Teaching packs

This pack is a cross-curricular collection of some of our favourite spring and Easter resources, suitable for children of ages 5-9. Ideal for pupils to explore independently or to complement a short Easter or Spring themed topic. Some of these activities are free samples, others are for subscribers or triallists. All are part of separate packs which contain further supporting interactive and printable resources. If you are a member, why not pop some of these in your Activity folders for pupils to use over the holidays? Happy Easter from TES iboard+

This sample collection contains some of the games and tools from other 'calculations' packs across the site, serving as an introduction and as a one-stop location for some of our most popular activities. Most games contain a settings screen that allows differentiation for all pupils in this age group, covering revision of early skills through to advanced mental strategies. The Units of Work, Teaching Packs and Skill Builder areas that these activities are sampled from contain further printable and interactive resources. Every month we add further packs for Literacy and Numeracy to TES iboard+ so if you have something you'd like to see, please tweet @tesiboard or use the contact form on the home page.

A popular tool to explore number patterns, adding, difference and multiplication. Our Interactive Square has hide/show features as well as paintbrushes to splat patterns. It can now display with the starting number at either top or bottom, as well as allowing you to alter starting number and step. See the How To guide for how to personalise it further to fit your lesson. Our collection of Top Tips offer some great ideas for the classroom.

A super, sports-themed TES iboard+ collection. The main thrust of this pack is time durations - and therefore it practises subtraction skills, mostly of numbers up to 100 (e.g. time recorded in seconds or minutes; or durations within the hour). Pupils could be extended to tackle durations of longer than an hour. A simple stimulus, 'Hare Race', introduces the context, with random differences that pupils should calculate mentally. Some will be very easy, others more tricky, like difference between 48 and 62. Discuss counting-on strategies with pupils, using a number square or number line for reference. Further activities approach the problem in different ways: word problems, comparing clocks and a space-themed game which is there just for subtraction practice (borrowed from our Skill Builder pack).

A simple but powerful spreadsheet graphing simulator. Enter names down the side and data (e.g. measurements or scores) in the columns. Watch the graph appear as you add data. Formulas can be applied to whole columns - ideal for doing conversions. Graphs can be showed with grouped data or individual bars for each item. See the How To document for further information.

This pack is led by our very popular interactive piggy bank - for totalling and calculating 'how much more?' Further resources cover different calculation skills in the context of money and shopping. Many contain settings to teach with larger coins so please explore the options panel. 

A number generator using 1, 2 or 3 dice. Click the large button to roll all dice. Hide or show each die, depending on how many you need. Roll the dice separately using the small button below each one.

This Easter themed unit furthers pupils' understanding of numerator and denominator. It is a number based fractions pack, rather than fractions of shape. It covers a number of the objectives and learning ideas from the Unit Plans for year 3 and 4, including equivalence, simplest equivalent and fraction of a number. It would also make a good revision or catch up pack for older children. Supporting printables provide practice of the ideas covered in the interactives.

A selection of fun snow-themed games that challenge pupils to add and subtract different numbers at speed. There are a range of options in each activity so that it can be personalised for ability or age. These activities are ideal for quick practice but also provide level question banks for teaching strategies to solve mental calculations (use the practice mode with no timer). This set of activities is repeated in the 4-7 and 9-11 sections as the games can be set at levels appropriate for all primary ages.