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.
Psychologists suggest that a distraction, using a different part of the brain perhaps, helps the problem solving process. Four sets, which you might not want to do all at once. Answer slides included.
Very simple algebra equations from photographs of onions. I took lots of photos of fruit and veg and now I'm wondering how to incorporate them into my learning experiences. This is the first attempt - find the value of the letter to solve the simple equation.
Two sets, which can be shown on a screen or printed as slide handouts.
Final batch of nine worksheets in the style of test questions, arranged by topics, covering rounding-off to units of measure. In Word if you want to cut and paste, or PDF if you want to print them as they stand.
Good for revision and assessment.
You will find the first two set of worksheets on TES, this is the last. Hope they prove useful.
Another batch of ten worksheets in the style of test questions, arranged by topics, covering the topics Inequalities to Reading Tables. In Word if you want to cut and paste, or PDF if you want to print them as they stand.
Good for revision at higher levels.
You will find the first ten worksheets on TES, and the third batch of nine worksheets are also on TES.
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.
Probability questions from a variety of past examination papers, suitably changed, and some new ones created to reflect the 2017 examination, with multiple choice answers added by me. Not yet trailed in the classroom so please advise me of any mistakes. (Nobody’s perfect, as Joe E Brown famously said on screen.)
Standard style lesson plans put into PowerPoint for easy showing in the classroom, printing for handouts etc. Elsewhere on TES I have created twenty seven lessons in all, covering the rest of algebra, geometry and measure for higher tier. There is also another set covering number, ratio, proportion, and statistics and probability, and also three free samples of number.
All you have to do is add your own particular circumstances, resources etc.
After getting a 'one star' rating for the paid set of thirty, I thought of this - try these three for free, and if you like them, you can buy the rest of the set, which cost £1.
You'll find the rest of the files here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-gcse-higher-tier-specifications-and-objectives-30-lesson-plans-in-powerpoint-set-1-11126041
Two PowerPoint presentations for Key Stage 1, or KS2 revision. One gives the properties of shapes in terms of surfaces, faces, vertices, edges etc., with pictures, for naming. The other is a collection of photographs of real shapes to be identified.
Accompanying worksheets for £1 on the premium resources.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-3d-shapes-key-stage-1-or-key-stage-2-revision-bundle-of-fully-supported-activities-11180981
All images (c) Colin Billett 2015
Learners have so little practice of abstract reasoning in mathematics, and often confounded by what might seem to be simple questions right through the key stages. So I've made a one-sided set of questions just to give them a bit more experience.
Simple poster illustrating symmetrical, negative and positive skew. For display or for learner's reference.
In Word or PDF, plus original spreadsheet file for playing with.
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 a 'one star' rating for the paid set of thirty, I thought of this - try these three for free, and if you like them, you can buy the full set, which cost £1.
You will find the rest of the files here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks4-gcse-higher-tier-specifications-and-objectives-30-lesson-plans-in-powerpoint-set-2-11126048
This is more of an idea than a set of resources. Having a young learner who struggled with both simple addition in his head, including counting on, and poor recollection of tables, I turned to dice games as a way of helping the learner to develop fluency and retention. I found some online, and I give an example from NRich here. But I also produced addition and multiplication grids, first up to six and then up to ten, for six sided dice and ten sided dice. We take turns to throw the two dice, and mark off the score on our grids, either on an addition grid or a multiplication grid. First one to four in a row, including diagonals, wins the game. Or three in a row if we are short of time - let the learners decide. And finally I've added some with addition for three dice - Bingo style cards with 3 to 18. Each card has one missing number, so there are eighteen in total, with numbers jumbled on each. It would be easy to devise simple tables for the difference between the two dice - I might try that next.
Let me know what you think. My young learner loves the games we devise, and his skills have come on wonderfully.
Everything you need for a lesson (or two) on reading and interpreting a cumulative frequency graph. Starter activity on PowerPoint to review average and range, with common mistakes and a more challenging question; a presentation in PowerPoint on reading and interpreting a cumulative frequency graph with two examples; learner activities, four questions in Word or PDF; a plenary presentation in PowerPoint to check learning; and a lesson plan to make the whole thing complete.
Suitable for high achievers at KS3, or Higher Tier on GCSE now and for the 2015 specs.
Can be uploaded to a VLE for the learners to follow themselves.
