FREE The Gruffalo Black Thinking Hat Worksheet Questions Make Problem Hunting Fun!
The Gruffalo has lots of different problems for the children to discover, discuss and describe. These three worksheets focus on finding the different problems. Black Hat Thinking is important as it is essential for risk management and improving ideas.
I would love to have comments from anyone who has used these resources in their classroom.
FREE The Gruffalo Yellow Thinking Hat Questions Make Positive Thinking Guided Reading Fun!
The Gruffalo is a really nice, feel good book. It is a great book to explore Yellow Hat Thinking questions to their full. These worksheets let you look at the characters, writing postcards home and of course developing a poster about why you liked this book. All these would make fabulous display materials.
I would love to have some feedback from anyone who has successfully used this in their classroom.
The Gruffalo is a great resource for exploring children's feelings and emotions. These three Red Hat Thinking worksheets help to guide their reading and their emotional learning skills. The worksheets are easy to differentiate and will help develop a deeper understanding of the characters.
I would love to have teachers comment on these worksheets after they have used them in the classroom.
FREE White Hat Reading Questions For The Gruffalo - Fact Finding Has Never Been So Much Fun!
The Gruffalo is a book ideal for exploring the different Thinking Hats. The White Thinking hat focuses on the information and the facts you can find in the book. This is the normal starting point for a reader. Thinking Hats build up from this fact.
I would love to have some feedback from anyone who has used this material in their classroom.
This resource has been seen over 10,000 times and is one of my most popular teaching resources. The images are not from the book, and you will still need to use the book to complete the reading tasks.
I was surprised at how few reading resources were available for Room on the broom, and I am keen to promote Thinking Hat Reading skills in the classroom and so I have spent a week developing a set of worksheets which teachers can download and use in the classroom.
Please leave a comment after using them in the classroom.
FREE Room on Broom Creative Thinking (Green Hat ) Worksheets Make Guided Reading Fun!
I love Room on the broom and I was amazed that this best selling childrens book did not have a lot more more teaching materials attached to it, and so I decided I would spend a week focusing on developing a set of Thinking Hat Reading resources to go with this book.
I hope you enjoy using it as much as I have creating it. I would love to have some feedback from people after they have used it.
FREE Black Hat Reading Questions For Room On The Broom Makes Problem Solving Fun!
Room On The Broom is a wonderfully funny book. I have focused on all the problems I could see in this book to try and get the children to explore the book more deeply and to discover them.
This is a part of a set of worksheets and so it is also worth exploring the other worksheets I have also made on this book.
I would really love some feedback as to how you found this material and what you would like to see more of.
FREE Room On The Broom Yellow Hat Reading Questions Makes Positive Thinking Fun!
I noticed that despite this book being a best seller, the schools had very few resources for it and so I decided to focus on providing a set of Thinking Hat reading questions for anyone wanting to complete guided reading on this fabulous book.
Today I have focused on pulling out all the positives from this book. This set of worksheets is easy to differentiate and every child will gain something from it.
Please leave a comment when you have downloaded this set of files.
FREE Room On The Broom White Hat Reading Questions - Fact Finding Can Be Fun To Do!
Room on the Broom is a great book. I noticed a lack of really fun online Thinking Hat worksheets for this book and I thought I would try to resolve this.
It focuses on different aspects of characterisation. I would love to have some feedback about these worksheets.
FREE - Room On A Broom Red Thinking Hat Reading Questions - Thinking About Feelings Is Fun!
Room on a broom is one of the best selling children's books on Amazon and yet it has hardly any resources listed on the TES. As obviously lots of teachers and students love this book, I thought I would make it into a series of worksheets.
I would love some feedback about what you think about this set of worksheets.
FREE Magic Train Workbook - 16 Thinking Hat Worksheets - Makes Guided Reading A Lot More Fun For All
I have decided to build as many Thinking Hat resources as I can for TES readers. I have started by making resources for the fabulous Magic Train book (Published by Barefoot books).
I took into account the need for simple text, clear font and I only have used self made resources and public domain resources, I have not used images from the books. I have organised them into sets of three - 3 Red Hat, 3 Yellow Hat, 3 Black Hat, 3 White Hat, 3 Green Hat and 1 Blue Hat. Comments for future improvements welcome.
Get Ready for Adventure! FREE The Magic Train Green Hat Thinking and Reading Worksheets for Creative Classroom Thinking!
Are you ready to take your classroom on an exciting journey? Introducing the FREE Magic Train Green Hat Thinking and Reading Worksheets! Green Hat Thinking Activities are not just fun; they spark creativity and imagination by allowing children to stretch, manipulate, and enhance the story in ways they never imagined!
Why Green Hat Thinking is a Blast!
This engaging part of the reading scheme encourages students to let their imaginations run wild! They have the chance to fill in the missing details that make the story come alive, transforming their reading experience into a thrilling adventure.
What’s in Store?
Imagine what happens if they miss the Magic Train Home! What if the train suddenly stops working? Where does the train go after dropping off everyone at the end of the story?
With these worksheets, students will explore these questions and more, unleashing their creativity and building their critical thinking skills!
Let’s Make Reading Fun!
Download the FREE Magic Train Green Hat Thinking Worksheets today and watch your students embark on a magical adventure that enhances their reading experience like never before. Get ready for creativity, collaboration, and a whole lot of fun!
Exciting White Hat Thinking Worksheets for Your Class!
Hey kids! Are you ready for some fun? Dive into creativity and imagination with our White Hat Thinking Worksheets inspired by the amazing book, ‘The Magic Train’ from Barefoot Publishers!
These worksheets are not just any worksheets—they’re your opportunity to explore new ideas and unleash your creative thinking! And if you don’t have the book, no worries! You can still have a blast with the Barefoot YouTube videos!
What’s in Store for You?
Fun Activities: Each worksheet is filled with engaging tasks that will spark your imagination and get your brain working!
Be a Creative Thinker: Use your White Hat thinking skills to explore facts, ideas, and possibilities related to the story.
Make it Yours: Teachers can easily modify the worksheets to fit your classroom needs because we want to make learning as fun and personalized as possible!
We’d love to hear your thoughts on these worksheets as we work to make them even better for you! So grab your pencils and get ready for a fun learning experience!
FREE The Magic Train Black Hat Thinking Activities - Problem Solving Has Never Been So Fun!
Every day I am trying to add some more thinking hat resources I am making for my class to TES. It has been shown that Thinking Hat Questions promote higher thinking and reading skills in children and yet when it came to actually finding lots of these resources on this website, I could not find any and so I am planning to write worksheets each night and share them with everyone. I would love a review of my work and also any suggestions on what other children's books people would like me to add to this collection.
FREE The Magic Train Yellow Thinking Hat Worksheets Make Looking On The Bright Side More Fun!
These worksheets were originally written for 'The Magic Train' (Published by Barefoot books). However some of them could easily be used for absolutely any other book.
I am building up this collection of Thinking Hat Reading Questions as I want to encourage higher thinking skills in every primary school child but I could not find any instant thinking hat worksheets for books on the Internet. Please comment on these and tell me what other picture books you would like me to write about.
FREE The Magic Train Red Hat Thinking Questions - Helps Put Some Feeling Into Guided Reading
I have read everywhere how important Thinking Hat Questions are when it comes to reading. However, when I looked on the TES for lots of examples of other teachers work, I could not find a lot. I have now set myself the task of creating as many Thinking Hat Guided Reading Questions as possible for all the best selling picture books. It is a long term plan and you will need to be patient if this is not the book you were wanting. If you tell me which book you want, I will complete is as my next book. Please review these Red Hat Feeling worksheets and tell me how to improve them.
3 FREE YouTube Year 7 Booster Maths PowerPoint Lessons - Spring Term
I am now converting all my PowerPoint presentations into YouTube videos PowerPoint Combos. This means teachers can teach the lesson using either the PowerPoint or Youtube version of the lesson and then share the YouTube lesson with their students’ parents. This lesson can then be repeated at home as additional homework.
FREE Maths PowerPoint Year 7 Booster Maths Lessons - Spring Term
Lesson 1: Who gets the most?
Lesson 2: Fractions on a number line.
Lesson 3: Which fraction is bigger?
This is a few of the resources I made to help Year 7 students with numeracy. I made them about a decade ago from UK government advice about how to approach different KS3 maths topics.
I am sure they still could be useful for covering lessons and passing to a supply teacher.
I have recreated all these videos as both updated PowerPoint presentations and also as YouTube videos for people who don’t like using PowerPoint and are looking for a much more fun, interactive experience in the classroom. Try them today!
Here are the details for each lesson:
Lesson 1: Making labels for Classroom Equipment
Lesson 2: Keeping Score
Lesson 3: Scales and Stamps
Lesson 4: ‘More’ and ‘Fewer’
Lesson 5: Mental Maths
Lesson 6: Simple Addition
Lesson 7: Counting
Lesson 8: Solving Counting Problems
Lesson 9: Beginning Addition
Lesson 10: Counting Objects Into Groups
Lesson 11: Putting Numbers In Order
This resource was made by converting UK governmental advice from around 2000.
It will make excellent revision lessons, supply and cover lessons
Please leave a comment.
11 FREE YouTube Year 6 Maths Lessons! Perfect for Revision And Consolidation.
I am now converting all my PowerPoint presentations into YouTube videos PowerPoint Combos. This means teachers can teach the lesson using either the PowerPoint or Youtube version of the lesson and then share the YouTube lesson with their students’ parents. This lesson can then be repeated at home as additional homework.
FREE Year 6 Maths Pack (Spring and Autumn Terms) - Booster and Revision Course.
Here are the titles of the FREE Year 6 lessons:
Lesson 1: The idea of percentage reductions in shop prices.
Lesson 2: Putting percentages in context by looking at special offers on household packages.
Lesson 3: Using percentages as a way of comparing different fractions.
Lesson 4: The importance of knowing the size of the wholes when comparing percentages.
Lesson 5: Giving practice in equivalent decimals, fractions and percentages.
Lesson 6: How to convert any percentage to a fraction or decimal.
Lesson 7: Number problems using ratio
Lesson 8: Ratio and proportion
Lesson 9: Find the maximum sum
Lesson 10: Investigating Calendars
Lesson 11: Examining statistics
Years ago I wrote a series of numeracy lessons, based on the SpringBoard 6 materials, but I converted them into PowerPoint. Recently I got an email from a teacher requesting that I share these resources with the world and so here they are!
There are perfect for revision, for SATs preparation, supply and cover lessons.
FREE Maths PowerPoint Presentations for DFES SpringBoard 5 (Also Use As Year 4 Booster Lessons)
FREE Maths Lessons Content:
Lesson 1: Developing your preferred ways of doing multiplication.
Lesson 2: The area method of doing multiplication
Lesson 3: The idea of 'carrying' when doing multiplication
Lesson 4: Developing the area method for doing multiplication.
Lesson 5: Using doubling in multiplication
Lesson 6: Developing a doubling - and - addition method of doing multiplication
Lesson 7: Finding pairs of factors
Lesson 8: Division of larger numbers
Lesson 9: Division as repeated subtraction
Lesson 10: Developing a standard method
Lesson 11: Flexible approaches to division.
Years ago I wrote series of numeracy lessons which converted all the DFES Numeracy SpringBoard 5 lessons into interactive PowerPoint lessons.
I think these will still be great for optional SATS revision also also for covering lessons, or for giving to supply teachers.
Please leave a comment.