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Silent reading and reflection time - approx 10minutes, choose what you want to read and look at... some are quick reads, some are pictures. After 10 minutes we will do a PMI about ipads and pod of computers as a group. Ipads/Ipods in education Interface Article Education Aotearoa Article (iPad Fad) Kamo Primary School website info for Parents I don't hate ipads... but , blogpost Tom Barrett's slideshow on ipads in the classroom    and on ipods in the classroom An iPad For Every Child in My Class? No Thanks! Classroom photos of ipods/ipads in use E-learning classroom Computer labs/pods Explicit teaching that can happen with laptop pod Computer labs Article about old computers - but skim down to the possible ways forward Article about creating colloboration - skim down to bottom section

A resource finder has been added to nzmaths. 'Figure it out' books are now online. Unfortunately some of the older books are not available. When they were published permission wasn't collected to post the children's photos online.  Check out the books and teachers notes here... Position and Orientation - Most of the activities we looked at for Level 2/3 were from figure it out books and were fun hands on activities.  This book was recommended for teaching angles... We looked at the unit Scatter Cat from nzmaths and how it can be adapted to use across the school. It was suggested to use video as a change from the book to engage the children. If you are wanting to clarify where your children should be working at in relation to the strands/national standards it is clearly set out on nzmaths. There are also illustrations of the standards across the levels here. The accelerating learning in maths project intervention materials are now available in draft form. ...

We are learning to find ways to keep a track of all the useful and interesting sites and images that you find on the internet. 1. Bookmarks Bar (bookmarklets) and Menu (pictures) 2. Top sites (editing, pinning, adding) 3. Safari reader 4. Social bookmarking - Delicious    Diigo  sticky notes, highlighters, tags, friends 5. Google Reader free, google account/blogspot account tutorials Google bookmarks, diigo, delicious and google reader google reader using google reader from the whiteboard blog 6. Pinterest   visual bookmarking pinteres t from the whiteboard blog

These videos can be really useful to remind us of the teaching process - materials - imaging - number properties. Not all stages had video examples but had useful suggestions. I have added the video examples for stages 5 and 6. Stage 5 Stage 6 The Online Numeracy PD can be a useful refresher. Have a look here...

The following sites have fractions games at a range of levels... Topmarks has many interactive games. This link takes you to the search engine where you can choose your level. Games and explanations. Pizza Party Game This page has a range of games covering fractions proportions and ratios. This dictionary has some useful fractions explanations. Crickweb has a few great interactive games. It doesn't allow you to link specific games so the link is for the games homepage at the level you select. This NZ school wiki has fractions games from stage 3-7. Johnnie's Math Page alway has a good range of games. This is more suitable for middle/senior... This site has fractions worksheets with a simple layout (less reading for those who struggle) ... Teacher tools is a link I shared recently.  It is a NZ site that has PowerPoints and videos to support teaching numeracy. There are lots of fractions examples here from AC - AM/AP Hopefully this is useful, Rachael. If you have an...

I found this site and thought I might use some games on my blog... It has maths and reading games from K- Gr 5.

School tube For those of you who are interested, this site has an A-Z of Ed Resources... It also has how to make a podcast in 5 simples steps... and a free comic strip creation tool... I hope these are useful, Rachael.