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New classroom displays 

9/1/2015

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So, at the end of last year I was told I would be having the classroom shown below! Since then it's had a 'complete makeover'. The staff have worked their socks off over summer replacing ceiling tiles, fixing a new carpet, painting all the walls, cleaning the windows and painting the door! 
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The only thing that I need now is my class tables, which are yet to arrive with less than a week till the start of term! Eek!


Anyway, here is a little display of my classroom, I have tried to include thanks to all those who helped to inspire the design but a few little bits I've have saved up and lost the original source! Sorry if this is you then please let me know!


First up in the maths periodic table from @justmaths
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Growth mindset display courtesy of @complexnumber and mathematicians of the world display with mathematical mr men created by the brilliant @solvemymaths
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Maths mastery by @c0mplexnumber and vowel-less display by @justmaths 


Also a bunting of mathematical key words made by @justmaths
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Challenge wall! Idea from Mr Collins Maths and a few people on twitter sharing their own versions. I have in there 3 levels of challenges starting from the bottom and moving up. Everything there from plenary tweet, JustMaths Bread and Butter, Corbett Maths 5-a-day, nrich problems in 2 stages, FMSP problems and my own challenge cards.
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Book expectations display, main central poster created by @justmaths 
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And finally a shot of the front! Clock idea I got from @c0mplexnumber I believe the original was by @corbettmaths


Number bunting from @justmaths and request a selfie from @mathedup
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Solving Quadratics Using Algebra Discs

6/7/2015

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New game to go live today! Have a read below to see what you think!

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The game starts with 4 options. These are:


Workshop: This mode allows players to enter any quadratic expression and use the game board to help complete the question and check their solution.


Arcade: Here players have a choice from 4 different difficulty levels of questions. Working through 3 levels of basic quadratics and a final level of some more complex quadratics with values greater than 1 for the x^2 coefficient. 


Instructions: Give the player a brief step by step instruction page of how to use the game.


Website: Links back to the games page.


Below is a shot of the arcade mode page:
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Player can select a question and then attempt to complete it, below I have chosen the third green question to have a go at!
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You can see that behind the discs is a green glow, this will actually shine red if the player makes a mistake giving them instant feedback on their decision and prompting them to rethink.


Below is a screen shot of the workshop

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Here players can enter any quadratic they like and use the board to answer their questions! The game will check the solution and tell the player wether they are right or wrong! 

My friend told me that it could't work for all questions so he tried to give me a a harder question to solve... piece of cake ;) (see below)


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Solving Equations Worksheets

4/1/2015

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Hope everyone is enjoying their Easter holidays! I'm setting aside a few days to make some new resources so I'm not so swamped the first week back! Some more worksheets will be coming but here's two for the meantime. I put these two together for a few lessons coming up on solving equations, there is the one to the right which has unknowns on both sides and following a gold, silver and bronze format. Just trying this out as a bit of a change really to make sure that all the worksheets I'm giving my classes don't all look the same!

You can download this one here
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This worksheet is for the first lesson and focuses on solving more basic equations. It starts with one step equations, moves through to two step equations and finishes on three step equations.

You can download this one here
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Superhero Sums 1

3/29/2015

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Here it is! The latest game! Addition and Subtraction skills practice, players are faced with a two minute period to answer as many questions as possible in order to master the game, here players have to get 20, 30 or 40 questions right to score a different level of mastery.
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Players are given a very simple on screen computer to input the answers into, you can use either the mouse or the keyboard for this (I find the keyboard a lot faster).
Players can also select the difficulty level once they have mastered the first stage. This will increase from 1 digit additions up to 3 digit additions. On subtraction mode players can also select wether to include negative numbers to come up as answers! Ouch!
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Play Superhero Sums 1 'Addition and Subtraction' HERE!
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Algebra True Or False RAG Sheets

3/28/2015

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New resources that I just used with one of my classes. There are three levels of sheets that I printed off and gave students at different times throughout the lesson, what students have to do is select which statements are corrent and which are incorrect, they then have to write in the correct answer to those they think are wrong. A few of my students did glitter bubbles in green and red if they were right or wrong and they looked awesome so this would be a nice touch.

Tried to add in all the misconceptions that arose in the first lesson when using these in following lessons as little consolidation exercises. Hope you like them, you can download all the files below the pictures :-)

There are three levels:
Green - Easy
Amber - Medium
Red - Challenge

I realise a lot of people use the colours the other way round but I don't like my easier exercises to be red. Seems to make the students think it's hard so I've chosen to colour associate it for this reason.

Collecting Like terms

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Multiplying Algebra

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You can download the collecting like term sheets here
You can download the multiplying algebra sheets here
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Literacy Extension Cards - Cross Curricular

3/21/2015

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Next set of extension cards are ready. Again there are three sheets so 24 cards in total to add to an envelope on a challenge board or just kept at the front for some quick fire extensions. I imagine these could be used fairy well cross curriculary as well as none of them are really aimed at maths concepts or anything so are pretty open to any subject. Hope you find them useful :-) Below I have put a photo in as I have just printed them all off and laminated them through my new laminator (got a bit excited). I'd imagine there will be a bit laminating session on the horizon! Download link below or via the extension resources page! :-) Enjoy!
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You can download the literacy extension cards here.
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More Fractions Resources..

3/21/2015

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A few more fractions resources. There is a 'got it, smashed it' sheet on simplifying fractions, pulls up highest common factor and a selection of questions with a few extensions. There is also a big sheet of dividing fractions with an answer box at the bottom. This looks at basic fractions all the way up to mixed numbers and has a large selection of answers which can be crossed off as students solve them. Pictures shown in the post :-) Enjoy!

Download Dividing Fractions Here
Download Simplifying Fractions Sheet Here
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Pie Chart match cards

3/18/2015

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So the last set of match cards went down well when doing box plots so I decided to put some together for pie charts. I used this as a consolidation exercise on our first lesson doing pie charts. Students have to match the pie charts to the sets of data to start, they can then start to analyse the statements to match up some percentages and descripions regarding the pie charts. You could then get any students who finish to design some of their own to add to the set :-)

You can download the pie chart match cards here
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Challenge and Extension cards Answers!!

3/16/2015

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Unfortunately I can't take any credit for this one! The fantastic class of Mr Horley @mhorley have put these together for me to share with you! So here you go and thank you to Mr Horleys maths class! There were a lot of requests for these so you have saved me! I think there are some more to come in due course! 


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download the answers here


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Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions

3/7/2015

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Made some new resources! Last week I made the fatal mistake of assuming prior knowledge with a class I am covering once a week. We were set to do multiplying fractions and I mistakedly assumed they would have prior knowledge of improper fractions and mixed numbers.. big mistake! Anyway, quickly remedied the situation and decided I would make sure the one lesson we have together counts so I've put together a worksheet and match cards covering mixed numbers and improper fractions.

The match cards will be used first, I have put in the visual alongside the improper fraction and finally the mixed number. Pictures below:
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Final task for the lesson I've put together a worksheet using the 'Got it, Smashed it, Mastered it' theme. First section looking at the visual building on from the match card activity. Final sections then ask students to convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers. A few extension questions thrown in there also for good measure!
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You can download the match cards here
You can download the worksheet here

Enjoy! :-)
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