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Wanting a simple way to track progress and identify strengths/weaknesses in basic number facts throughout the school year? If so, this is your saviour. With this Year 1-6 bundle, you are set up for any grade you teach, or you could use this to collect and monitor longitudinal data throughout your school. A reworked version of the original, the One Minute Basic Number Facts Test comprises of 33 mental maths sums in each of the four operations. Students have one minute to complete each column. Th

Wanting a simple way to track progress and identify strengths/weaknesses in basic number facts throughout the school year? If so, this is your saviour. A reworked version of the original, the One Minute Basic Number Facts Test comprises of 33 mental maths sums in each of the four operations. Students have one minute to complete each column. The test was originally designed by Westwood (1995) to identify learning difficulties. It is now commonly used to monitor progress in student knowledge of ba

Wanting a simple way to track progress and identify strengths/weaknesses in basic number facts throughout the school year? If so, this is your saviour. A reworked version of the original, the One Minute Basic Number Facts Test comprises of 33 mental maths sums in each of the four operations. Students have one minute to complete each column. The test was originally designed by Westwood (1995) to identify learning difficulties. It is now commonly used to monitor progress in student knowledge of b

Wanting a simple way to track progress and identify strengths/weaknesses in basic number facts throughout the school year? If so, this is your saviour. A reworked version of the original, the One Minute Basic Number Facts Test comprises of 33 mental maths sums in each of the four operations. Students have one minute to complete each column. The test was originally designed by Westwood (1995) to identify learning difficulties. It is now commonly used to monitor progress in student knowledge of b

Wanting a simple way to track progress and identify strengths/weaknesses in basic number facts throughout the school year? If so, this is your saviour. A reworked version of the original, the One Minute Basic Number Facts Test comprises of 33 mental maths sums in each of the four operations. Students have one minute to complete each column. The test was originally designed by Westwood (1995) to identify learning difficulties. It is now commonly used to monitor progress in student knowledge of ba

Vaping is a health issue that is beginning to reach even primary/elementary aged students. Our students know a lot about smoking, but the child-friendly marketing strategies (flavours, colourful packaging), used by e-cigarette companies are endangering our students. Provide your students with the facts with this ready-to-go 2-lesson bundle. Activities include question & statement matches, discussion questions, engaging videos and exit tickets for two whole lessons. Educate your students about

200 Upper Primary Editing Passages This EDITABLE PPT has 200 editing paragraphs, linked to the Australian Curriculum. For each paragraph, there is an unedited slide and then an edited slide which shows the corrections. The passages are cross-curricular, addressing many concepts in HaSS, Science, Health and The Arts. The way I implement this resource in my classroom is through my "Daily Edit" routine. In the time when the classrooms open in the morning and when the school day officially begins,

Wanting a simple way to track progress and identify strengths/weaknesses in basic number facts throughout the school year? If so, this is your saviour. A reworked version of the original, the One Minute Basic Number Facts Test comprises of 33 mental maths sums in each of the four operations. Students have one minute to complete each column. The test was originally designed by Westwood (1995) to identify learning difficulties. It is now commonly used to monitor progress in student knowledge of b

Struggling to get started in creating Daily Reviews for your Explicit Direct Instruction lessons? This is the template which I have used with my Year 6 students to review content that we have learnt throughout the year. Concepts are reviewed through modelled, shared and independent practice. The independent components are 3-minute challenges, which are differentiated by colour-coding. Students choose their level of difficulty to complete on their whiteboards. Skipping to the next slide will reve

Are you looking for an engaging, educative and hands-on way to deepen your students' knowledge of fractions, decimals and percentages? Look no further! This PPT resource provides step-by-step instructions for how to facilitate a successful investigation into fractions, decimals and percentages. Your students will visually see the difference between 20/20, 19/20, 18/20 and so on, as well as see the relationship between these fractions and their decimal & percentage counterparts. NOTE: To do th