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Planning for year 6 Maths.

Lots of ideas you can meld into your own school planning.

Year 6 is a tough year to teach, so the more material you have, the better.

The zip file contains the lot. I’ve put a few in for you to sample.

sample

Start with A3 sheet on each table – 1 minute to write down any vocabulary, phrases, methods or information linked to addition.
Come back together, take feedback and put on working wall.

Refer to targets to make children aware that some of them have addition related targets.
Discuss methods used for addition.
Show Y6 calculation policy and discuss column addition.
Show 7648 + 1486
Solve using column addition – compose success criteria whilst solving.

Repeat with 1489 + 71 + 3 + 561

Emphasise importance of place value columns and presentation – talk about ‘carrying’.
Whole School Mass 11am

LO Improve efficient recall of mental maths.
SUCCESS CRITERIA N/A
Test 11am – 11.10am

Self mark and strategies 11.10am to 11.30am - fill in mental maths record sheet at back of each maths book.
Final 45 minutes (allow a few minutes for a plenary) – split class into three groups.

Carousel activity:
Octagon group to go into science area with HM for 30 minute session towards their target; adding and subtracting negative numbers.

Group 1: Hexagons (1) and Isabel, Eleanor and Dan O from Hex (2)

Group 2: Rest of Hex (2) plus Pentagons (1)

Group 3: Pentagons (2) plus triangles.
LO Add decimals up to 3dp using the column method.
Add numbers with differing numbers of decimal places.
SUCCESS CRITERIA Add to yesterday’s in a different colour.
Revise use of column method.

Show 15.8 + 23.3 and model for working wall whilst emphasising the importance of the decimal point not moving.

Show problem:
I spend £46.78 in one shop and £27.45 in another. How much did I spend in total?
Use column.
Show 7.9 + 5.82, model use of 0 on the end of the 9 to make them the same number of dp.

Refer octagons to their target.