Learning to Tell the Time Across the Curriculum Telling the time is a difficult skill that takes years to develop. The table below shows the progression of skills from year 1 to year 4 as students learn to tell the time on digital and analogue clocks. By the time students finish year 4 it is […]
Here in the Garden by Briony Stewart
The Book You know how it is, you’re at the bookshop and you spot something you weren’t really looking for but just have to have. That was me the other day and the ‘just have to have’ book was Here in the Garden by Briony Stewart. The pictures are stunning. My interest was first piqued […]
Skip Counting
Skip Counting in the Curriculum Learning to count involves a series of stages. A number of articles reveal these as the key points of development. 1. Saying the number names by rote. 2. Counting a collection. 3. Count forwards and backwards from any starting point, up to 100. 4. Counting from zero by twos, fives […]
Swap, Share and Give – A Linky for All Seasons!
Welcome to a blog linky from downunder! My Australian blogging mates and I have had a great time swapping and trying out each other’s products. Tania from Mrs Poultney’s Ponderings is hosting this linky. Swap I swapped products with Paula from Paula’s Place. This is the one I chose. I chose this pack for a couple of […]
Teaching About Celebrations and Special Days
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together and works! When I was setting up my classroom at the start of the year, I thought it would be a good idea to have a big calendar that I could change each month and put special dates onto. I connected this calendar idea to […]
Teaching Place Value with the Humble Trading Game
I have been teaching a group of students struggling with place value this week. I started off with my usual trading game lesson, thinking it might be too boring because I thought they might have done this before. Imagine my shock when the group had obviously NEVER played this game before. I picked up some base ten […]
Back to School for Me
My year long holiday (parental leave) finished with a bang this week as I headed back to the classroom. I am working two days a week in a year three class. My job share partner is an awesome chick, who also has a little one about the same age as my youngest. I am looking […]