THINK

Class jobs are a great way to encourage student ownership of the learning environment. Get to know your students by having them fill out an application for the different responsibilities in the class. Some ideas for class jobs are included, like messenger or computer monitor. Your students probably have some ideas too. Get them thinking about what responsibilities they would like and why.

Organizing student elections? Here are 2 editable ballots for you to use.

Get you students thinking with this straightforward place value activity. Students roll a dice and decide where to place the digit to build a larger number than their partner. More able students delve deeper into the activity to explore elements of chance as well as analyze and explain the strategy involved in winning the game. Students who are even more able continue to analyze how changes to the rules effect the strategies used. A great naturally differentiated activity that can be set up

Here is a no frills narrative story planner. Get your students thinking of all the key elements of a story before they begin writing.

Help your students keep their research organised with this basic research grid. Students pose the questions then record the answers from two sources in the space provided. Room for up to six questions.

Print this poster large and hang it on the wall or print it small and have students stick it in the back of their writing books as a reminder of the steps in the writing process. Use this as a guide for writer's workshop - some writing stays a sloppy copy, some makes it as far as a second draft, some writing will get published. All good writing takes time.

A set of simple vocabulary cards to cut out and display when learning about 2D Shapes.