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Make handwriting meaningful for the upper years

Writing Time

The key to engaging upper primary students in handwriting practice is to make it both meaningful and manageable. Give them relevant and engaging practice activities rather than asking them to copy lengthy, meaningless texts.
What is a split digraph?

Sound Waves Spelling

A split digraph is when one sound splits the a, e, i, o, or u and the final e. For example, stage has a split digraph but not change.
What is a blend?

Sound Waves Spelling

Blends, also known as consonant clusters, are sequences of two or three consonant sounds. The words snap, clip and split begin with blends. The words jump, desk and milk end in blends.
Maths homework – make it more than just practice

iMaths

Maths homework is an effective way to improve student performance but it has to be both relevant and engaging. Keeping it on the ‘engaging’ side of the equation usually provides the biggest challenge.
iMaths Mental Computation Strategies

iMaths

Find out how iMaths teaches mental computation strategies.
Ideas for using the Differentiation Tasks

iMaths

iMaths Online includes a set of Differentiation Tasks for every Topic. Typically, each set has a support, consolidation and extension task. Here’s just some of the ways you can use the Differentiation Tasks to enhance your maths lessons.
Segmenting with confidence (part one): Tips for teaching segmenting

Sound Waves Spelling

Segmenting words by counting the number of phonemes (sounds) in a word is an essential skill for developing competency in spelling.
Solving the problem of problem-solving

iMaths

The Australian Curriculum recognises that the problem solving skills fundamental to the development of numeracy in the classroom are also transferable to everyday life. However, the explicit teaching of problem solving can easily be overlooked in the hurly burly of…
Segmenting with confidence (part two): Dealing with those trickier words

Sound Waves Spelling

Now it’s time to find out how to deal with trickier words, giving you and your students the confidence to segment any word that comes your way.