by robdolphin | Oct 22, 2023 | Guidance for Teachers, Guides, Open-ended exploration examples
Many teachers will introduce a new idea in a Maths lesson by presenting a problem and then getting the class to suggest possible answers. These will be discussed and the teacher will lead the class to the correct answer. The problem with this approach is that only a...
by robdolphin | Oct 21, 2023 | Guidance for Teachers, Guides
A set of three A4 posters for display in the classroom, highlighting key attitudes to Maths....
by robdolphin | Oct 21, 2023 | Guidance for Parents, Guidance for Teachers, Guides, Practical and diagrams - examples
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by robdolphin | Apr 16, 2023 | Guidance for Teachers, Guides, Practical and diagrams - examples
First published in the SMC Primary Journal Issue 1 (2017) Two years ago we bought 100 metre sticks. Last year we bought 100 more! Used together with base ten materials, metre sticks are a great resource for teaching key numeracy skills. The ones we use...
by robdolphin | Apr 16, 2023 | Guidance for Teachers, Guides, Practical and diagrams - examples
(first published in the SMC Journal Issue 48) In my last article, I shared what a fantastic resource metre sticks are for teaching early addition and subtraction skills. In this article I will highlight how they are also great for teaching fractions, decimal...
by robdolphin | Apr 16, 2023 | Guidance for Teachers, Guides
(first published in TES – July 2019) I walked into a colleague’s classroom some months ago and saw this above the board: “Mistakes are to be expected, respected, inspected and corrected.” Brilliant! This, in a nutshell, was what we had been trying to...