There is no such thing .. We had year 11 parents evening Thursday and for this, I’d prepared a letter for each student, showing how many marks away from the next grade boundary they were 12 months ago and how many they were in their most recent assessment, and what they could be doing to prepare … Read more
The Guardian Teacher Network site is one of my “go-to” sites for education news and I love their Secret Teacher blog – it’s one of the first things I check out on a Saturday morning so love the fact that some of my fractions worksheets have been included in this article … its true though … Read more
I’ve put together a “must, should, could” style worksheet for fractions, starting with “Sorted it” in relation to multiplying and dividing fractions, then “Nailed it” moves on to addition and subtraction and finally “Mastered it” includes all 4 operations but with mixed numbers. These type of worksheets are ideal for allowing students to either get loads of … Read more
is a bit like marmite … you either love it or hate it. Especially at secondary schools, when the students already have a firm idea on where they stand on the subject and the usual response is “I ‘ate fractions!!” It’s a topic that I usually can’t get too excited about, but it’s one in … Read more
Been planning lessons this weekend and have put the attached together (and solution) which I am going to use with all my year groups over the next few weeks – either as a starter or the main activity – depending on the group. So my lower years/abilities will get it as the main course and my higher years/abilities … Read more
I’ve mentioned before here how I used internal analysis from a previous exam paper to get the students to work independently on topics identified for them personally. We will be doing the same for some of our target students who will be retaking their exam in November – this time we will be using our … Read more
Further to my post yesterday I’ve put this worksheet together for my students that didn’t get Q9 on the Edexcel March 2013 non calculator paper correct, but will be equally useful for anyone that is teaching indices – it includes a “must. should and could” style exercise before the students attempt the exam questions on the reverse. I’m … Read more
UPDATED 6th June 2013 There have been some interesting tweets and blogs recently about students inability to recall prior learning after a period of time and some people would suggest that students should (or shouldn’t) move on with their learning once they have “mastered” a topic or keep working on it, until they have “got … Read more
Last night I had every intention of this worksheet (and solution) being purely for standard form, but I got thinking about how teaching in discrete topics sometimes means that the students are able to demonstrate their understanding at that moment in time, but a couple of weeks later its gone! (its probably the same for every topic with some … Read more
This is topic that I find students need reminding about – it just doesn’t seem to stick for some of them. Its also a topic that isn’t worth a great deal of marks on an exam BUT seems to make an appearance every exam session, and every mark counts so I’ve put the attached Connect … Read more
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