5 Maths Gems #41

Hello too welcome to my 41^st gems post. It's been ages since my final gems post, but I accept a expert excuse! I've been utterly snowed nether amongst function and I've also been preoccupied amongst a rattling exciting project... I'm organising a Christmaths Party too it's going to survive awesome. Details volition survive announced rattling soon. In the hateful time, here's some overnice ideas too resources that accept been shared on Twitter over the final few weeks.

1. Rugby
In instance you lot hadn't noticed, the Rugby World Cup is inward total swing. My students are actually into it. I used the stadium capacity infographic below (shared yesteryear @amberlee902) inward a lesson on important figures.

I similar this rugby inquiry from @thecmsp, which is aimed at post-16 students studying Core Maths. Thanks to my colleague @MissStokesMaths for showing me this one.

I also spotted the infographic below on mathsandelearning.wikispaces.com - this is a corking teaching tool for pictographs. You could enquire your students what each symbol represents numerically.

2. Resources for high attainers

I read a post called 'My novel favourite website'. Huge thank you lot to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for this post, inward which he recommends the rattling helpful website DrFrostMaths.com. This website is written yesteryear Dr J Frost who is a maths instructor at Tiffin School (a grammer schoolhouse only downwardly the route from me). Dr Frost shares a huge release of his ain teaching resources, including PowerPoints, worksheets, homeworks too quizzes. His worksheets are good designed for high attainers, incorporating both basic skills questions too stretch questions. His website also has tips too resources for students entering maths challenges such equally the JMO.

There's tonnes to explore on this website - here's an instance of his Pythagoras exercises to give you lot an idea.  

3. Skills Check

Thanks to Miss_Ren (@ReynoldsITT) for sharing her Skills Check, pictured below. This is a versatile activity that could survive used regularly, maybe equally a starter or equally a mini-assessment. Students consummate the questions for values of a too b given yesteryear the teacher. The values of a an b could survive given equally integers, fractions, decimals, numbers inward criterion form, powers, surds too then on. This industrial plant for a release of topics too is a expert agency to banking concern jibe key skills.

Another activity for practising key skills is this times tables grid from maths-starters.co.uk - the instance below is laid to the laissez passer on difficulty level!

4. Powers of Ten

This Powers of Ten Maze is from Teachit Maths. It's a actually overnice resources for practising a cardinal skill. 

5. Ten Commandments

I dearest My novel favourite website'. Huge thank you lot to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for this post, inward which he recommends the rattling helpful website DrFrostMaths.com. This website is written yesteryear Dr J Frost who is a maths instructor at Tiffin School (a grammer schoolhouse only downwardly the route from me). Dr Frost shares a huge release of his ain teaching resources, including PowerPoints, worksheets, homeworks too quizzes. His worksheets are good designed for high attainers, incorporating both basic skills questions too stretch questions. His website also has tips too resources for students entering maths challenges such equally the JMO.

There's tonnes to explore on this website - here's an instance of his Pythagoras exercises to give you lot an idea.  

3. Skills Check

Thanks to Miss_Ren (@ReynoldsITT) for sharing her Skills Check, pictured below. This is a versatile activity that could survive used regularly, maybe equally a starter or equally a mini-assessment. Students consummate the questions for values of a too b given yesteryear the teacher. The values of a an b could survive given equally integers, fractions, decimals, numbers inward criterion form, powers, surds too then on. This industrial plant for a release of topics too is a expert agency to banking concern jibe key skills.

Another activity for practising key skills is this times tables grid from this post from Sarah Hagan (@mathequalslove) nearly some corking ideas she saw on Twitter. It includes the awesome Ten Commandments of Mathematics pictured below, which is from Mrs Anderson (@MissPools).

I also similar this My novel favourite website'. Huge thank you lot to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for this post, inward which he recommends the rattling helpful website DrFrostMaths.com. This website is written yesteryear Dr J Frost who is a maths instructor at Tiffin School (a grammer schoolhouse only downwardly the route from me). Dr Frost shares a huge release of his ain teaching resources, including PowerPoints, worksheets, homeworks too quizzes. His worksheets are good designed for high attainers, incorporating both basic skills questions too stretch questions. His website also has tips too resources for students entering maths challenges such equally the JMO.

There's tonnes to explore on this website - here's an instance of his Pythagoras exercises to give you lot an idea.  

3. Skills Check

Thanks to Miss_Ren (@ReynoldsITT) for sharing her Skills Check, pictured below. This is a versatile activity that could survive used regularly, maybe equally a starter or equally a mini-assessment. Students consummate the questions for values of a too b given yesteryear the teacher. The values of a an b could survive given equally integers, fractions, decimals, numbers inward criterion form, powers, surds too then on. This industrial plant for a release of topics too is a expert agency to banking concern jibe key skills.

Another activity for practising key skills is this times tables grid from write-up of my twenty-four hours at #mathsconf5

A My novel favourite website'. Huge thank you lot to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for this post, inward which he recommends the rattling helpful website DrFrostMaths.com. This website is written yesteryear Dr J Frost who is a maths instructor at Tiffin School (a grammer schoolhouse only downwardly the route from me). Dr Frost shares a huge release of his ain teaching resources, including PowerPoints, worksheets, homeworks too quizzes. His worksheets are good designed for high attainers, incorporating both basic skills questions too stretch questions. His website also has tips too resources for students entering maths challenges such equally the JMO.

There's tonnes to explore on this website - here's an instance of his Pythagoras exercises to give you lot an idea.  

3. Skills Check

Thanks to Miss_Ren (@ReynoldsITT) for sharing her Skills Check, pictured below. This is a versatile activity that could survive used regularly, maybe equally a starter or equally a mini-assessment. Students consummate the questions for values of a too b given yesteryear the teacher. The values of a an b could survive given equally integers, fractions, decimals, numbers inward criterion form, powers, surds too then on. This industrial plant for a release of topics too is a expert agency to banking concern jibe key skills.

Another activity for practising key skills is this times tables grid from reflection on my brusk fourth dimension teaching Foundation GCSE

Two posts nearly Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score resources (My novel favourite website'. Huge thank you lot to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for this post, inward which he recommends the rattling helpful website DrFrostMaths.com. This website is written yesteryear Dr J Frost who is a maths instructor at Tiffin School (a grammer schoolhouse only downwardly the route from me). Dr Frost shares a huge release of his ain teaching resources, including PowerPoints, worksheets, homeworks too quizzes. His worksheets are good designed for high attainers, incorporating both basic skills questions too stretch questions. His website also has tips too resources for students entering maths challenges such equally the JMO.

There's tonnes to explore on this website - here's an instance of his Pythagoras exercises to give you lot an idea.  

3. Skills Check

Thanks to Miss_Ren (@ReynoldsITT) for sharing her Skills Check, pictured below. This is a versatile activity that could survive used regularly, maybe equally a starter or equally a mini-assessment. Students consummate the questions for values of a too b given yesteryear the teacher. The values of a an b could survive given equally integers, fractions, decimals, numbers inward criterion form, powers, surds too then on. This industrial plant for a release of topics too is a expert agency to banking concern jibe key skills.

Another activity for practising key skills is this times tables grid from A Level Resources and My novel favourite website'. Huge thank you lot to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for this post, inward which he recommends the rattling helpful website DrFrostMaths.com. This website is written yesteryear Dr J Frost who is a maths instructor at Tiffin School (a grammer schoolhouse only downwardly the route from me). Dr Frost shares a huge release of his ain teaching resources, including PowerPoints, worksheets, homeworks too quizzes. His worksheets are good designed for high attainers, incorporating both basic skills questions too stretch questions. His website also has tips too resources for students entering maths challenges such equally the JMO.

There's tonnes to explore on this website - here's an instance of his Pythagoras exercises to give you lot an idea.  

3. Skills Check

Thanks to Miss_Ren (@ReynoldsITT) for sharing her Skills Check, pictured below. This is a versatile activity that could survive used regularly, maybe equally a starter or equally a mini-assessment. Students consummate the questions for values of a too b given yesteryear the teacher. The values of a an b could survive given equally integers, fractions, decimals, numbers inward criterion form, powers, surds too then on. This industrial plant for a release of topics too is a expert agency to banking concern jibe key skills.

Another activity for practising key skills is this times tables grid from A Level Resources #2). I was pleased to run across that Susan Ward (@suzekward), who attended my workshop at #mathsconf5, successfully used i of the resources I recommended:

Here's some other bits too pieces that you lot mightiness accept missed: 

• AQA shared some splendid editable Key Stage three tests.
• La Salle shared a gratis problem solving booklet which contains some lovely accessible problems.
• Michael Tidd's post nearly changes to the Primary Maths curriculum is forthwith a TES article. Please read it if you lot haven't already - it's of import data for secondary maths teachers.
• I enjoyed teaching surds to Year 10 final calendar week too specially liked this novel surds puzzle from MathsPad:

• I'm pleased to run across that loads of schools accept been using my 'Design a Clock' thought which featured inward my My novel favourite website'. Huge thank you lot to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for this post, inward which he recommends the rattling helpful website DrFrostMaths.com. This website is written yesteryear Dr J Frost who is a maths instructor at Tiffin School (a grammer schoolhouse only downwardly the route from me). Dr Frost shares a huge release of his ain teaching resources, including PowerPoints, worksheets, homeworks too quizzes. His worksheets are good designed for high attainers, incorporating both basic skills questions too stretch questions. His website also has tips too resources for students entering maths challenges such equally the JMO.

There's tonnes to explore on this website - here's an instance of his Pythagoras exercises to give you lot an idea.  

3. Skills Check

Thanks to Miss_Ren (@ReynoldsITT) for sharing her Skills Check, pictured below. This is a versatile activity that could survive used regularly, maybe equally a starter or equally a mini-assessment. Students consummate the questions for values of a too b given yesteryear the teacher. The values of a an b could survive given equally integers, fractions, decimals, numbers inward criterion form, powers, surds too then on. This industrial plant for a release of topics too is a expert agency to banking concern jibe key skills.

Another activity for practising key skills is this times tables grid from Open Evening post.

I started teaching a novel Year eleven shape final calendar week too enjoyed making some other expectations video using VideoScribe (which my subdivision forthwith subscribes to, pregnant I tin brand to a greater extent than videos adjacent year!). 

Thanks for reading! I'll survive dorsum amongst to a greater extent than gems soon.

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