Several months ago someone requested a rainy day math mystery, and I had the suggestion sitting in my 'to-make' list for quite a while before I could get around to developing the mystery story, activity and video hook for it. But now, I'm happy to say, it's finally almost ready and on the way! Read on for a sneak peek into the mystery story and video hook.

Last month I announced that I would aim to get a free writing prompt out every month this year to keep as writing lesson ideas or to use as a quick go to emergency sub lesson plan. Continue reading to find your free February 2020 writing prompt.  

​The reality of modern teaching is that within your class there will be a range of learning needs. Differentiating the lesson to make it accessible to all students is key to positive student engagement and success. It also saves you some serious stress having to manage behaviour! The other reality is that your time is a rare and valuable commodity, and we need to be savvy on our differentiation styles to save as much of it as we can. We are going to look at 2 main areas; ‘Differentiating by Task’ and ‘Differentiating by Outcome’.