A really interesting blog and video from the EEF on four key principles for encouraging high quality talk in mathematics lessons: buff.ly/44ULuzA
'Contentious points provide prompts for debate.'

A tool for embedding reasoning is making questions ‘minimally different’ and discussing why the answers are the same/different. Here’s an example from today:

This 3-minute video shows a range of ways to explore a 'big idea' around multiplication: buff.ly/3QVgCJH
These are my 'go to' activities for mathematical investigations and exploration!

The Deconstructing Word Qs trials continue. A great discussion on Friday between two children, one who thought Rose could have £1.15 and the other £1.19

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At last, I have Deconstructing Word Questions sample tasks (+ other things) ready for my mailing list: buff.ly/3v8Cyn5
Some people who trial & give feedback will get free copies.
Emails 16th & 21st May, 6th & 11th June. Check junk folder too!

A slightly different approach to those I have previously posted:

This video shows how the question below can be broken down & draw out the reasoning (3 mins). Could be a great thing to do once SATS week is over: youtu.be/mb2RxLPU1MI

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Here's a 3-minute video looking at developing a problem-solving task sequence: buff.ly/3QyYpkI
Help all children to access the task, reason and move beyond trial and error!

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Today in year 5, we were discussing what the hidden numbers could be to make the question easier/harder. The consensus: easier if the number is smaller and a multiple of 3. The numbers revealed were 4 and 9.

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Getting there one day at a time with the new Deconstructing Word Questions tasks! Samples out soon: iseemaths.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=52…

I was asked by a school to make a 5-minute video to introduce their maths week. In the video, I tell a few stories and introduce this Nrich task. Here's the video: buff.ly/3y0dy8h

So I pressed the picture of the door release. Turns out that doesn’t actually open the door 😲😁
And I teach children…

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Been very busy writing and teaching in the last 2 months (Deconstructing Word Qs for Y2-Y5). Mid-May I'm going to share lots of free samples.
After that, I'm launching a big project around problem-solving. Easily my biggest project to date.
More details in May!

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