Catchphrase quizzing activity on writing error intervals. Answers and catchphrase are provided. Students need to write the error intervals for the rounded numbers. I sometimes change the image below to a picture of famous person to add more variation to the game. Students either as individuals or small groups answers questions to reveal part of an image. The more questions the students answer the more of the image is revealed. The winner is the person who manages to say what they see and guess the catch phrase. I’ve included the answer to each catchphrase in the notes box, as well as answers on the second page.

I've designed this resource to allow students to discover through the trigonometric ratio's the exact trig values they now need to remember for their GCSE examinations. Afterwards there is a quick memory technique I use with students to help them quickly find the trig value in an exam situation. The resource then in includes a catch phrase activity where the students have to state either the trig values, ratios or key facts about the trig ratios. The answers are on the slide that follow it. Then to finish there is an application on how this could be seen in an exam situation including answers. I hope you find this resource as useful as my current year 10 and 11 students have. Miss B

This is a 10 question quiz and 1 tie breaker question. The questions are all based around order of operations (BIDMAS / BODMAS) and start simple with no brackets, then with brackets and then insert the brackets. Every slide has two questions on, one for team 1 and another for team 2. Each question has 3 possible answers. Click the answer the team has chosen for it to highlight green if correct or red if incorrect. This allows you to open the question up to the other team to steal the point if you wish. I've design it so both teams have similar questions with different numbers at the same time to help prevent any students from being sat there not doing anything. I often ask all students to write their answer for their teams question on a whiteboard and take the majority answer from the team. This again means every student is participating. Each slide also has a star timer at the top. Each star represents 10 seconds and they gradually disappear. I hope you enjoy the quiz Miss B

This is a 10 question quiz and 1 tie breaker question. The questions are all based around expanding single brackets and start simple at 2(x+3) and progress to 3(x+4)-2(x-5). Every slide has two questions on, one for team 1 and another for team 2. Each question has 3 possible answers. Click the answer the team has chosen for it to highlight green if correct or red if incorrect. This allows you to open the question up to the other team to steal the point if you wish. I've design it so both teams have similar questions with different numbers at the same time to help prevent any students from being sat there not doing anything. I often ask all students to write their answer for their teams question on a whiteboard and take the majority answer from the team. This again means every student is participating. Each slide also has a star timer at the top. Each star represents 10 seconds and they gradually disappear. I hope you enjoy the quiz Miss B

Catchphrase quizzing strategy on adding and subtracting negative numbers. (Available in bundle of three catchphrases) I sometimes change the image below to a picture of famous person to add more variation to the game. Students either as individuals or small groups answers questions to reveal part of an image. The more questions the students answer the more of the image is revealed. The winner is the person who manages to say what they see and guess the catch phrase. I’ve included the answer to each catchphrase in the notes box, as well as answers on the second page.

Updated 13th September (All answers are provided) I’ve designed this Lesson to allow students to explore multiplying and dividing negative numbers building up from the basic pictorial through the use of counters and coming to identifying quicker methods/ rules. This then leads to 6 basic examples of mutliplication questions such as -2 x 3 and -2 x -3. The examples are broken into to groups of 2 and are each followed by four questions for students to try. Answers are given with full pictorial and written solutions. This leads to a class discussion on quicker methods now that they why is understood. Student have the pictorial to fall back on if they get stuck. There is then a similar structure for division of negative numbers. A true or false activity to be used as a discussion point over the generalisation of how rules work. There is a Bingo quiz activity which can be used to help stop misconceptions before the main differentiated activity. The resource then in includes a differentiated focused activity which progressively gets harder. This gives students a chance to master and enhance their skills. It includes 5 separate sections a skill 1, 2 & 3 and a stretch 1 & 2. These are all displayed on the same slide for ease of use. Then to finish there is an application on how this could be seen in an exam situation including answers. I hope you find this resource as useful as my students have. Miss B Bonus Materials There is an extra challenge slide of an multiplication grid of negative numbers. There is also a mixed challenge activity to be used with students once they have learnt how to add, subtract, multiply and divide negative numbers. I have attached printable versions of the grid I use throughout the slides. I often laminate them for the students to do the examples with me in lessons)

Catchphrase quizzing strategy on multiplying and dividing negative numbers. (Available in bundle of three catchphrases) I sometimes change the image below to a picture of famous person to add more variation to the game. Students either as individuals or small groups answers questions to reveal part of an image. The more questions the students answer the more of the image is revealed. The winner is the person who manages to say what they see and guess the catch phrase. I’ve included the answer to each catchphrase in the notes box, as well as answers on the second page.

Catchphrase quizzing strategy on expanding single brackets. (Available in bundle of three catchphrases) Answers and catchphrase provided. I sometimes change the image below to a picture of famous person to add more variation to the game. Students either as individuals or small groups answers questions to reveal part of an image. The more questions the students answer the more of the image is revealed. The winner is the person who manages to say what they see and guess the catch phrase. I’ve included the answer to each catchphrase in the notes box, as well as answers on the second page.

(All answers are provided) I've designed this lesson to build up students knowledge of simplifying algebraic expressions by collecting like terms. It begins with a stock take scenario after a robbery and students having to find an expression for the value of missing items to give to the police. This is built up slowly with having to categorise the items not taken, think about quicker ways they could do this and then look at the difference between two stock takes of the items. This then leads into a discussion of the definitions a variable, term and expression. Leading to a discussion opportunity as to whether some expressions displayed on the board could be written differently. There is then a true false activity to discuss and hammer out algebraic notation misconceptions. Leading to 8 different examples of increasing difficulty fully modelled (Delete as appropriate for the class level) After each pair of examples there are two miniature whiteboard questions (16 mini white board questions in total) This then leads to an interactive board game where the students have to come to the board or work in teams to select the expressions which simplify to make a certain expression. There is then a tarsia activity attached. The resource then in includes a differentiated focused activity which progressively gets harder. This gives students a chance to master and enhance their skills. It includes 5 separate sections a skill 1& 2 and a stretch 1 and 2. These are all displayed on the same slide for ease of use. Then to finish there is an application on how this could be seen in an exam situation including answers. I hope you find this resource as useful as my students have. Miss B

Catchphrase quizzing strategy on add, subtract, multiply and divide negative numbers. (Available in bundle of three catchphrases) I sometimes change the image below to a picture of famous person to add more variation to the game. Students either as individuals or small groups answers questions to reveal part of an image. The more questions the students answer the more of the image is revealed. The winner is the person who manages to say what they see and guess the catch phrase. I’ve included the answer to each catchphrase in the notes box, as well as answers on the second page.

Updated 22nd September 2017 (All answers are provided) I've designed this lesson to build up students knowledge of forming algebraic expressions. It begins with identifying what the different mathematical algebraic terms are. This then leads to discussion over expressions and what they represent through looking at unknown quantities. Students are then asked to pretend they are waiters and to take the orders of the their peers. I then have a discussion about how we could speed up noting information down and look at how the letters used don't have to be the first letter of a word. We then look at scenarios of what expressions could mean in terms of age. Now to examples, pictures are used in examples where appropriate to help embed understanding. 2 simple worded examples lead to mini whiteboard questions 3 worded examples lead to mini whiteboard questions. 2 shape examples lead to mini whiteboard questions. There is a pointless quiz activity with two rounds which can be used to help stop misconceptions before the main differentiated activity. (Teacher Guidance notes are within the slides for this activity, however it's pretty straight forward if you have seen the TV show.) The resource then in includes a differentiated focused activity which progressively gets harder. This gives students a chance to master and enhance their skills. It includes 5 separate sections a skill 1, 2 & 3 and a stretch. These are all displayed on the same slide for ease of use. Then to finish there is an application on how this could be seen in an exam situation including answers. I hope you find this resource as useful as my students have. Miss B

(All answers are provided) I've designed this lesson to build up students knowledge of expanding single brackets. It begins with a stopwatch starter where students need to to answer three simplifying algebraic expression questions. This then leads to discussion over methods you could use to answer numerical questions such as 3(5-2). I'm very much aware that there are 3 different common approaches to teaching expanding brackets. I've included 4 examples for each of the following methods (12 different examples). I know the method I teach sometimes varies on the class I am teaching. 1) Algebra tiles - Explanation slides of how to multiply with algebra tiles, 4 progressively harder expanding bracket examples with algebra tiles and 4 mini whiteboard questions for the students to do themselves with algebra tile solutions. 2) Grid Method - 4 progressively harder examples of expanding brackets using the grid method, 5 mini white board questions 3)Claw/Arrow method - 4 progressively harder examples of expanding brackets using claw method and the same 5 mini white board questions as the grid method. This then leads to three tick or trash questions, where the students need to select which person has answered the question correctly and discuss what the misconception of the other person was. There is then a matching quiz interactive activity where students can come to the board, selected two cards and see if they are a pair. If they are leave them turned over, if not click the cards again to turn them back over. The resource then in includes a differentiated focused activity which progressively gets harder. This gives students a chance to master and enhance their skills. It includes 5 separate sections a skill 1, 2 & 3 and a stretch. These are all displayed on the same slide for ease of use. Then to finish there is an application on how this could be seen in an exam situation with 4 exam style questions including answers. I hope you find this resource as useful as my students have. Miss B

(All answers are provided) I've designed this lesson to build up students knowledge of expanding double brackets. It begins with a picture activity as the students come into the classroom they have to connect the images to figure out what the lesson is about (This is optional) It begins with a stopwatch starter where students need to to answer four simplifying and expanding algebraic expression questions. I'm very much aware that there are several different common approaches to teaching expanding brackets. I've included examples for each of the following methods. I know the method I teach sometimes varies on the class I am teaching. Feel free to swap the order and delete the examples you don't want, I felt it was important to give options though. Form x^3+bx^2+cx+d 1) Grid Method - 3 progressively harder examples 2)FOIL/Crabs claw method - 3 progressively harder examples The there are 3 questions for students to try in book. Form ax^3+bx^2+cx d 1) Grid Method - 2 progressively harder examples 2)FOIL/Half moon - 2 progressively harder examples The there are 3 questions for students to try in book. This then leads to two tick or trash questions, where the students need to select which person has answered the question correctly and discuss what the misconception of the other person was. There is then a n interactive wheel of fortune quizzing activity where students can come to the board. Spin the wheel, click the section it lands on, answer the question and total their points. The resource then in includes a differentiated focused activity which progressively gets harder. This gives students a chance to master and enhance their skills. It includes 5 separate sections a skill 1 & 2 and a stretch 1. These are all displayed on the same slide for ease of use. Then to finish there is an application on how this could be seen in an exam situation with 2 exam style questions including answers. I hope you find this resource as useful as my students have. Miss B

(All answers are provided) I've designed this lesson to build up students knowledge of expanding double brackets. It begins with a stopwatch starter where students need to to answer four simplifying and expanding algebraic expression questions. This then leads to discussion over methods you could use to answer numerical questions such as (2+3)(1+2). Then there is a product and sum activity. (3 questions where students need to find the product and sum and 3 questions where students have to work backwards from being given the product and sum) I'm very much aware that there are several different common approaches to teaching expanding brackets. I've included examples for each of the following methods. I know the method I teach sometimes varies on the class I am teaching. Feel free to swap the order and delete the examples you don't want, I felt it was important to give options though. Form x^2+bx+c 1) Algebra tiles - Explanation slides of how to multiply with algebra tiles, 3 progressively harder expanding bracket examples with algebra tiles and 5 mini whiteboard questions with both written and algebra tile solutions. (These 5 whiteboard questions can be used even if not teaching with algebra tile approach) 2) Grid Method - 3 progressively harder examples 3)FOIL/Half moon - 3 progressively harder examples 4 questions for students to try in book. Form ax^2+bx+c 1) Algebra tiles - 2 progressively harder expanding bracket examples with algebra tiles and 2 mini whiteboard questions with both written and algebra tile solutions. (These whiteboard questions can be used even if not teaching with algebra tile approach) 2) Grid Method - 2 progressively harder examples 3)FOIL/Half moon - 2 progressively harder examples 4 questions for students to try in book. This then leads to two tick or trash questions, where the students need to select which person has answered the question correctly and discuss what the misconception of the other person was. There is then a n interactive wheel of fortune quizzing activity where students can come to the board. Spin the wheel, click the section it lands on, answer the question and total their points. The resource then in includes a differentiated focused activity which progressively gets harder. This gives students a chance to master and enhance their skills. It includes 5 separate sections a skill 1 & 2 and a stretch 1 & 2. These are all displayed on the same slide for ease of use. Then to finish there is an application on how this could be seen in an exam situation with 2 exam style questions including answers. I hope you find this resource as useful as my students have. Miss B