Making Maths Reason-able

This is a teacher resource book that provides information about a series of strategies for all operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This resource is the culmination of many years work including with schools who have replaced the teaching of operations using algorithms completely with these strategies with very positive results in terms of student attitude, confidence and knowledge. Information provided includes background information, details of the strategies and exa

This file contains 70 posters that provide a range of strategies for working out basic facts computations and computations for operations beyond basic facts. There is a poster for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This file contains summary posters and a poster for each strategy individually for both basic facts and operation strategies. This file contains all the posters I have made for computation which I also have available as separate files in my TpT store. (This file is b

This file contains 37 posters that provide visual prompts for basic fact strategies for computations involving 1-digit numbers. There is a summary poster for each operation and an individual poster for each strategy e.g. Make ten (addition) The posters can be printed large for display on classroom walls or small for student reference in their mathematics books. Other files in my TpT store contain just the summary posters for basic fact strategies and there are files with strategies for operatio

This file contains 34 posters that provide visual prompts for computation strategies for computations beyond basic facts. There is a summary poster for each operation and an individual poster for each strategy e.g. Break Up 1 Number (addition) The posters can be printed large for display on classroom walls or small for student reference in their mathematics books. Other files in my TpT store contain just the summary and individual detail posters for basic fact strategies with summary and individ

This file contains posters that provide visual prompts about the concept of each operation and for basic fact strategies for computations involving 1-digit numbers. The operation concept posters explain what each operation means. For example addition is joining, subtraction is taking away but is also difference and comparison.. The posters can be printed large for display on classroom walls or small for student reference in their mathematics books. Other files in my TpT store contain other sets

This file contains 4 posters that provide a range of strategies for working out basic facts computations. There is a poster for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division basic facts. The posters can be printed large for display on classroom walls or small for students to keep as reference in their mathematics books. The four posters in this file are summary posters. Another file in my TpT store also includes detailed posters with a poster for each strategy individually.

This is a teacher resource booklet to support teachers developing lessons, activities and programs involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of single-digit numbers. It provides a summary of strategies that can be used to develop understanding and associated number sense rather than just committing these facts to memory. This resource has developed from my work as an educational consultant for nearly 20 years and is based on the work of many mathematics educators. The idea

Students match 2 cards that show the same 1-digit addition represented using ten-frames. One set of cards has 9+ a 1-digit number and the other set of cards has 10 + 1-digit numbers. Students find the pairs of cards e.g. 9+6 will match the picture of 10+5. There are 2x10 cards in the game. Recommendation: Copy each set of cards onto a different colour paper before laminating to help students find the pairs more easily.

This resource includes 2 sets of cards. 1 set depicts addition equations that total 10 with the second addend missing. Students need to match the single-digit number card that completes the equation e.g. 3 + ? = 10 matches the 7 card. Play face up for learning and face down for consolidation. Suggest each set of cards is copied onto a different colour paper for ease of matching.

This is a simple game that can be used to reinforce knowledge of Near Ten addition basic facts e.g. 7+4 is near 6+4 (+1). Students choose two different game cards. One shows either 7+, 8+ or 9+. The other card shows either 4,5 or 6. These two cards create a random addition basic fact. Students match this addition fact with a matching representation of the fact that highlights the make ten fact the fact created is near e.g. 8+6 would match 8+ 2+4 on the game-board.There is no need to work out ans

This simple game reinforces doubles as a set of addition basic facts. This game contains 2 different sets of cards to reinforce the same concept. The first set of cards list the word double e.g. Double 4. The second set of cards shows the double as an addition e.g. 4+4. Students identify the total of the double from memory or by working it out and place their counter on a space with the total that matches the double fact on the game-board. Students work in pairs to try to be the first to get thr

This is a simple game that can be used to reinforce knowledge of Find Ten addition basic facts. A Find Ten basic fact is an addition strategy where a number close to 10 is swapped for a 10 to make the computation easier and then the answer is fixed. Students choose 2 cards, one from each set. One card will show a number from 3-8 and the other card will show either +8 or +9. The 2 cards will form an addition fact. Students match the addition fact with a representation of the strategy they could u

This resource teaches and consolidates the near doubles basic addition facts e.g. 5+6 = 5+5 +1. There are 4 cards - the initial fact, the double it is linked to, a picture of the fact using ten frames, and the answer. Suggest each card is copied onto different colour paper to assist students finding pairs in consolidation activities where the cards are face down.

This product has 4 cards that show the four facts for each Make Ten basic fact in equation form. The first card also has a picture of a ten frame to show the number and help students see what they need to add to complete the ten. Suggest each card is copied onto different colour paper to aid students making pairs as a consolidation game (with cards upside down). Use as a learning activity/math centre facing up.

This product is a worksheet for students to practise matching number stories to equations. The focus is for them to represent the story as it appears, not to write an equation they will use to solve it. Focus is on the START, ACTION (addition as joining or subtraction as separating) and the END. The unknown can be in any position in the story. Context is the same for each story and the numbers are deliberately small so the focus is on the equation not on the solution.

This product shows the doubles basic facts as additions with ten frames so students can see there are 2 frames with the same number. The other cards show the double as an addition (e.g. 3+3), as a stated double (e.g. Double 3) and the answer card (e.g. 6). Students can learn the concept matching the cards face-up or consolidate the concept playing matching games with the cards face-down. Suggest each set of cards is copied onto different colour paper for ease of finding pairs when the cards are

This simple game reinforces the Make Ten basic addition facts e.g. 6+4 or 3+7. Students play the game in pairs and compete to get three of their counters on the game-board in a row. To play they select a card and place their counter on a space on the game-board that has the number that will add to the number on their chosen card that will make a total of 10. This game contains two sets of cards for 2 variations. One uses ten frames to represent the numbers where students can see the number of mi