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I am a bilingual teacher with two teaching qualifications, one in the UK and one in Italy. I worked many years in the UK both as a Teaching Assistant first, then many years as Primary School Teacher. I then moved to Italy to an IB International School and now I am on a sabbatical in the USA, where I volunteer as a qualified firefighter and an EMT. I love creating teaching resources and I would like to serve the international community around the world.

I am a bilingual teacher with two teaching qualifications, one in the UK and one in Italy. I worked many years in the UK both as a Teaching Assistant first, then many years as Primary School Teacher. I then moved to Italy to an IB International School and now I am on a sabbatical in the USA, where I volunteer as a qualified firefighter and an EMT. I love creating teaching resources and I would like to serve the international community around the world.
Number Bonds to 10
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Number Bonds to 10

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Colour and picture-coded cards to support young and special needs children who are learning the pairs of numbers that total 10. Are your students struggling to remember the pairs of numbers that total 10? Use these flashcards to play a game using visual aids to help memorise the numbers. Follow me for more resources or ask if you think I could create a resource tailored to your needs or if you are unsure how to use this resource with your students. 2023 © S-CoolPal Please be respectful of my work. I have spent hours looking images to match the theme. All rights reserved to the author. Once downloaded this resource cannot be duplicated or altered without the author’s permission and can only be used for own personal use with your students. Not for public display.
Percentages, Fractions, Decimals QUIZ
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Percentages, Fractions, Decimals QUIZ

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Can your children do and explain how to transform percentages into fractions and decimals? This is a good revision powerpoint quiz on transformation of percentages into fractions and decimals and viceversa. There are also some theory questions and some animated explanations that show what happens to the digits as they move to a different place value when multiples of 10 are involved. Colourful, with motivational messages and points added every time they hit the correct answer. 2023 © S-CoolPal Please be respectful of my work. All rights reserved to the author. Once downloaded this resource cannot be duplicated or altered without the author’s permission and can only be used for own personal use with your students. Not for public display.
Multiply and Divide by Multiples of 10 with Place Value Slider
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Multiply and Divide by Multiples of 10 with Place Value Slider

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Do your children understand well the concept of multiplication and division by multiples of 10? This presentation is exactly what I wished I had been explained as a primary/elementary school student! It offers a visual and animated representation of what happens to the digits when you multiply or divide by multiples of 10. Each example is clearly scaffolded and provided with an explanation of each step the children need to take to find the answer to the given questions. The resource contains: A powerpoint file that offers the step-by-step rules so that your children can learn to verbalise what happens as they go ahead with their calculations. A pdf file containing a Place Value Grid and a page of 12 questions to be used as assessment or further practice. The Place Value Grid is provided for the children’s clear understanding and support and can be printed out and laminated as a hands-on tool. Ideal also for special needs children and for kinesthetic learners. The visual animation is self explanatory. Children will love it and the mathematical understanding will be remembered. After this whole class activity my students designed and created their own Place Value Slider using card and a laminated, transparent sheet so that they could continue to do their multiplications and divisions by multiples of 10 in a kinesthetic learning style. Photos of the DIY Place Value Sliders in the presentation, too. Simple, effective and ideal activity for IB School but not only. 2023 © S-CoolPal Please be respectful of my work. All rights reserved to the author. Once downloaded this resource cannot be duplicated or altered without the author’s permission and can only be used for own personal use with your students.
Preparing for Formulas From an Early Age
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Preparing for Formulas From an Early Age

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Word problems and formulas made easy!! Have you ever wondered why children struggle using basic formulas? They may know a formula by heart but then their chosen calculation does not reflect the chosen formula. So how do you teach it? I have created an animated, step-by-step guide that can be a great way to scaffold the use of formulas from their first years in school. For me it is exactly how I wished I had learnt it. As a student I wished I had a step-by-step guide available to me. Since I have introduced it to my students, I have seen a real difference in the way they have internalized the process. When we started using formulas, they knew exactly what to do. The previous effort had paid off. I really believe it is a great propaedeutic tool. This inclusive, propaedeutic resource can be used with your students, but it can also be used for Parents’ Workshops to share how to support the children’s learning or for Professional Development Courses. This resource contains two files, one for the powerpoint presentation and one for the diagrams in pdf. You will have access to: An example of an animated and solved one-step problem for children in the first years of elementary/primary school using the diagram created by S-CoolPal. An example of an animated and solved two-step problem for children in the last years of elementary/primary school using the diagram created by S-CoolPal. An animated step-by-step guide that scaffolds and recaps all the steps a student needs to take to explain their choice of an operation and the further steps to solve the problem. Two diagrams containing one-step and two-steps reasonings to be laminated and used as a model for all problems. 2023 © S-CoolPal Please be respectful of my work. All rights reserved to the author. Once downloaded this resource cannot be duplicated or altered without the author’s permission and can only be used for own personal use with your students. Not for public display.
Maths Fire Escape Room
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Maths Fire Escape Room

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Ideal for Year 5/6, 40 questions for this is very exciting adventure in which your students will work on different aspects of maths whilst feeling heroes. A fire ignites in their hotel and your students will earn firefighter tools to save everybody’s lives. Captivating, exhilarating and a bit scary too, but in the end everyone is safe and sound as long as they work hard in their maths! The powerpoint resource contains 40 questions on: order a set of relative numbers from largest to smallest order a set of relative numbers from smallest to largest expressions with relative numbers products of fractions and simplification to lowest terms divsibility rules 2023 © S-CoolPal Please be respectful of my work. I have spent hours looking for sounds and images to match the theme. All rights reserved to the author. Once downloaded this resource cannot be duplicated or altered without the author’s permission and can only be used for own personal use with your students. Not for public display.
Maths Forest Escape Room
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Maths Forest Escape Room

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This animated Maths Forest Escape Room is a fun and captivating activity in which your children can show you their understanding of the different aspects of elementary/primary school fractions, so it can also be used in Middle School to assess prior knowledge. Don’t your children enjoy challenges? This activity is ideal for class activity, engaging, challenging and exciting. Will your children earn an axe to chop the wood so they can keep warm after a bad storm? Will they survive the encounter with a big bear? Will they be scared of an angry eagle swooping down on their heads? Are they afraid of cougars? How do they feel about meeting a pack of coyotes during their hike? If they answer correctly the many questions, they will not be scared of these encounters and will proceed safely on their way back home from the American forest. All challenges are fractions based, with decimals and percentages too. The file contains 40 problems: recognize the smallest fraction recognize the largest fraction recognize the equivalent fraction word problems of increased difficulty calculate the complementary fraction calculate the equivalent fraction and recognize the diagram transformation of percentages into decimal numbers decimal fractions transformations into decimals transformation of decimal numbers into fractions and then into percentages 2023 © S-CoolPal Please be respectful of my work. I have spent hours looking for sounds and images to match the theme. All rights reserved to the author. Once downloaded this resource cannot be duplicated or altered without the author’s permission and can only be used for own personal use with your students. Not for public display.
Timestables Wheels up to x12
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Timestables Wheels up to x12

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Many children, included the Special Needs Children, enjoy learning by doing and manipulating. Simple and colourful, each timetable disk can be laminated for more durable use or glued to card. The resource has the Timestables Wheels up to the 12 timetable. You can use it as a hand-eye coordination activity where the children cut, paste and assemble each wheel or the older children can do it for the younger children as a SERVICE ACTIVITY. Make sure the self-checking flap is not cut: follow the dotted line for cutting. This resource contains: 12 blue disks with the name of the timetable 12 disks of the timestables up to 12, each one written in a different colour. NOTE: A split pin is required for every timetable wheel. 2023 ©S-CoolPal Copies only allowed for use in own class, no reproduction even partial without S-CoolPal authorisation. All rights reserved to author. Total Pages 13 pages Answer Key Included Teaching Duration Lifelong tool