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Students will work independently to investigate features of regular polygons. They will learn vocabulary, measure angles, find diagonals and lines of symmetry, draw shapes, look for patterns and discover algebraic formulas. This lesson plan contains questions to ask your students, discussion tips to help you get to a conversation about patterns and formulas, charts to guide student investigations that are differentiated to suit different abilities and ideas for extending your most gifted stude

This reference lists 13 problem solving strategies anyone can use when confronted with a problem. Hand one to each student to stick in their maths books for easy reference. Display a large version in the class when teaching problem solving strategies and thinking skills to your students.

Challenge your students to think deeply with Arithmagons. As long as your students can add whole numbers up to 30, then they can work mathematically to solve these simple yet complex problems. Students are given a group of sums and without using the same number twice have to find the numbers that add together to equal those sums. Included with this product are instructions on how to organise the task with your class, an activity sheet with 3 tasks that require increasingly deep levels of th

A simple poster that explains the process of thinking mathematically.

Give a copy of this poster to each student to stick into the front of their maths books for quick reference when completing maths investigations or open ended problems that require students to think like mathematicians. It is also handy to have a large version of the poster on display to refer to when solving problems or thinking critically in any subject area.

Get you students thinking with this straightforward place value activity. Students roll a dice and decide where to place the digit to build a larger number than their partner. More able students delve deeper into the activity to explore elements of chance as well as analyze and explain the strategy involved in winning the game. Students who are even more able continue to analyze how changes to the rules effect the strategies used. A great naturally differentiated activity that can be set up

A set of simple vocabulary cards to cut out and display when learning about 2D Shapes.