Plot quadrilaterals and then transform the shape, using this game. Learning Objectives (from New Curriculum) covered are: LO - classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties. LO -  describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant. LO - describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down. LO -  plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon.

A bundle of 10 Addition and Subtraction activities inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery and Reasoning documents. Perfect for lesson starters to encourage discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them, means you always have written evidence of students problem solving and reasoning skills! Presented in easy to photocopy format, with 4 activities to a page. LO`s included: LO – To add and subtract 3 digit numbers mentally. (Yr. 3 - Mastery and Mastery with greater depth) LO - Solve problems including missing number problems, using place value and more complex addition and subtraction. (Yr. 3 – Reasoning & Problem Solving) LO - Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and ones; a three-digit number and tens; a three digit number and hundreds. (Yr. 3 – Reasoning & Problem Solving)

This activity combined our History topic of Romans, with our Maths focus of measurement, plus a little bit of shapes and fractions thrown as an assessment of the previous units taught. Students receive a letter from Emperor Hadrian, with the command to rebuild sections of Hadrian`s Wall. They then worked in differientiated groups for calculate the correct measurements for the wall. Once the correct measurements had been calculated they then used their knowledge of 3-D shapes to build the wall. I have included the activity and instructions in pdf and word format for editing. My class loved it, but I have to be honest - it took them all morning! Learning Objectives covered: Geometry: Property of Shapes: • Draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials. Measurement: • Measure, compare, and add lengths (m/cm/mm) • Continue to measure using the appropriate tools and units, progressing to using a wider range of measures, including comparing and using mixed units and simple equivalents of mixed units (for example, 5m = 500cm). Fractions: • Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects. • Recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10

I have broken the GPS (SPaG) progression documents into objectives per strand, to make it easier to track progress, or isolate gaps in student knowledge. Really useful if you have a mixed year group class or a class with a wide range of abilities.

My mixed Year 3/4 loved these activities. A week of reciprocal / guided reading activities to accompany an extract from the book The Scarecrow and his Servantby Philip Pullman. Planning and text attached .

16 activities to help your class count on in tenths, and recognize and use fractions on a number-line. This includes 15 exercises investigating fractions on a number-line, including some concept cartoons to encourage student reasoning. Plus an additional snap/matching game, matching fractions to number-lines to diagrams.

Struggling with bar modelling and finding multiplication and division tasks which do more than test you students calculation skills? These activities encourage lots of talk, lots of reasoning and provide examples of your students fluency with calculation skills. They are also an excellent way for students to show their understanding of Concrete, Abstract and Pictorial representations of the process of division and multiplication.

Ten bar multiplication and division problems (all using multiplication facts for the 3 and 4 times-tables), with a choice of 3 possible bar models. Great for collecting evidence of fluency and reasoning. Presented 2 to a page for easy photocopying. Learning Objectives covered: LO: To solve multiplication problems using the 3 & 4 times table. LO: To use a bar model to support calculations

A printable template to encourage children to see calculations as arrays, on a number-line , as repeated addition and pictorially. Shrink them down and use them for starter activities too. I used it this week with my Year 3 class and they loved it.

A bundle of resources to help with reasoning and visual representations of fractions. Learning Objectives covered: Show using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator up to one whole. Find pairs of fractions that add up to a whole. Solve fraction problems using what I know so far about fractions.

A weeks worth of reciprocal / guided reading planning and activities to accompany an extract from the book `Beaky`by Jez Alborough. Plus Word of the Day PowerPoint with spelling from the latest Year 3 & 4 spelling list.

A bundle of 10 Multiplication talk time activities inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery and Reasoning documents. Perfect for lesson starters to encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them means you always have written evidence of students reasoning skills! Set out in easy to photocopy format, 4 to a page (sometimes 3 to a page). Includes the following Learning Outcomes: LO – Yr. 3 – Problem Solving - Calculate mentally using multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables, including two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers. LO - Yr.3 – Problem Solving & Fluency - Using multiplication and division facts for the 2, 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables, including two-digit numbers multiplied by one-digit numbers to solve problems. LO - Yr.3 – Problem Solving & Reasoning - Solve calculation problems involving multiplication and division, including missing number problems, simple positive integer scaling and simple correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects. LO - Yr. 3 – Problem Solving - Solve number problems using multiplication facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables.

A bundle of 11 Place Value activities inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery and Reasoning documents (includes negative numbers). Perfect for lesson starters to encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them, means you always have written evidence of students problem solving and reasoning skills! Presented in easy to photocopy format, with 4 or 2 activities to a page. Learning Outcomes included are: LO - Recognise the place value of each digit in a 4-digit number (Yr. 4 - Problem solving) LO - Solve number and practical problems with number and place value, with increasingly large positive numbers (Yr. 4 - Problem Solving & Fluency) LO: Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers (Yr. 4 Problem Solving & Fluency) LO - Solve problems including missing number problems, using place value and more complex addition and subtraction (Yr. 4 Problem Solving & Reasoning) LO - Find 1000 more or less than a given number (Yr. 4 Problem Solving & Reasoning) LO - Count in multiples of 1000`s through negative numbers (Yr. 4 Fluency)

Ten rounding activities, including rounding of decimals, with reasoning and problem solving. Use them to start every maths lesson, encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them means you always have written evidence of students reasoning skills! Set out in easy to photocopy format, 4 to a page (sometimes 2 to a page). Learning Outcomes included are: LO - Solve problems involving rounding (Yr. 4 – Fluency & problem solving) LO – To round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 (Yr. 4 – Fluency) LO – To round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 (Yr. 4 – Reasoning) LO – To be able to reason on rounding facts known (Yr. 4 - Reasoning) LO - Solve problems involving rounding decimals (Yr. 4 – Problem Solving & reasoning)

A second bundle of 10 Place Value activities inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery and Reasoning documents. Perfect for lesson starters to encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them, means you always have written evidence of students problem solving and reasoning skills! Presented in easy to photocopy format, with 4 activities to a page. LO`s included: (Yr. 3 Fluency & Reasoning) – Recognise the place value of each digit in a 3-digit number. (Yr. 3 Fluency & Reasoning) – Count in multiples of 50 from zero. (Yr. 3 Fluency & Reasoning) - Identify 100 more or 100 less than any given number. (Yr. 3 – Problem Solving & Reasoning) - Solve number problems involving recognising the place value within a 3 digit number. (Yr. 3 – Problem Solving & Reasoning) - Compare and order whole numbers to 1000.

A set of 10 Time related problems. Great for starters, to prompt reasoning and discussion, and also gather evidence of fluency skills. Includes concept cartoons and Roman Numerals Learning objectives covered: LO: To tell the time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute (Fluency & Reasoning – Yr. 3) LO: Convert between analogue and 12-hour digital clocks (Fluency – Yr. 3) LO: To know the number of seconds in a minute. (Fluency & Reasoning – Yr. 3) LO: To know the number of days in the month and months in a year. (Fluency & Reasoning – Yr. 3) LO: Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals (Fluency & Reasoning – Yr. 3)

Inspired by Nrich & White Rose hub materials this is a bundle of 11 different problem solving activities, to practice working systematically. I have been using them as starters to get discussion and reasoning flowing, and to collect and share different ways of setting out problems.

10 fraction activities focusing on reasoning and mastery of basic concepts. Suitable for Year 2 and Year 3. Perfect for lesson starters or to collect written evidence of student reasoning about fraction concepts. Activities include fractional parts, fractions on a number line and concept cartoons.

I have used these resources this week to introduce grid method of multiplication and build on advice from White Rose Hub resources. Pack includes initial discussion prompt, 5 days of talk-time activities (or 2 lessons worth of questions), and a matching activity to assess pupil understanding and reasoning skills.

A differentiated activity using Cuisenaire rods to help students visualize fractions of a whole. A great resource for stimulating discussion about fractions. Learning Objective covered: LO: Visualize, recognise, find, name and write fractions as ½, ¼, ⅓ and ¾ of a given length.