5 Maths Gems #111

Welcome to my 111^th gems post. This is where I part approximately of the latest news, ideas in addition to resources for maths teachers.

1. Multiplication Tasks
In a Twitter chat on multiplication I saw 2 prissy resources shared. First, Sharon Malley (@mathsmumof2) mentioned these 7 Times Table Reasoning Activities yesteryear krisgreg30 on TES. These tasks require children to piece of work known facts to argue how to solve other calculations.

Second, Jonathan Hall (@StudyMaths) shared a lovely describe of piece of work he designed for his Year 7s to larn them thinking a chip deeper.

2. MathByExample
Three years agone I wrote most Gems 54. This laid of tasks prompts students to analyse in addition to explicate misconceptions inwards algebra problems.

The squad at SERP Institute (@SERPInstitute) have got right away launched their MathByExample website. The tasks are similar to AlgebraByExample but they are for topics that children encounter at Key Stage 2.

There are loads of dandy tasks to explore on this website. In each instance children are given a right response in addition to an wrong response amongst questions most each one, in addition to therefore they are asked to solve similar problems themselves.

The query prompts assistance children develop a ameliorate agreement of each concept.

3. Compound Area
Amie Albrecht (@nomad_penguin) shared a smart means to have got a criterion textbook-style exercise in addition to add together a higher marker of thinking. Instead of merely completing the exercise, pupils are asked to consider the features in addition to difficultly marker of each occupation earlier deciding which problems to solve.

4. Linear Sequences
Thanks to Dan Lewis (@4301maths) for sharing a serial of tasks on linear sequences.

Follow Dan on Twitter for to a greater extent than similar this, including examples of his pupils' work.

5. Question Generators
Thanks to Jonathan Payne (@DrPMaths) who has built a collection of helpful question generators.

For instance if you lot are creating approximately angle questions for your explanations or for your pupils to practise, therefore you lot tin piece of work his missing angles generator to do a laid of customised questions.

And here's 1 that creates arithmagons.

Updates
I've been busy making to a greater extent than GCSE revision resources. This is the concluding fourth dimension I'll do this for a piece because side yesteryear side twelvemonth I'll entirely last instruction Key Stage 3.

Because the non-calculator revision mats in addition to the calculator revision mats I lately made went downward good amongst pupils, I was asked yesteryear a colleague to brand approximately other set. So right away I have got a second laid of figurer revision mats. Again, they have got iv levels of difficulty therefore you lot tin alternative the right marker for your pupils.

I too made a Higher in addition to Foundation 'Spot the Mistake' revision action for something a chip different.

I too made a dyad of revision mats amongst topics that powerfulness come upward up on AQA Paper 2. These are merely a collation of questions taken from Maths Genie. Because these are 'temporary' resources (ie designed specifically to laid for AQA Paper 2 June 2019), these are non on TES but are linked through Adam Creen's blog. Every twelvemonth Adam pulls together all the 'between-paper' resources on his weblog for slow access.

Don't forget you lot tin piece of work my GCSE revision post continues to last the identify where I collate all free GCSE revision resources (with the exception of the 'between-exam' resources that have got a express shelf-life).

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My recent post 'Calculator Woes' rung truthful amongst many teachers. It was selected equally a Schools Week 'Top Blog of the Week' yesteryear Amir Arezoo in addition to featured in Ollie Lovell‏'s weekly Twitter takeaways. I mean value there's quite a serious occupation amongst figurer skills across the province in addition to I actually promise to consider teachers endeavour to remedy this yesteryear getting lots of Year 6s in addition to Year 7s involved inwards MEI's Calculator Crunch side yesteryear side month.

Thanks to Teresa Robinson at The Russell Education Trust who used my post to do a lesson on figurer skills.

Thanks too to @pgonlinepub for sharing a gratuitous worksheet on the 'Top five figurer hacks for GCSE Maths'.

Yesterday I had java amongst Simon Singh, the writer of my favourite maths book. We discussed what parents tin do to encourage and support their mini-mathematicians at home. Simon mentioned the coding app Box Island. When I got domicile I downloaded for my daughters. It's awesome!

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I'll move out you lot amongst this graph, shared on Twitter yesteryear @lizardbill, which is in all likelihood the best instance I have got always seen of a actually truly bad graph. There are to a greater extent than amusingly terrible graphs inwards the thread.

Enjoy one-half term!