The English Developmental Continuum P-10 provides evidence based indicators of progress , linked to powerful teaching strategies, aligned to the progression points and the standards for the English Domain of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards. These teaching strategies are designed to support purposeful teaching of individuals and small groups of students with similar learning needs. It is intended that teachers use the strategies in the context of their own classrooms, text or topic being taught.
The Base Blocks addition and subtraction activities on this page are fantastic! Allows you to group or split the blocks in each column to rename them eg ten 1s and one 10s
Excellent website full of FREE resources for the middle/upper classroom (visual timetables/posters/borders/templates) and also lots of free quality downloadable resources for literacy, numeracy and various integrated topics. Also a photo section of teachers displays etc for ideas.
FANTASTIC SITE for creating your own food web using IE
Describes the difference between food chains and food webs.
Scroll to part 2 at the bottom of the page and click on the "creating a possible food web" hyperlink
Help a girl to throw her ball through a hoop. Build two fractions to make a total of one whole. Complete the denominator of a fraction (at least one fraction may have a fixed numerator). For example, work out how many tenths can be added to three-fifths to total one whole. Look at fraction bars and a number line to compare the two fractions and their total. This learning object is one in a series of seven objects.
good website that students can visually see groups of fractions. It has explanations for equivalent fractions, reducing, improper and proper, multiplying and addition of fractions.
Help a town planner to design a site plan for a city. Assign regions on a 10x20 grid for different uses such as factories, hospitals or parks. Calculate the percentage and the fraction of the total site used for each region. Use a number line to display fractions and equivalent decimals. This learning object is one in a series of three objects combined as 'Neighbourhood fractions'.
Test your knowledge of percentages and their relationship with proper fractions. Represent given percentages on a 5 by 5 grid. Also show them on a number line marked in tenths. Allocate squares on the grid to match the given percentages for different parts of the park. For example, show 24% of the grid as bushland. Add each percentage to the number line by moving a bar along the line. View and print a report of your results. This assessment object is the last in a series of three objects that progressively increase in difficulty.
There are five levels to work through. In level 1 you simply type in the number of children to share the pizza and the pizza will be cut into fractions for you. At Level 2 you drag fractions to complete a fraction wall. In Level 3 you have to count the number of shaded squares and the total number of squares then type in the fraction (use a slash e.g. 1/4). Level 4 introduces a fraction numberline for you to drag the fractions onto. Level 5 uses a pizza to illustrate fraction equivalences.
A fraction is shown on the screen and you have to decide whether it is more than a half, the same as a half or less than a half and click the correct button. You have to be quick though otherwise you will miss your chance to answer the question.
This programme consists of nine short drama sequences that can be used in the classroom to stimulate creative writing amongst primary pupils.
Each story start presents a different scenario and characters which are open to interpretation by pupils and teachers. Each individual story start ends on a cliff-hanger, encouraging pupils to continue the story from this point.