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Writing Time
Much of the world has been designed for right-handed people – including handwriting. Luckily, there are a few tips and tricks you can use to help make the process of learning to write a little easier for your left-handed students.…
English Stars
Any English teacher knows that some grammar rules are simply easier to learn than others. Students show us this every day in their writing. Tricky homophones, misused apostrophes and overuse of commas are just a handful of the common mistakes…
Sound Waves Literacy
In a small studio in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Chloe Jasmine Harris creates playful illustrations that are bursting with exciting details for children to discover.
For Fiona Miller, illustration is about exploration. It’s a way to travel to different locations without moving a muscle and an opportunity to create brand new worlds.
Problem solving and reasoning are important proficiencies in the Australian Curriculum for mathematics. Let’s confirm our understanding of what problem solving and reasoning entail, unpack how the two skills are related and explore ways to help students master them.
Teacher Spotlight is a new series by Firefly Education that will share insights from a variety of education influencers who inspire fellow teachers with their unique classroom knowledge and helpful resources.
iMaths
Switch things up for your next investigation and have students film the process. Not only will this add an extra level of engagement, incorporating a video component is a fantastic way to draw out students’ communicating and reasoning skills.
Think Mentals
The goal of mental computation is to be able to make quick, automatic and correct calculations. One way to encourage these skills is to have students time their daily mental computation exercises.
Match Up is a tried and true activity in Sound Waves classes, but why not get a little creative with it? Add a competitive twist to the online version of the activity and get the whole class involved!