Exit tickets are not a new idea by any means. I have been aware of exit tickets for many years of my teaching but must confess I have not used them. I must say I don’t really know why, I just preferred other activities for plenaries. A new colleague of mine shared an exit ticket…
Read MoreMy first formal lesson with year 7 and the LO is to be able to calculate the perimeter and area of a rectangle. What I like about this LO is that chances are, all of my class are going to be able to do this. It means that I get to think of a different…
Read MoreThere are so many brilliant resources to use on median by Don Steward that sometimes it can be so hard to chose which one to use. If you are about to teach a lesson on square and cube numbers then look no further than the following two resources: square numbers: 10 questions: And cube number…
Read MoreI love Nrich. It is such a brilliant website with so many brilliant problems for students to solve. If you have not yet spent some time navigating through the nrich website, go and do this now! They have problems for all age groups and for so many topics of maths. I always try to start…
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