Warren Sparrow: May 2014

28 May 2014

Omnitux

This is really brilliant for Foundation Phase!

It covers associations, items to place on a map or a schema,

counting activities, puzzles, card faces to remember and mouse manipulation.

I thought the games and activities are perfect for young learners and

it is completely FREE!!

It is a huge file to download for Windows 32 bit (140 MB) but it is really worthwhile!

Click below to get the file.

A Serious Talk: Kids Demand Next-Generation Learning

This is an absolutely brilliant!!
This is a 2 minute video clip about what children of today really need!
This can really change your attitude about HOW you teach!!

Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages

Here is a note for pupils about how to convert between

fractions, decimals and percentages. The idea is that they

can add examples to them in the blank space around and

inside the triangle:

Brilliant

Click the link below to get the pdf

Making 3D shapes

This is a great pdf that you can download.

It has the nets for Triangular Prism, Cube, Cuboid, Pentagonal Prism,

Square Based Pyramid, Pentagonal Based Pyramid, Hexagonal Based Pyramid,

Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron and the Cylinder

Print these out and make the different shapes with your class.

Click below to get the pdf file

Adding Fractions using the “Macarena” Method

Here is a very easy way to add fractions.

Click on the link below to get the pdf document that explains how to use this.

This is perfect for younger learners!

27 May 2014

Microsoft 1 to 1 program

Although this book was written in 2010, I do believe that this is still valid.

the book covers planning, case studies, different ideas for project based learning,

lesson plans, as well as online resources.

I would highly recommend giving this a read!!

Download the pdf below (4.7 MB)

6 Different lined paper for class

I am always looking for different lined paper.

Click on the link below to download 6 different lined paper

that you can use in class.

Perfect to use on your data projector and do handwriting!

PowerPoint on how to use a protractor

Here is a PowerPoint presentation on how to use your

protractor correctly. It goes through all the steps with diagrams on

how to use it correctly.

Click below to download the PowerPoint Presentation

Geometry Definitions

Geometry definitions

Here is a great PowerPoint presentation that will assist you in explaining

Points, lines, planes, segments and rays.

Click to download the PowerPoint presentation below.

26 May 2014

Google for Education 101 (in 101 seconds)

WOW, this is great!!

It is less than 2 minutes long, but is brilliant!!
It shows what you can be doing using Google Apps for schools, which is FREE!!

30 Insane Facts About Sleep

This is so interesting, my favourite is the amount of sleep you loose

when you become a parent ...

Serious Gaming and Gamification

Here is a great poster which emphasizes key points between

serious gaming and gamification in education.

There is a very interesting section on real life context.

Click below for the full size poster (3MB)

24 May 2014

How to cite information from the Internet

One of the things that students always seem to have problems with is citing information,

either from books or from the various sources found on the Internet.

This is a great poster showing how to cite correctly.

Click below for the full poster.

Social Media Shortcuts

Wow, this is so awesome!!

There are so many shortcuts here that I never knew about.

This is really time saving and works on both Windows and Mac.

Very cool!!

23 May 2014

Social Media Etiquette

Here is a great poster that you can print and put in your classroom.

I think that it is simple, but the key points are really good!!

Alphabet taught to kids today

I thought this was very good!!

21 May 2014

English Rainbow Books

Just finished uploading all the English Rainbow Books from the Education Department

to my drive. These are really fantastic books that you can use in your classes.

All the mathematics books can be found from Grade R to Grade 6.

The entire years books are here, Term 1 to Term 4.

Please note that these files are huge, typically between 10 - 20 MB each.

20 May 2014

Rocks Types & Rocks Cycle

This is a great YouTube video that shows the different types of rocks

as well as the life cycle of rocks. It is perfect for primary school!!

Rainbow Math Books

Just finished uploading all the Rainbow Books from the Education Department

to my drive. These are really fantastic books that you can use in your classes.

All the mathematics books can be found from Grade R to Grade 9.

The entire years books are here, Term 1 to Term 4.

Please note that these files are huge, typically between 10 - 20 MB each.

16 May 2014

Modern Chalkboard

This is a great website if you are looking for Smart content.

There is a great preview of each file before you can download it.

I have used a few of these files and they are great.

15 May 2014

Word Workbook

This is a great Word Workbook ideal for Grade 1 and 2

You will find:

Read-Write the Room {Long and Short Vowels, a, e, i, o, u}

Rainbow Write Recording Sheet

Boggle Word Builders {6 game boards, recording sheet and blank board}

Letter Grab Bag/Scrabble Letter Tiles

Click below to get the pdf (2.2 MB)

13 May 2014

Sumopaint

Sumo Paint is an amazing web-based tool and downloadable program as well.

It is a bit like PhotoShop but free - and web based. It is great for photo creation

or manipulation. A great tool for students and teachers who don't have access to

or money for PhotoShop or other heavy-duty image manipulation software.

Very good!!

Art Pad

This is a great online painting program that allows you to draw.

Although very simple, you can choose different colours, different brush sizes,

a paint bucket and text.

Lots of fun to use!!

Once completed, you can send the image to yourself via e-mail or

do a screen capture.

RGB Spotlights

This is a great Interactive piece of software that allows you

to play with the 3 different primary colours to make any colour.

Very easy to use and the learners love using this!!

Interactive Skeleton

This is a great interactive program that shows you the skeleton.

There are 2 different modes, easy and hard.

The easy mode has all the words in English, while the hard mode

has the words in scientific and Latin names.

There is also a quiz at the end, so you can see how many of the parts you know.

Very good!!

Download the zip file below. (15 MB)

Nets (3D Models)

Nets 3D Models

This is great for any mathematics class.

Print out the pages, cut them out and then build the different shapes.

There are 13 different shapes in the zip file below.

Some of them are cones, prisms, cylinders, cubes and pyramids.

12 May 2014

3D Shapes I know

This is really cool for Foundation Phase and Grade 4.

A great little video that you can use to go through the main different 3D shapes.

Very Cool!!

11 May 2014

Science Teachers and playground duty

Absolutely brilliant!!

10 May 2014

My Champ-tastic Year

Download and print and give to your learners.

I am sure that they will really love doing this.

It is also a great reflection for them.

This could also be used in other languages.

My Bucket List

Click below for this worksheet.

I think it is really brilliant!!

The known universe

WOW, this is incredible.

It does however make me feel a little small...

07 May 2014

The most important developments in human history

Have a look at these human developments. Although we might not be using them,

if it was not for the early developments we would not have access to the newer ones!!.

Very interesting!!

Keyboard Poster for your class

Here is a great poster that you can use in your class.

Download the original pdf below.