website with maths card games

http://www.pepnonprofit.org/uploads/2/7/7/2/2772238/acing_math.pdf

phonics game for young children

http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

things to try with macbook.

The question/inquiry... an iwb program supported by mac that will allow me to open/convert the interwrite files I already have...

Mac version of interwrite does not support windows 9.4 files...starts to load and stalls at 6%.
Next step - is there another mac iwb programme that will open/convert gwb files?

transfer files to activeinspire?
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2011/05/moving-between-iwb-platforms/

ok...so the mac version of activeinspire does not allow you to import powerpoint files... windows version does. interwrite files have the option to be exported as ppt files but so far I haven't been able to do this with a weeks worth of planning.

I downloaded activeinspire onto both the mac and my windows laptop... imported a ppt into activeinspire flp on my laptop then uploaded it to my google drive...downloaded it from google drive onto mac - it is there - no sound or animations like the original ppt though.

I was able to export an interwrite file as an iwb rather than a gwb... and upload to google drive then download on mac... still unable to open in interwrite though :(

reading levels conversion table

Seen on NZ Teachers (Primary) facebook page... posted by a member.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3lAqYl9LZc8X3hMYkxLUFhvOE0/view?usp=sharing

Maths charts/displays

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/mathsCharts.html

So I must be doing something right....

Brain wave study shows how different teaching methods affect reading development

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-brain-methods-affect.html
Opening 2 passages....

Beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, instead of trying to learn whole words, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading, according to new Stanford research investigating how the brain responds to different types of reading instruction.

In other words, to develop reading skills, teaching students to sound out "C-A-T" sparks more optimal brain circuitry than instructing them to memorize the word "cat." And, the study found, these teaching-induced differences show up even on future encounters with the word.

Ruru road safety show - activity book and video