Practice Book 6b
These materials, produced by the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) for the primary extension of the Mathematics Enhancement Programme, include the pages from Practice Book 6b with detailed lesson plans and all necessary resources to accompany them. It follows on from Practice Book 6a. Students learn to convert…
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Make Sense
This resource from SMILE contains two books at different levels with activities focusing on fractions, decimals and percentages. Each activity is accompanied by teachers' notes. The notes give advice on appropriate ways of using the activity and any additional equipment required. Many of the activities are suitable for whole…
Using Assessment to Raise Achievement in Mathematics
This guidance booklet, from the National Strategies collection, was inspired by the documents Inside the black box (Black & Wiliam, 1998) and Assessment for Learning, beyond the black box (Assessment Reform Group, 1999) and outlines how assessment for learning can raise achievement in school. Evidence suggests that using good…
Numeracy - Interpreting Data
This Teachers TV programme follows on from the programme Numeracy - Handling Data where Year Four teacher Simon Mills taught three lessons on data handling using Excel in the ICT suite. Professors Rosamund Sutherland and Jan Winter of the University of Bristol discuss the benefits of using ICT to teach data handling at Key Stage…
Interactive Teaching Programs 4
Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs) are an ICT-based tool developed by the National Strategies to support the teaching of key concepts in mathematics. Where available, manuals which describe how the ITP works and could be used are posted as separate files. This section includes: *Number spinners generates random numbers using…
Interactive Teaching Programs 5
Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs) are an ICT-based tool developed by the National Strategies to support the teaching of key concepts in mathematics. Where available, manuals which describe how the ITP works and could be used are posted as separate files. *Ruler displays an on-screen ruler which can be used to measure lines…
Bridging Units in Mathematics
This resource from Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency is designed to help schools and local education authorities provide curricular continuity in mathematics between Year Six and Year Seven. They help to develop a shared understanding of standards, as well as providing suitable experiences for students at the end…
Key Understanding in Mathematics Learning: Paper 1 Overview
This review, published by the Nuffield Foundation, presents a synthesis of research on mathematics learning by children from the age of five to the age of sixteen years and identifies the issues that are fundamental to understanding children’s mathematics learning. The report concentrates on three main questions regarding key…
Worksheets - Number
These worksheets from Subtangent have outline frames for the grid method of multiplication, halving and doubling, fraction pies and a selection of worksheets for arithmetic practice.
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Two Clocks
This practical NRICH maths activity can help children understand that the analogue clock is really two scales superimposed on each other. This is what makes it so difficult for children to read. Focusing on the hands separately will help children understand what each one indicates. The novel context of this problem could provide…
5/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Activity sheet
Deep Progress in Mathematics: the Improving Attainment in Mathematics Project
This resource, provided by Anne Watson, Els De Geest and Stephanie Prestage, describes how a group of ten teachers taught low attaining groups in secondary school, and what features were seen to be important. The teachers had a shared commitment to improving the attainment of their lowest attaining students by building on the belief…
Continuing Professional Development for Teacher of Mathematics
Provided by the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME), this resource was written in 2002. It includes recommendations on the steps to be taken, at that time, to raise the quality of mathematical provision in schools. Concerns regarding the poor uptake of students continuing to study mathematics at Post 16, the reduced…
General Number
This selection of spreadsheets, designed by the Primary National Strategies to aid teaching and learning, tackles number in a variety of ways. Number grid generator has three spreadsheets and a guidance file. They allow numbers to be generated, by choosing a start number and a step, that can be used in a variety of ways to spot…
Data, Graphs, Charts, Measures and Money
This selection of spreadsheets, designed by the Primary National Strategies to aid teaching and learning, tackles data, graphs, charts, measures and money, in a variety of ways. Carroll diagram allows either shapes or numbers to be dragged into an either one or two criteria table. The criteria can be selected and the results…
Guidance paper: Using and Applying Mathematics
This paper, produced by the National Strategies, provides guidance on how the using and applying mathematics strand of the 2004 Strategy’s revised Framework is structured and how it might be embedded in the primary mathematics curriculum. One of the aims of the renewed Primary Framework is to give greater attention to using…
Worksheets - Geometry
The geometry worksheets from Subtangent include isometric paper for 3-D drawing, along with some step by step instructions on how to use the paper to represent 3-D objects, and how to make and use a clinometer to measure heights and names of solids.
Electromagnetic Math
This series of activities from NASA take a mathematical approach to looking at electromagnetic radiation. They are intended as supplementary problems for students looking for additional challenges in mathematics and physical science from age 11 to 19 years. The problems were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and…
Place Value Games for Students Aged 9-11
Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, number recognition and ordering. • Aim for 500 - in this game both players roll the dice and use the numbers to make two three-digit numbers, then add them up. Whoever gets a total closest to 1500 wins the game. •…
Numeracy - Handling Data
This Teachers TV programme observes a Year Four class at a Bristol primary school where teacher Simon Mills uses the problem of the distribution of colours in a tube of sweets to explore the challenge of understanding frequency and interpreting and presenting data. The class worked in the school's ICT suite over three lessons…
Passport
This Association for Science Education (ASE) resource from the SYCD: Science Year Primary collection provides a template for a successful bridging topic between primary and secondary schools. Passport can also be used as a stand alone activity in Year Six to help students focus on their investigative skills and provides a good record…
Primary Mathematics with ICT: a Pupil’s Entitlement to ICT in Primary Mathematics
Produced by Becta, these materials consider five major opportunities for children to use ICT in learning mathematics: learning from feedback; observing patterns and seeing connections; exploring data; teaching the computer, and developing visual imagery. These materials look at how primary children can learn in mathematics. They…
Data Handling Games for Students Aged 9-11
This game, published by BEAM, poses a number of questions aimed at developing students' understanding of simple probability using a set of number cards. Probably - a game for two players. The chooser chooses a card from the set of cards. The guesser has to guess whether the card id shows an odd or an even number. Game…
Delbert Maths Worksheets
This sample of Badger Publishing: Delbert Maths Worksheets offer rigorous content, but with a healthy dash of fun in the shape of Delbert and his cartoon antics, hints and tips. The sample includes practice questions for Key Stage One and Key Stage Two Maths SATs, worksheets for the numeracy hour and practice problems.
- 3/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Assessment
Properties of Numbers
In this Subtangent resource there are 10 questions of increasing difficulty starting with factors and multiples. Square and triangular numbers LCMs and HCFs complete the topics. Students are given four possible answers to choose from and a calculator is available for some of the questions. There is an opportunity for students…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Self assessment
Researching Effective CPD in Mathematics Education
The Researching Effective CPD in Mathematics Education (RECME) project was set up under the umbrella of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) in England, who provide these resources. The project's aim was to provide advice, guidance and recommendations to be used by NCETM to inform future…
What Is an Average?
This full lesson plan, plus dataset and worksheet, from CensusAtSchool is designed to help students understand the different types of average, how to calculate and compare them and which average it is appropriate to use for a particular data set.
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Activity sheet
Measuring
This Subtangent activity uses information from the Hubble space telescope to emphasise the need for accurate measurements and the costs involved when things go wrong. There are demonstrations of measuring lengths and angles before asking the students to try for themselves. An interactive ruler and protractor are provided in…
Practice Book 5b
These materials, produced by the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) for the primary extension of the Mathematics Enhancement Programme, include the pages from Practice Book 5b with detailed lesson plans and all necessary resources to accompany them. It follows on from Practice Book 5a. Within these resources…
General
This selection of spreadsheets, designed by the Primary National Strategies to aid teaching and learning, tackles a variety of topics. 4 numbers has a two by two grid with the sums of the columns and rows shown. The task is to find out what the numbers in the grid are. There are three levels of difficulty. Teacher guidance is…
Stationery
Dotty grids, square grids, different types of graph paper and axes and number grids in different orientations make up this collection of printable resources from Subtangent.
Ratio Makes Sense
This resource from SMILE focuses on ratio. Each activity is accompanied by teachers' notes, which give advice on appropriate ways of using the activity and any additional equipment required. Pencils - recognising and describing simple ratios in the context of measurement Walking to school - developing understanding of ratio…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Activity sheet
Countdown
Countdown from Subtangent challenges the players to get as close as possible to a target number, using six numbers and the four standard operations of arithmetic before the time runs out. Players can choose how many large or small numbers they wish to use for each game. The Numbers and Letters version allows the user to choose…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Game
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