I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
set of 5 days' lessons revising informal multiplication methods and teaching formal short and long multiplication methods, with opportunities to apply these strategies to a series of differentiated Word Problems.
All Worksheets are differentiated 4 ways for ability and include answers to ease marking.
A set of 5 days' lessons revising informal multiplication methods and teaching formal short and long multiplication methods, with opportunities to apply these strategies to a series of differentiated Word Problems.
All Worksheets are differentiated 4 ways for ability and include answers to ease marking.
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To use short division.
- To identify different long division methods.
Main Lesson:
- To divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division (Year 6)
-To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter focusing on using applying long division and a connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long division methods
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach three different long division methods and to assess the children’s ability to solve long division problems when applied to decimal numbers.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations where children are expected to solve a series long division of decimal numbers (including a Challenge Activity where children divided by decimal numbers), and two Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on a previous SATs question, which requires children to decode a long division word problem using mastery techniques.
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To use short division.
- To identify different long division methods.
Main Lesson:
- To divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division (Year 6)
- To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter focusing on using applying short division to decimals and a connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long division methods
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach three different long division methods and to assess the children’s ability to solve long division problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series long division problems, and two Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous SATs questions, which requires children to apply their knowledge of long division.
A collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 4 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem, while the other 1 sets are Word problems relating to formal written division.
LO's covered include:
To use short or long division
To solve Word problems requiring formal written division (Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 4 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem, while the other 1 sets are Word problems relating to formal written division.
LO's covered include:
To use short or long division
To solve Word problems requiring formal written division (Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
20 sets of complete lessons (4 x 5 days) covering current National Curriculum expectations for teaching Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, formal short and long multiplication and formal short and long division.
Each week ends with either an investigation of Word Problems linked to the topic studied.
Every lesson includes:
- a Starter based on Arithmetic and / or previous learning and a Connect Activity designed to activate the children's interest in the topic being covered that day.
- two interactive teaching presentations designed to run on either Smartboard's Interactive Whiteboard or Promethean ActivInspire software.
- a detailed 4 way differentiated lesson plan including all relevant learning objectives and AfL / next step opportunities.
- a 4 way differentiated worksheet designed to cater for the learning of virtually all children in Year 5 or Year 6 regardless of ability.
LOs:
Starter:
To read and write numbers up to 1,000,000 (Y5)
To read and write numbers up to 10,000,000 (Y6)
Main Lesson:
round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 (Year 5)
round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy (Year 6)
understand and use place value for decimals (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
- A connect / starter PowerPoint where children write numbers up to 1,000,000 / 10,000,000 as digits in words.
- An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire teaching the conventions of rounding up to 10,000 (differentiated 3 ways for ability
- A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks where children round numbers up to 100,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 100, 1000, 10000 and decimals to nearest 1, 0.1, 0.01
- An AFL / Next Steps task where children apply their knowledge to real life population problems.
NB Updated 27/6/17
- UKS2 Term 1 - Week 1 -Day 2 Starter - 3 pasting errors on answer page,
- Upper Key Stage 2 Week 1 Day 2 - Rounding whole numbers accurately - independent task – 1 rounding error – Developing c1
A collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 4 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem and one set are Word problems relating to formal written methods of short and long division .
LO's covered include:
To use short or long division.
To solve Word problems requiring formal written division methods(Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
A set of Promethean ActivInspire Flipcharts and Smartboard Notebook files to allow you to:
revise prior knowledge of short and long division methods.
teach formal written short and long division.
decode Word problems effectively
layout work neatly in exercise books
solve Word problems relating to short and long multi-digit division.
LOs include:
To use short or long division.
To solve Word problems requiring formal written division methods(Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
A set of 5 day's lessons covering:
- short and long division
- finding fractions from remainders
- rounding up or down after division in Word problems depending on context.
- the use of estimation / rounding, inverse operations / informal methods to check answers.
Revision of:
-Metric conversions
-Rounding to nearest 1, 10, 100, 1000, 1000
-Quick mental arithmetic using all four operations.
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To use long division with decimals.
Main Lesson:
- To solve Word problems requiring formal written division methods (Year 5 and Year 6)
- To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter series of short of progressively harder division problems and their answers. A connect activity getting children to identify as many different words that can used for division.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short and long division when answering word problems and to test the children’s ability to solve short and long division Word problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of short and long division Word problems. More Able children will have to complete multistep problems. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous a SATs question, to allow to assess children’s learning with regard to long division methods.
LOs:
Starter:
To add and subtract large numbers
Main Lesson:
To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts (Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter recapping on subtraction and addition of large numbers and 2 connect activities recapping on the different ways that addition and subtraction can be written, plus a set of differentiated word problems to allow children to work in pairs to decode, allowing you to establish children’s understanding of Word problems.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to establish an effective way to lay-out calculations and to test the children’s ability to apply column subtraction and addition to work problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of Word problems (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of multi-step (developing single step) addition and subtraction problems.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on a 2014 SATs question, which requires simple division in addition to subtraction.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To perform (mental) calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers.
Main Lesson:
- To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (Year 5)
- To use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations (Year 6)
- To use the 4 operations, including formal written methods, applied to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations. A connect activity getting children to consider how they might check answers using informal methods and inverse operations.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach when to use inverse operations and when to use informal methods in order to check calculations. .
A 4 way differentiated series of calculation checks where the children take on the role of a teacher, marking a series of sums, and showing the inverse operations / informal methods that they have used to check the answers. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task introducing the idea of using estimation to check problems where miscalculations are linked to Place Value.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To perform (mental) calculations.
- To recognise prime numbers
Main Lesson:
To know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers (Year 5)
To identify prime numbers and (prime) factors (Year 6)
To use the concepts and vocabulary of factors, prime numbers and prime factorisation (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations and revision of highest common factors. A connect activity getting children to identify the correct and incorrect definitions of prime numbers and a second Connect to get children explain why a specific number is prime or not. .
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to recognise prime numbers, composite numbers and prime factors and how to use factor trees to identify the latter..
A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to identify prime numbers, composite numbers and prime factors. Answer sheet provided to support marking.
Two AFL / Next Steps tasks, introducing multistep calculations based around prime numbers and a second revising the definitions from start of lesson.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To perform (mental) calculations.
- To recognise multiples
Main Lesson:
- To identify common multiples (Year 5 and Year 6)
- To use the concepts and vocabulary of multiples, common multiples and lowest common multiple (KS3
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations. A connect activity getting children to identify the correct and incorrect definitions of multiples and a second Connect to get children identify the first 3 multiples of common times tables.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to find multiples, common multiples and lowest common multiples, and how these can be identified from lists and using Venn Diagrams.
A 4 way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to identify multiples (LA) common multiples of 2 (LA) and 3 digit numbers (MA, HA) and lowest common multiples of 3 and 4 different numbers (HA). Answer sheet provided to support marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task reviewing the definitions of multiples, common multiples, and lowest common multiples.
A set of 5 days’ lessons covering:
- multiples, common multiples and lowest common multiples.
- factors, common factors, highest common factor.
- prime numbers and prime factors
- solving multi-step calculations involving brackets and orders / powers.
- solving multi-step calculations including all four operations, brackets and orders / powers.
Revision of:
Squared and Cubed Numbers
Additional PowerPoint Presentations showing:
- how to find prime factors using factor trees
- how to use BODMAS when solving multistep calculation problems.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To perform (mental) calculations.
- To revise factors, multiples and prime factors.
Main Lesson:
- To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign (Year 5)
- To use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations (Year 6)
- To use conventional notation for the priority of operations, including brackets, powers and roots (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder, multi-step calculations and revision of common factors, common multiples and prime factors. A connect activity getting children to begin to understand why it is necessary to have a specific order when undertaking multi-step calculations.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach how to apply BODMAS to brackets and orders / powers. This includes a PowerPoint presentation showing defining, explaining and applying BODMAS to two different calculations.
A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to use BODMAS to carry out multi step calculations with all four operations, with brackets, squared and cube numbers and how to balance equations. A stretch challenge including square roots. Answer sheet provided to support marking.
A final AFL / Next Steps task, asking children to correct mistakes in 3 multi-step calculations.
A set of 5 days' lessons covering:
- short and long division
- finding fractions from remainders
- rounding up or down after division in Word problems depending on context.
- the use of estimation / rounding, inverse operations / informal methods to check answers.
Revision of:
-Metric conversions
-Rounding to nearest 1, 10, 100, 1000, 1000
-Quick mental arithmetic using all four operations.
A set of 5 lessons covering:
- multiples, common multiples and lowest common multiples.
- factors, common factors, highest common factor.
- prime numbers and prime factors
- solving multi-step calculations involving brackets and orders / powers.
- solving multi-step calculations including all four operations, brackets and orders / powers.
Revision of:
Squared and Cubed Numbers
Additional PowerPoint Presentations showing:
- how to find prime factors using factor trees
- how to use BODMAS when solving multistep calculation problems.