week beginning 28th Jan 2013

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To  discover how to substitute values into a formula and then work out the value of the formula.

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to substitute up to two values into a formula and then work out the answer.

STARTER: Use Screen 1 from this Lesson

LESSON: Use screen 2 of the Lesson. Then have a go at the Level F Substitution Loop Cards.


Give some examples when there are two values to substitute

Then practice substituting into formula using these resources

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• Substitution   1 Worksheet
• Ex 23H of GCSE FoundationText Book
• Ex 23I of GCSE FoundationText Book
• Substitution Codes Worksheet
• Substitution Jigsaw 1
• Substitution Jigsaw 2
• Substitution Jigsaw 3

PLENARIES: Supporting Students at their desks, checking answers (Self Checking of answers), Helpikng each other..

Week beginning 21st January - Formulas and Substitution

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discover how to represent problems as algebra and then substitute values into the formula to work out answers
SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to write down an algebraic expression for a problem. You will be able to substitute values into an algebraic expression and then work out an answer.

STARTER:  France's Fast Food - problem solving cards

LESSON: Use this Lesson to develop skills in writing formulas for wordy problems. Work through slowly giving students lots of opportunities to work them out themselves in their books, repeat screens as necessary to generate different problems.

EXTENSION QUESTIONS: Ex 23A Page 469 of GCSE Foundation text Book, Page 20 of Foundation E-Text Book 

PLENARY: Check on understanding with 5 finger feedback from students

Week Beginning 14th Jan 2013 - Solving Equations with one Variable

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discover Inverse operations and how to use them to solve equations

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to decribe the inverse of an operation and be able to use this to solve equations.

STARTER: Moon Lengths


DEFINITION: INVERSE = MATHEMATICAL OPPOSITE

 LESSON:Write down the inverse of each of these operations

1. +3
2. -4
3. x 5
4. x 2
5. +17
6. - 21
7. ÷ 6
8.  ÷ 4

What are these operations? What are their inverses

1. 3a
2. 5b
3. 7c
4. e/4
5. f/7
6. g/3

 Use this Lesson to show how to solve equations, use the question pages repeatedly to give lots of practice.
Labour the point of setting work out correctly in steps.

Use the first two parts of this worksheet for extra practice:

Then have a go at these exercise from Foundation text book.

Ex 24A page 494 (level F)

Ex 24B pAge 495 Level E)

Ex 24C Page 497 (level E)

Week beginning 7th January - Number sequences

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: You will discover how to find the rule for a num,ber sequence and extend the sequence

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to describe how a number sequence is developing and write down more terms to the sequence

STARTER: Broken Calculator, Pyramid Puzzle

LESSON: Use first 4 screens of this lesson to develop knowledge of sequences

Now work through each of these worksheets

Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Worksheet 3
Worksheet 4
Worksheet 5


Extra Sheet 1 (easy)
Extra Sheet 2 (Medium)
Extra Sheet 3 (Hard)

EXTENSION WORK: Foundation TEXT Book - Ex 26A page 544. then Ex 26B page 547

PLENARY: Use screen 5 from MyMaths lesson as a group task, ask one student at a time to solve the problems. Use as a starter on Wednesday and Fridays lessons as well