Get the PowerPoint here. This is a really small lesson on Polygons. I taught it as a half lesson. Includes a definition of a polygon variation theory thing. Plus my first ever Quizlet! I liked doing this. I played it as a live game. You can see it in this little video. Pupils are presented… Read More »
Get the PowerPoint here. I know, it’s strange that I’ve left this one until last. I did the silly thing of assuming that since I taught a high ability year 7 group, that they’d be ace at this, but they weren’t, which I caught during a quiz during a plenary. I’d made the classic mistake… Read More »
Download the PowerPoint here. Two lessons (at least). Includes quite simple ones… Has a task that worked really well with my class. Write the missing step. Cognitive load and that. Plus some questions. Goes onto more complicated examples and exercises. As an aside, I posted a picture from this resource on Twitter and it got… Read More »
Download the lesson here. Obviously includes the ‘horse race’ game. I did it a bit differently this year. I gave out dice to everyone and a sheet to everyone. I then collated all the results so we could see exactly how many had 7 as their ‘winner’. It worked really well. Especially with a bit… Read More »
Download the PowerPoint here. Wrote some questions including some moving between relative frequency and frequency. Discussion. Also a task I’m not sure if I like. I’ve included this at the end. I have run this task a few times and been dissatisfied every time. In my head, I imagine students trying to make the die… Read More »
Get the PowerPoint here. I am aware I’m kind of uploading a rag-tag bunch of random resources at the moment. I’m making lessons for what I’m teaching and uploading the ones I feel are polished enough to be shared. Started this one with a bit of a brainwave. I’m always astounded by pupil’s lack of… Read More »
Download the PowerPoint here. I’ve changed this one quite a bit. I would love to hear other people’s take on this. I fear I’m made some kind of pedagogical mistake here in the sequencing of what I’m doing. I quite like this, though.
Download the PowerPoint here. I’m teaching percentages at the moment and as I do so, I’m updating my slides. I’ll mention what I’ve updated here. This PowerPoint I’ve split up from ‘percentage change’ and made them two separate lessons. I’ve added example problem pairs. Instead of trying to do everything at once. I had a… Read More »
Download the PowerPoint here. I know this is usually covered in multiplying as one lesson, but I think there’s room to slow down. Example problem pair A card sort! (kinda). The idea here is that you don’t need to cut the cards out, just project them and ask the kids to copy them down in… Read More »
Download the PowerPoint here. This is a big one! It’s at a minimum 3 lessons, probably 4. Starts numerically Next is something I have added after listening to the Mr Barton podcast with Naveen Rizvi. I realised I didn’t spend enough time talking about what the subject means! Some example problem pairs come next, and… Read More »