I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
GCSE Ratio - four assorted assessment opportunities, all based on genuine GCSE questions and sample questions. Check in or check out quizzes, class test or homeworks, plus differentiated examples from 2017 exams, suitably altered to avoid learners seeing the real questions before mocks etc.
Introduction to surds and irrational numbers, surds in calculations, surds in trigonometry, surds investigations, surds in brackets, surds and rationalising the denominator. Presentations and worksheets, enough for two, three, maybe more lessons. All clearly presented, and based on current GCSE questions.
Two PowerPoint presentations, each of thirteen questions that are guaranteed to get the learners thinking and talking to each other. Great if used on an interactive whiteboard, with learners taking turns to tackle each problem.
‘Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII.’
Powerpoint introduction with lots of questions and handout, worksheets in Word and pdf, plus lots of real examples of clock faces. All you need to give the learners an initial experience, with recap and reviews.
Algebra on KS2 states:
find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with two unknowns
enumerate possibilities of combinations of two variables.
So I've created a presentation using graphical images for learners to exercise mathematical reasoning to solve missing number problems using all four rules. An accompanying worksheet/activity gives learners practice in the skills. Plus a second activity that has no words, just images, which makes it great for learners to talk to each other, and a PowerPoint presentation of the same problems allows the learners to share their thinking with the whole class. Hence can be used at any age above Year 5.
Standard style lesson plans put into PowerPoint for easy showing in the classroom, printing for handouts etc. All the objectives covering Algebra, Geometry and Measure, and Mensuration and Calculation included. Twenty seven lessons in all.
After getting 'one-star' review on the complementary set, which covers number, ratio etc., I decided to offer a free sample of the first three algebra PowerPoints so you can try them first before you commit to buy them. Find the three free samples here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-free-samples-gcse-higher-tier-specs-and-objectives-in-powerpoint-for-lesson-plans-display-11163392
Year 4 - Geometry – properties of shapes
Two separate bundles of activities covering (a) triangles and (b) quadrilaterals, all for the new KS2 specifications. Specifically written for Year 4, they can easily be used at any level. In Word for editing or PDF for clear copies. Activities, worksheets and assessments, plus a short presentations on triangles and quadrilaterals. The presentations are included as PowerPoints and PDFs, to ensure at least one will open on any computer.
Statutory requirements
Pupils should be taught to:
• compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
Pupils continue to classify shapes using geometrical properties, extending to classifying different triangles (for example, isosceles, equilateral, scalene) and quadrilaterals (for example, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium).
Pupils compare and order angles in preparation for using a protractor and compare lengths and angles to decide if a polygon is regular or irregular.
Maths Key Stage 2 Year 5 - 'interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero.'
Lots of questions, each of real contextual situations, to give the learners practice in developing understanding of negative numbers.
Great for quick revision at any stage.
Standard style lesson plans put into PowerPoint for easy showing in the classroom, printing for handouts etc. All the objectives covering Number, Probability, Statistics, and Ratio, proportion and rates of change included. Twenty seven lessons in all.
All you have to do is add your own particular circumstances, resources etc.
After getting poor feedback, I decided to make the first three as free samples, so do check them out before you buy this full set.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-free-sample-specifications-and-objectives-for-gcse-higher-tier-3-lessons-in-powerpoint-11163375
Big bundle of worksheets/activities to revise or practise trigonometry of right angled triangles, with Pythagoras and sin, cos and tan for finding lengths of sides or angles. In Word or PDF. Great for homework or assessment of learning in the classroom. Now on KS3 but always needs revising in KS4, especially on the new GCSE 9-1 specifications.
• apply Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometric ratios to find angles and lengths in right- angled triangles
Maths Key Stage 2. Lots of questions in the style of SATs from right across the range of papers. Great for revision, practice, or checking learning at later stages, for example KS3 or Foundation GCSE. Using mathematics to solve problems using all four rules.
In Word and PDF for ease of editing or printing.
Mathematics Key Stage 2 Year 6:
use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across zero
solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above.
Everything you need to introduce the next stage, and give learners plenty of practice.
Ordering of fractions for Year 3 of KS2. Revision of work in Year 2, then a PowerPoint presentation with identical worksheet. Use the PowerPoint as answers, or for class work on an interactive board. Great for discussion of equivalences, percentages or decimal equivalences.
Entirely suitable as revision in later years.
Specs:
'compare and order unit fractions, and fractions with the same denominators'
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
They begin to understand unit and non-unit fractions as numbers on the number line, and deduce relations between them, such as size and equivalence. They should go beyond the [0, 1] interval.
Full lesson of activity.
Presentation with 52 slides and around fifty questions covering basic concepts of percentages, including fractional and decimal equivalents. Simple questions to develop fluency, misconceptions to correct, simple applications and written problems. Each slide followed by solution slide.
Plus a clone of the questions in Word and as a PDF for further practise. So around 100 questions in total, with plenty of repetition and plenty of new questions slotted in. Plus answers for printing or otherwise.
Originally produced for Functional Skills Levels 1 & 2 but entirely suitable for other groups.
Easily editable into four different lessons for revisiting at a later date.
Dividing a fraction by a fraction.
Ever wonder why we 'flip and multiply'? Not many people seem to do so, and learners are too happy to follow the rules, and forget the rules. 'When do I do this and when do I do that?'
Here is a colourful diagrammatic presentation that recaps on dividing by unit fractions, then goes on to illustrate why we multiply by the denominator, and divide by the numerator, ie 'flip and multiply'. Give your learners the 'why' and they might remember the 'when'!
Questions at every point for class discussion and teacher explanation, and a set of questions at the end for learners to try, with full answers.
Plus differentiated worksheet, two exercises, one just proper fractions, one mixed numbers.
Ratio can be difficult for the learners, and especially so since it has become a more significant element of GCSE.
Using tables to help structure the questions is a new and extremely useful approach, one that many learners have found beneficial.
The questions are all adapted and reconfigured from past papers, and although originally set at GCSE they are equally useful for KS3.
The files consist of a presentation to demonstrate the method, plus worksheets at both Foundation and Higher Tier. All files are also included as PDFs so will appear the same on any operating system.
If some of the questions look relatively easy, there can be a huge difference between papers - those aimed at the top grades and those questions aimed at the middle.
A great lesson for getting the learners to work together and do it for themselves. A matching card activity to get them started on a discussion of inequalities. A poster and a PowerPoint display are provided to remind learners of the symbols. An animated PowerPoint presentation of the solutions allows learners to say what they have before the answer pops up. A worksheet provides for consolidation of learning. And finally a quiz is provided for plenary, or recap at the start of the next lesson.
This whole lesson always goes down very well in my classroom! And no work for teacher, after preparing the materials that is!
