Resource; Expanding Brackets – Bigger Picture. Pre Assessment – pupils to demonstrate how much they can remember on the side of “what they should know”. Post Assessment – after pupils have been introduced to the new concept they then sit a quick assessment of a couple of questions to show they understand how to solve equations. Mastery post assessment – pupils demonstrate they have mastered the topics they have been taught confidently without any support. They have mastered the topic not necessarily through problem solving but through showing confidence in fluency questions without support. Contains; 1. 34 questions, moving from foundation level to exceeding. 2.Pre Assessment questions/post assessment questions. 3. 34 solutions provided. 4. Set of instructions to ensure the task runs smoothly. 5. Printable version – white version. 6. Please download file and ensure you don’t just drag and drop to google drive as this can cause issues with the viewing the file. Printing Tip: This resource has been designed to display on board or print on A4. If you wish to print, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or fit to page option on your print settings) in order for it to print correctly on A4. Tip 2: You could laminate and reuse for other classes. This could be printed in colour and used over and over again. Saving you time and money on the printing costs. File Type; PDF Idea behind task; Get pupils to demonstrate individually how confident they are at expanding brackets from single to double to triple brackets and also to address misconceptions at an individual level. Pupils can show clear understanding and if they get stuck then it allows us to put an intervention in place from the onset. Tip: If you wish to see what style task it is before paying for it, then check out my free example of this resource - solving equations bigger picture. Here is the link below, copy and paste it into google to see what a bigger picture task looks like. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/solving-equations-bigger-picture-11555809 Check the preview! If you do purchase my resource, please do rate and review my resources. I really appreciate reviews and feedback, I aim to develop constantly and love to ensure my resources are up to date and differentiated to all ability levels but please do try to be constructive!  @ onitmaths@gmail.com Terms of use; Please use only by the customer buying the resource.

Resource:  Differentiated Task on Basic Subtraction in preparation for the Arithmetic KS2 SATS paper. Red, Amber, Green (RAG) tasks (3 sets) – RAG task 1 – Subtraction of two digits and one digit, then two digits and two digits, then reasoning task with pieces of information missing as the secure section. Check in activity, quick individual task to complete as a post assessment to make sure pupils can subtract two digits and two digits. RAG task 2 - Subtraction of two digits and two digits, then three digits and two digits, then reasoning task with pieces of information missing as the secure section. Check in activity, quick individual task to complete as a post assessment to make sure pupils can subtract three digits and two digits. RAG task 3 - Subtraction of three digits and two digits, then three digits and three digits, then reasoning task with pieces of information missing as the secure section. Check in activity, quick individual task to complete as a post assessment to make sure pupils can subtract three digits and two digits. Idea behind tasks; This task is to address a gap in knowledge for many of my pupils with addition. Pupils are given time to practice the key skills on the SATS paper as a revision task or consolidation task. They often get no marks when it includes a square or they start off correctly and then mess up the addition/subtraction. This is to really hammer home the style of question in the SATS exam that should definitely earn our pupil’s full marks.  Pupils choose which colour they feel confident attempting. If they are really confident they should choose green, the secure option, if they are struggling they should choose the red or amber option (foundation – basic assessment of skill, amber is a little bit harder). Pupils show the questions, working out and answers that they have attempted in their class book. Answers provided for each stage.  Printing Tip: This resource has been designed to display on board or print on A4. If you wish to print, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or fit to page option on your print settings) in order for it to print correctly on A4. Tip 2: You could laminate and reuse for other classes. This could be printed in colour and used over and over again. Saving you time and money on the printing costs. File Type; PDF Click the preview! If you do purchase my resource, please do rate and review my resources. I really appreciate reviews and feedback, I aim to develop constantly and love to ensure my resources are up to date and differentiated to all ability levels but please do try to be constructive!  @ onitmaths@gmail.com Terms of use; Please use only by the customer buying the resource.

Resource:  Differentiated Task on Basic Addition in preparation for the Arithmetic KS2 SATS paper. Red, Amber, Green (RAG) tasks (3 sets) – RAG task 1 – Addition of two digits to one digit, then two digits to two digit, then reasoning task with pieces of information missing as the secure section. Check in activity, quick individual task to complete as a post assessment to make sure pupils can add two digits to two digits. RAG task 2 - Addition of two digits to two digits, then three digits to two digits, then reasoning task with pieces of information missing as the secure section. Check in activity, quick individual task to complete as a post assessment to make sure pupils can add three digits to two digits. RAG task 3 - Addition of three digits to two digits, then three digits to three digits, then reasoning task with pieces of information missing as the secure section. Check in activity, quick individual task to complete as a post assessment to make sure pupils can add three digits to two digits. KS3 Intervention: We use this resource with the pupils who are on intervention in year 7 and 8.We also use it as a quick revision task before our year 7 baseline tests. Idea behind tasks; This task is to address a gap in knowledge for many of my pupils with addition. Pupils are given time to practice the key skills on the SATS paper as a revision task or consolidation task. They often get no marks when it includes a square or they start off correctly and then mess up the addition/subtraction. This is to really hammer home the style of question in the SATS exam that should definitely earn our pupil’s full marks.  Pupils choose which colour they feel confident attempting. If they are really confident they should choose green, the secure option, if they are struggling they should choose the red or amber option (foundation – basic assessment of skill, amber is a little bit harder). Pupils show the questions, working out and answers that they have attempted in their class book. Answers provided for each stage.  Printing Tip: This resource has been designed to display on board or print on A4. If you wish to print, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or fit to page option on your print settings) in order for it to print correctly on A4. Tip 2: You could laminate and reuse for other classes. This could be printed in colour and used over and over again. Saving you time and money on the printing costs. Click the preview! If you do purchase my resource, please do rate and review my resources. I really appreciate reviews and feedback, I aim to develop constantly and love to ensure my resources are up to date and differentiated to all ability levels but please do try to be constructive!  @ onitmaths@gmail.com Terms of use; Please use only by the customer buying the resource.

Resource; KS2 Arithmetic paper 1 addition practice– Treasure Hunt. Amber – two digits add two digits, three digits add two digits Green – two digits add three digits; three digits add three digits with two questions on four digits add three digits. This is an engaging way of practicing addition at KS2 level. Contains; 1. 10 amber cards/questions. 10 green cards/questions. 2.Cross Curricular link encourages literacy with the pupils, mathematical discussion in pairs on how to solve problems around the classroom (this is a massive focus in our school). 3. 20 solutions provided within task itself. Each card is beside that answer to make it easy for you to check when pupils say they are finished. 4. Set of instructions to ensure the task runs smoothly. Printing Tip: This resource has been designed to display around the classroom. You will need one copy (I like to have in colour, but can be black and white) to put up around the room. Print on A4. If you wish to print, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or fit to page option on your print settings) in order for it to print correctly on A4. Idea behind task; To develop pupils thinking/reasoning skills. To encourage pupils to get involved, engaged in task. To encourage mathematical discussion within the classroom. Watch pupils get motivated while consolidating learning – quick way to get pupils to engage in task and complete questions in a short space of time. Check the preview! If you do purchase my resource, please do rate and review my resources. I really appreciate reviews and feedback, I aim to develop constantly and love to ensure my resources are up to date and differentiated to all ability levels but please do try to be constructive!  @ oninmaths@gmail.com File Type; PDF Terms of use; Please use only by the customer buying the resource.

Resource; Ratio – Tick or Trash ( 2 levels). Amber – simplifying ratio into 2 parts and 3 parts, finding one missing value in a given ratio. Green – sharing amounts into a given ratio, as you go down the tick or trash questions increase in difficulty and link to some angles knowledge. Contains; 1. 2 different tick or trash tasks. 9 questions in each. 2. 2 sets of solutions provided with task. 3. Set of instructions to ensure the task runs smoothly. Printing Tip: This resource has been designed to give each pupil a copy. It can be displayed on board but will need to be zoomed in. Print on A4 – two tick or trash tasks on one A4 page. If you wish to print, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or fit to page option on your print settings) in order for it to print correctly on A4 and then print 2 copies to one page. Tip 2 : you could print on A4 and laminate. This would save on printing costs and you could reuse. Idea behind task; To develop pupils thinking/reasoning skills. To encourage pupils to get involved, engaged in task. To encourage mathematical discussion within the classroom. Watch pupils get motivated while consolidating learning – quick way to get pupils to engage in task and complete questions in a short space of time. They cannot wait to see who wins. Ideas for use: 1. Could be used as a starter/pre assessment to see what pupils know. 2. Could be used as a plenary to check what pupils have learned. 3. Could be used as part of a main task to ensure pupils understand what has been taught so far in the introduction to ratio. 4. Good consolidation task/revision task to engage pupils. Check the preview! If you do purchase my resource, please do rate and review my resources. I really appreciate reviews and feedback, I aim to develop constantly and love to ensure my resources are up to date and differentiated to all ability levels but please do try to be constructive!  @ onitmaths@gmail.com File Type; PDF Terms of use; Please use only by the customer buying the resource.

Resource; Ratio - Thoughts and Crosses. Could also be treated as Ratio – differentiated worksheet covering different styles in which the question are asked in the new GCSE. Contains; 1. 16 questions on thoughts and crosses, moving from foundation level to exceeding. 2.Cross Curricular link encourages literacy with the pupils, pupils speaking to each other and explaining to how solve problems (this is a massive focus in our school). 3. 16 solutions provided. 4. Set of instructions to ensure the task runs smoothly. 5. Printable version – white version included in the middle of download to save on printing costs. 6. Please download file and ensure you don’t just drag and drop to google drive as this can cause issues with the viewing the file. Printing Tip: This resource has been designed to display on board or print on A4. If you wish to print select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or fit to page option on your print settings) in order for it to print correctly on A4. Tip 2: You could laminate and reuse for other classes. This could be printed in colour and used over and over again. Saving you time and money on the printing costs. File Type; PDF Idea behind task; To develop pupil’s mathematical discussions and thinking/reasoning skills. To encourage pupils to think about what they are writing down in the exam. By speaking to their partner it means their explanation and answers must make sense. Good practice for the exam to ensure they show full working out and to check their answer makes sense. Check the preview! If you do purchase my resource, please do rate and review my resources. I really appreciate reviews and feedback, I aim to develop constantly and love to ensure my resources are up to date and differentiated to all ability levels but please do try to be constructive!  @ onitmaths@gmail.com Terms of use; Please use only by the customer buying the resource.

Resource; BIDMAS – Treasure Hunt. Amber – testing basic knowledge of BIDMAS Green – Testing basic knowledge of BIDMAS and including a few fractional questions to get the pupils thinking. This is an engaging way of practicing BIDMAS. Useful for intervention in KS3 also. Contains; 1. 10 amber cards/questions. 10 green cards/questions. 2.Cross Curricular link encourages literacy with the pupils, mathematical discussion in pairs on how to solve problems around the classroom (this is a massive focus in our school). 3. 20 solutions provided within task itself. Each card is beside that answer to make it easy for you to check when pupils say they are finished. 4. Set of instructions to ensure the task runs smoothly. Printing Tip: This resource has been designed to display around the classroom. You will need one copy (I like to have in colour, but can be black and white) to put up around the room. Print on A4. If you wish to print, select ‘shrink’ or ‘print to fit page’ (or fit to page option on your print settings) in order for it to print correctly on A4. Idea behind task; To develop pupils thinking/reasoning skills. To encourage pupils to get involved, engaged in task. To encourage mathematical discussion within the classroom. Watch pupils get motivated while consolidating learning – quick way to get pupils to engage in task and complete questions in a short space of time. Check the preview! If you do purchase my resource, please do rate and review my resources. I really appreciate reviews and feedback, I aim to develop constantly and love to ensure my resources are up to date and differentiated to all ability levels but please do try to be constructive! @ oninmaths@gmail.com File Type; PDF Terms of use; Please use only by the customer buying the resource.

Pupils choose foundation, developing or secure. Pupils complete starter in their class book. Pupils show full working out and answers. One starter per lesson, for five lessons. By the time pupils get to starter 5 they should feel like they have made progress with those specific skills that week. Show answers at the end of each slide and pupils can self or peer assess. Pupils usually in my class use red pen to mark their own work. Terms of use; Please use only by the customer buying the resource

Laws of indices task moving from easy to new style problems. Pupils have to work backwards on problems particularly on the green activity. Used in both KS3 and KS4.

Worksheet which allows learners to progress quickly. Moves from red after four questions correct but if struggling stays on red. I have given the answers out on the back on the sheet in some instances with classes that can be trusted worked a treat.

Learners are given the opportunity to calculate missing angles on a straight line, around a point and in a triangle. Once they have achieved each there is a problem involving algebra to challenge their knowledge and understanding. My year 8s loved this.

I wanted to see if pupils really understood collecting like terms and forming expressions. Activity based around using as a worksheet or MWB task so that you can clearly see the answers of all pupils. Really effective and pupils understand task perfectly. Has been used with Ks3 and Ks4 classes.

Resource: Differentiated Task on Venn Diagrams. Red ( foundation Stage) ; Drawing Venn Diagrams Amber (Developing Stage); Venn Diagram - Notation Green (Secure Stage); Probability using a Venn Diagram Pupils choose which colour they feel confident attempting. If they are really confident they should choose green, the secure option, if they are struggling they should choose the red or amber option (foundation – basic assessment of skill, amber is a little bit harder). Pupils show the questions, working out and answers that they have attempted in their class book. Pupils self assess or peer assess at the end of each activity to show themselves how much progress they have made. Answers provided for each stage. Printing tip; Print - fit to page or fill entire page so they only print on A4. Choose this option on your printer. I have changed the background to white to make it cheaper. Terms of use; Please use only by the customer paying for the resource.

Learners play in pairs to try connect four in a row. Take it in turns when pupil x chooses a question both pupils do it in their book. Pupil x puts his name on that square then pupil y chooses a sum. We use all types of colourful post it notes and then display around the room. Occasionally we complete in pairs as a poster.

Get learners in pairs or groups to discuss how we calculate a missing angle in a triangle. Then ask learners how we would use or knowledge to solve the problems involving algebra. When learners say form an equation remind them how to solve using the balance method. For this particular task we completed them on posters for a display to show the challenges we had worked on.

Learners work the questions out from the middle column. Learners complete working out in their book. The tick the answer they have right and trash the answer they have wrong. Learners then state who is better at solving equations. Learners do enjoy this and especially when its famous people they like.