Mathematician Study: Fibonacci and his numbers
When I started planning for our study into Fibonacci, I really struggled. Not with the maths of his numberContinue Reading
Category: Unmuddling Maths
Investigating Quadrilaterals: Angles and Tessellations
The first thing I wanted to do was have a look at angles. Although T11 has done lots of workContinue Reading
Helping a Struggling Maths Student: Quadrilaterals – Part Two
Discovery goals this week: Revise the quadrilaterals of last week Go over the nets of a cube ensuring each ofContinue Reading
Helping a Struggling Maths Student: Investigating Quadrilaterals
Goals of this week’s maths fun: To discover the shapes and names of all the quadrilaterals To be able to recognise eachContinue Reading
Helping a Struggling Maths Student: Learning Without a Curriculum and Using a Maths Informationary
I’m not entirely sure I have what it takes to do this. This being teaching Maths without a curriculum. ItContinue Reading
Helping a Struggling Math Student: Utilising a foreign number system with a base 4
Please excuse the terrible photos. The children are rehearsing a play they have written and are intending to act outContinue Reading
Helping a Struggling Math Student: Creating their own Number and Place Value Systems
What better way could the children investigate ‘what numbers are’ than by designing their own number system, followed by a number board whichContinue Reading
Helping a Struggling Math Student: Introducing Place Value
I have used two books to go over the concept of place value. The girls are certain that they doContinue Reading
Helping a Struggling Maths Student: What’s the point?
If you have been reading my blog for very long you will know I have one strong maths student, oneContinue Reading
Helping a Struggling Maths Student: Pascal’s Triangle, Magic Triangles & Number Bond Games
Practising Number Bonds using Pascal’s Triangle I thought I would have a fun frivolous lesson as both L10 and C10Continue Reading