Let's talk maths for ages 7-9 - Andrew Brodie

This series is in direct response to the Williams Review which statesthat 'encouraging pupils to talk mathematically is a key component inany successful pedagogy on a whole-class basis, as a regular part ofthe daily mathematics lesson.'

Toinitiate mathematical discussion, each activity in these books startswith a whiteboard stimulus - this could be simply a set of mental mathsquestions, which teachers discuss with pupils to establish strategiesand techniques, or it could be a problem to solve, a pattern tocontinue, a set of shapes to discuss or a set of questions that thepupils have to work through in written form after the discussion. Someof the activities are deliberately short and others open-ended withthought-provoking questions, outlined in the Teachers' notes,encouraging interactivity between the pupil and teacher and from pupilto pupil.

Each book features 30 activities with anintroductory page showing Learning Objectives, Learning Outcomes andSuccess Criteria (i.e. how to make effective assessments of pupils'progress) followed by a page featuring a screenshot of the whiteboardwith suggested questions, discussion points vocabulary and assessmentpointers.