Full Description
This practical book draws on Ronit Bird's teaching experience to create detailed strategies and teaching plans for students aged 9-16 who have difficulties with number. Activities and games are used to teach numeracy skills in these key areas: number components, bridging, multiplication, division and reasoning strategies.
New to this edition:
An updated Part I, improving the clarity and flow of the teaching ideas, including a table mapping games against specific teaching points
More activities and guidance for multiplication and division
A new Part V, consolidating new and existing teaching games in one place
4 new videos added to the online resources
This is an ideal resource for class teachers, SENCO (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) and maths subject leader, and is equally useful for teaching assistants and learning support assistants.
Contents
Part I: Stop Counting in Ones
Chapter 1: How to help pupils stop counting in ones
Part II: The Bridging Technique
Chapter 2: Pre-skills for learning the bridging technique
Chapter 3: Bridging through 10
Chapter 4: Bridging through multiples of 10
Part III: The Area Model of Multiplication and Division
Chapter 5: Pre-skills for the area model of multiplication and division
Chapter 6: The area model of multiplication and division
Chapter 7: Making the transition from the area model to standard written algorithms for short and long multiplication
Chapter 8: Making the transition from the area model to standard written algorithms for short and long division
Part IV: Reasoning Strategies
Chapter 9: Reasoning Strategies
Part V: Games Collection
