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Maths for early years
Roman Numerals 1-1000 Helpsheet!
A quick and easy helpsheet to aid students with deciphering Roman Numerals between 1-1000, written in the style of a Roman script!
Includes both a Word and PDF version.
Pointless - Maths - Shape, Space, and Measure
Based on the popular game show 'Pointless', this resource is perfect for use as a starter activity, plenary, or revision tool. Editable, so that you can change to any other topic or change the questions/answers. Containing sound clips, engaging visuals, and suitably challenging questions, this resource is effective at both promoting engagement and enhancing learning.
There are several full rounds of questions to build students' understanding of shape, space, and measure, including:
- Naming varied 2D Shapes (triangles and quadrilaterals)
- Defining and understanding angles;
- Unscrambling the names of units of measure;
- Thinking about how many 3D shapes they can name.
The nature of the game ensures that this resource can challenge students of all levels.
NOTE: You can buy this resource alone, or in a bundle of 8 Pointless games, for only £1 more!
Jargon Hunt - KS2 Maths - Building Literacy through Riddles and Teamwork!
Welcome to Jargon Hunt! This engaging and exciting activity is perfect for building students' literacy skills; helping them to understand key Maths vocabulary through cryptic rhyming riddles and teamwork.
Once the game is introduced and the rules are shared (on the presentation) students are given a riddle card and an answer card. The only catch is that their answer card does not match their riddle! Through reading their riddle to others, and allowing others to read their riddles to them, students learn the Maths vocabulary as prescribed for teaching at KS2 in the new National Curriculum.
Provided in this pack are:
- 30+ slide presentation, hosted by David Dictionary-son, who walks students through the game in a step-by-step fashion.
-Class-size pack of riddle cards and answer cards. They simply need to printed on card, or printed on paper and laminated.
This resource is a valuable tool for helping students to comprehend the words that they will need to understand in the New Curriculum, build valuable speaking and listening skills, and also have lots of fun!
This resource can be bought alone. or as a part of a Jargon Hunt KS2 bundle (English, Maths, and Science) for just £1 more!
Y1 Number and Place Value to 10 - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 1 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Place Value’ in mathematics.
The content is organised into the following sections:
-Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important;
-Numerals and Words to 10;
-Counting One More and One Less;
-Comparing and Ordering;
-Representations;
-Key vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Y1 Position and Direction - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 1 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Position and Direction.’
The content is organised into the following sections:
-Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important;
-Movement;
-Turns;
-Position;
-Key vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Y1 Addition and Subtraction to 10 - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 1 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Addition and Subtraction’ in mathematics.
The content is organised into the following sections:
-Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important;
-Counting On and Counting Back;
-Number Bonds;
-Part-Whole Models and Bar Models;
-Key vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Y1 Number and Place Value to 20 - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 1 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Place Value’ in mathematics.
The content is organised into the following sections:
-Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important;
-Numerals and Words to 20;
-Counting One More and One Less;
-Comparing and Ordering;
-Counting in Twos;
-Representations;
-Key vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Y1 Number and Place Value to 50 - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 1 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Place Value’ in mathematics.
The content is organised into the following sections:
-Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important;
-Numerals and Words to 50;
-Counting One More and One Less;
-Comparing and Ordering;
-Counting in Twos and Fives;
-Representations;
-Key vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Y1 Length and Height - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 1 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Length and Height’ in mathematics.
The content is organised into the following sections:
-Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important;
-Length;
-Height;
-Longest, Tallest, and Shortest;
-Key vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Y1 Fractions - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 1 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Fractions’ in mathematics.
The content is organised into the following sections:
-Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important;
-Finding a Half;
-Finding a Quarter;
-Capacity and Fractions;
-Key Vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
EYFS Learning in Maths - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource helps to detail and categorise the foundation learning in mathematics that takes place in the EYFS stage.
It is an important resource for EYFS teachers and parents, but also maths subject leaders, to aid them in the development of a clearly-mapped and well-sequenced maths curriculum across the school.
This organiser groups the maths-related learning into the relevant EYFS areas of learning - for maths, this is the ‘numbers’ and ‘shape space and measure’ strands of mathematics.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
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Jargon Hunt - KS2 Bundle! (English, Maths, & Science) Building Literacy through Riddles & Teamwork!
Welcome to Jargon Hunt! These engaging and exciting activities are perfect for building students' literacy skills; helping them to understand key English, Maths, and Science vocabulary through cryptic rhyming riddles and teamwork.
Once the game is introduced and the rules are shared (on the presentation) students are given a riddle card and an answer card. The only catch is that their answer card does not match their riddle! Through reading their riddle to others, and allowing others to read their riddles to them, students learn the English, Maths, and Science vocabulary as prescribed for teaching at KS2 in the new National Curriculum.
Provided in this bundle pack are:
- 3 x 30+ slide presentations, hosted by David Dictionary-son, who walks students through the game in a step-by-step fashion.
-3 x Class-size packs of riddle cards and answer cards. They simply need to printed on card, or printed on paper and laminated.
These resources are a valuable tool for helping students to comprehend the words that they will need to understand in the New Curriculum, build valuable speaking and listening skills, and also have lots of fun!
Problem Solving in Early Years Maths CPD Session!
This informative session offers Early Years practitioners a more in-depth understanding of how to employ problem-solving activities effectively in their classrooms. It is intended to be used in a short, introductory, information-sharing CPD environment, and took me about 45 minutes to deliver. The session is rooted in findings from educational research (links included) and goes through:
Exactly what constitutes problem-solving, and why it is so essential in the broader context of maths education;
Key ingredients for ensuring that problem-solving tasks are engaging and effective;
Some excellent model examples of problem-solving activities;
How to incorporate ‘incidental problem-solving’ into classrooms;
Useful links for resources and task ideas, and further reading.
I hope that you find it useful!
Roman Numerals!
This stimulating and comprehensive lesson enables students to read and fully understand the Roman numerals system up to 1,000, recognise years written in Roman numerals, and complete a variety of sums written in Roman numerals.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
- Learning the origins and the basic rules of Roman Numerals through clear and simple explanations;
- Demonstrating their understanding through well-differentiated application and challenge activities;
- Applying their understanding to complete sums and scribe important historical dates using Roman numerals;
- Gauging their own understanding through both AfL activities and self-reflection tasks.
Included is:
- Whole lesson PowerPoint - clear and precise, colourful and comprehensive;
- Bronze, Silver, and Gold level award worksheets - carefully differentiated and provided in both Word and PDF;
- Teacher answer sheets;
- A help-sheet to support students who find the subject content more difficult;
- A detailed teacher lesson plan.
There are also opportunities for group learning, speaking and listening, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with year 5 and 6 classes, however colleagues have used them for between years 3 and 9 with minimal adaptations.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
Time - O'Clock and Half Past!
This stimulating, highly-effective lesson enables children to develop the knowledge and skills that they need to tell the time at both 'o'clock' and 'half past.' It is made up of a series of succinct explanations, fun tasks and logical learning steps, including:
- Playing the minute game;
- Naming the hands on the clock;
- Demonstrating their understanding through a carefully designed worksheet.
This resource pack is made up of a colourful and engaging PowerPoint presentation, a time worksheet (in both PDF and Word) and a teacher lesson plan.
By the end of the lesson, children should be able to:
- Understand what each hand on a clock means;
- Know how to tell an o’clock time;
- Know how to tell a ‘half past’ time;
- Be aware of different time values.
This lesson was originally taught to a mid-attaining Year 2 class, however with appropriate intervention it could easily be utilised for any children across KS1 and lower KS2.
Ratio and Proportion: An Introduction!
This stimulating and comprehensive lesson enables students to fully understand the key terms ‘ratio’ and ‘proportion,’ and to use these mathematical concepts in order to solve number problems involving relative quantities and unequal sharing.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
Defining, exemplifying, and understanding the basic rules of ratio and proportion through clear and simple explanations;
Demonstrating their understanding through well-differentiated application and challenge activities;
Applying their understanding to real-life problems, for example involving recipes;
Gauging their own understanding through both AfL activities and self-reflection tasks.
Included is:
Whole lesson PowerPoint - clear and precise, colourful and comprehensive;
Bronze, Silver, and Gold level award worksheets - carefully differentiated and provided in both Word and PDF;
Teacher answer sheets;
A detailed teacher lesson plan.
There are also opportunities for group learning, speaking and listening, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with Year 6 (and higher-attaining Year 5) classes, however colleagues have used them for between years 4 and 9 with some minor adaptations.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
Percentage Problems!
This stimulating and comprehensive lesson enables students to solve a range of problems involving the calculation of percentages, including for measures and comparisons.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
Defining, exemplifying, and understanding the basic rules of percentages through clear and simple explanations;
Demonstrating their understanding through well-differentiated application and challenge activities;
Applying their understanding to real-life problems, for example involving business profits;
Gauging their own understanding through both AfL activities and self-reflection tasks.
Included is:
Whole lesson PowerPoint - clear and precise, colourful and comprehensive;
Bronze, Silver, and Gold level award worksheets - carefully differentiated and provided in both Word and PDF;
Teacher answer sheets;
A detailed teacher lesson plan.
A clear and simple help-sheet
There are also opportunities for group learning, speaking and listening, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with Year 6 (and higher-attaining Year 5) classes, however colleagues have used them for between years 4 and 9 with some minor adaptations.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
KS2 Negative Numbers!
This stimulating and comprehensive enables students to count forwards and backwards through zero using negative numbers, and to solve number problems and practical problems involving negative numbers, including using negative numbers in context.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
Defining, exemplifying, and understanding the basic rules of calculations involving negative numbers, through clear and simple explanations;
Demonstrating their understanding through well-differentiated application and challenge activities;
Applying their understanding to real-life problems, for example temperatures, budgets and balances;
Gauging their own understanding through both AfL activities and self-reflection tasks.
Included is:
Whole lesson PowerPoint - clear and precise, colourful and comprehensive;
Bronze, Silver, and Gold level award worksheets - carefully differentiated and provided in both Word and PDF;
Teacher answer sheets;
A detailed teacher lesson plan;
A number line;
I have previously taught this to children in years 5 and 6, although with suitable adaptations it could be used for children between years 3-9.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
Time Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge relating to understanding time. It contains comprehensive sections on:
Reading the Face of a Clock - including understanding the minute and hour hands;
Key Time Facts - understanding the duration of days, weeks, months, years, etc;
Roman Numerals - to aid children in telling the time on old-fashioned clocks;
Digital and Analogue Times - looking at different ways to express the time using the 12 and 24 hour clocks, using both digital and analogue clocks;
Average Time Spent in a Day Timeline
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
The resource could be adapted for a variety of ages and abilities, but I originally used this with Key Stage 2 children.
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Ratio and Proportion KS2 Bundle!
This stimulating and comprehensive lesson bundle contains a number of engaging and detailed ‘ratio and proportion’ lessons:
Ratio and Proportion: Introduction - Students understand the key terms ratio and proportion, and use these mathematical concepts in order to solve number problems involving relative quantities and unequal sharing.
Percentage Problems - Students solve a range of problems involving the calculation of percentages, including for measures and comparisons.
Similar Shapes - Students use their understanding of ratio and scale factor to solve a number of varied and real-world similar shapes problems.
Combined, the lessons enable children to meet and exceed the following curriculum standards:
solve problems involving the relative sizes of 2 quantities where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts;
solve problems involving the calculation of percentages and the use of percentages for comparison;
solve problems involving similar shapes where the scale factor is known or can be found 4. solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples.
Each lesson follows a clear step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
-Defining, exemplifying, and understanding the key concepts through clear and simple explanations;
-Demonstrating their understanding through well-differentiated (Bronze, Silver, and Gold Challenge) application and challenge activities;
-Applying their understanding to real-life problems, for example involving recipes;
-Gauging their own understanding through both AfL activities and self-reflection tasks.
Included in each lesson is:
Whole lesson PowerPoints - clear and precise, colourful and comprehensive;
Bronze, Silver, and Gold level award worksheets - carefully differentiated and provided in both Word and PDF;
Teacher answer sheets;
A detailed teacher lesson plan.
Student helpsheets (where appropriate)
There are also opportunities for group learning, speaking and listening, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. I originally used these resources with Year 6 (and higher-attaining Year 5) classes, however colleagues have used them for between years 4 and 9 with some minor adaptations. Some of the content really does become quite challenging (especially the Gold sheets) and so these resources could easily be used for KS3 children.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.