It's an Olympic half term!!! I know a lot of people have been working on Olympic activities for some time now but we are just taking the one half term so I thought I would just share with you my plans and resources...
We have planned to split the half term into 5 separate weeks focusing on one country from each continent that is prominent within games each week.
Week 1: Greece (obviously)
Week 2: USA (they normally win loads of medals!)
Week 3: Africa (I am aware it's not a country but it leaves us the option to focus on either Egypt or South Africa or elsewhere, whatever is most appropriate)
Week 4: Russia (we have grouped Russia with Asia...again I know it isn't but we really wanted a cold country for comparison and we spent a whole half term looking at China in January so Asia has been done to death really in my class!)
Week 5: Australia (because we plan to have a massive beach barbeque for lunch one day out on the playground...get in!)
I will keep you informed of what I have planned each week :) but to keep you going here is a selection of resources I have found useful!
Rescources:
The TES have some really great 'Olympics' resources for SEN and they can be found here: http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomySearchResults.aspx?keywords=olympics¶metrics=52004
But also I have found a few bits that have been really useful with my guys:
Olympics information booklet: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Olympic-Information-Book-6225529/
Olympic flags: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Olympic-Country-Flags-6225527/
Olympics key facts: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Olympics-Key-Facts-6225530/
2012 Olympic games timeline: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-2012-Olympic-Games-Timeline-6225531/
I have also managed to add a couple of resource that may be useful for anyone planning to cover...
Olympic addition and subtraction in their maths:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Olympics-Add-and-Take-away-scenarios-6256378/
Greek food tasting:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Greek-food-chatter-mat-and-description-worksheet-6256116/
Hope this is a starting point for all your olympic activities...
Showing posts with label Geography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geography. Show all posts
Friday, 15 June 2012
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Maths and Geography Resources
Here are some maths and Geography (animals) resources I have uploaded via the TES that are free to download.
Maths - more and less terms chatter mat: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Maths-terms-more-and-less-Chatter-mat-symbols-6192791/ (PDF)
Gruffalo more and less workbook: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Gruffalo-more-and-less-workbook-with-symbols-6192748/ (PDF)
Going to the Zoo - Social story: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Going-to-the-zoo-Social-story-with-symbols-6195099/ (PDF)
Animal Guessing game (Animal prints) - http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Animals-Guessing-Game-with-Symbols-6197323/ (PowerPoint)
Enjoy!
Maths - more and less terms chatter mat: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Maths-terms-more-and-less-Chatter-mat-symbols-6192791/ (PDF)
Gruffalo more and less workbook: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Gruffalo-more-and-less-workbook-with-symbols-6192748/ (PDF)
Going to the Zoo - Social story: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Going-to-the-zoo-Social-story-with-symbols-6195099/ (PDF)
Animal Guessing game (Animal prints) - http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Animals-Guessing-Game-with-Symbols-6197323/ (PowerPoint)
Enjoy!
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Geography: Chinese display
And it's complete!
Each week we have added a new element to our display and here it is:
Chinese blossom, dragons, koi carp and lastly...the sensory map...enjoy!
Each week we have added a new element to our display and here it is:
Chinese blossom, dragons, koi carp and lastly...the sensory map...enjoy!
Geography: sensory map
The sensory map is great for any cultural units. Out theme this half term was china, therefore in geography each week we have taken a different symbol of china and investigated it. This week we looked at Chinese food which linked to our food technology units.
We had 10 dried foods: green tea, cherry tea, seaweed, star anise, ba Wang flowers, noodles, rice, wolf berry, black fungi and (the stinkiest) dried anchovies.
We started in circle time by smelling and feeling the products then moved onto some group work. Each group had 5 foods to stick on the map, while 1 group was sticking the other group was filling in thumbs up and thumbs down questionnaire to assess if they liked or disliked the smell and feel of all 10 foods! Great activity because the non smelly foods had great textures and the other foods either smelt awesome or absolutely disgusting!
Just be warned your room will stink of fish if you use dried fish but it's so worth it!
Check out the pictures...
Oh...if your doing this for a display like myself make sure you PVA over the top...otherwise your inquisitive students may end up with a mouthful!
We had 10 dried foods: green tea, cherry tea, seaweed, star anise, ba Wang flowers, noodles, rice, wolf berry, black fungi and (the stinkiest) dried anchovies.
We started in circle time by smelling and feeling the products then moved onto some group work. Each group had 5 foods to stick on the map, while 1 group was sticking the other group was filling in thumbs up and thumbs down questionnaire to assess if they liked or disliked the smell and feel of all 10 foods! Great activity because the non smelly foods had great textures and the other foods either smelt awesome or absolutely disgusting!
Just be warned your room will stink of fish if you use dried fish but it's so worth it!
Check out the pictures...
Oh...if your doing this for a display like myself make sure you PVA over the top...otherwise your inquisitive students may end up with a mouthful!
The completed map along with Widgit symbols
Clockwise from the right: Wolfberry, Seaweed, Green Tea, Ba Wang Flowers and Star Anise
Dried Anchovies (they stink!)
Seaweed and Noodles
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