There are sixteen pairs of expressions on the target board. Students have to identify the sixteen pairs. This can be done as a target board whole class activity or printed onto card and cut out to allow tables or pairs to match the cards.

Set of cards for sharing out to the whole class. They work out the answers for their cards. You show the PowerPoint which gives the prompts and the students have to hand back their cards as theirs come up. Pretty simple but the kids love it. It wouldn't take much to edit the cards docx to turn it into a back up worksheet so that something can be put into their book.

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Three questions presented with worked solutions. Each solution has at least one mistake in it. Your students need to spot the mistakes. PowerPoint and Word WS version

There two versions of this. One shows the graphs and then on next click shows the equation. The other shows the equations and then on next click shows the graph. Get the the students to show the answers on their whiteboards before you display the answer.

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"When the equation appears, make the shape of the graph with your arms, body and or legs and if the graph is raised up (translation) then jump up. If it is a translation down then crouch down." There are three versions of the PPT with different ways of presenting the graphs. This is not my original idea. I first saw it done with quadratic and other curved graphs. I just adapted the idea to make resources to only show linear graphs. You'll find the quadratic graph dancing routine on another contributors resources. This is a huge amount of fun for the class. You can lead them from the front at first, but very soon they can lead and even choreograph their own routines.. Hence the story board for them to plan their routines. Then get them to choose their own music and video their routines. Awesome! (Does fill up a lot of time though which is rarely justified)

The rabbits WS asks some questions like if there are 2x rabbits today and x leave the burrow how many are left. etc. The Mini Questions are a simple starter for students to put into algebra some simple expressions. The PPT can be used to show the possible answers for them to choose from if you need it. The starter.docx is a simple starter to get them thinking about different expressions. The PPTx is the answers. Explain These PPTx is a great starter to check understanding of different similar expressions like 4x and x^4. My AlgebraicExpressions is a nice intro resource for expressions. I used this by showing each slide one by one and getting the class to all write what they think the solutions are on their whiteboards. After playing this the worksheet is used to back it up into their exercise books.

Collecting Like Terms Match Pairs Game. Notebook = find the matching simplified expressions by unhiding the expressions or the simplifications. Students can come out and unhide two. If they match they get another go. Good for memory as well as improving Maths skills Algebra Match Expressions Yes No Game.pptx is a simple game where each slide shows a pair of expressions. They either match or don't. Students indicate "Yes" or "No". They seem to love this - especially if you make it so they run to the left of the room for yes or run to the right for no. To add challenge get them to indicate yes or no on their whiteboards and then justify their answer. Or show the slide and then say "Think" and only allow them to hold up a yes or no card when you say "Show". This avoids them just copying their friends. Algebra Match Race Game is simply share out the cards and then show the slides on the PPT. There should be five cards which match each slide. First student to hand it in wins. The A4 answer sheet shows what the right answers will be. There is a matching "SuperChallenge" worksheet to use for this (with answers). This sheet is quite hard to complete. Simplifying Algebraic Expressions35Q's.pptx is the answers for a matching worksheet. Simplification&Expansion.PPTX is the answers for a matching worksheet. There are two versions of the WS. Original is all on one sheet of A4. The newer version has each section on a different page which is better if they are writing into their books rather than writing on the whole A4 sheet.

Quite a simple worksheet which was created to address particular misconceptions and common errors in algebraic simplifications. Used as a starter assessment. Enjoy

Pretty simple resource but might be just what you need... 7 questions - one per slide - involving rectangle, lengths, areas and perimeters which lend themselves to be solved using algebra. Enjoy

There is always a confusion between quadrilaterals such as Parallelograms, Squares and Rhombuses. When drawn on grid paper they can get mixed up. Hence this activity. I've collected all the resources I've used for this so there is a good mix and you will be able to use/adapt most of this for your classes. Enjoy I've also added PDF versions of the SMART files (November 2016) If you like this then check out my many other activities listed on my TES Resources Shop (Stewsterthebear) which includes many free and Premium resources which will save you lots of time and give you some useful ideas. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Stewsterthebear If you find this resource useful then please do leave a constructive review so that others can benefit from your experience. Thank you.

It is what it is! Display on the board and discuss! Enjoy

Really fun lesson which the students enjoyed. Used in several different ways with different ages but the basic principle is the same...Get the the students sat in groups of two or four. Give them a set of cards with different sized angles on (between 0 and 360 degrees). Then ask them to quickly grab and show a set of cards which satisfy the criteria displayed on the PowerPoint. E.g. "Give me a Right angle crew" needs two or more angles which add up to 90 degrees. Winning tables (first or most creative) wins points. At some point in the lesson tell them to all grab one card and then put away the rest. Then get them all up and get them to make up crews with anyone in the room. Loads of fun !!! Note that Crews can be any size.. i.e. you can have a Crew of one angle or a Crew made up of six angles etc. The Crew idea seemed to go down really well with the students. I also downloaded some music clips from the cartoon to add a bit more fun to the lesson. I hand wrote the angles onto small playing card sized cards. Each table needs about 12 or so cards depending on what questions you ask. This can be adapted for simple stuff like right angle crews and straight crews or made more difficult like 360 degrees. I allowed one class to write on blank cards which added more and as a result of this I had a table who started writing negative number angles on which I thought was pretty creative. The two worksheets can be used to back it up afterwards so that there is something in their exercise book to consolidate the ideas. They are in Word rather than PDF so you can easily adapt them for your learners.

Really good practical idea/resource to use when introducing solving linear equations. I used it after we had already done a little algebra and so this exercise was to link together the practical, the visual, the algebra and explaining in words. Each pair has an A4 laminate of the Scales.gif and a envelope of 10 weights and about 10 gold blocks (Resources.jpeg). You'll need to print these out, laminate and cut out. Then the TaskSheet.docx goes in to the pupil exercise books. The students use the practical resources to come up with balancing scales and then reproduce them in their books. They then choose one to present as a poster on A4 (POSTER.docx) . I gave them all a black and white copy of the poster first and once corrected they could do again "best" on the colour copy. After that we scanned the posters in and then choose examples to set them to the class as the starter for the next day. This is what my written feedback said after being observed by my Head as a part of a learning walk: "Areas of good practice: -High quality resource which was visual and involved pupils in a practical activity -Pupil choice -Pupils making up their own questions -Pupils working collaboratively -Use of Magenta Principle CHANGE where pupils had to alter a set of variables and CONNECT where they used the information given and previous learning." I found this resource in the cupboard but it had no instructions so I came up with this idea to use it.

This isn't my idea but I really like it. It can be used by a range of ages. You can set harder questions like "only use fractions" or "you have to use negatives". The Word doc is some sample solutions for you to get an idea from. Enjoy

This is about 12 hours of my work. I hope that you can see how it would be used in one or several of your lessons. The main is 18 Higher Maths GCSE standard exemplar questions on solving simultaneous linear and quadratic equations. I've done the work for you by researching questions from past papers. I've then written solutions and ranked them according to difficulty. I've provided a flow chart for the students to attempt. I've indicated which questions they should all do and which questions are available for additional practice and familiarity if time allows. This illustrates "Maths Mastery" as only the questions needed are presented and it is clear what the progression is or what the "milestones" are in this topic. I think that it's a comprehensive list of the types of question needed at GCSE. The other mastery (Plenary?) questions are of all the concepts involved. I would present as either questions on the board or as questions on individual cards for them to discuss. The starter would probably be the linear equations domino cards. They would remind students of how to check that solutions fit and what different methods there are for solving. The starter I wanted to create but never got around to is presenting a series of curves and lines on cards and getting the students to match up and look for the simultaneous solutions. The top tips are an idea given by an experienced HOD who told me to make sure that the students know exactly what is needed for the examination. The Glossary took some time to research and write. I kept adding to it throughout my preparation so I think it's pretty comprehensive. I used a MEP CIMT resource as a basis of my preparation. Many thanks for them - the URL is given. I never got around to making the matching PowerPoint presentation but I have given the URL of an example from TES resources which I would use as a basis for planning mine. The graph drawings on the SMART Notebook I think could provide quite a lot of inspiration for some good starters or even further study - hence I've provided the SMART so that you can edit them. The main assessment would be the GCSE Sample question. I recognise that I didn't create the question however I have provided the written exemplar solution for you. I prepared this ready for a GCSE Y10 Interview lesson which I withdrew from a couple of days before the interview. Hence the bulk of the work has been done but it's not complete and needs a little bit more input. The lesson plan suits my style of teaching but it isn't finished. Any questions about this then please make contact.

This was used for a Y7 interview lesson, but could easily be adapted for any age probably between Y5 to Y10 depending on ability. It is rich in discussion, engagement and activity so ticks a lot of boxes. The lesson plan includes a full commentary on what is going on so you will be able to show what you were trying to achieve. It also lists a number of ideas to use next lesson to show that you have thought about "where next". It is full of many activities - more than you could possibly achieve in a lesson - so it is pretty comprehensive. I last used it two years ago and have since learnt a lot more about Maths Mastery, lesson planning, engagement and challenge, etc and as yet haven't updated this resource to accommodate these improvements. So it is up to you to pick and choose the bits you want to use. However, the basic change I would make if I used this now would be to reduce it down to one starter, one main and one plenary and then focus more on achieving a more specific learning objective and then assessing progress on this. So I wouldn't actually change the bits I would use now - just cut out many of the other bits. In other words by buying this you are getting a superb bundle of resources. Use the lesson PowerPoint to prompt you for the order for the lesson. Most of the activities mentioned in the lesson plan and PowerPoint are included - (I couldn't locate them all). The runaround activity mentioned but not completely there is simply place the names of the 10 quadrilaterals around the room. The students are then given lots of property cards and have to go around the room putting the cards with the right quadrilaterals. This does work very well. All of this does represent a huge amount of work. Some of the resources ideas are adapted from the Web but all have been improved to make more effective in my style of lesson. There is also a link to a very good song on YouTube which the children love. This got me the job I went for two years ago. I'm sure it could do the same for you too! :)

The brief was "Teach 'Best Value for Money' at GCSE Foundation level to a Year 10 class of 25 students with 2 EAL students. The main part of the lesson is the students completing 14 questions on Best Value. The questions have been very carefully selected to increase in difficulty. Everything else works around that. Some of the questions came from the Web, some from examination practice paper software and some I made up. The Misleading Prices starter presents supermarket price labels with unusual offers on which prompts an interest at the start and provides some good starting discussion. The Baked Beans plenary was made more visual by me having the actual tins in those sizes for the student to look at and pass around. You need to read the lesson plan first and you'll see how it all fits together. It was used for a one hour lesson where I tried to exemplify everything I could about my style of teaching and my knowledge of how to show progress in a lesson. The lesson plan had been scrutinized by a Maths HOD, a SENCO and a Headteacher who had given input for me to improve it before hand. It was designed to have minimal teacher talk and lots of the students working. The lesson plan details all the prior knowledge needed and then everything I could think of to use in the next few lessons so it is a complete module of work for Best Value. In hindsight after the event: I should have had more picture questions prepared for the EAL students. There should had been more teaching of the different methods at the start This resource represents a huge investment of my time as I had a week to prepare and improve on it. You are getting an outstanding lesson resource which although you will need to adapt to your own lesson style I think you will have to do little to modify the resources as all the ideas are there. It is pretty comprehensive.

Currently we are all about achieving mastery in Maths at our school. An INSET course gave me some descriptors for the different levels. A moment of enlightenment :) gave me the idea of using Po the Kung Fu Panda as the ideal character as he is on his way to achieving Mastery like Grand Master Oogway. The Grade descriptors PPT give a poster to display for learners to understand where they are going. (The SMART notebook is just the creation file for the image in case you wish to change it slightly). I've used the SkiRoute differentiation for some time. The idea is that you grade questions or tasks in difficulty and then you either tell your learners which level to choose or allow them to choose themselves. They obviously aspire to be able to do the black route hardest questions and it gives them a sense of achievement when they can. Another idea I've been using is asking them to write their own questions which can be then used to give to the rest of the class. This seems to work quite well as an end of lesson plenary as it can give a really good indication of what level they are confident at. It also gives you a great opportunity to write a positive comment and then an action task challenge for the learner to respond to at the start of the next lesson. See attached sticker example.