A year of Mastery
Reflections on a year of teaching the Mastery pathway (mastery mathematics) at Key Stage 3.…
Exploring proportional reasoning
Tonight's post is another quick one about using ratio tables, this time for solving proportional…
Fraction and percentage equivalence using ratio tables
It seems that two years of shameless use of ratio tables have finally paid off;…
How I teach trigonometry in right-angled triangles
I've been teaching trigonometry from scratch with Year 10 this week, so thought it would…
Teaching rounding
1. Crack place value firstThis might seem like a no-brainer, but teaching rounding on top…
From bar modelling to ratio tables – tidying up percentages
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of bar modelling to get pupils to…
Mix Match
A great quick activity to get pupils out of their seats; this works particularly well…
Pass the Problem
This is a great way to get pupils collaborating in the classroom and focusing on…
Teaching solving equations
The teaching methods I use for solving equations have changed drastically over my (relatively short)…
Factorising linear expressions using algebra tiles
I usually start work on factorising algebraic expressions with a critical look at what factorising…