Mathsmoves

This Powerpoint resource (consisting of 70 interactive slides plus printables) builds on pupils' familiarity with pattern using sequence patterns as a starting point for generalization. As letters are introduced, when finding general rules for a growing pattern, they will have many possible values thus emphasising the use of letters as variables. A range of models and images, interactive activities and games are utilised to encourage reasoning and develop understanding. Click on the thumbna

Gain immediate access to ALL resources on the Mathsmoves website for a year and get support, advice and ideas within the private Facebook group. These Powerpoint resources contain interactive slides for working through concepts with your students using visual models and images, alongside activities, printables and answers where applicable. Games are used for consolidation; statements are provided to promote reasoning and problems are included to allow students to apply their understanding.

This interactive Powerpoint (consisting of 57 interactive slides plus printables) helps pupils to understand area and perimeter which students can often find confusing. This resource initially focuses on the ideas of area being the covering of space in two dimensions and perimeter as being the boundary around an area of space. Pupils are encouraged to use various units for the measure of area, prior to appreciating why squares are the unit of measure that is commonly used. Once pupils are co

This resource contains 72 Christmas reasoning activities at three levels for the 5 to 11 age range. Problems and games engage pupils and get them thinking through tasks such as planning a party, comparing foot length and height to reindeer lengths, the speed at which Santa travels around the world and which table to sit at to get the most chocolate.

This interactive Powerpoint (consisting of 46 interactive slides plus printables) helps pupils to compare fractions. When asked to compare or order fractions, pupils sometimes automatically think about finding common denominators, and in some cases, this is what is needed. However, there are also situations where pupils can use reasoning, such as when the fractions have the same denominator, the same numerator or can easily be compared to 1 or ½. Using fraction circles, fraction strips, fract

This interactive PowerPoint (consisting of 38 interactive slides plus printables) helps pupils to understand equivalent fractions by using resources, visual images, games and discussion statements. Sometimes pupils consider numerators and denominators as positive integers rather than as referring to relative amounts and they need to see that fractions answer how much, rather than how many.

Maths trails are an engaging way to consolidate learning within a particular topic or they can be used as a fun way to revise multiple topics. They can also be used effectively as an outdoor activity. Some are based on the outdoor space while others are independent of it. This Powerpoint resource contains a maths trail and explains how it can be used.

Engage your pupils with these three and a bit activities for Pi Day

Getting outside for PE at this time of year usually involves some form of athletics, even if only in the form of practice for the fast-approaching Sports Day. This presents an excellent opportunity to practise measuring which is such an important but sometimes neglected part of teaching measures. Also, we obtain relevant data that can then be used back in the classroom.

We have all experienced students performing badly on tests, despite their ability and understanding, simply because they have not used any reasoning when working on their calculation. This presentation asks pupils to state why the given answer is wrong without working out the answer, so they have to use reasoning.

This presentation is designed to help you explain the use of SPOT to pupils when solving word problems. Rather than focusing on key words, this approach focuses on creating an answer sentence at the beginning and using an image to understand the problem.