Numeracy websites

Here are a the websites that were recommended at our recent development session to support numeracy in class (Click the text under each picture to visit the website):

Coin Game

Transum Maths

Don't forget about about the Primary Maths goes that should be installed on all computers (let me know if you don't have these!) in the Start menu, in the Interactive Resources folder. There are fantastic time, measure, money and times tables games and supporting worksheets to name but a few - definitely worth exploring. You should find something to support pretty much every area of maths.

Vocabulary Ninja

This is worth a look - a website that shows a word of the day for upper or lower primary, and a literacy question to try. 

Here's an example of what's on the website, and below is an example of a class activity that was posted on Twitter.

Auto Draw

Auto Draw is amazing - a website which lets you draw and then corrects your doodle - a bit like predictive text, but for pictures if that makes sense! It is also great just as a simple to use drawing program you could use on your SmartBoard. It can be accessed from a computer, phone, tablet or iPad. Watch the video below:

Once Upon a Picture

Once Upon a Picture is great looking website, similar to Pobble 365 I wrote about a while ago.
Its got pictures to be used either to inspire writing, promote use of interesting vocabulary, to teach skills such as inference, deduction and prediction, or to use for cross-curriculare lessons. Watch the trailer below:

Once Upon a Picture.. on Vimeo.

Happy New Year!

It's the time of year when we often reflect on what happened in the past year, and what could happen in the year ahead. You may wish to engage your class in some reflection or even making new year's resolutions. Oxfam have a good resource for using with upper primary, which can be downloaded here in a couple of clicks.It encourages children to consider change and how to make a difference in the world - some great thought provoking stuff.

There's a post here from last year about the Japanese new year tradition of making daruma dolls with a video and how to guide for making your own.

More videos for Emotion Talks/ Building Resilience

The first video shows a tiny bird learning to gradually persevere to overcome their fears. It would be great to pause the video and create speech or thought bubbles for what the character is saying at different parts of the movie, including aspects of the sequencer. The signs are subtle, but you can see body sensations - for example, when the bird's tummy rumbles when he is scared, and the expressions on his face show him grow in confidence to becoming excited, proud and confident. I've added some screenshots under the video if you want to use some still images from the film - just right click to copy or save them.

 





This is a cute Christmas film, in which a snowman has to cope with the wait for Christmas:




This shows a character in a dangerous environment who is able to cope with the help of someone else:

Tumbleweed Tango from Humble + Postal on Vimeo.

Videos for Emotion Talks

Using video can be a powerful method for learning and teaching. They can be a great way to learn skills for comprehension, deduction and inference. Some of the clips we've looked at before in development sessions are below to save you searching for them.




Further sources for film clips:

• Film trailers are published on YouTube and Vimeo - a good way to watch scary clips, or ways to build atmosphere.
• The Kid Should See This - great to see awe inspiring videos for discussion/ further activities on body sensations or other aspects of the sequencer
• The Literacy Shed - worth searching for a huge range of emotive films
• Any posts on here with video clips are now tagged at the side (ETvideo)