Lesson Buffet

Students drop numbers from a washing line into baskets to create addition sums to 10.

Students read the time in words and then stop the clock when the hands match that time

A game where students collect data by counting (medium level) and interpret bar graphs (hard & really hard level)

Students collect data based on imaginary characters on the website. They fill in a tally and then create a bar graph based on their data.

Students are required to calculate the area and permeter of a shape that has been set on grid paper.

Demonstrates commutative property of addition using number facts to 10

Students select a quiz card that has a worded addition or subtraction problem. A great way to monitor whether kids know which process to use.

This site would suit Prep. Students select a number from 1 - 15 to play a game based on that number.

Students count the number of each animal to create a bar graph. The numbers range from 1 - 4.

Students create patterns using the objects on the bookshelf. The patterns can be made anywhere in the room.

There are lots of different ways the player can do this, over and over again. Working in pairs or with a teacher children can describe the patterns according to a variety of characteristics.

There is a picture of a double decker bus with children standing alongside. The bus has windows on each level. The Player moves the children onto the bus and to a window to make the number that is displayed on the top of the screen.

This would suit grades Prep - 1.

Students move a frog across a pond always using the next highest number. Students can play more than once as the frog starts at different numbers. This game would suit grades Prep - 1

Students create different ways to make the numbers 1 - 10 by dragging spots onto a ladybug's two wings.

This website displays pictures of MAB blocks and allows students to count how many hundreds, ten and ones they can see. They then use this information to write this as a number.

This website teaches place value up to the 100s. The penguin gives you a number and students need to break the number up into hundreds, tens and units by placing the penguins in the correct position.

Students listen to the number and post the letter in the correct mailbox. This activity would suit Prep - 1

Students are asked worded subtraction problems based on rabbits. The site also illustrates the subtraction problems with animation.

The player has to move the sheep from left to right until there are the same number of sheep in each paddock.
This would suit grades Prep - 1.

The player has to subtract two numbers to bowls a ball down a bowling alley lane. They continue until they have reached zero pins remaining.

The starting equation is random, and there is a chance of getting a strike as well.

Students learn how to write the number 1, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students learn how to write the number 2, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students learn how to write the number 3, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students learn how to write the number 1, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students learn how to write the number 5, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students learn how to write the number 1, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students learn how to write the number 7, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students learn how to write the number 8, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students learn how to write the number 9, and learn to recognise the number through a series of games and activities.

Students have to judge and compare the capacities of different containers. This would suit junior grades.

Helps students understand the order of the alphabet by asking which letter comes next in the sequence. They drag the letter into the correct position.

Students listen to what the characters have to say and then select the best adjective to desribe them.

Drag words into the correct position with progressive difficulty as students complete levels.

Students are shown a picture and choose the word that matches the picture from the pair of homophones.

Sentences are displayed and children are to correct/insert the correct punctuation. There are three different levels. Medium level would suit grade 1/2. Hard and Really Hard levels would suit grade 2/3/4.

Students are to insert the correct punctuation (full stops, commas, talking marks, question marks and exclamation marks)

An activity that allows children to listen to a word then drag the correct set of missing letters into the blank part of the word

Students select a suitable adjective from the list to complete the sentences.

Students match up the beginning and endings of words to make a compound word

Through the activities on this page, students understand what a compound word is and identify & create compound words. Activities include games and a wordfind.

Students can type their spelling words in for the week and then move through the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check process by clicking on the onscreen options. Students can also create flashcards for their spelling words.

Students match contractions with their expanded form

Select a story and choose from a list of activities based on that fairytale including: hearing/reading the story, a crossword and creating sentences about the text. This would best suit grade 1 - 2 but can be relevant to younger or older children.

A fun way for kids to practise their plural rules. They are given the word's singular form and they are to 'go fishing' for its plural form.

Great tool for teaching handwriting on the interactive whiteboard

This is a great spelling resource. Once you have signed up you can create your own spelling lists. The site then generates games based on your lists which children can play independently.

This website teaches each letter of the alphabet and their sounds. There are also reading materials that help children to hear these sounds in a story.

Children select words that have similar meanings to a more commonly used word. The activity encourages children to think about using more interesting words in their own writing.

Scroll down to click on the links. The activities include completing simile sentences and discussing appropriate similes. There is also a battleships game where students are to locate the most suitable similes to complete the sentence.

This website provides different text types such as a letter, an email and a story. Each of these texts need to be punctuated with full stops and capital letters. There is also an option to listen to the texts being read.

Students drag onsets and rimes into a 'Wordmaker' machine to make words

This is a fantastic writing resource. Click on a text type and a window will open that explains the purpose and tips for that text type. A text organiser also appears in the centre that explains what should be included in each part of its structure. They also provide a number of examples.

Students get the opportunity to: think about beginning, middle and end; look at adjectives; and participate in a shared interactive story activity. Begin with the 'Starter Activity' and then move on to the 'Main Session'

Activities that cover categorising foods into must and like to have, discovering food groups, tally and graph healthy foods eaten by the class and classifying foods as healthy or unhealthy.

Students move around the house (by clicking on different images on the screen) answering questions about water usage to check if they are waterwise or a waterwaster.

Lots of useful material about the post office and letter writing.

Students sort various items into categories - plastic, paper or glass

This takes you to a website with four interactive whiteboard links related to minibeasts. The activities allow students to create an insect by considering their number of legs, where minibeasts can be found, the life cycle of a butterfly and classify creatures as either 'insect' or 'not an insect'

Students can put different bug body parts together to create a minibeast found in nature. If they do not put the body parts together correctly the website tells them that they have created thier own bug and gives it a funny name.

Students sort a range of items into different bins - recycle, glass or garbage. There is a beginner level (suits P - 2) and advanced level (year 3-6).

An interactive video of the water cycle that explains each process involved.

Rock classification, properties, and matching the names of different types of rocks to photographs.

Lots of useful material about the post office and letter writing.