I'm a teacher of 10 years in Mathematics and various other subjects. I have a Masters in Education as well as being a professional lesson content creator. All lessons I create I use myself as well as share to my own department. I'm always looking to better my lessons in such elements as: the quality of content; quantity; engagement of the pupils; exam prep; efficiency of the lesson; retention curve; accessibility and challenge and various others. I have big plans for Blacksmith Maths.
I'm a teacher of 10 years in Mathematics and various other subjects. I have a Masters in Education as well as being a professional lesson content creator. All lessons I create I use myself as well as share to my own department. I'm always looking to better my lessons in such elements as: the quality of content; quantity; engagement of the pupils; exam prep; efficiency of the lesson; retention curve; accessibility and challenge and various others. I have big plans for Blacksmith Maths.
Two lessons
Rationalising the denominator
Rationalising the denominator (Binomials)
Each lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion tasks
Definitions and examples
Visual aid
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Exit ticket
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Bundle includes
Lesson 1 - Averages and range from small data set
Lesson 2 - Frequency tables
Lesson 3 - Grouped data
Each Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Exit ticket
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Two lessons
Changing the subject
Changing the subject of more complex equations (includes factorsing)
Each lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion tasks
Definitions and examples
Visual aid
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Exit ticket
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Bundle includes:
6 lessons and 2 homeworks
Lesson 1 - Area and perimeter
Lesson 2 - Area and circumference of circles
Lesson 3 - Volume of prisms
Lesson 4 - Surface area of prisms
Lesson 5 - Volume of spheres, cones and pyramids.
Lesson 6 - Volume of compound shapes
After this bundle of lessons students should not only be able to calculate volume and surface area of a vast amount of shapes. They will also gain a deeper understanding of area, perimeter, volume and surface area.
Please review and follow
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Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL misconception task
AfL whiteboard
Differentiated worksheet and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Plenary
FUSE
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This lesson is designed to teach students about Geometric sequences This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This includes generating and finding the nth term. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion tasks
Definitions and examples
Visual aid
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Exit ticket
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Plenary
FUSE
Reasonings
Please review and follow
For more resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/osmith25
This bundle of lessons is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about HCF and LCM through Venn diagram method, all of the operations with standard form and the whole unit of surds. This is a complete unit of work with lessons, worksheets, homeworks, review lesson and assessment. Each lesson includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lessons are suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
Bundle includes
Lesson 1 - Prime decomposition
Lesson 2 - HCF and LCM
Lesson 3 - Writing standard form
Lesson 4 - Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing standard form
Lesson 5 - Introductions to surds
Lesson 6 - Simplifying surds
Lesson 7 - Rationalising surds
Lesson 8 - Rationalising surds (Binomials)
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion tasks
Definitions and examples
Visual aid
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Exit ticket
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Area and circumference of circles
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Starter
Parts of circle handout
Definitions and examples
Investigation of area and circumference
AfL whiteboard
Differentiated Questions with solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Plenary
FUSE
Homework sheet with solutions (questions, challenge, problem solver, exam style questions)
Please review and follow
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Homework includes:
Title, name, due date
Questions
Challenge questions
Problem solver
Exam style questions
-Solutions for all
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Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL quick fire questions
Treasure hunt worksheet with solution
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Plenary
FUSE
Homework included (title, name, due date, questions, challenge, problem solver, exam style questions, solutions)
Please review and follow
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Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL quick fire questions
AfL whiteboard
Treasure hunt activity
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Plenary
FUSE
Please leave a review
For more resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/osmith25
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Please review and follow
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Sheet includes
Starter questions
Differentiated levels of questions
Challenging questions
Problem solver
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic - questions
Solutions included
The worksheets included go through the entire surds topic for GCSE. It is also great for AS mathematics as a recap. Each worksheet has a lesson that links to it. The lessons are £3 and include these worksheets.
Topics included
L1 - Adding and subtracting surds
L2 - Simplifying surds
L3 - Rationalising the denominator
L4 - Rationalising the denominator (Binomials)
H1 - No rationalising denominator of (Binomials)
H2 - Entire Surds topic
Extra - Codebreaker
Extra - Escape room
Worksheets include
Starter questions
Differentiated worksheet
Challenge questions
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic questions
Problem solvers
Solutions
Word and PDF versions
Worksheets included. Each worksheet has a lesson that links to it. The lessons are £3 and include these worksheets. Next to the worksheets below are the links to the lessons.
L1 - Addition an subtraction of decimals - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/adding-and-subtracting-decimals-lesson-bundle-12062205
L2 - Multiplying decimals - Chinese box method - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/multiplying-decimals-lesson-bundle-12038887
L3 - Dividing decimals - Short division - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dividing-decimals-lesson-bundle-12064449
L4 - Ordering and comparing decimals - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ordering-and-comparing-decimals-lesson-bundle-12075013
L5 - Rounding and significant figures - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rounding-and-significant-figures-lesson-bundle-12367322
L6 - Estimation - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/estimation-lesson-bundle-12367325
H1 - Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals homework
H2 - Ordering and comparing decimals, rounding and significant figures and estimation homework
Extra - Assessment included
Worksheets include
Starter questions
Differentiated worksheet
Challenge questions
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic questions
Problem solvers
Solutions
Word and PDF versions
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This lesson is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about multiplying fractions. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This resource goes back through multiplying integers. The method taught in this lesson is multiply numerators together and multiply denominators together. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Lesson plan (QTS and NQT ready)
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
This assessment will test students ability to calculate the HCF anf LCM. It will also take students through all the operations with standard form and the surds topic.
Assessment includes
Topic skill questions
Applied questions
Mark Scheme breakdown
Mark Scheme
Reflection page