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Category Archives: Mathematics
Idea 289: FREE Class Set, 4-Way Differentiated Place Value Quiz-Quiz-Trade Cards for Year 3 and 4
DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE HERE I put a fair bit of time into making a whole-class set of 30 quiz-quiz-trade cards for place value, using a wide range of images and representations, so I thought I’d share it here. With the … Continue reading
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Tagged fluency, LKS2, mathematics, maths, qqt, quiz quiz trade, recap, spacing effect, white rose, white rose maths, year 3, year 4
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Idea 286: FREE Resources and Input for Completing Multiplication Grid Task
DOWNLOAD THE SLIDES HERE DOWNLOAD THE PAIRED SHEET HERE Here’s some resources for an idea I shared a while back which I’ve just done again this year. I showed my class a multiplication grid, explained what it was and then … Continue reading
My Top Dice Games and Tips for Year 2
I absolutely LOVE dice games in Maths! The children really enjoy them and get lots of practice in all-important quick mental maths. Below is a list of games that I’ve either seen elsewhere and used with great success or which … Continue reading
Idea 282: FREE 4-Way Differentiated Set of ‘Find the Fib’ Calculations.
DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE HERE This is a set of four sheets of calculations, with each sheet having 5 ‘fibs’ that aren’t correct. The children must use their number knowledge to spot the calculations that aren’t true and circle them. Base … Continue reading
Idea 280: FREE 4-Way Differentiated Resources for Word Problems with Some Extraneous Facts.
DOWNLOAD THE INPUT SLIDES HERE DOWNLOAD THE PROBLEMS HERE Ask your class: “I have 5 pens in one hand and 5 pens in my other hand. How many rulers do I have altogether?” You’ll probably get the answer: “10!” This … Continue reading
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Tagged key stage one, key stage two, maths, primary, word problems, year 2
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Idea 278: Free Resource for Linking Repeated Addition to Multiplication
DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE HERE This is a resource I put together to evidence the ITAF 2017 Maths statement for Greater Depth: “The pupil can recognise the relationships between addition and subtraction and can rewrite addition statements as simplified multiplication statements”. … Continue reading
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Tagged mathematics, maths, primary, repeated addition, year 2
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Idea 273: FREE Differentiated Challenge Sheets for Partitioning Numbers in Different Ways.
DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE HERE This is a set of three differentiated challenge sheets I created to evidence meeting the ITAF 2017 WORKING AT EXPECTED STANDARD level objective: “The pupil can partition two-digit numbers into different combinations of tens and ones.”
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Tagged key stage one, maths, partitioning, primary, year 2
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Idea 272: FREE Input and Challenge Sheets for Estimating to Check Answers are Reasonable
DOWNLOAD THE INPUT SLIDES HERE DOWNLOAD THE CHALLENGE SHEETS HERE These are some resources I’ve made to cover the ‘Working At’ ITAF 2017 objective: “The pupil can use estimation to check that their answers to a calculation are reasonable (e.g. … Continue reading
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Tagged elementary, estimating, key stage one, primary, year 2
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Idea 270: FREE Differentiated Word Problem Challenge Sheets
DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCE HERE This is a set of three challenge sheets I made to evidence problem-solving skills against the 2017 ITAF for Year 2. Base Camp aligns with the ITAF 2017 Working Towards statement “The pupil can count in … Continue reading