Download the resource here Some data handling for once! I have deliberately just stuck to mean here. I like to focus on it, rather than doing mean, median and mode all in one lesson. I quite like these questions. Just because there’s loads to talk about when going through them. Things like Lots of things… Read More: Mean from a list »
Download the resource here. A very simple resource, this. But there’s not much function notation stuff out there. I find pupils’ responses to function notation interesting. Stuff they can do like 2x+3 = 5x – 6 becomes suddenly impossible when presented in the form f(x) = 2x + 3 , g(x) = 5x – 6,… Read More: Function Notation (substitution with numbers and algebra) »
Download the lesson here This is a follow up to my factorising quadratics lesson. I taught this two weeks ago, but I was cleaning up the slides to be put online. I really think the exercise that goes along with it is nicely thinky. Some variation and slow build up of activity. Other thoughts I’ve… Read More: Solving by factorising »
Download the resource here Sometimes a resource benefits from you deleting stuff, not adding stuff. I’ve got a much better understanding of what I want these resources to be, and how they’re helpful these days. Case in point. This used to be a massive PowerPoint stuff with activities, just for the sake of doing activities.… Read More: Substitution with positive integers »
Download the lesson here No solving here. Just concentrating on the core skill of factorising. I started with an example and then this *MISCONCEPTION TIME* It doesn’t matter which way around the brackets go but on this exercise it kinda makes it look like it does *MISCONCEPTION TIME* Did this this cause an issue with… Read More: Factorising Quadratics »
Download the lesson here Quite a simple lesson here, but I’ve tried to fill it with some more thinky questions. My teaching has become far too scripted into example problem pair – some questions – a plenary. I’m not building in enough opportunities for problem solving and struggle time. Part of that is a scheme… Read More: Addition and Subtraction of Decimals »
Download the PowerPoint here This is one of those that’s not that interesting, but where I tried to be reasonable comprehensive. There’s actually quite a few linear equations type questions that come up at GCSE, before you even get into the possibility of the unknown being on both sides. You could easily spend 2 lessons… Read More: Solving Linear Equations with Fractions »
Download the PowerPoint here Another rounding lesson. I’ve added a load of whiteboard work with this one. I really think mini whiteboards are the best place to deal with this kind of stuff. Again, I’m trying to use more things like number grids in my examples. This defiantly needs another little activity, but I haven’t… Read More: Rounding to decimal places »
Download the resource here I can’t believe I haven’t made these slides before. I have a group with lower prior attainment this year, so I wanted to really try and be explicit when teaching this. In my example I went for both a number and a place value grid. There’s quite a bit of mini… Read More: Rounding to 10, 100 and 1000 »
Get the PowerPoint here Everyone hates the term BIDMAS, right? Lots of reasons, but the left to right nature of multiplication and division (and addition and subtraction) must be the most important reason. This week’s lesson is nothing too fancy. An example problem pair, which is way harder than the exercise. I’ve been mulling this… Read More: The Order of Operations »