iSURF: September 2015

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Happy Holidays!

For us at iSURF Maths and schools across Victoria, Term 3 has drawn to a close.

After a busy, productive, challenging, thought provoking and inspiring term... we will be taking a short break.

We will return in two weeks time, ready for another term ahead!

If you have any suggestions for us or would like us to consider creating a particular unit of work - please let us know and we will add it to our list!

kpisurf@gmail.com

Happy holidays everyone!

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Maths Tool Kit - Junior Primary School

This week we have added a new resource pack to our store.

Included in this pack are a collection of tools and resources that can be used across many areas of the Mathematics curriculum.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Maths-Tool-Kit-Junior-Primary-School-2094725

Teachers can print each resource in colour or black and white, on A4 or A3, once or multiple times to suit your teaching and student’s needs. Resources can be laminated for long term use or printed for individual use.

Tools and resources included in this pack:

Days of the week cards
Months of the year cards
Seasons cards
Mathematical language cards (e.g. smaller/larger, likely/unlikely)
Four processes language and symbols cards
Numerals: 0 – 20
Number names: 0 - 20
Number charts: 0 – 99, 1 – 120
Number expanders: tens/ones, hundreds/tens/ones, thousands/hundreds/tens/ones
Place value charts: tens/ones, hundreds/tens/ones, thousands/hundreds/tens/ones
Number lines
Clock faces
Thinkboard (including instructions for use)
Blank graphing template

Sunday, 13 September 2015

Brilliant Board Games!

I am sure we all have a favourite board game that brings back fond memories!

There are so many to choose from today... I have lost track of how many different versions of Monopoly there are now!

But they all have several things in common, along with many advantages...

everyone needs to learn (and play by) the rules
inter-personal skills are developed
peer teaching is a great way to learn new games
many games require a great deal of patience
having a strategic approach can be useful
games often use a vast range of mathematical skills
scoring develops additive thinking
higher order thinking is encouraged
persistence is a must!

How often do we provide our students with the opportunity to learn and play a new board game??? Something that can be shared with friends and family, a game that will be looked back on fondly in years to come???

Drag a few out of the cupboard and let us know how you go!

kpisurf@gmail.com