Back to School Bundles...

As our minds start to drift from lazy summer days to the smiling faces that will greet us when the school year begins... 

we have bundled many of our resources together to get you started for the year!

Bundles include resources that are grouped in Year (Grade) levels: 

Foundation, Year 1/2, Year 3/4 and Year 5/6

at greatly discounted prices. 

Included with each bundle is our 'Reflections' pack, with some great ideas for pre & post assessment, and tasks to build Understanding and Reasoning.

See below for our Back to School Bundles...

        

       

Click on our Back to School Bundles to take you directly to our digital store. 

As we prepare for 2014, if there are any resources you would like us to create, please let us know!

kpisurf@gmail.com

or add a comment to our blog.

Welcome to iSURF 2014!

To all of our followers, friends and colleagues - we are looking forward to another productive and exciting iSURFing year!

To reinforce our belief in the importance of the proficiencies (problem Solving, Understanding, Reasoning & Fluency), we are offering our iSURF Manual and Planner at a discounted price throughout January & February (the Manual is now $6.00 and the Planner is now $4.00). The Manual and Planner document our approach to teaching mathematics and the importance of integrating content, skills and mathematical strategies in an individualised manner.

This is available throughout all of our stores.

  

We have also added an eBook, cataloging our current resources. 

This allows you to see all iSURF resources, year level by year level.

 

In 2014, we will continue to provide quality resources to build student's knowledge of mathematical content, whilst developing their mathematical thinking.

We are looking forward to a fantastic year ahead!

Happy New Year

One of us is in Fiji and the other in the USA - so  we will be back blogging around the 8th and will have some bundled packs for you.

Christmas wishes and thanks

Enjoy your break and we will be back in the New Year

Sunday Night Maths Game - 22nd Dec

Here is our game for this week

Go to Cool Maths -  click here  or on the images below

This site has an amazing array of games - these links will take you to Christmas themed ones

Your students will love you and be learning while they are playing

Our Sunday Night games will return mid February

Merry Christmas and safe holidays

Seeing Symmetry - Interactive Journal

    

This is a print and go unit of work - click here to see it in our store

Read through the suggested plan and use the assessment sheet each day

Task One

Discuss - What is symmetry?

List objects that have a line of symmetry

Draw a shape that has a line of symmetry

Have a copy of Task 1 for all students

They glue the tabs in their Maths Book

Then write and draw underneath the flap

Task Two

Which letters have a line of symmetry and which do not?

Copy task on pages 10/11 for all

Use page 10 as flaps and then place objects under the correct flap

Draw in the line of symmetry

Task Three

Objects that have a line of symmetry

Copy pages 12/13

Page 13 are objects to be used under the flaps for having a line of symmetry or not

Task Four

Copy p14

Students draw the other half of the shape

Discuss the need to be accurate and show the mirror image

When complete – draw half a shape on the back for a buddy to complete

Task Five

Copy page 15

Discuss natural and man made items

Students need to draw items under the correct flap

On the top of each flap make notes about what you discover 

Our store - click here

Maths Game Linkup - 15th Dec

  Join us for our Sunday night Math linky

 

Have you got a game you would like to share?

Rules

1. Post a game

2. Copy our button and link back to here with your post

3. Add your button to the linky below - so we can check out your post

Roll and Colour tasks are great for fluency in Maths.

This game is a freebie in our TPT store. It combines this fav task of mine as well as one of my fav books - Polar Express. 

There are three tasks (two sets - one with colour and one with color)

Click here for your freebie

    

Link up here to share a game you have enjoyed this week

Number Sense

This pack helps your students to come to terms with numbers between 0 and 20.

Children need to know how to write the numeral, see the collection and know what comes before and after. 

They need to see each number on a number line, on a ten frame as well as have practise writing it. 

This pack will assist you to do this. 

       

         

     

Sunday Night Maths Linky - 8th December

Roll A Christmas Tree

A fun and easy Christmas game for students in Foundation to Grade 2.

A free download from our digital stores!

What you need:

ü  ‘Roll A Christmas Tree’ template (one per student)

ü  Dice (six sided)

ü  Coloured pencils/textas/crayons

How to play:

v  Play in small groups (approximately 4)

v  Take turns to roll the dice, then colour the corresponding section of the Christmas Tree

v  Colour each section once - if you roll the same number again – miss that turn

v  The first person to colour all sections of their Christmas Tree is the winner

Extension:

o   When a player wins the game – keep playing until all members of the group have finished their tree. All players continue to roll the dice, instead of colouring sections of the Christmas Tree – add your own decorations/presents under the tree  (however many were rolled)

o   Make your own game – draw a Christmas picture using 6 different shapes. Give each shape a number between 1 – 6, copy and play with your friends (use blank ‘Roll a __________’ template)

o   Use a 10 sided dice – add 4 decorations to the list that must be rolled before the game is finished

Have you got a great Christmas game to share???

Join us for our Maths Linky!

Rules

1. Post your ideas

2. Copy our button and link back to here with your post

3. Add your button to the linky below - so we can check out your post

Loopin' Around!

As promised...

here is the next installment in our Loop Card series!

Loopin' Around

AusVELS Level 5 & 6

Number - mixed addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and percentages.

Loop Cards are a great way to engage your whole class in a fun and challenging activity!

These Loop Cards are created for use in the ‘Fluency’ component of an iSURF lesson, based on multiplication/division. Loop Cards are a great way to start a class discussion about the most efficient strategies for mental computation.

All Loop Cards are currently on sale for $1 until the end of the year!

Happy Loopin'!