Punch and Judy

We have been learning about Punch and Judy shows and enjoyed looking at a video clip of one.

Here is the link to the website:

http://www.icons.org.uk/learn-play/gallery/audio-visual-gallery/watch-a-show

Egyptian Gods

We are learning about the gods of Ancient Egypt.

http://www.nemo.nu/ibisportal/0egyptintro/1egypt/index.htm

Memory games

We are trying to improve our memories by doing brain training exercises. This is one of them we are doing in class:

4 (or more) single digit numbers are read out by the teacher eg. 2 4 6 1, then after they have been read out the pupil writes them down to see if they can remember them in the correct order.

Here are some websites with other memory activites (note year 3 is the same as grade 2, also
K -12 means it is suitable for all ages):

http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/memorygames.htm (great fun site)

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/facemem2.html (remember faces!)

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmemory.html (links to lots of activities and tests)

http://www.zefrank.com/memory/ (pairs game - difficult)

http://www.funbrain.com/match/index.html (pairs games - several levels and themes)

http://www.kidsmemory.com/

Pavement artwork

I hav found this amazing artwork done by Julian Beever on street pavements. They look so life like when viewed from the correct angle (shown in most of the photos). However in order to create the 3D effect they are actually drawn very differently on the pavement (see the photos of the globe to really understand the effect).

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

Multiplication and division problems

We have been solving real life problems that use multiplication and division.

Multiplication:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/problemsolving/game.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/problemsolving/quiz.shtml

Division:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/division/problemsolving/game.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/division/problemsolving/quiz.shtml

Adding

This is a great website to practise mental addition:

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/games/game_addition_attack.html

This is a robot adding game:

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/number-fun/games/game_dr_brains_robot.html

Another fun adding game:

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/number-fun/games/game_cannon_math.html

Angles

We are learning about right angles and other angles. This site lets you measure angles using a protractor:

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

Fun game to play:

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/anglemeasurement/anglemeasurement.html