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 product is a worksheet where students cut out equations and number stories and match them. The focus is on the equation as a representation of the story. Students need to match the equation that represents the story, not try to find an equation that works out the answer. Focus is on the START, ACTION (joining equal groups - multiplication or separating a total into equal groups - division) and the END. The unknown therefore can be any of these three.

This file contains 4 posters that provide a range of strategies for working out computations for each of the 4 operations. There is a poster for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division computation strategies plus an introduction slide. 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. Other files in my TpT store also includes detailed posters for

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

The game practises the strategy where students break up 2-digit numbers into place value parts. Students choose 2 game cards to create an addition computation. They then match their computation with the ones on the game board where the 2 numbers have been broken into place value parts. The game is simple, effective and quick to play.

This game practises the strategy for addition where one of the numbers given is broken into place value parts e.g. 36 as 30+6. The students match the representation of the addition with 1 number broken up to the addition created from the cards they chose for their turn. They don't need to calculate answers. The game practises them recognising the strategy

This is another 3-in-a-row game where students play against a partner to practise a particular strategy. The strategy in this game is where 1 number is broken into compatible numbers (multiples of ten) to make the Addition computation easier. The computations involve 2-digit numbers.

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.

Students choose two cards, one from each set and match the addition computations based on the Change 2 numbers strategy e.g. 37+19 would match 36+20. Students can match the cards face up, turn them over and play Memory (choose 2 and see if they match or Snap etc. Recommendation: Copy each set of cards onto different colour paper to make the matching pairs easier and more efficient to find.

This set of cards practises breaking 1 number in a multiplication computation and multiplying each part by the 1-digit multiplier. Students initially match the computation and the broken up strategy e.g. 35x4 matches 30x4 + 5x4. Numbers are broken into place value parts e.g. 36x4 as 30x4 +6x4 or compatible parts e.g. 29x4 as 25x4 + 4x4. All multipliers are the same so students don't just match the multiplier. The file also includes a set of cards with the answers which students can match after t