Nancy Walker

This is a 10 week planner gives chapter summaries along with a activity for students to complete. These activities are based on the book 'Boy Overboard' by Morris Gleitzman. Boy Overboard tells the story of a family immigrating to Australia from war torn Afghanistan. Cut out the suitcases and paste together to make an activity book.

Have your students order these cards according to their capacity. Measurements in millilitres and litres.

Are you learning about Grid Reference Points? In this activity students need to locate different parts of Australia using grid reference points.

These activities are based on the book 'Boy Overboard' by Morris Gleitzman. Also purchase 'Boy Overboard Lesson Plans' to see the description of each activity. Boy Overboard tells the story of a family immigrating to Australia from war torn Afghanistan. Cut out the suitcases and paste together to make an activity book.

This pack includes 3 activities: Activity 1: 32 cards where students have to identify the total of coins. Activity 2: 32 cards where students have to identify the total of coins and notes. Activity 3: 32 cards where students have to calculate the change. All activities include a record sheet and answers. A great activity focusing on differentiation for student abilities.

This is a fun activity that involves a number of mathematical skills. All students need is a mini pack of smarties. For younger students place 10 smarties in a clip seal bag. This is easier to teach the concept of fractions and percentages. Use the pages to make a mini book. Skills include: Tally data collection Bar graph Fractions Percentages Chance words Mass Length Reading data

Have your students order these grocery items according to their mass. Measurement is in grams and kilograms.

This assessment task will provide information on whether your students can complete addition and subtraction sums that do and do not involve renaming. There is a teacher checklist on the bottom of the page so you can clearly identify the children who need help with a particular skill.

Have your students respond to the photographs using the following four questions: What can you see? What does it remind you of? How does it make you feel? What questions do you have? A great way to get children involved in discussions.

Use these cards as a classroom display, flash cards or for categorising into groups. Print in colour and laminate.

Teach your children about the location of Australian states, cities and unique Australian animals.

This amazing Project will cover all the skills needed to assess your students knowledge in researching, designing and building a habitat. This task is designed for students to work in small groups to build a 3 dimensional habitat in the centre of their table. This is a great way to assess how students work in group situations. The task involves students to research a chosen habitat. They use the information collected to help plan and design a habitat, thinking about the different types of mate

This activity involves a range of mathematical skills based around a pet rock. I had my children paint their pet rock before we started the activities. There are some great images of pet rocks on the internet. Activities include: Mass Addition Subtraction Less/Greater than Ordering from lightest to heaviest Length Area Perimeter Print and make into a book.

Investigate the different reasons why people immigrate from one country to another. Students also think about the most important reasons on why people immigrate.

Are you learning about the different types of energy? You can use these cards to classify and sort the different types of energy found in our environment. Print in colour and laminate.

Have your students make a list of any item that can be categorised as a Solid, Liquid or a Gas. For example: A-air B-balloon C-carbon D-drink

Have your students calculate the area and perimeter of this robot. You can have students decorate the robot according to symmetry.

Help your children develop their mental maths skills by completing these addition and subtraction worksheets. There are 6 worksheets in total, all with answer sheets to make your life easier. Also included is a checklist to keep a record of your children's scores.

Edit this Publisher document to make it suitable for your classroom. A great visual organiser for your students to make sure they complete all the set tasks for homework.

Are you learning about place value? Guess my number is a fun way for students to give clues about their number so a partner can guess the hidden number. For example the hidden number is 135. Clues: I am a three digit number. I have a 5 in the ones place. I am larger than 120. I am smaller than 150....