from the pool if it is not empty.

Rules for Fives and Threes

You play dominoes in the usual way but you score points when the dominoes at the ends of the chain add up to a multiple of 5 or a multiple of 3. Divide the total on the ends by 5 or 3 and add the answer to the player's score. If the end total is divisible by both 5 and 3 then you score both, so for the end total of 15 you score 8 points. You also score 10 points for being the first to finish, plus one point for every domino held by another player, but you might not be the winner even if you do finish first.

In the following example the (1,5) domino starts, scoring 2 points. Then the (0, 1) domino scores 1 point because the ends add up to 5. Then the (4,0) domino makes the ends add up to 9 so it scores 3 points. Finally the (5,6) domino makes the end total 10 scoring 2 points.

In this example the (6,6) starts, scoring 4 points. Then the (6, 0) scores 4 points, then the (0,0) scores 4 points and finally, with the (0, 3) the end total is 15, scoring 8 points.

Domino aha!

If you make a chain with all 28 dominoes so that adjacent ends of dominoes match, and it has 5 spots at one end, how many spots will it have at the other end? You can work the answer out mentally and then check with the actual dominoes.

Domino magic

Of course it isn't magic, just logic! There is a reason for everything in maths, sometimes hard to find but always there!

Remove and hide one domino (not a double) without telling anyone. People are unlikely to notice that one is missing. Ask a friend to make the usual chain and when he has put down three or four dominoes tell him the numbers that he will get at the ends when he has completed the chain. How do you do that? (Hint: apply the same logic as to Domino aha.)

Windows

This is a challenge that you might like to take on by yourself or with a group of friends. In this diagram the four dominoes make a 'window' with one empty space. The spots on each side total nine. Can you make seven windows like this using all 28 dominoes so that each window has the same spot-sum for each side? One window need not have the same spot-sum as another.

Printable NRICH Roadshow resource.

Domino Multiplication

Here you have four dominoes laid out in the pattern of a multiplication sum. Can you make seven multiplication sums like this using all 28 dominoes? Again, like 'Windows' this organises the dominoes into seven sets of four.

Printable NRICH Roadshow resource.

Domino Prime-squares

Here is a domino square made with six dominoes. The total number of spots on the sides are not the same, but they are ALL PRIME NUMBERS so we call it a 'prime-square'. The dominoes don't match end to end. Make some other domino prime-squares. Is it impossible to make a domino prime-square with the dominoes matching end to end? If so, why? What about squares with four dominoes, eight dominoes, or more?

Create your own game

Once you have found seven windows, or seven multiplication sums, you have organised the dominoes into seven sets of four. Can you invent a game for 2 players where the object is to collect sets rather than to make chains? This could be a bit like the card game 'Rummy'. If you invent a good game do tell NRICH and we'll publish it on this page.

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Recent years have seen a rise in popularity of certain manipulatives, including Cuisenaire rods and algebra tiles, while other manipulatives have a tendency to gather dust in the maths department store cupboard. Dominoes, for example, are often overlooked.

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Date: 2001
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Numbers for living

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Using money

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tips and exercises for brushing up your numeracy skills covering topics such as planning your day, bingo, the workplace, travel, shopping, eating out, telephone, cinema, calculator and the bus.

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Welcome to ictgames. Here you'll find free to play educational games aimed at children between 5 and 8 years old; written by a UK teacher with 20 years experience. The games are linked to the UK KS 1 and 2 curricula. Here are some help videos to get you started.

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Playing these Free KS1/KS2 Maths games will help to test your understanding of different mathematics topics.

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Maths Card Games - Making Maths More Fun!

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Equivalent Fractions Demonstration Tool (at ICT Games)

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Fraction walls are a great way to teach about fractions and in particular equivalent fractions. In a fraction wall each row or layer of the wall represents one whole number. The layers are divided into a number of bricks and hence each brick represents a fraction whose denominator is equal to the number of bricks in that layer. Each brick can be turned on or off by clicking it. This wall also allows the display of decimal and percentage values. To the right of the wall are boxes which can be hidden, the value of each box is fraction of the wall that has been turned on.

Selecting different walls

When you launch this interactive teaching program the initial wall is a mixed one showing 3 distinct fraction families. Change the wall by using the mode control. 'Large' displays a wall in which the layers are split 1,2,3 up to 12. The others split the wall along 2s, 3s or 5s. The 5s also includes a lower wall of 100 bricks, this naturally works quite well in explaining percentages since each brick represent ¹⁄ ₁₀₀ or 1%.

Fractions, decimals or percentages

Use the display type control to display decimals (rounded to 2dp), percentages (rounded to 1dp), fractions or none.

The equivalent fraction control

Normally when you click a brick to turn it on or off, only that brick is affected. However if you turn on the equivalent fraction function by clicking the 'Eq' toggle button. Now when a brick is clicked the other layers will turn on bricks if they can match an equivalent fraction. Note, this is not always possible, in fact if you select the primes wall it is never possible to show an equivalent fraction. In this case all the other layers have bricks turned off.

Least Common Multiple

Also known as 'the lowest common multiple' or 'smallest common multiple' is crucial when adding, subtracting or comparing fractions. This button will calculate the LCM based on the rows that have active bricks. Pressing the LCM button will create a new wall that contains the originally selected fraction but also a new layer with the number of divisions equalling the least common multiple of the denominators of the other rows. Sounds complicated, but it really just means that it is always possible to create an equivalent fraction in the LCM row from the other rows.

Other controls

The other controls are

'On' button when clicked will turn on all the bricks

'Off' button when clicked will turn off all the bricks

'Random' button creates a randomized wall in which roughly half the bricks are on. Usually you would hide the totals before pressing this and then the class can work out each fraction in the random wall.

' < ' button will align all the bricks to the left hand side of the wall. This is often pressed after using the randomize function. Fractions can then be compared by considering the length of each row of on bricks.

hide totals click to hide all the totals. The individuals total can then be clicked to show the value.

show totals reveal all the totals.

Advanced Section

To show or hide the advanced section click the advanced toggle button

When the advance controls are on, each layer of the wall has a dedicated slider, move this to change the number the number of bricks in that layer.

Automatic 1 button when clicked create a new wall by dividing the top layer by all its ascending prime factors. So for example if you move the top slider so the top layer has 42 bricks and then click the button. The primefactors of 42 are 2,3 and 7. So the second layer will have 42÷2=21 bricks, the third layer will have 21÷3=7 bricks and the final layer will have 7÷7= 1 brick.

Automatic 2 is similar but creates a layer for every factor of the top layer value.

Add Layer adds a new layer to the bottom of the wall.

total type select control will change the type of total to display. The default is to match what the wall shows, so in this case if the wall is showing fraction the total will be a fraction. But using this control it is now possible for fractions to be shown in the wall but the total to be given as a percentage.

Further fractions

Closely related to this activity is the percentage fraction and decimals grid, which can be used to display a square or circle fraction representation.

Other activities that can be used to teach fractions are the clock activity which uses the clock face to show the fraction of minutes passed in an hour. Launch the activity and select the fractions mode, this mode also show equivalent fractions for example ³⁰⁄ ₆₀ = ¹⁄ ₂. The number explorer activity can show the fraction resulting from division of a number.

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Online fraction wall, easily display fractions using interactive white board. Simple to explore fraction,decimals and percentages . Step by step view equivalent fractions. Beautiful display which children love.

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Daily 10 - Mental Maths Challenge - Topmarks

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Daily 10 is a primary maths resource for teachers of Years 1 to 6. It asks ten random questions on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, ordering, partitioning, digit values and more. Ideal for use on a IWB and as a starter or plenary activity.

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Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games, which are against the clock, challenge and develop mental maths skills. An untimed, practise mode is available in our Hit the Button app along with lots more extra features.

The activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help students to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.

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Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubles, halves, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Superb!

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There is a great amount of satisfaction that can be obtained from solving a mathematical puzzle. There are many puzzles on this page, all with a mathematical connection, that are just waiting to be solved. You can earn Transum Trophies for the puzzles you solve.

The following puzzles are from the Transum monthly newsletters and podcasts.

The following puzzles are the Transum Advanced Starters.

Same Three Digits

Find ex pressions which contain indices and evaluate to numbers containing the same digits.

Advanced Starter

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51 Esti-Mysteries - Steve Wyborney's Blog: I'm on a Learning Mission.

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Fraction Splats! have arrived! The original Splat! post rocketed up to over 35,000 hits in less than a month, which included over 19,000 lesson downloads! All 50 lessons in the Splat! post involved whole numbers. In this post, I've turned my attention to fractions, and have created 20 new lessons for you to download! This is The Fraction Splat! Series. Watch the video, download the lessons, and try them in your classroom!
Note: I've created the lessons in PowerPoint, so I recommend using PowerPoint to view them.
After reading this blog post, take a look at THE 12 MOST POPULAR MATH STRATEGIES AND DOWNLOADS ON THIS BLOG.
Note: These lessons use a single splat along with a mixture of unit fractions and whole numbers. In Level 11, you control the Splat! SPLAT 11.1 - Fraction Splats SPLAT 11.2 - Fraction Splats SPLAT 11.3 - Fraction Splats SPLAT 11.4 - Fraction Splats SPLAT 11.5 - Fraction Splats
Instant Fraction Splat!
Note: These lessons use a single Splat! which appears at the same moment as the whole numbers and fractions. Each question instantly presents missing information. SPLAT 12.1 - Instant Fraction Splats SPLAT 12.2 - Instant Fraction Splats SPLAT 12.3 - Instant Fraction Splats SPLAT 12.4 - Instant Fraction Splats SPLAT 12.5 - Instant Fraction Splats
Multiple Splats! with Fractions
Note: These lessons include multiple Splats! and you control the timing of those Splats! The entire screen can be seen, the total can be determined, and then Splat! Remember: Each Splat! that is the same color must be covering the same number. SPLAT 13.1 - Multiple Fraction Splats SPLAT 13.2 - Multiple Fraction Splats SPLAT 13.3 - Multiple Fraction Splats SPLAT 13.4 - Multiple Fraction Splats SPLAT 13.5 - Multiple Fraction Splats
Multiple Splats! with Fractions
Note: These lessons use multiple Splats! which appear at the same moment as the whole numbers and fractions. Each question instantly presents missing information. Remember: Each Splat! that is the same color must be covering the same number. SPLAT 14.1 - Instant Multiple Fraction Splats SPLAT 14.2 - Instant Multiple Fraction Splats SPLAT 14.3 - Instant Multiple Fraction Splats SPLAT 14.4 - Instant Multiple Fraction Splats SPLAT 14.5 - Instant Multiple Fraction Splats
Other Posts and Resources Which May Be of Interest

Splat! The original 50 downloadable Splat! lessons include 10 levels and variations.

Tiled Area Questions is a colorful, powerful, highly visual strategy for decomposing numbers - and offers many downloadable pages.

The Animated Multiplication Table remains one of the most popular downloaded resources from this blog, and this post includes several ideas about how to use it.

The Maze Hundreds Chart is another downloadable resource that can lead to some highly intriguing questions and rich discourse.

You may also be interested in Provide Massive Space to Notice.

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I would treasure hearing about your experiences using The Fraction Splat! Series to promote number sense in your classroom!

All my best,
Steve

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For almost six years from 1939 to 1945 Britain fought the toughest war it had ever experienced. World War II was total war - every person, every business, every service was involved.

Britain did not fight alone, the war also involved many countries. World War II involved 61 countries with 1.7 billion people (three quarters of the world's population).

Fifty million people lost their lives and hundreds of millions people were injured.

How did the Second World War start?

After World War One ended in 1918, Germany had to give up land and was banned from having armed forces.

In 1933 the German people voted for a leader named Adolf Hitler, who led a political party in Germany called the National Socialists or Nazis. Hitler promised to make his country great again and quickly began to arm Germany again and to seize land from other countries.

Shortly before 5am on Friday 1st September, 1939, German forces stormed the Polish frontier. Tanks and motorised troops raced into the country over ground, supported by Stuka dive bombers overhead. A total of 1.25 million Germans soldiers swept into Poland

When did World War Two begin?

World War Two in Europe began on 3rd September 1939, when the Prime Minister of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, declared war on Germany. It involved many of the world's countries.

Click on the play button below to hear Chamberlain's speech (now the full speech)

Why did the Second World War start?

The Second World War was started by Germany in an unprovoked attack on Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to abort his invasion of Poland.

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For almost six years from 1939 to 1945 Britain fought the toughest war it had ever experienced. World War II was total war - every person, every business, every service was involved. Britain did not fight alone, the war also involved many countries.

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Helping students and parents with the move from primary school to secondary school How To Use Each resource page has a number of topics for parents and students to browse through. Some topics have additional information such as advice, videos or extra research – just click the link when you see it. Some of these […]

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Primary To Secondary School | Schools Hub | Jigsaw.ie

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Primary To Secondary School | Schools Hub | Jigsaw.ie

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Use this poster print-out to share information that students can support themselves through the transition into secondary school.