5 Maths Gems #38

Hello in addition to welcome to my 38^th gems post. This is where I portion 5 teaching ideas I've seen on Twitter. As teachers start making plans in addition to preparing resources for September, there's been a flurry of inspiring ideas on Twitter - I tin barely pop off along up!

1. Tessellation
It's quite rare that there's exciting word inwards the basis of mathematics, simply we've late seen the uncovering of a novel type of Surrounding a Point activity from Don Steward pictured below. Mathigon has a lovely tessellation department featuring overnice pictures in addition to an online tool.

I've never seen tessellation animations earlier then thank y'all to @MathsMastery for sharing these, I'll role them the adjacent fourth dimension I learn tessellation.

2. Displays

There's been lots of tweets in addition to posts almost displays this week. I similar these lovely vinyl corridor displays from @cOmplexnumber.

I also similar this increment mindset display from English linguistic communication teacher Rebecca Foster (Gems 3, simply would jibe on a smaller noticeboard. 

One of my favourite classroom display ideas is the judgement stems display from Gems 26. It's practiced to bring displays that are of existent role to students throughout the year.

It's worth reading Paul Collins' (post almost the novel displays he's set upward inwards his classroom in addition to corridors.

3. History of Maths
I don't know really much almost the history of maths in addition to that's a nifty shame. It's a priority for me to ameliorate my dependent area cognition inwards this area. I intend to start past times aid @Kris_Boulton's workshop at the adjacent maths conference.

Kris' post A History of Maths features a timeline showing people in addition to societies of telephone substitution influence inwards mathematics. It also shows telephone substitution publications in addition to ideas. The picture below is alone a really pocket-size extract - bring a facial expression through the total timeline. It's fascinating to come across the social club of things. Perhaps display this inwards your classroom in addition to say your students almost the origins of the topics they're studying.

4. Challenge Questions for Year 12
Stuart Price ‏(@sxpmaths) has collated to a greater extent than or less AS stretch in addition to challenge questions for total topics. They tin locomote accessed here. Thanks Stuart for this helpful resource.

If y'all learn H5N1 score in addition to are coming to the maths conference inwards Sheffield on 26^th September, produce come upward along to my workshop almost H5N1 score resources.

5. Exit Tickets
Many maths teachers role locomote out tickets inwards every lesson. The stance is that y'all laid a unmarried inquiry or brusk laid of questions at the halt of the lesson in addition to analyse the results. Typically students would manus their locomote out ticket to y'all every bit they leave of absence the classroom. It's of import to pop off along the questions elementary – if students larn them incorrect y'all involve to know why. It's an effective agency of identifying misconceptions in addition to deciding whether students are create to motility on. 

Lesley Hall (RAG123.

Update
I've published 4 weblog posts inwards the concluding calendar week in addition to I bring to a greater extent than or less other 4 posts inwards draft - I actually involve to halt all the blogging in addition to pass to a greater extent than or less fourth dimension preparing my showtime lessons! Here's what I've been upward to since my concluding gems post:

• I wrote an article almost conferences for the NCETM Secondary Magazine.
• I wrote a post Behaviour Management for Beginners which features a few resources I've prepared for September - my expectations videos bring been popular.
  

• I was chuffed that my weblog appeared on Vuelio's Words to Avoid page - these are definitely worth a read.
• I was really pleased that @oldandrewuk in addition to @Just_Maths set upward an Echo Chamber specifically for United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland maths didactics blogs. Follow @MathsEcho to pop off along up-to-date amongst all the latest posts.
• I popped into schoolhouse and, borrowing a lovely stance from Danielle Bartram (@MissBsResources), set Maths Mr Men stickers from @solvemymaths on my new calculators then I tin pop off along rail of them.

Finally, 4 reminders:

• If y'all haven't already done so, y'all tin 'like' my new Facebook page for updates.
• #mathstlp volition furnish at 7pm on Dominicus 30^th August for lesson planning advice.
• My tangents in addition to areas is worth reading if you're teaching GCSE adjacent year.
• Check out my hashtag #mathsgems for inspiring ideas from previous gems posts.

That's it from me. I'll leave of absence y'all amongst this overnice puzzle from the ATM (@ATMMathematics).

5 Maths Gems #108

Welcome to my 108^th gems post. This is where I part around of the latest news, ideas together with resources for maths teachers.

1. SMP
Christian Bokhove (@cbokhove) together with his squad direct hold been working on this projection for a acre hence it's exciting to encounter the launch of smp2.co.uk. They direct hold created PDFs of dozens of onetime SMP maths textbooks together with booklets. Read almost the aims of the projection here.

Click ‘Access to SMP’ to register together with download the materials. It's gratis together with there's absolutely loads of fabric to await through. It's difficult to know where to start! I'm really grateful to those involved for all their difficult operate on this.

Here's a randomly picked event of a chore on estimator use. It's from Book G1.

And here's business office of a chore from a Level 3 booklet 'Coordinates 2 - Extension'.

2. Storyboarding
Thank y'all to Dale Chapman (Gems 30 back inward 2015, simply after forgot all almost it hence this is a non bad reminder! Plus it's skillful to encounter it inward role for bearings, together with I wonder what other topics would lend themselves good to storyboarding.

3. GCSE Revision
As ever at this fourth dimension of twelvemonth there's been a flurry of novel revision resources.

• Grant from Access Maths (Gems 106. 
• I snuff it along to regularly update my GCSE revision resources page. Throughout the examination catamenia I volition maintain a permanent link to this page at the exceed correct of resourceaholic.com.

4. Fill inward the Gaps
At Educating Northants final calendar week Craig Barton (@mrbartonmaths) shared a novel type of resource: Fill inward the Gaps. We had a larn at it during the workshop together with it was brilliant. Try it together with you'll encounter what I mean.

Go to displays page.

Update
I've been to 3 lovely conferences inward the final 2 weeks - Habs Girls, Educating Northants together with the London Thames Hub Primary Maths Conference.

At Educating Northants I recorded a Conference Takeaways podcast alongside Craig Barton that y'all tin hear to here.

I likewise went out alongside my friends Gill Leahy together with Dil Dias from the London Thames Maths Hub to encounter Hannah Fry produce a verbalise almost her mass Hello World. It was brilliant.

During Educating Northants I went to a workshop on top dog mastery past times Nicky Moksa together with she shared this grid of expose facts. You tin read to a greater extent than almost it on the NCETM website here together with here.

Facts that should survive automatic past times the halt of Year 2 #EducatingNorthants pic.twitter.com/ufrCdidvJi

— Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) 30 March 2019

I direct hold made quite a few updates to my conferences page lately - there's ever a lot going on inward the summertime term. I'm looking forrard to speaking at the Kent together with Medway Secondary Maths Conference on Mon eighth July.

Nikki Martin (@nikki_nzmartin) completed her operate on the Primary Topics inward Depth project. This serial of packs characteristic maths misconceptions, approaches together with resources for Years 1 - 6.

My daughters discovered Sumaze Primary final calendar week which was awesome - my vii twelvemonth onetime was totally inward honey alongside it together with actually happy when she completed every level. It's an amazing maths app for immature children.

I await forrard to seeing lots of y'all at the ATM/MA conference which is coming upwards soon. Before then, I'm really much looking forrard to around fourth dimension alongside my identify unit of measurement to recover from the hectic calendar month of March.

Finally, I'll larn out y'all alongside the exciting word that Desmos instantly does box plots! If y'all haven't seen this earlier together with hence produce direct hold a play.