3 STEM inspired Place Value activities, which cover the place value objectives from Yr 2 through to Yr 5 and come complete with planning. The STEM Challenge and Mystery Number Activity use the Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract (CPA) model currently recommended to encourage Greater Depth of understanding of number, as used in Singapore. Learning Objectives included are: • Represent numbers using different representations. • Find 10, 100, 1,000 or 10,000 more or less than a given number. • Recognise the place value of each digit in a 2, 3, 4 or 5- digit number (hundreds, hundreds, tens, and ones). • Read and write numbers up to 10,000 in numerals and in words. • Solve problems, including missing number problems and place value.

Ten bar multiplication and division problems (all using multiplication facts for the 3 and 4 times-tables), with a choice of 3 possible bar models. Great for collecting evidence of fluency and reasoning. Presented 2 to a page for easy photocopying. Learning Objectives covered: LO: To solve multiplication problems using the 3 & 4 times table. LO: To use a bar model to support calculations

Everything you need for a reciprocal reading unit on the text Matilda by Roald Dahl. Contains over 20 differentiated activities organized into the reciprocal reading focuses - Clarify, Summarize, Predict, Questions, Infer, plus addition GPS activities. Detailed planning for each day matching Learning Objectives from the current NC (2014).

Everything you need for your reciprocal reading unit, contains over 20 differentiated activities organized into the 5 reciprocal reading focuses - Clarify, Summarize, Predict, Questions, Infer, plus addition GPS activities. No cutting - just print and go! Detailed planning for each day matching Learning Objectives from the current NC (2014).

This set of 5 phonics mats covers all phonemes as set out in the ’Sound-Write Phonics’ programme. I am in no way affiliated with this programme, however I do use it in my class to teach phonics ( I can recommend it whole-heartedly, if you are in the market for a new phonics scheme!) I use this resource daily in the form of a phonics mat, as a teaching support at desks (students have a copy in of their own to refer too). We also have printed them out for display as a memory prompt for spelling. I hope you find them as useful as we have.

True or false activity to promote reasoning with rounding. Suitable for Year 4 and/or a quick revision activity for Year 5 Year 4 LO - To round decimals up to 2 decimal places.

I have used these resources this week to introduce grid method of multiplication and build on advice from White Rose Hub resources. Pack includes initial discussion prompt, 5 days of talk-time activities (or 2 lessons worth of questions), and a matching activity to assess pupil understanding and reasoning skills.

Inspired by Nrich & White Rose hub materials this is a bundle of 11 different problem solving activities, to practice working systematically. I have been using them as starters to get discussion and reasoning flowing, and to collect and share different ways of setting out problems.

A bundle of 10 Fraction activities inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery and Reasoning documents. I have included some Year 2 objectives to allow for quick assessment of previous objectives taught. Perfect for lesson starters to encourage discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them, means you always have written evidence of students problem solving and reasoning skills! Presented in easy to photocopy format, with 4 activities to a page.

A set of 10 Time related problems. Great for starters, to prompt reasoning and discussion, and also gather evidence of fluency skills. Includes concept cartoons and Roman Numerals Learning objectives covered: LO: To tell the time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute (Fluency & Reasoning – Yr. 3) LO: Convert between analogue and 12-hour digital clocks (Fluency – Yr. 3) LO: To know the number of seconds in a minute. (Fluency & Reasoning – Yr. 3) LO: To know the number of days in the month and months in a year. (Fluency & Reasoning – Yr. 3) LO: Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals (Fluency & Reasoning – Yr. 3)

A pack of 10 concept cartoons to promote reasoning on geometry topics, which can be used to provoke thinking, highlight common misconceptions, assess understanding or to promote mathematical discussion. This pack can be used as a whole class discussion piece, or individually with students recording their reasoning in their maths journals or books (Each example is repeated in an easy to photocopy, 4 to a page format, for individual student work). Learning Objectives covered in this pack: • Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines. • Recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them. • Identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a half-turn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn. • Identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle. • Describe the properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes using accurate language, including lengths of lines and acute and obtuse for angles greater or lesser than a right angle. (Non- statutory guidance) • Identify lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes presented in different orientations (Yr. 4 LO)

Everything you need for your reciprocal reading unit, contains over 20 differentiated activities organized into the 5 reciprocal reading focuses - Clarify, Summarize, Predict, Questions, Infer, plus addition GPS activities. No cutting - just print and go! Detailed planning for each day matching Learning Objectives from the current NC (2014).

No need to spend hours prepping for your reciprocal reading unit this week, this pack contains everything you need. No pre- cutting required – just print and go, and in line with Covid-19 concerns, all activities can be completed independently. This pack contains 20 differentiated activities organized into the reciprocal reading focuses - Clarify, Summarize, Predict, Question, plus an addition GPS activity. Detailed planning matches the Learning Objectives from the current NC (2014).

Looking for fraction lesson starters? This bundle has you sorted for the next 10 lessons! Ten Fractions lesson starters covering the following learning outcomes: LO - Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators - (Yr. 3 – Fluency) LO - Solve problems involving fractions of a number - (Yr. 3 – Fluency & problem solving) LO - Recognise and use fractions on a number line - (Yr. 3 – Fluency) LO - Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator LO - Solve problems involving fractions (Yr. 3 – Reasoning) LO – Recognise simple equivalent fractions (Yr. 3 – Reasoning) LO – To order fractions with the same denominators (Yr. 3 – Reasoning) LO – To compare and order fractions (Yr. 3 – Reasoning) Set out in easy to photocopy format 4 to a page (sometimes 2 to a page). I use them with my class to start every maths lesson, encouraging discussion and reasoning between students. AND as a cheeky bonus using them means I always have written evidence of students reasoning skills!

A set of four differentiated mazes for student to colour a path through, counting on in tenths or hundredths (or just ones for SEN). Plus a blank grid for students to design their own mazes. Year 4 Learning Objectives:  count up and down in tenths and hundredths.

Plot quadrilaterals and then transform the shape, using this game. Learning Objectives (from New Curriculum) covered are: LO - classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties. LO -  describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant. LO - describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down. LO -  plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon.

A bundle of resources to help with reasoning and visual representations of fractions. Learning Objectives covered: Show using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator up to one whole. Find pairs of fractions that add up to a whole. Solve fraction problems using what I know so far about fractions.

Ten rounding activities, including rounding of decimals, with reasoning and problem solving. Use them to start every maths lesson, encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them means you always have written evidence of students reasoning skills! Set out in easy to photocopy format, 4 to a page (sometimes 2 to a page). Learning Outcomes included are: LO - Solve problems involving rounding (Yr. 4 – Fluency & problem solving) LO – To round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 (Yr. 4 – Fluency) LO – To round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 (Yr. 4 – Reasoning) LO – To be able to reason on rounding facts known (Yr. 4 - Reasoning) LO - Solve problems involving rounding decimals (Yr. 4 – Problem Solving & reasoning)

A bundle of 10 Multiplication talk time activities inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery and Reasoning documents. Perfect for lesson starters to encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them means you always have written evidence of students reasoning skills! Set out in easy to photocopy format, 4 to a page (sometimes 3 to a page). Includes the following Learning Outcomes: LO – Yr. 3 – Problem Solving - Calculate mentally using multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables, including two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers. LO - Yr.3 – Problem Solving & Fluency - Using multiplication and division facts for the 2, 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables, including two-digit numbers multiplied by one-digit numbers to solve problems. LO - Yr.3 – Problem Solving & Reasoning - Solve calculation problems involving multiplication and division, including missing number problems, simple positive integer scaling and simple correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects. LO - Yr. 3 – Problem Solving - Solve number problems using multiplication facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables.

Everything you need for your reciprocal reading unit, contains over 20 differentiated activities organized into the 5 reciprocal reading focuses - Clarify, Summarize, Predict, Questions, Infer, plus addition GPS activities. No cutting - just print and go! Detailed planning for each day matching Learning Objectives from the current NC (2014).