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ManagingMental Maths :ManagingMental Maths
Issues to consider :Issues to consider Time
Organisation
Scheme of work
Assessment
Record-keeping/Monitoring
Activities
Strategies
Resources
Time :Time A few minutes at the start/end of class
One or two longer sessions per week
One dedicated Maths class
An extra “Numeracy” class
Organisation :Organisation Whole-class
Target group/groups
Teacher led
High pupil involvement
Scheme of work :Scheme of work Separate Mental Maths scheme of work
Mental maths to fit in with current scheme
Assessment :Assessment Informal – from oral work
Non-calculator exercises
Formal tests
Weekly
Monthly
Once a term
Counting as part of “school exams”
Nature of assessment :Nature of assessment Mental calculations only
Say/record answer only
Questions oral but some recording of steps allowed
Written tests
Open-ended questions
Record-keeping/Monitoring :Record-keeping/Monitoring Test scores
Core competences
Individual profiles
Class lists
Year on year monitoring
Slide 9:Mental Maths Framework Mental Strategies
Quick Recall
Examples of Mental Calculations
Understanding the Number System
Approximation and Estimation
Activities :Activities Games
Oral work/discussion of strategies
Some written work/including pupil explanation
Strategies :Strategies Mental Maths File
Counting on/back
Reordering
Inverse operations
Partitioning
Rounding and adjusting
Factors
Equivalence
Resources :Resources Mental Maths books
Specific games
Commercial e.g. 24 Game
Teacher-produced
Multi-purpose e.g. number cards
Commercial stimulus but mainly oral work
Flipbooks
Target boards