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Playing with Numbers!
OVERVIEW• Setting the tone • Lesson structures• Active support• Whole class ideas• Group games• Circle games• Fun assessment tools• Chat, share, look and question
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ACTIVE LEARNING MISCONCEPTIONS• Physical movement required• Very noisy• Lots of resources• Always in groups• Contextualised and cross-curricular• No evidence• At the end of topic (or only at end of term!)
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ATTITUDE!
CLASSROOM ETHOS• Be a cheerleader for Maths• Make it cool and raise the profile• Make it real and relevant• Encourage ‘what if?’ moments• Let them play, change and make decisions• Work and learn together• Value mistakes as opportunities to learn
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• Not everything, all the time!• Takes time to build the ethos
and relationships with pupils • Share resources with
colleagues• Change one thing a week
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BABY STEPS
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LESSONSTRUCTURES
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Playing with Numbers!• Have you used any of these
lesson structures before? If so, discuss if they worked well in your class.
• Are there any you would like to try? How could you use or adapt them?
• Do you have a preferred way to structure lessons?
STOP & THINK
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ACTIVE SUPPORT
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Playing with Numbers!• Have you used any of these
support techniques before? If so, discuss if they worked well in your class.
• Are there any you would like to try? How could you use or adapt them?
• What support systems do you have in place in your classroom?
STOP & THINK
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Maths Karate
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WHOLE CLASS IDEAS
UNISON RESPONSEDifferent activities include:• Pendulum counting• Counting stick• Thigh, thigh, clap, clap etc
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COVER UPSThis could be on any topic:• a 100 square• multiplication grid• place value grid• shape grid• fraction grid
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SHOW MEDifferent activities include:
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• Digit cards• Number fans• Whiteboards• Flip flaps
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• Whiteboards• Whole class• (Easy homework!)• Exchange facts
4 x 52 x 10
0.2 x 100
5 + 1516 + 4
- 40 + 60
30 – 10100 – 80
1081.5 – 1061.5
40 2100 5
20
THE ANSWER IS...
MATHS ORCHESTRA• Set a different step for each group e.g. count in 10,
0.5, 5 and 50• When you point to a group they count in their
sequence as you wave your hands• Swap groups and they have to pick up from the last
number the previous group said• Change groups, change tempo
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WALKABOUT• Pupils all write a number or calculation on their
whiteboard and walk around the room. When you call stop, they find a partner near to them
It could be:• Total their numbers or difference between them• Double or half• Round them• Multiply by a given number etc
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Playing with Numbers!• Have you used any of these
activities before? If so, discuss if they worked well in your class.
• Are there any you would like to try?
• How could you use or adapt them?
STOP & THINK
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Identify the keys which still workSet 8 target numbersReach the total using only the working keys
6 12 7 15
8 20 10 50
BROKEN CALCULATOR
Variation: Can you make every number between 1 and 20?
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AUTOGRAPH HUNT
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More at - http://www.mattgillbe.co.uk/CMQN_maths_questions.html
POST IT GAME
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A post-it is put on your back/forehead
It has a number/shape/symbol etc on it
You have to work out what you are by asking other people questions which can be answered yes or no
Once you know what you are you have to put it on display e.g. no line, Venn diagram, table
Can do calculations instead of numbers
NUMBER HATSPupils wear hats and give instructions -
• Stand up if you are a multiple of 2
• Star jump if you have a remainder of 3 when divided by 5
• Touch your toes if you have 6 and 2 as factors
• Hop on one leg if you are divisible by 9
• Find a partner who has a factor the same as you
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NUMBER RHYTHMS•Teacher claps out steady rhythm
•Groups to clap the multiples of a step
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1) Odd numbers
2) Multiples of 4
3) Divisible by 4 with a remainder of 2
4) Divisible by 5 with no remainder
5) Count up in intervals of 0.5
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONSDifferent activities include:• Who want to be a millionaire?• Hot seat• Around the world• Team challenge• Win a letter• Win a roll to make a total• Noughts and crosses
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Playing with Numbers!• Have you used any of these
activities before? If so, discuss if they worked well in your class.
• Are there any you would like to try?
• How could you use or adapt them?
STOP & THINK
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GROUPGAMES
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Google – Tarsia Download
Jigsaw puzzles can be created based on patterns of tessellating shapes.
You can also create follow me cards, matching cards and domino games with either 8, 12, 16 or 24 pieces.
TARSIA SOFTWARE
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SPINNER GAMES
ADD
ADD
TAKEAWAY
TAKEAWAY
TIM
ES
TIMES
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NUMBER PUZZLES
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NUMBER PUZZLESSUDOKU & KAKUROwww.krazydad.com
KENKENwww.kenken.com
Sign up for teachers and students
Playing with Numbers!• Have you used any of these
activities before? If so, discuss if they worked well in your class.
• Are there any you would like to try?
• How could you use or adapt them?
STOP & THINK
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CIRCLEGAMES
CIRCLE GAMES• At your table you will find a copy of the circle games
booklet• Take turns to read out an activity to the table and play
the game (dice, throwing objects and post-its are at your table)
• You have 5 minutes to try a couple of games
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Playing with Numbers!• Have you used any of these
activities before? If so, discuss if they worked well in your class.
• Are there any you would like to try?
• How could you use or adapt them?
STOP & THINK
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FUN ASSESSMENT
TOOLS
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BRIDGE BUILDING
Playing with Numbers!FOCUS ON MEASUREMENT but ....• buy one, get one free• selling on resources• exchanging money• number calculations• estimating• properties of shape• angles• timing events• many social skills
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MAKE A DRINK CHALLENGE
Food
Supermarket advertising- Mental calculations
- Best value- Percentages Recipes
- Fractions of amount- Multiplying amounts
- Measurement
Nutrient Charts- Percentages
- Mental calculationsPackaging- Measure
- Area- 2D and 3D shape
Healthy Eating Survey- Data handling- Rounding and
estimation- ICT and graphs
Supermarket and restaurant design
- Area and measure- Number patterns and
sequences- Scale plans and maps
Sixties
Geometric Artwork- Measure
- Symmetry - Angles
Space Travel- Distances
- Time calculations- Data handling
Pop Bands Tour- Planning a tour
- Budgeting- Best value
Bridges- 2D and 3D shape
- Money Calculations- Measurement of length and weight
Holidays- Best value
- Timetables and schedules
- Distance calculations- Designing holiday parks
Playing with Numbers!• Have you used any of these
activities before? If so, discuss if they worked well in your class.
• Are there any you would like to try?
• How could you use or adapt them?
STOP & THINK
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CHAT, SHARE, LOOK AND QUESTION!
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CHATSpeak to your colleagues about the ideas you have heard about today. What will you try?
SHAREDo you have any ideas which have worked well for you to share with your table?
LOOKHave a look at the resources in the folders and around the room. Any you could adapt or use?
QUESTIONSomething puzzling you? Write it on a post-it and pop it on the question board.
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STOP DOING .. START DOING ..
DO LESS OF .. DO MORE OF ..
PLANNING AHEAD
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