Matthew Budd

This is a number of the day worksheet. It is carefully designed so that it aligns well with the NZ numeracy framework and helps students to focus on the specific WALTS for Stage 6. Aspects of knowledge that are included in this worksheet are rounding to the nearest 10s, 1,000s and 10,000s, adding and subtracting 100 and 1000, multiplying and dividing by 100 and 1,000, how many 100s and 1,000s in a number and complete the sequence. Please note that this is a student worksheet only. For numbers sp

The flipped learning video included explains how, when and why students should use the algorithm subtraction strategy for decimals. It breaks down the strategy and explores it through a couple of examples and allows the student to work out the answer to the second example while watching it. The accompanying worksheet helps students to follow along while the video is playing and also has 2 follow up questions that they can answer after watching the video to reinforce their learning. An answer she

The flipped learning video included explains how, when and why students should use the algorithm subtraction strategy for whole numbers. It breaks down the strategy and explores it through a couple of examples and allows the student to work out the answer to the second example while watching it. The accompanying worksheet helps students to follow along while the video is playing and also has 2 follow up questions that they can answer after watching the video to reinforce their learning. An answe

The flipped learning video included explains how, when and why students should use the Subtraction using Don't Subtract Add strategy for whole numbers AND decimals. It breaks down the strategy and explores it through a couple of examples and allows the student to work out the answer to the second example while watching it. The accompanying worksheet helps students to follow along while the video is playing and also has 2 follow up questions that they can answer after watching the video to reinfo

The flipped learning video included explains how, when and why students should use the adding using Place Value strategy for decimals. It breaks down the strategy and explores it through a couple of examples and allows the student to work out the answer to the second example while watching it. The accompanying worksheet helps students to follow along while the video is playing and also has 2 follow up questions that they can answer after watching the video to reinforce their learning. An answer

This is a number of the day worksheet. It is carefully designed so that it aligns well with the NZ numeracy framework and helps students to focus on the specific WALTS for Stage 5. Aspects of knowledge that are included in this worksheet are rounding to the nearest 10s and 100s, adding and subtracting 10 and 100, number bonds to 1000 and complete the sequence. Please note that this is a student worksheet only. For numbers specifically created to challenge students in a variety of areas see my St

This is a number/decimal of the day worksheet. It is carefully designed so that it aligns well with the NZ numeracy framework and helps students to focus on the specific WALTS for Stage 8. Aspects of knowledge that are included in this worksheet are rounding to the nearest whole, tenth and hundredth, multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and decimals, how many tenths and hundredths in a number, adding and subtracting decimals and writing as a fraction and a percentage as well as looking at prime n

This is a number of the day worksheet. It is carefully designed so that it aligns well with the NZ numeracy framework and helps students to focus on the specific WALTS for Stage 7. Aspects of knowledge that are included in this worksheet are rounding to the nearest whole, tenth and hundredth, multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100, how many tenths and hundredths in a number, adding and subtracting decimals and complete the sequence. Please note that this is a student worksheet only. For numbers

Songs are a great way to get students to think about a deeper meaning to a text. Using the lyrics to Zombie by the Cranberries and Russians by Sting will help get students to think more deeply about a topic. There are a series of questions that relate specifically to the songs and there are links to the video clips that can help students get another insight into the song. They have to read the lyrics first and then watch and listen to it. The questions are designed to challenge them and get the

This SMART goals card helps students focus on a goal that they want to achieve each term. At the beginning of the year, I discuss what the acronym SMART stands for (Simple, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely). We explore what that looks like and how you can measure goals. I then get them to have a go at creating their own on a piece of paper or on the computer. They have to have a think about 3 things, what is their goal, what do they need to do in order to achieve it and how will we k