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Think Mentals
A child’s brain has an amazing ability to change and grow. Understanding what types of activities encourage brain plasticity allows you to teach a more effective mental computation program.
Writing Time
When you think about it, handwriting is art. The act of handwriting is a combination of subtle shifts in pencil control, clockwise and anticlockwise movements, and the use of a variety of exit and entry angles.
Handwriting is a complex task that relies on both gross and fine motor skills. Let’s explore ways to develop fine motor skills.
Do you sometimes see students slouched and fatigued at their desks? Do they complain that their hand is tired after a short writing task? The problem could be poor gross motor development.
Find out everything you need to know about using Writing Time Online.
Fluency in maths means being able to solve maths problems quickly, easily and accurately. To improve your students’ maths fluency, an effective mental maths program needs to provide more than simple practice drills and homework exercises. It also needs to…
iMaths
Group work is an important strategy in classrooms - organising students into groups is something that all teachers do. It is also an important part of iMaths Investigations and while it has the potential to support amazing learning, it can…
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.
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.