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.
Batch of ten worksheets in the style of test questions in Word and PDF. Topics A through to G. Look out for batches two and three.
Great for lots of things, and very popular.
Learners always need practical activities - colourful and kinaesthetic as they remind me, and Geoboards are great way of showing so much to do with shape and space. I've done simple templates, for learners to record, and also for using on a Smartboard. A variety of formats, with a few simple questions, but lots more can be asked. An &'open&'; resource for all types of thing.
Maths GCSE Foundation & Higher. Surds & irrational numbers, three activities or investigations in shape and measure.
Finding the length of a the side of a square that leads to an irrational number.
Comparing ratios of paper sizes to derive the ratio of length to width for A4 paper.
Finding the area and perimeter of the pieces of a tangram.
All good stuff that leads the learner through different process to derive lengths and areas using surds, and to add and simplify with surds.
Needs knowledge of Pythagoras, which is KS3. So great for revising Pythagoras with surds.
Developing area and perimeter to look at shapes with same areas but different perimeters, same perimeters but different areas, and equal area and perimeter. Engaging activities for the learners. Covers Year 5, but good for revision and practice at later stages.
Short presentation to define and demonstrate perimeter, with pages of activities, worksheets, and a full assessment based on previous SATs KS2. Colourful, and can be extended in many ways, with centicubes for example.
KS2 – Year 4 - Perimeter
Statutory requirements
Pupils should be taught to:
• measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
Perimeter can be expressed algebraically as 2(a + b) where a and b are the dimensions in the same unit.
Formulas begin in KS2 so by KS3 learners should be able to talk about what one is, and for, and to substitute into more sophisticated formulas.
A clear PowerPoint presentation that delivers a set of questions for the learners to answer as part of the lesson, and each with a clear answer. Ranges from very easy to a bit more complex.
Plus forty questions of increasing difficulty, arranged in a variety of views - one page, or two pages for more space for working, or two pages for differentiation.
Plus answers!
A recap of surds and simplifying expressions with surds, then a full presentation of multiplying brackets and surds, including the conjugate of a binomial.
simplify and manipulate algebraic expressions (including those involving surds) by:
collecting like terms
multiplying a single term over a bracket
taking out common factors
expanding products of two binomials
Lots of points to stop for the learner to try three of four examples, and each questions slide followed by the answers slide.
Also suitable for A’level revision!
And plus a PDF version should you have problems with the PowerPoint.
A set of patterns to complete to illustrate the consistency of the four rules of operation as applied to negative numbers, and hopefully remove the mystery.
Full set of engaging activities to lead the learners to deriving methods and formulas for finding areas of triangles. Covers KS2 specs for Year 6, but good for revision and practice at any stage.
A full set of activities to engage the learners in finding the area of parallelograms and deriving methods and formulas. Good for practice or revision at any stage. Covers the specs for Year 6.
Questions culled and adapted from some very old papers, which means that none of the current learners will have seen these. Actually, very little changes, and although these are at the top end of the scale - some of the new ones may be even trickier, but these are great for getting the basics for Higher Tier.
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.
Practical and real-life examples of ratios in context for exploring the mathematics, including equal opportunities issues. Plus worksheets at both foundation and higher tier GCSE to give opportunity to practise skills.
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.
Full set of resources to cover types of number for mathematics national curriculum in Year 5. Great for preparation for SATs in Year 6, or revision at KS3.
Four clear PowerPoints with lots of questions and exercises, all with answers.
Specifications:
‘Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers.’
I’ve tried the files myself on a different computer, and had to adjust the size of text on four or five slides, but very easy to do. And because not all systems work the same I’ve included a PDF of each of the presentations - even easier to show and will always be as intended.
Key Stage 3 mathematics specs:
Standard Form KS3
• interpret and compare numbers in standard form A×10n, 1≤A
Two sides of data, for positive and negative indices, of science data to change between ordinary numbers and standard form.
Great for revision for GCSE classes.
Answers included!
