Thu – Feb 2nd – More work on Coordinates in all four quadrants

LEARNING OBJECTVIE: How to plot a point on a grid in four quadrants

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to plot coordinates using positive and negative values on a grid

STARTER: Coordinates in Four Quadrants

LESSON: Quick reminder on Plotting coordinates on a grid.

Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2

Work through each worksheet then get it marked

PLENARY: Play Diamond Mine On Screen

Wed 1st Feb: Coordinates in all four quadrants

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand that we can extend coordinates into negative numbers in both x & y directions

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to fix points in a plane using coordinates in all four quadrants

STARTER: Use Screen 3 from this Lesson as Starter.

LESSON: Use rest of lesson above to revise plotting coordinates in positive quadrant only (Fairly quickly)

Use screens 1 to 5 from this lesson. Then have a go at Question 3 onwards on page 90 (level 5)

EXTENSION Work: Extension on Page 91

PLENARY: Answers form MyMthas screens, put answers to Question 3 onwards on IWB for students to check.

Fri 27th Jan – Using calculator to solve problems

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discover how to use a calculator efficiently and effectively

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to use your calculator correctly when working out complicated sums

STARTER: Use page 4 of this worksheet IN PAIRS as a starter: Get students to show some of their answers and talk about how they solved the problem

LESSON: Try to complete all the questions from Exercise on page 114/115

EXTENSION: Use the extension activity on [age 115 should anyone complete the work

Thurs Jan 26th – Using calculators efficiently

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discover how to use a calculator efficiently and effectively

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to use your calculator correctly when working out complicated sums

STARTER: Can you work out what the x! Button does. Use it to work out the answers to these sums

1. 2!
   
2. 3!
   
3. 4!
   
4. 5!
   
5. 6!
   
6. What is the biggest number you can use this button with? Try 45!, 98!, 500! .....
   

 

LESSON: Discussion on using calculator, any buttons you do not know how to use?

Have a go at Ex 9E on page 114 & 115 of year 7 text book – READ THE INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL QUESTIONS CAREFULLY

PLENARY: Checking answers, student confidence on using calculator

Weds Jan 25th – Use a calculator Efficiently

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discover how to use a calculator efficiently and effectively

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to use your calculator correctly when working out complicated sums

STARTER: Can you work out the answers to these sums on your calculator

1. (23 x 45)²
   
2. 23 + 65 x 3.7
   
3. 2.3² + 4.5²
   
4. √67 x √3.4
   

LESSON: Discussion on using calculator using answers t0 above questions. Ensure we look at fractions drawn with a line and talk about fractions key on calculators (new and old0 as well as squared / square root button and power button

Have a go at Ex 9E on page 114 & 115 of year 7 text book – READ THE INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL QUESTIONS CAREFULLY

PLENARY: Checking Answers, Feedback from Students

Mon 23rd Jan - Working through Linear Calculator exam paper to discover main topics of weakness.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discover higher topic weaknesses to work on

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be aware of the topics we need to work on during the next five weeks

STARTER: 5 / 10mins on square roots and surds.

Hand out Exam Calculator papers

LESSON: Work through exam paper, with support to revise topics / discover which topics we need to work on.

PLENARIES: Support around each table with answers / feedback

 
 

DATES FOR THE DIARY:

2^nd March – afternoon Paper 3h -1¾ hours

5^th March – afternoon Paper 4h - 1¾ hours        

Fri 20th Jan – 1, 2 & 3 Decimal Places

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To practise writing decimal numbers to 1dp, 2dp and 3 dp

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to round decimal places to any given number of decimal places

STARTER: Complete these grids

LESSON: Use answers to above grids to consolidate work on rounding decimals to different degrees of accuracy.

PLENARY: Checking Answers.

Work through second page of decimal places worksheet, check answers

EXTENSION: Have a go at the extension work on page 108 of year 7 text book

PLENARY: Checking Answers, finding a number between two other numbers on IWB – see how many places of decimals we can get to and still be correct

Weds 16th Jan – More work on Estimating

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To use estimations to help work out approximate answers to problems

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to solve problems quickly using estimations

STARTER: Write down the approximate answers to the following questions

1. 47 x 89
   
2. 36 x 117
   
3. 237 x 450
   
4. 790 ÷ 38
   
5. 178 ÷ 47
   
6. (43 + 27) x 28
   
7. (217 – 48) x 12.3
   
8. (645 x 28) ÷ (34.7 + 62.3)
   
9. 23 packets of crisps at 53p per packet
   
10. 2 magazines at £3.45 each plus a 90p Newspaper for 6 days
    

Use a calculator to work out the exact answers to answer all of the above

LESSON: Check answers to starter questions and use those to revise approximations. Introduce the idea of rounding to nearest 10,100, 1000 via this MyMthas Lesson, Use question screens repeatedly if necessary.

Have a go at these problems

PLENARY: Checking answers, feedback on confidence from students.

Thurs Jan 19th – Rounding Decimals to whole numbers, 1 decimal and 2 decimals

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: You will extend your estimating skills to rounding decimals

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to round decimals to the nearest whole number, to the nearest 10th or the nearest 100^th

STARTER:

Write these decimal to the nearest whole number

4.7 5.8 3.5 2.34 5.67 8.076 7.108 12.609

13.007 24.5 35.5007 12.098 34.89 99.99 1098.089

   
 

LESSON: Discussion and demonstration on rounding numbers to nearest whole number, nearest 10th and nearest 100th

Consolidate discussions using this lesson

Work through Q4 on page 107 of Year 7 Book 2 text book. The q5 & 6 on page 108.

EXTENSION: Have a go at the extension work on page 108 of year 7 text book

PLENARIES: Checking answers, working with tables to support, Feedback as I put example questions up at end of lesson.

   

Weds – 18th Jan – Revise Level G/F number work – today’s focus Subtraction

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To revise level G number work, focussing on number work

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to solve level G/F number problems
You will be confident and well practiced with all of the following number problems

• Adding in grids – all completed
  
• All times tables up to 10's
  
• Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, 1000
  
• BODMAS
  
• Understand Place Value
  
• Round numbers to nearest 10, 100, 1000
  
• Adding and subtracting up to 4 digits using column method
  
• Multiplying and dividing by single digits
  

STARTER: Astro countdown

LESSON: Revision on adding and subtracting using column method examples on IWB with participation from the students.

Continue to work through Chapter 5 of text book you MUST Complete ALL questions in an exercise before you move on

EXTENSION: Move on through rest of this chapter in a similar way – have a go at a couple of questions if too easy move to ext question if not practice more questions

PLENARIES: Checking answers form back of book

 
 

 

Weds 18th Jan

Fri 13th Jan – Using Estimating skills to help answers make sense

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand how we can use estimates of answers to check we have not made silly mistakes in a calculation (especially when using a calculator)
SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to estimate the solution to a problem
STARTER: Without using a calculator can you work out which of the following sums are definitely incorrect

1. 42 x 68 = 28 560
2. 568 ÷ 26 = 218.46
3. 34 x ( 6.7 + 45.7) = 1781.6
4. 27 x 45 x 2.3 = 4536.5

LESSON: Encourage discussion on how students found answers to above questions
Work through the first screen from this Mymaths Lesson, use questions on screen 2 (many times if necessary) to give students practice
Use the problems on screen 4 & 5 to extend students skills using estimating on real problems
EXTENSION: More problems to use estimation skills
Exercise 2
1) The number of boys in a school is 456 and the number of girls is 512.
a) Round off both numbers to the nearest 100 and estimate the total number of pupils at the school.
b) Round off both numbers to the nearest 10 and do a similar estimate.
2) A theatre has 37 rows each with 22 seats. The total number of seats is 37 
a) Write down the numbers you would use to get an estimate of the answer.
b) Calculate this estimate.
A CD player costs £167 and a TV costs £280. What simple calculation would you do to show that the total cost is less than £500?
A jar of jam costs 57p, a tub of margarine costs 48p and a bottle of sauce costs 77p.
What simple calculation would you do to show that the total cost is less than £2.00?
Tickets for a concert cost £5.75 each. A group of 18 people went to the concert.
What simple calculation would you use to show that the total cost is less than £120?
I travel 57 miles from home to Birmingham. I then go to my gran's house, a further 36 miles from Birmingham. What simple calculation must I do to show that I have not travelled more than 100 miles?
A bus is hired to take a group of pupils on a trip. The bus seats 48 passengers. If the cost of each fare is £2.80, show that the total cost for the group is less than £150.
A book costs £5.49. If I buy it with a £20 note, do a simple calculation to show that my change is less than £15.
A case of wine contains 12 bottles. In a store room there are 37 cases.
Approximately how many bottles is this? Show how you would do this estimate.
PLENARY: Students to come up to IWB to explain how they have solved problems

Thurs 12th Jan – More Practice with Algebra – Collecting Like Terms / Simplifying

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Practice simplifying algebraic terms by collecting like terms

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able simplify algebraic expressions

STARTER: Use Screen 7 – Matching pairs game to remind students of basic algebra rules from MyMthas Lesson

LESSON: Complete these algebra pyramids

PLENARY: Check answers to algebra pyramids as they finish them with answer sheets provided.

EXTENSION: Section 18 – Simplifying Expressions from this Electronic text Book

PLENARY: Check on confidence using five finger feedback

Weds Jan 11th – Algebra – Collecting Like Terms

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: You will discover how to collect together algebraic terms to simplify an expression

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to simplify an algebraic term

STARTER: Try this Starter

LESSON: Work through this Lesson on Collecting like Terms, use question screens repeatedly where necessary

PLENARY: Students checking their answers against mine on teacher computer.

Can you write down the basic rules of algebra we have used today?

Friday 6th Jan – Review of Text Results – Revision on topics that were not done well

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To use the results from Unit 2 test to highlight areas that need revising

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be aware of what topics from unit 2 you need to revise

STARTER: Hand out test results, give students time to discuss results with each other, check what they got wrong etc.

LESSON: Complete the analysis sheet for Unit 2 test

Put results onto their Unit 2 sheet in Front of exercise book.

Use after lunch lesson to work on any topics that were done badly by all students (IF none complete the Ski-Trip activity from Year 7 book 2)

 

Thurs Jan 5th – Unit 2 test

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Assess understanding of unit 2 topics

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will gain your target level in the test

LESSON: Students have 10 MINS READING TIME – no writing allowed

Rest of lesson to answer questions

EXTENSION: If finished early then have a go at Question 1 from Page 82 of Year 7 book 2 – Skiing trip

Weds Jan 4th – Angles revision

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To revise angles along a line and around a point and in a triangle.

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to solve angle problems

STARTER: Copy and complete these three sentences:

1. Angles along a straight line always add up to ........°
   
2. Angles around a point always add up to ........°
   
3. Angles in any triangle always add up to
   

LESSON: Go over three rules above, have a go at some examples on IWB. Use this Lesson

Work through problems on IWB from Mymaths Lesson – repeat screens as necessary

PLENARY: Checking answers, comments from students, methods that they use ...

If time look at unit contents as a revision for test tomorrow