Fantastic Find Friday

Hi everyone, this week I am sharing a fantastic litle find that I found in Tiger!  As you can see from the picture below they are these wonderful Storyteller Dice! When I saw them I did a little happy dance inside! Then I did another one when I saw the price of them.... (drum roll please)  €4 for a pack of 6. It certainly made my day.




The minute I got out of the shop I had to inspect them and was pleasently surprised by the size of them (2cm) and the quality of them.

Side 1

Side 2

Side 3

Side 4

Side 5

Side 6

Here are some ideas of how I am going to use them in the classroom

• Work as a class and ask someone to roll the dice ask a child to begin a story using one of the pictures as their starting point. Then, ask a new child to continue the story by including another of the pictures. Repeat until all 6 pictures have been used in the story.
• Work in small groups and have 'story telling' sessions where the group works together to tell a story which involves all 6 of the pictures.
• Pair work. One child rolls the dice and tells a story using the cubes. The other child has to listen and remember the story, then retell it to others in the class.
• Roll the dice and share the pictures with the class. Ask all of the children to tell / write a story which includes all of the images. Share the stories at the end of the session and compare them... how were they similar / different?
• Roll two or three of the cubes and ask children to think of a super sentence which involves the pictures shown.
• Give the children a grid with six boxes on it. Ask the children to roll a set of dice and put one in each box on the grid. They should then tell / write a story which includes the images in the order shown on their grid.
• Roll one of the dice and identify the picture (e.g. plane). Then:
  • Ask the children for words to describe the plane.
  • Think of ways to help them remember how to spell 'plane'.
  • Share words that mean the same as plane.
  • Think of words which rhyme with plane.
• Give the children some cube nets and ask them to make their own paper sets of storytelling dice. Which images would help to make an interesting / exciting story.

I hope everyone can get to a Tiger store and get this wonderful resource!

P.S. For those who can't get to a Tiger and are interested in these I will be giving away this fantastic find to a lucky follower over the next few days!!!! 

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Niamh  

Wednesday Wishlist #4

With Maths Week just around the corner I felt it would be apt to share five math based websites I wish I had known about this time last year.

No. 1   k-5 math teaching resources

This site provides an extensive collection of free resources, math games and hands on math activities.
Here are some screenshots of the site.

No. 2  Virtual Manipulatives

This link would have been such a life saver a year ago but I am glad it found its way into my life now It. provides any math manipulative you want displayed on you IWB in an instant from number lines to clock faces to fraction tiles.. It even virtually roles two number cubes!!!! Mind blown!! How come nobody told me about this site!!!! (sigh)

No. 3 Matific


This is a wonderful child friendly site, You will need to sin up but the games are fantastic. There are many strands covered which will reinforce concepts or perhaps you could use this site during station teaching.



No. 4 Classmaths Irish Primary School Maths

This website is designed to support the Irish Primary School Curriculum.
This sorting game is so cute!

No. 5 Get Smart

I shared this website in my Facebook page a couple of weeks ago and I hope you all have got some use out of it. The breakdown of each math area is laid out clearly and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.

I hope these websites are helpful to you and you class over the next few weeks. If you have any Math Websites that you love using why not share them below.