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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.

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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
My Dutch Teaching Resources Bundle
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My Dutch Teaching Resources Bundle

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If you are learning Dutch and you are looking for a way of translating from English into Dutch, then this is a great start. This resource would still need a dutch teacher as everything is in English. You look at the pictures and try to name things in Dutch.
Primary School Multiplication and Division Bundle
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Primary School Multiplication and Division Bundle

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Are you looking for different multiplication and division quizzes, mental maths tests and teaching resources? This has materials for both KS1 and KS2 children. These would be excellent teaching resources for anyone wanting to boost their multiplication and division skills.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 5 Capacity and Shape and Space.
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 5 Capacity and Shape and Space.

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These five complete PowerPoint lessons focus on capacity, shape and space. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up activity. This is followed by a main, whole class learning session. The lessons end with a differentiated learning challenge. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 5 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  solve problems  use words about capacity  know relationships between units  estimate, measure and compare capacity. Lesson 2: Week 5 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  solve problems  use words about capacity  know relationships between units  estimate, measure and compare capacity. Lesson 3: Week 5 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  solve problems  use words about capacity  know relationships between units  estimate, measure and compare capacity. Lesson 4: Week 5 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  use words for direction and movement  recognise quarter, half and whole turns  know that a quarter turn is a right angle  give instructions. Lesson 5: Week 5 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  understand that a quarter turn is a right angle  recognise a right angle  give instructions  describe the position of an object.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 3 Addition, Subtraction and Mental Calculation
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 3 Addition, Subtraction and Mental Calculation

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These five full PowerPoint lessons focus on addition, subtraction, and mental calculation methods. The lessons start with a mental warm up lesson. This is followed by a fun interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons finish with interesting, differentiated learning challenges for the the students. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 3 Title Addition and Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  add  know what near doubles are  use doubles to solve near double problems. Lesson 2: Week 3 Title Understanding Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  subtract  take a one-digit number away from a multiple of 10  remember our number bonds. Lesson 3: Week 3 Title Understanding
Subtraction,
Mental Calculation
Strategies Learning Objective:  add and subtract  add a one-digit number to a teens number. Lesson 4: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  more ways to add and subtract  to subtract a one-digit number from a number 20 to 28, crossing the 20 boundary. Lesson 5: Week 3 Title Understanding Subtraction, Mental Calculation Strategies Learning Objective:  subtract  subtract a teens number from a two-digit number  find unknowns.
Year 2 Autumn Week 2 Numeracy lessons - Place Value and Ordering
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Year 2 Autumn Week 2 Numeracy lessons - Place Value and Ordering

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This week provides full power point presentations helping students to understand place value and ordering. The lessons contain a 10 minute mental warm up, and then a whole class teaching session. The lessons finish with helpful suggestions about main lesson lesson activities students could try. Lesson 1: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numerals  compare and order numbers  give a number which lies between two numbers  order numbers and position on a hundred square. Lesson 2: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  what each digit in a two-digit number represents  to order numbers  to use numbers greater than 100. Lesson 3: Week 2 Title Place Value, Ordering and Estimating Learning Objective:  how to recognise numbers  where numbers are on a number line  to understand the words used with estimation  how to round more accurately. Lesson 4: Week 2 Title Place Value, Ordering and Addition Learning Objective:  to recognise tens and ones  how to combine a tens number and a one-digit number to make a two-digit number  how to write a number sentence  to combine a hundreds, tens and one-digit number. Lesson 5: Week 2 Title Place Value and Addition Learning Objective:  recognise the relationship between digits in a two-digit number  combine numbers to make a two-digit number.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 2 Place Values, Rounding And Estimating
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 2 Place Values, Rounding And Estimating

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These five PowerPoint lessons introduce students to place values, rounding and estimating. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up lesson, followed by an interactive whole class learning session. The lesson finish with interesting, differentiated learning challenges for the students to complete. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  understand and use the words for describing and comparing numbers  use the ‘=’ sign. Lesson 2: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  understand and use words for comparing and ordering numbers  read and write numbers  know what each digit in a number means  know the number that is 1 or 10 more or less than a given number. Lesson 3: Week 2 Title Place Value and Estimating Learning Objective:  understand and use words about estimation and approximation  give a sensible estimate for a number of objects  find the difference between an estimate and actual count. Lesson 4: Week 2 Title Place Value, Estimating and Rounding Learning Objective:  understand and use the words about comparing and ordering numbers  give a number between two other numbers  give a number which lies halfway between two numbers on a number line. Lesson 5: Week 2 Title Place Value, Estimating and Rounding Learning Objective:  understand and use the words for comparing and ordering numbers  round a number to the nearest multiple of 10  round numbers  use a ruler to draw and measure lines.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 11 Division, Multiplication and Fractions
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 11 Division, Multiplication and Fractions

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These five complete PowerPoint Lessons will help to teach students about division, multiplication and fractions. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. These are followed by an interactive, whole class teaching session. The lessons finish with differentiated learning challenges. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 11 Title Understanding Multiplication and Division Learning Objective:  understand multiplication and division  use multiplication and division vocabulary  deal with something left over  choose the correct number operation  solve money problems. Lesson 2: Week 11 Title Understanding Multiplication and Division Learning Objective:  use division and multiplication  use multiplication and division vocabulary  understand the idea of something left over  use the correct number operation  solve money problems. Lesson 3: Week 11 Title Understanding Multiplication and Division Learning Objective:  double and halve  understand that halving reverses doubling and vice versa. Lesson 4: Week 11 Title Fractions Learning Objective:  recognise and find simple fractions  recognise a half or a quarter  know that two halves or four quarters make a whole and that two quarters make a half  understand that doubling reverses halving. Lesson 5: Week 11 Title Fractions Learning Objective:  recognise and find simple fractions  recognise that two quarters make a half  place halves on a number line.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 4 Addition and subtraction of money.
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 4 Addition and subtraction of money.

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This is a 5 day set of lessons to help a Year 2 class to learn more about the addition and the subtraction of money. The lessons all start with a 10 minute mental warm up session. This is followed by a whole class, interactive lesson on money. The lessons finish with useful suggestions about how the class can be taken forward using differentiated challenges. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 4 Title Addition and Subtraction of Money Learning Objective:  To recognise all coins  to find totals  how to add numbers  how to add several numbers together. Lesson 2: Week 4 Title Addition and Subtraction of Money Learning Objective:  solve money problems  recognise coins  add a one-digit number to a two-digit number without crossing the tens. Lesson 3: Week 4 Title Addition and Subtraction of Money Learning Objective:  solve money problems and give change  subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number  subtract a one-digit number from a twenties number crossing 20  make decisions if to use a + or –. Lesson 4: Week 4 Title Addition and Subtraction of Money Learning Objective:  make decisions if to use a + or – Lesson 5: Week 4 Title Addition and Subtraction Strategies and Money Learning Objective:  understand the value of money  find strategies for finding equal amounts of money.
Year 2 Autumn Week 5 Numeracy Lessons - Using length
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Year 2 Autumn Week 5 Numeracy Lessons - Using length

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This is a 5 day teaching unit to help you teach Year 2 students how to teach length. The lessons all start with a 10 minute mental warm up session. This is followed by the main, whole class, interactive lesson. The lessons finish with a differentiated challenge for the students to complete. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 5 Title Length Learning Objective:  use non-standard units  use words to describe length  use the same units when measuring length. Lesson 2: Week 5 Title Length Learning Objective:  make and use measuring equipment  use words about length  recognise the need for standard units. Title Length Learning Objective:  choose and use simple measuring equipment. Lesson 5: Week 5 Title Length Learning Objective:  solve length problems  understand and use words about length.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 10 Doubling and Halving Numbers
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 10 Doubling and Halving Numbers

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Here are 5 PowerPoint lessons, complete with a mental warm up, about doubling, halving, multiplying and dividing. The main part of the lesson provides a whole class, interactive learning session. The lessons finish with a differentiated teaching challenges for the students. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 10 Title Making Multiplication Number Sentences Learning Objective:  how to multiply  how to use words to describe multiplication  about multiplication and repeated addition  to use the ‘x’ and ‘=’ signs in a number sentence. Lesson 2: Week 10 Title Division Learning Objective:  understand the difference between equal and unequal sharing  understand that equal sharing can leave a remainder. Lesson 3: Week 10 Title Doubles Learning Objective:  double numbers up to 15 quickly  use a range of strategies for doubling numbers greater than 15  understand the relationship between doubling and the 2 times-table. Lesson 4: Week 10 Title Halving Amounts Learning Objective:  understand doubling and halving are inverse operations  begin to halve multiples of 10 up to 100  recognise patterns in halving multiples of 10. Lesson 5: Week 10 Title Doubling Numbers Learning Objective:  recite our 5 times-table  begin to double any multiples of 5  develop strategies for doubling multiples of 5.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 2 Place Value and Ordering
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 2 Place Value and Ordering

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about place values and ordering numbers. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by a highly interactive, whole class learning session. The final part of the lesson is for the students to complete the fun differentiated challenges. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers in figures and words. Lesson 2: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  what a digit is  what each digit in a number means  to represent numbers as tens and ones. Lesson 3: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers to 100 and over  know what each digit in a number means. Lesson 4: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100. Lesson 5: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 4 Money and 'Real Life' Problems
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 4 Money and 'Real Life' Problems

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about Money and ‘Real Life’ problems. The students start the lesson with a fun interactive mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive, whole class, teaching session. The lessons end with differentiated learning activities. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  recognise all coins and understand how much they are worth  total coins  use decimal notation for money  solve problems correctly  explain how a problem was solved. Lesson 2: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  recognise coins and be able to total  make decisions and check results.   Lesson 3: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  choose the appropriate number operation  check results. Lesson 4: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  recognise and know the value of all coins  choose and total coins  make decisions and check results. Lesson 5: Week 4 Title Money and ‘Real-life’ Problems, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve money problems  choose the correct number operation  recognise all coins.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 6 Reasoning About Shapes And Space
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 6 Reasoning About Shapes And Space

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Three complete PowerPoint Lessons about reasoning about shapes and space. Each of the lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by an exciting, interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons are finished with a challenging, differentiated thinking task. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 6 Title Shape and Space, Reasoning about Shapes Learning Objective:  recognise and name 3-D shapes  make models using 3-D shapes  recognise what makes 3-D shapes special  relate 3-D shapes to 2-D pictures. Mental Warm Up: Play ‘Round the table’. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be learning about 3-D or ‘solid’ shapes. Educational Challenges  Work in pairs.  Build a 3-D shape from click-together shapes.  Draw round the faces of the 3-D shape on card.  Cut them out.  Record how many faces there are and what shape each face is.  Make a label with this information. Attach it to your card model. Lesson 2: Week 6 Title Shape and Space,
Reasoning about Shapes Learning Objective:  know more about 3-D shapes  make models using 3-D shapes  know what makes 3-D shapes special. Mental Warm Up: ‘What’s my number operation?’ Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be learning more about 3-D or ‘solid’ shapes. Educational Challenges  Work individually.  Use straws and plasticine to make a 3-D shape.  Make a label to explain what the shape is and how many edges and corners it has. Lesson 3: Week 6 Title Shape and Space,
Reasoning about Shapes Learning Objective:  recognise 3-D shapes  make models using 3-D shapes  know what properties make each 3-D shape special. Mental Warm Up: I will say some sentences about right angles and 3-D shapes. Record whether they are ‘True’ of ‘False’. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to learn more about 3-D or ‘solid’ shapes. Educational Challenges  Choose a partner from one of the groups you do not normally work with.  Make a model using 3-D shapes.  Draw your model and record how many of each shape you used.  Count its faces, corners and edges.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 13 Handling Data and Capacity
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 13 Handling Data and Capacity

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These five complete PowerPoint lessons focus on handling data and capacity. These lessons start with a fun mental mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons all end with differentiated learning challenges. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 13 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  count in hundreds from zero and back to zero  estimate and compare capacities  use standard units  understand and use words about capacity. Lesson 2: Week 13 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  solve simple capacity word problems  understand and use words about capacity  read scales  understand the different units of capacity. Lesson 3: Week 13 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve a given problem  collect, sort and organise information  test a hypothesis  record in a table. Lesson 4: Week 13 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve a problem  collect, sort and organise information  test a hypothesis  record in a block graph. Lesson 5: Week 13 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve a given problem  collect, sort and organise information  test a hypothesis  record a pictogram.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 10 Multiplication, Division and Fraction
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 10 Multiplication, Division and Fraction

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Five exciting PowerPoint lessons about multiplication, division and fractions. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up game. The lesson then focuses on the main interactive whole class learning point. The lesson finishes with differentiated learning challenges. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 10 Title Multiplication Learning Objective:  understand and use multiplication as repeated addition  recognise and interpret situations as multiplication  develop strategies to multiply a one-digit number up to 5 by 2, 3, 4 or 5  use the ‘x’ symbol. Lesson 2: Week 10 Title Multiplication, Money and 'Real-Life' Problems Learning Objective:  use multiplication as repeated addition  recognise and use multiplication  use the ability to count on in twos, fives and tens to find different amounts  find total costs  use patterns in 5 and 10 times-tables to check results. Lesson 3: Week 10 Title Multiplication and Division, Money and 'Real-Life' Problems Learning Objective:  understand the difference between multiplication and division  count in twos, fives and tens to find the number of coins to make a given amount  check results  understand equivalent values of coins. Lesson 4: Week 10 Title Multiplication and Division and 'Real-Life' Problems Learning Objective:  develop understanding of multiplication and division  recognise when to use multiplication  write a number sentence for a problem. Lesson 5: Week 10 Title Fractions Learning Objective:  understand and use words about fractions  find one half or one quarter of a number of objects  write ½ for one half  write ¼ for one quarter.
Year 2 Autumn Week 3 Numeracy lessons on place value.
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Year 2 Autumn Week 3 Numeracy lessons on place value.

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An additional week of place value lessons for students, which focus on place value and addition and subtraction. The lessons all start with a 10 minute mental warm up session, followed by a main class teaching session. The presentations finish with a suggestion of different differentiated teaching activities a student could try. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 3 Title Place Value, Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  read and write numerals  add and subtract multiples of 10. Mental Warm Up: Count in steps of 20. Start from 31. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to work on adding and subtracting in tens. Educational Challenges Created differentiated versions of Play ‘Bingo’. Lesson 2: Week 3 Title Place Value and Addition Learning Objective:  add mentally a pair of multiples of 10  read and write numerals  use mental strategies to solve calculations. Mental Warm Up: If I want to have a total of 10. Adding and subtracting ideas Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to add tens. Educational Challenges  Play ‘Collect the tens’.  Play ‘Collect the tens’ using two dice 1-6.  Play ‘Collect the tens’ without apparatus or hundred squares to help. Start by playing with two dice 1-6. Lesson 3: Week 3 Title Place Value, Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add and subtract multiples of 10 mentally  read and write numerals. Mental Warm Up: We are going to play bingo again. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to add and subtract tens, finding quick ways to check the answers. Educational Challenges  Pretend to be teachers. Make up your own questions and answers.  Sort out correct / wrong number sentence cards. Make up some of your own.  Sort out correct / wrong number sentence cards. Make up some of your own for class to solve. Lesson 4: Week 3 Title Place Value and Addition Learning Objective:  add 10 to a two-digit number  add a one-digit number to a multiple of 10  understand and begin to read ‘10 more’  recombine and know what each digit represents. Mental Warm Up: Look at these sums - Say if they are right or wrong. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to add 10 to different numbers. Educational Challenges  Work in Pairs. Take a 100 square. Count on 10. Colour in square. What do you notice?  Continue working on the ‘10 more monsters’ work.  Work on individual ‘10 more monsters’. Try with multiples of 10 bigger than 100. Lesson 5: Week 3 Title Place Value, Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  how to add and subtract  to add and subtract 10 from two-digit numbers  to solve number problems using + and –.
Year 2 Autumn Week 1 Numeracy Lessons - Counting and properties of numbers
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Year 2 Autumn Week 1 Numeracy Lessons - Counting and properties of numbers

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Three lessons looking at the properties of numbers. These lessons were originally created for a major educational publishing house. These lessons look at Counting and properties of numbers. The lessons contain a 10 minute mental warm up, a main, whole class teaching lesson and suggestions for the differentiated challenges students can do. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  know the names of numbers  recite numbers in order  count a set of objects  check a count by counting in tens. Mental Warm Up: Count on from 15. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to work on counting. Educational Challenges  Count up the objects in different groups – which was the best way?  Count up the number of objects in one handful.  Check your partner’s answers by grouping them in tens. Lesson 2: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  count on or back in steps of 1, 2, 5 and 10  begin to recognise familiar multiples. Mental Warm Up: Match the pairs of numbers that total 10. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to count in steps of different sizes. Educational Challenges  Count in steps of 5 or 10. Use ‘Sammy Snake’ to cover up numbers.  Count in steps of 1 on a 10 x 10 grid up to 50 first. Continue to 100 if time.  Count in steps of 2 or 5, recording the number on the 10 x 10 grid.  Lesson 3: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  count a set of objects and know this number always stays the same  count in steps of 2, 5 and 10  begin to recognise familiar multiples. Mental Warm Up: Count in steps of 2. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to count objects by grouping them in different ways. Educational Challenges  Take a handful of objects to count in groups of ones, twos and tens. Record results.  Draw some spots for a partner to count and check by grouping in different ways.  Draw some spots or collect some objects. Challenge a friend to find out how many by grouping them.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 11 Fractions, Decimals and Money
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 11 Fractions, Decimals and Money

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about Fractions, Decimals and Money. The lessons start off with a mental warm up, then a complete interactive, whole class explanation of what the students need to learn in this lesson, followed by a differentiated student learning challenge. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 11 Title Multiplying Two Numbers Learning Objective:  understand that multiplication problems can be represented as an array  understand that multiplication can be carried out in any order  use the ‘x’ sign. Lesson 2: Week 11 Title Money and 'Real-Life' Problems Learning Objective:  recognise and name coins  begin to understand decimal notation for money  calculate totals and explain ways of working  predict highest and lowest possible totals. Lesson 3: Week 11 Title Decimal Notation and Change from a Pound Learning Objective:  recognise and name the coins  find the largest and smallest amount  begin to understand decimal notation  work out how much change to give. Lesson 4: Week 11 Title Money and 'Real-Life' Problems Learning Objective:  add up money and give correct change  decide if to add or subtract  say how we worked it out  check our results are correct. Lesson 5: Week 11 Title Fractions Learning Objective:  understand what a ‘half’ and ‘quarter’ are  recognise halves of different shapes  count the number of halves and quarters  know fractions are equal parts.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 12 Time, Length And Measures
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 12 Time, Length And Measures

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Five Complete PowerPoint Lessons about Time, Length and Measures. The lessons start with a 10 minute fun mental warm up, followed by a main, highly interactive, whole class lesson, and ends with differentiated learning challenges for the students. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  use the words to describe time  know how long a day, week, month and year is  order the months of the year  be able to relate months to a particular season. Lesson 2: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  use words to describe time  know how long it takes to do something  know how many seconds in a minute  know how many minutes in an hour  understand speed and time  estimate. Lesson 3: Week 12 Title Length and Problem Solving Learning Objective:  solve a problem involving length  explain how you did it  estimate and check your work. Lesson 4: Week 12 Title Length, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve a problem involving length  measure using centimetres  find the half of measurements. Lesson 5: Week 12 Title Time, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve a problem involving time  explain the work and record the answers  change units of time.