Talk a Lot Foundation Course is for anybody who needs to better understand how to speak English like a Native Speaker. It will be especially useful for anybody who is studying with – or about to study with – Talk a Lot materials (i.e. Elementary Books 1-3 (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/36-week-spoken-english-course-30-different-english-topics-covered-11157496) or Intermediate Book 1). The theory studied on this course will enable learners to get a lot more out of any Talk a Lot materials. The course is suitable for learners from Pre-Intermediate level (CEF B1) to Advanced (CEF C1) – and beyond. It can also be adapted for lower-level learners. It goes without saying that zero beginner learners will benefit from learning about word stress and weak forms as they take their first steps with vocabulary and sentence-building in English. The focus of this course is pronunciation – how we speak. The message of the entire course can be summed up in two words: stress and reduce – learners can improve their pronunciation by stressing the content words in a sentence and reducing the function words – then connecting the syllables together. The aim of the course is to teach learners how to do this. Learners will also develop their listening skills as they discover the techniques that English native speakers routinely use when speaking quickly. This is not a book to be picked up and read from beginning to end, but rather a collection of practical materials that need to be studied within the context of a course – guided by a teacher. This is not really a self-study book, although I’m sure learners could learn a lot from reading it on their own, and listening to the audio files (see below). The course is made up of four lessons of theory – Introduction and Basic Principles; Spelling and Sounds; Stress; and Connected Speech. There is also a fifth lesson with practical exercises, which can be repeated as often as you like – or have time for. This book contains the course material for each lesson, which may be given to learners on the course, and which the teacher can use to plan and facilitate the lessons. The materials in this course are fairly flexible. Each lesson has an outline of the main points, which are described in more detail in boxes, and then followed by examples and practical activities. You don’t have to follow this course as it is written word by word, doing every activity – although you could. You may decide to use the text as an outline, adding extra activities and examples that are more relevant for your learners, and taking away things that they don’t need. The timing of each lesson can vary – it will depend on the level of your learners, and how much time there is available. I would recommend a classroom session of at least 90 minutes for covering one of the theory lessons.

3 FREE YouTube Year 7 Booster Maths PowerPoint Lessons - Spring Term I am now converting all my PowerPoint presentations into YouTube videos PowerPoint Combos. This means teachers can teach the lesson using either the PowerPoint or Youtube version of the lesson and then share the YouTube lesson with their students’ parents. This lesson can then be repeated at home as additional homework. FREE Maths PowerPoint Year 7 Booster Maths Lessons - Spring Term Lesson 1: Who gets the most? Lesson 2: Fractions on a number line. Lesson 3: Which fraction is bigger? This is a few of the resources I made to help Year 7 students with numeracy. I made them about a decade ago from UK government advice about how to approach different KS3 maths topics. I am sure they still could be useful for covering lessons and passing to a supply teacher.

I could not find any fun, free Year 1 Mental Maths tests. While I made a get set of PowerPoints yesrs ago, I have discovered, like everyone else, I simply don’t use PowerPoints anymore. I focus much more on YouTube and other video services. I thought I should get my resources up to date and so I have added a Year 1 Term 1 Mental Maths Test 1 for you to use.

Year 5 Termly Maths Assessments YouTube PowerPoint Presentation I am now converting all my PowerPoint presentations into YouTube videos PowerPoint Combos. This means teachers can teach the lesson using either the PowerPoint or Youtube version of the lesson and then share the YouTube lesson with their students’ parents. This lesson can then be repeated at home as additional homework. I love Year 5 Wigan Maths Tests. While they are little old and don’t follow the current curriculum, they are still an excellent set of tests for revision purposes. I have taken the traditional tests and converted them all into PowerPoint presentations. On top of this, I have given teachers the option of either letting the students only see the answers at the end or after each question. I really like the second option as it means I can set a question, then give them a little time to think about it or discuss it in pairs and then show them the answer and discuss the different ways different children or different pairs found their answers. This is as much a learning experience as the test itself for many children. I really hope this pack is useful for lots of teachers.

Since I first wrote this lesson, teachers have moved from using PowerPoints to Youtube and I have spent the summer upgrading all my resources to directly reflect this new style of teaching. Please leave me a comment if you like this new style of teaching. FREE Year 1 Maths PowerPoint Lesson - Ordering Numbers - Spring Term Lesson Objectives: I can count in fives I can put numbers into order. I can copy out numbers in order. I can use mental images to find the differences. If you like this lesson, you will really like my complete (11 lesson) FREE Year 1 Maths pack at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167046

I am in the process of converting all my free TES PowerPoints into YouTube videos so teachers can teach my lesson and then share the YouTube video with their pupil’s parents to repeat at home. This new approach also makes for a much more fun dynamic lesson! Writing numbers to 20 YouTube PowerPoint Lesson - FREE Year 1 Maths - Spring Term FREE Year 1 Maths PowerPoint Lesson - Writing numbers to 20 - Spring Term Learning objectives: I can count on from small numbers. I can count in fives. I can read and write number to 20. I can put numbers into order in the plenary. If you like this teaching resource, you will really like my FREE Year 1 Maths Lesson pack (11 lessons) at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-1-maths-powerpoint-lessons-6167046

Are you looking for global warming or climate change presentations? Here is one I made for my own class. Here is a sample of my work I have done for Climate Change week. I took a public domain NASA document about climate change and I have changed it into an informative PowerPoint presentation. If you like this work, then please look at the full version of PowerPoint presentations and colouring pages about climate change and global warming here :- https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-11533172

I have redeveloped and corrected all my Year 3 Maths Assessment PowerPoints this summer and added a YouTube video to each of them to make them more fun and more useful in the classroom. Try them today! I love Wigan Maths. I have used them constantly in my own classroom since 2000. While these assessments don’t match the current curriculum, they are still an excellent tool for reviewing and revising maths. I took the original tests and I have made it so your students can do all the test in one go, or you can give them a single question, give them a little time to resolve the problem and then discuss what is the answer and why. This is the best use of these Wigan maths tests.

FREE Year 4 Termly Maths Assessments YouTube PowerPoint Presentations I am now converting all my PowerPoint presentations into YouTube videos PowerPoint Combos. This means teachers can teach the lesson using either the PowerPoint or Youtube version of the lesson and then share the YouTube lesson with their students’ parents. This lesson can then be repeated at home as additional homework. FREE Year 4 Termly Maths Assessments - Perfect For the Year 4 Optional SATs Tests Revision I love Wigan Maths. I have simply taken their ideas and made them ready for the modern classroom. I have upgraded the paper tests and made them more fun, more colourful Year 4 PowerPoint presentations. I have given the teachers two different options. The students can do a single question in an alloted amount of time and then discuss their answers as a class - discussing their different strategies and how they checked their answers or a more standard test - and checking.

I have been asked to think about Thanksgiving. I saw very little which excited me on TES and so I thought I would create and share 10 nice posters about being thankful. All I ask in return is that you click the little blue heart further down the page and follow me, so I can let you know when I create my next set of free topical posters. They would also be great for any time you need to teach about being thankful or for harvest festival. If you like what you see here - please leave a lovely comment - as comments make what I do worthwhile.

Year 5 Block 1 Termly Wigan Maths Assessment using YouTube and PowerPoint Presentation. I am now converting all my PowerPoint presentations into YouTube videos PowerPoint Combos. This means teachers can teach the lesson using either the PowerPoint or Youtube version of the lesson and then share the YouTube lesson with their students’ parents. This lesson can then be repeated at home as additional homework. I love Year 5 Wigan Maths Tests. While they are little old and don’t follow the current curriculum, they are still an excellent set of tests for revision purposes. I have taken the traditional tests and converted them all into PowerPoint presentations. On top of this, I have given teachers the option of either letting the students only see the answers at the end or after each question. I really like the second option as it means I can set a question, then give them a little time to think about it or discuss it in pairs and then show them the answer and discuss the different ways different children or different pairs found their answers. This is as much a learning experience as the test itself for many children. I really hope this pack is useful for lots of teachers.

Mental arithmetic tests for Y2 designed to be done fortnightly.

FREE Reception Maths PowerPoint Lesson - ‘More’ and ‘Fewer’- Spring Term Learning Objectives: Counting and writing numbers. Comparing and matching numbers of things. Counting and writing numbers. Comparing and matching numbers of things. If you like this teaching resource, you will really like my FREE Maths Reception teaching pack (11 lessons) - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-powerpoint-lessons-for-reception-students-6167058

Mental arithmetic tests for Y1 designed to be done fortnightly. Following the tests, teachers and pupils discuss and compare different strategies used to solve the problems. To date evidence suggests that mental calculations have increased whole school attainment and accelerated pupils' progress. Introduction and project focus.

Mental arithmetic tests for Y1 designed to be done fortnightly. Following the tests, teachers and pupils discuss and compare different strategies used to solve the problems. To date evidence suggests that mental calculations have increased whole school attainment and accelerated pupils' progress. Introduction and project focus.

FREE YouTube Year 6 Ratio and proportion Maths PowerPoint Lesson - Autumn Term I am now converting all my PowerPoint presentations into YouTube videos PowerPoint Combos. This means teachers can teach the lesson using either the PowerPoint or Youtube version of the lesson and then share the YouTube lesson with their students’ parents. This lesson can then be repeated at home as additional homework. FREE Year 6 Maths PowerPoint Lesson - Ratio and proportion - Autumn Term Learning Objective: Solve simple problems using ratio and proportion. Identify and use appropriate operations to solve word problems. Make and investigate a general statement about familiar numbers by finding examples that satisfy it. If you like this FREE Year 6 Maths lesson, you should also look at my FREE Year 6 Math pack (11 lessons) - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/springboard-6-numeracy-resources-6167056

Teach your students how to write simple numbers and learn how to count with these great YouTube Powerpoint lessons FREE Reception Maths PowerPoint Lesson - Making labels for Classroom Equipment - Autumn Term Learning objectives: Today you are going to learn how numbers help organise the classroom so that we don’t lose things. I can read and write numbers. If you like this reception maths lesson, you will really love my FREE 11 lesson Reception Maths pack - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-powerpoint-lessons-for-reception-students-6167058

When I used the original book with an interactive whiteboard, I was always annoyed at having to skim to the end of the book to show an answer. I wanted it on the next page. In addition, I have now replaced all the pictured with much more stimulating colourful pictures. I have also taken the time to follow the advice of Dudley council and sorted the different problems into age groups and blocks. You will notice there is some repetition of problems both between blocks and in different year groups. The students can try the same problem twice at different times, as this is excellent consolidation. It is also an excellent time to suggest students think about how they could change the problem. How can this be used in the classroom? This could be used as an assessment at the start or the end of a unit. It also could be used as an emergency set of lessons for any teacher while covering another teacher’s maths classes. In addition, it is also an excellent set of resources to prepare for different exams. Look at how the students resolve a problem and identify the different ways different students attempt to answer the same problem. In addition to answering the problems, this is also an excellent time to look into inverse operations. How do we know we have found all the answers? How do we know we have found the correct answer? I have really enjoyed making these mental maths problems a lot more accessible. I have enjoyed teaching them in a wide range of different classes and I hope that you too will enjoy making maths fun.

These have now been upgraded to include an interactive, dynamic YouTube movie in each PowerPoint. This is because I know teachers are moving away from PowerPoint to YouTube and I thought it would be fun to give them the option of being able to use and share this work directly on YouTube. Here is a list of the different lessons in this FREE Year 1 Maths Lessons Pack Lesson 1: Addition and Subtraction Lesson 2: Splitting Numbers Lesson 3: Using Number Lines To ‘Count On’ Lesson 4: Pairs and Doubling Lesson 5: Taking Away Lesson 6: Adding and Taking Away Pairs of Numbers Lesson 7: Numbers to 20 in Order Lesson 8: Writing numbers to 20 Lesson 9: Ordering Numbers Lesson 10: Money Problems Lesson 11: More Money Problems I produced a wide range of different maths PowerPoint lessons at the start of my career. These would make perfect supply teacher lessons or where you need a quick lesson to cover a topic. I uploaded them due to popular demand.

11 FREE YouTube Year 6 Maths Lessons! Perfect for Revision And Consolidation. I am now converting all my PowerPoint presentations into YouTube videos PowerPoint Combos. This means teachers can teach the lesson using either the PowerPoint or Youtube version of the lesson and then share the YouTube lesson with their students’ parents. This lesson can then be repeated at home as additional homework. FREE Year 6 Maths Pack (Spring and Autumn Terms) - Booster and Revision Course. Here are the titles of the FREE Year 6 lessons: Lesson 1: The idea of percentage reductions in shop prices. Lesson 2: Putting percentages in context by looking at special offers on household packages. Lesson 3: Using percentages as a way of comparing different fractions. Lesson 4: The importance of knowing the size of the wholes when comparing percentages. Lesson 5: Giving practice in equivalent decimals, fractions and percentages. Lesson 6: How to convert any percentage to a fraction or decimal. Lesson 7: Number problems using ratio Lesson 8: Ratio and proportion Lesson 9: Find the maximum sum Lesson 10: Investigating Calendars Lesson 11: Examining statistics Years ago I wrote a series of numeracy lessons, based on the SpringBoard 6 materials, but I converted them into PowerPoint. Recently I got an email from a teacher requesting that I share these resources with the world and so here they are! There are perfect for revision, for SATs preparation, supply and cover lessons.