I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
A great lesson for getting the learners to work together and do it for themselves. A matching card activity to get them started on a discussion of inequalities. A poster and a PowerPoint display are provided to remind learners of the symbols. An animated PowerPoint presentation of the solutions allows learners to say what they have before the answer pops up. A worksheet provides for consolidation of learning. And finally a quiz is provided for plenary, or recap at the start of the next lesson.
All files have been also provided in PDF form to appear correctly on any system.
This whole lesson always goes down very well in my classroom! And no work for teacher, after preparing the materials that is!
Two ways of approaching recognition and identifying properties of 3D shapes at KS1. Either match the shape from the description, or name and identify the properties of the shape. I've split them into the Year 1 and Year 2, and done one with the solids required in both years. Some can be simply given out, and some could be printed on card and cut out for a matching activity. All in Word or PDF. Plus a word search in two versions.
'Pupils handle and name a wide variety of common (…) 3-D shapes including: (…) cuboids, prisms and cones, and identify the properties of each shape (for example, number of sides, number of faces). Pupils identify, compare and sort shapes on the basis of their properties and use vocabulary precisely, such as sides, edges, vertices and faces.'
Two powerpoints are available on the free down downloads to accompany these worksheets.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-key-stage-1-3d-shapes-two-ppt-presentations-recognise-properties-and-recognise-shapes-11201174
All images (c) Colin Billett 2015
Year 4 - Geometry – properties of shapes
Two separate bundles of activities covering (a) triangles and (b) quadrilaterals, all for the new KS2 specifications. Specifically written for Year 4, they can easily be used at any level. In Word for editing or PDF for clear copies. Activities, worksheets and assessments, plus a short presentations on triangles and quadrilaterals. The presentations are included as PowerPoints and PDFs, to ensure at least one will open on any computer.
Statutory requirements
Pupils should be taught to:
• compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
Pupils continue to classify shapes using geometrical properties, extending to classifying different triangles (for example, isosceles, equilateral, scalene) and quadrilaterals (for example, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium).
Pupils compare and order angles in preparation for using a protractor and compare lengths and angles to decide if a polygon is regular or irregular.
Everything needed for tree diagrams at Higher Tier - a presentation on probability rules for addition and subtraction, a PowerPoint on drawing tree diagrams, and a worksheet for the learners to answer questions on tree diagrams.
All photographs (c)2015 Colin Billett
Simplify and manipulate algebraic expressions to maintain equivalence by:
• multiplying a single term over a bracket
• taking out common factors
Card matching activity with rectangles in algebraic form, answers with and without brackets.
PowerPoint presentation with solutions for class checking. Worksheet of twelve questions each of expanding and factorising using same method, with boxes. Second PowerPoint for starter or checking learning. Three more short worksheets of mixed questions. Plus ‘objectives’ slide. All you need for this straightforward topic, and lots of opportunity for discussion.
Common Core Standards
Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles
6. Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.
Everything you need for a full lesson or two to develop trigonometry from the tangent ratio to sine and cosine.
Presentations, worksheets, activities and solutions, covering all aspects of the Common Core Standards.
Please leave comments, suggestions or corrections.
Clear and simple examples of constructions for KS3 and KS4, and loci questions for GCSE.
An identical PowerPoint to the activity to talk the learners through the processes. All tried and tested, and successful with learners.
Answers provided for learners to check their own solutions.
All images (c)2015 Colin Billett
Hands on activities for generating deeper thinking and discussion of probability questions. Learners consider one or more experiment cards and cards with real data to predict the probability of an event. Is a new baby more likely to be a boy? Look at the data. Are all scores on two dice equally likely? Try it and see. An extensive worksheet to consolidate learning, and some true/false cards to get deeper into the questions, which are also in a PowerPoint presentation.
All photographs (c)2105 Colin Billett
Ten multiple-choice questions, with answers, in a PowerPoint format. Questions are on ordering, subtracting, equivalence, dividing and multipying.
Ideal to be used on the IWB and suitable for KS3 and KS4 students.
Four games to play to reinforce solving simple equations and substitution, so quite suitable for year 6 and key stages 3 or 4.
Throw the dice, and match the equation to the score. Claim that tile, and the next person throws.
All solutions are in the range of 1 - 6, so easy arithmetic.
But game can be adapted any way you like - solve all the equations first, then play the dice game to make three in a row, or four in a row.
The second set is throw the dice and substitute the scores into the expressions, then find the numbers in the grid.
Give feedback please, on suggested improvements.
A very full set of resources to use and apply Pythagoras' Theorem in a wide range of situations, from simple triangles to finding the length of a line on a co-ordinate grid. PowerPoint presentation with early slides reminding learners of the principles and knowledge. Later questions apply the knowledge and lead on to generalisations.
Plus extra worksheets on finding perimeter of polygons and finding the area of a circle drawn on a co-ordinate grid. Surds and use of pi encouraged in line with 2015 UK curriculum. Plus a multiple choice starter to check learning before they begin, with six questions, and another multiple choice activity to use for homework, or as a simple starter in a following lesson.
