Help when learning is hard
Division facts are often the forgotten operation - and one that students immensely dislike! I've created a fun set of self-correcting division cards to support mastery in learning these. I have attached one set here (Division 3) to download and play. The full set is available for purchase from my Teachers Pay Teachers store. These self-correcting… Continue reading Self-Correcting Division Cards Now Available
A cute app to consolidate alphabetic knowledge and letter-sound correspondence. The plus is that an Australian voice can be selected (hence our vowels are intact) and close to foundation font has been used. Children select a robot as their avatar, a letter to start and are guided through some letter formation (tracing), sound identification (select… Continue reading Reading Jets A to Z
August 2015, "Practical Strategies to Support Students with Learning Difficulties in Mathematics" @ Learning Difference Convention at Rosehill, Sydney. Click here for copy of slides. Learning Difference Convention 2015
A tip I find very useful in both my own teaching and when recommending strategies for parents to encourage students with ADHD to write more (and write more cohesively) is what I refer to as "margin planning". In the olden days when students wrote with a pen or pencil on a piece of lined paper… Continue reading Margin Planning – a writing tip!
Thank you for the feedback from the Integers resource I posted a few weeks ago - they are taking some time to produce, but are definitely more manageable than my question database. These resources will eventually be available as an entire study pack for students or teachers available for sale through this website and TeachersPayTeachers. While in… Continue reading Perimeter, Area, Volume & Surface Area Resource – try it now!
Many children and adolescents with learning difficulties have been receiving multiple supports at school, at home and in medical, health or education organisations for a really long time. I am certainly one of the elements of this wheel of support. Whilst it is absolutely critical for children and adolescents to receive the help they need,… Continue reading When to pause
Thank you for your comments about the maths posts of late. I received quite a few emails from readers wanting to know a little more about how I am assessing maths in the beginning. So, I thought I would share this short screening checklist with you. I don't like to give students a big written… Continue reading Initial Numeracy Screening
I am presenting a practical hands-on session at a convention in a few weeks about maths strategies (www.learningdifferenceconvention.com) and have a restricted time limit (one hour) – how on earth will I condense this topic? Well, I begin by not condensing anything – my first draft of anything is always incredibly long, but the initial… Continue reading Why Is Maths So Hard?
In previous posts I have recommended apps for writing topic (mainly narrative) generation. Whilst I still like and use these, I feel obliged to also add a caveat. The resulting narrative from these apps are often very silly because of the random nature of the app where places, people and events that would not ever… Continue reading Brainstormer
I have been writing about the study question database I have been working on for a while now. This task has become enormous and I am working on ways to simplify this so it is more meaningful for students – I love the questions, but the 648 lines in the Excel document for Years 7… Continue reading Integers & Directed Number Resource – try it now!