Making Maths Meaningful ~ A teacher's Source Book for Mathematics in Classes 1-5

Making Maths Meaningful ~ A teacher's Source Book for Mathematics in Classes 1-5

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Experienced maths teacher and consultant Jamie York believes that a love of learning comes through the teacher, so his books are committed to supporting teachers in developing their classroom skills and to fostering a love of maths in their students. Unlike conventional maths textbooks, his books are not full of fancy graphics and contrived ways to make maths fun.
Rather they
  • focus on the essentials, so teachers aren't overwhelmed by endless lists of required material
  • are genuinely interesting + challenging, sparking students' enthusiasm for learning maths
  • are developmentally appropriate to the age of the child, thereby encouraging inner mathemetical awareness + thinking
  • favour depth over superficiality, to avoid teaching blind procedures to solve meaningless problems
This teachers' resource book for Classes 1 to 5 provides a direct + logical approach to teaching 6 to 11-year-olds maths. Each class level + topic provide numerous tried + tested examples + explanations.
 
The book includes:
 
Class 1: Roman numerals, quality of numbers, counting, number dictations, developing a sense of number, beginning calculations + more.
 
Class 2: estimating, place value, addition + subtraction facts, times/division tables, four arithmetic processes, time orientation, wonder of numbers + more.
 
Class 3: numbers up to 1000, arithmetic facts, vertical addition, subtraction, multiplication + division, working horizontally, measurement + more.
 
Class 4: greatest common factors, least common multiples, challenging multiplication facts, two- + three-digit multipliers, measurement, fractions + more.
 
Class 5: arithmetic with fractions, decimal fractions, measurement, geometry, wonder of numbers, review and consolidation of Classes 1-4 + more.

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