Trickier Surds questions with Y11 in #MathsToday I love writing questions based on fun maths challenge qus and found these I wrote a while ago that I really like PPT on old blog post here: chelekmaths.com/2023/06/20/s...

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Next cover lesson is up! Unit 2 Foundation - simplifying expressions, indices, expanding, factorising and substitution etc. Print the double sided worksheet and use the video to support students. www.hannahkettlemaths.co.uk/cover #mathstoday

I used this task this week to introduce Y10 to simultaneous equations. Drawing attention to important decisions that need to be made. #MathsToday

#mathstoday Brilliant time with @vwheelhouse.bsky.social in session 1 of MEI’s TGM:Live course, discussing use of ratio tables, double number lines and bar models to support GCSE students to tackle ratio problems. Not too late to join this fantastic cohort of teachers: mei.org.uk/teaching-gcs...

In #MathsToday we used this ncetm checkpoint and followed it up with this Don Steward beauty donsteward.blogspot.com/2013/12/near... for Functional Skills level 1 #FEMaths

New blog post on this PYTHAGOREAN SQUARES day! Go For Geometry! 7 is here, how to build the squares-on-sides Pythagorean figure with all technology platforms! karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/g... Happy 9-16-25! #MTBoS #iTeachMath #T3Learns #Geometry #MathSky #MathsToday

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#mathstoday My year 8 LPA were using mathsbot today to help them collect like terms. It worked really well

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In #MathsToday using my fave algebra tiles to factorise quadratics, so that students can visualise which factor pair they need

More Y9 trig #MathsToday: we ditched the tables in favour of drawing multipliers directly onto the triangles. This lesson went pretty well! Still just using sin and cos, and today I kept everything in one orientation as well.

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For the next stage of our trig lessons, we looked at the unit circle and introduced sine and cosine as a way to generate a reference triangle for any angle. At this stage they’re still then using similarity and ratio tables to find the missing sides. #MathsToday

Great questions on indices from Maths HKO, really getting students to think deeply #mathstoday

After school further maths getting stuck into some trig equation solving. Planned a really precise approach for yr12 (manipulatives, laminated write-on graphs, small steps that move v quickly) and it’s worked really well for year 10 L2FM too! #MathsToday

Linking ratio and algebra with Y10 #MathsToday

If we assume that all colors are equally likely (p=.25), what is the likelihood that I would only get 3 or less strawberry Starbursts out of 34? Binomial X <= 3 with n=34 and p=.25 is less than 2% Is this evidence that Strawberry starbursts are actually less likely than other flavors #Statsky ?

Another new resource added today, this time from A-level Maths numerical methods: ✨Newton-Raphson Method Fill in the Blanks Find it at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level #ALevelMaths #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Y12 have found proof by contradiction really hard! We did some practice at just writing down the opposite statement first (pink in first 2 pics), and then I’ve been scaffolding the proofs fairly heavily. Does anyone have a good bank of examples for more practice? #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

In #mathstoday this odd one out task worked really well and allowed us to recover quite a lot of important vocabulary 😁

Every time I teach fractions to Y7 there are students who already feel they have mastered it. So it was great in #Mathstoday when exploring the relationship between the numerator and denominator, to see that this was new to the whole class as a way to spot equivalent fractions. #MathsChat #Mathtoday

In #MathsToday we had a go at using algebra tiles for expanding double brackets, with my nurture Y9 class. Took a while, but we got there. So pleased for my students.

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Another same&different activity with Y8. I think they were surprised that there turned out to be more the similarities than differences. #MathsToday

Y8 #MathsToday: we extended the tables downwards, and they pretty quickly realised they could use the numbers they could see in order to evaluate these. We even managed negative fractional indices! Honestly this way of teaching indices is a game changer. Thanks @blatherwicksam.bsky.social

I've been fortunate enough to visit some colleagues to see some amazing different lessons around my school and in one of the schools I'm working with. Strikes me we really should plan and teach together more. It really is the best CPD. Teachers need more time to do it. #MathsToday

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Added set 4 later to keep my S3 class on their toes - after all, the old stuff can seem harder alongside the new stuff. #MathsToday

Started indices in Y8 #MathsToday. Our previous topic was sequences, so we began by comparing two that I’d made in a spreadsheet. And then we moved onto power tables, using the jumps method that I stole from @blatherwicksam.bsky.social. By the end of the lesson they were using fractional powers!

Looking at angles in polygons, deriving the formula several different ways and connecting the maths to the diagrams, building connections with factorising and expanding, nth term of linear sequences. I had a lovely time. #MathsToday

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Not posted in a while. Anyone else feeling stuck in a rut? But I've done some lovely maths, promise to share more tomorrow. For #MathsToday trig via the unit circle and ratio tables! Students generally want to find quicker ways so the formulas come out naturally and come out nicer opp=sinx x hyp

In #MathsToday I ran a CPD session on using representations when teaching maths. The key take aways were 1. Choose the right representation to aid in the understanding of the concept/structure 2. Use familiar representations 3. Take time when introducing new representations.

In #MathsToday (yesterday actually because I fell asleep!) I welcomed a school I’ve been working with to come and see me teach my Y8s 2 step equations with algebra tiles. The number of them that were moving towards the formal written method by then end shows the power of manipulatives!

The humble think-pair-share is a solid, meaningful educational activity in a world where we are trying to over-engineer learning activities. Just ensure there is a well-considered idea or question to discuss. wp.me/peKPOF-o #EduSky

mathshko.com/connected-qs/ Made this for year 11 revision

Found these two graphic really helpful running a "masterclass" for year 11 today.... a "big picture" major ideas and one "tactical moves" - do one of these when stuck. #mathstoday

I crowd-sourced a list of maths-themed books recently. Not so well-curated as yours, but if anybody gets the bug and wants more, they can find the list and some background info here: tommaths.blogspot.com/2024/09/book...

Same & Different! It helps students focus in on important features of closely related items, taps into multiple representations, helps review and solidify learning. #iTeachMath #MTBoS #MathsToday Wrote 2 posts about it: this one & one for calculus. karendcampe.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/s...

In #MathsToday we were multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 - using plastic wallets to write the numbers on so we could move the digits up and down on the place value grid.

I gave this to Year 9 in #MathsToday. The "g" stands for gangster. 😀

I used to encourage students to highlight F or Z shapes for parallel lines questions, but today I just told Y9 to highlight the transversal. It’s an easier first step, and they were almost always then able to immediately see what to do next. Also, I love these MathsPad questions! #MathsToday

In our department meeting on Wednesday, we had some time to work in groups in order to make improvements to our shared lesson resources. My group decided our #ALevelMaths lessons need more completion tables! Then in Y12 #MathsToday I got to use this one that my colleague had made.

Tree diagrams and Venn diagrams with Year 12 in #MathsToday. We started off with the matching activity and then used one of @paddymacmahon.com's activities to get them thinking about how trees and Venns are related. Download here: mrsouthernmaths.wordpress.com/a-level-math... #ALevelMaths

Ran a CPD session on algebra tiles #MathsToday We all had fun exploring!

GCSE Maths Teachers!! I know lots of you use my half past papers with Year 11s for weekly homework / revision. Do you have any ideas for improvement for me? What would you like to see next? #gcsemaths #mathstoday #mathsteacher

Now 5 lessons into percentages with Y9. We are still using tables, but now with multipliers. Today we did some repeated change problems by adding extra sections to the table. #MathsToday

In #MathsToday, we’re practicing our negative number bonds. Surprisingly fun as you add more dice - and think of efficient ways to sum them. Yellow dice are positive and red are negative, here we made positive 1.

In #MathsToday I had a lovely time doing direct proportion with y9 using ratio tables! Then percentages with y8 using ratio tables! It's a ratio tables kind of week 😆