Teaching and Learning Resources from Diane Hawkins


National Numeracy Strategy
Year 6

 

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The yearly teaching programmes from the DfES illustrate how mathematics can be planned and taught from Reception to Year 6. Unit Plans (in PDF or Word format) can now be downloaded from the DfES site.

The numbers, in brackets, are page references to the relevant supplement of examples in the Numeracy Strategy Framework. Key objectives are highlighted in bold type.

Problems involving 'real life', money or measures (p.82-89)

  • "Real life" word problems
    (p.83) Identify and use appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word problems involving numbers and quantities based on 'real life', using one or more steps. Explain methods and reasoning.

  • Making Pizza
    (83) Identify and use appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word problems involving numbers and quantities based on 'real life', using one or more steps.

  • Burger Bar
    (83) Identify and use appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word problems involving numbers and quantities based on 'real life', using one or more steps.

  • Money and "real life" word problems
    (p.85) Identify and use appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word problems involving money, using one or more steps. Explain methods and reasoning.

  • "Real life" word problems involving measures
    (p.87) Identify and use appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word problems involving numbers and quantities based on 'real life', measures, using one or more steps. Explain methods and reasoning.

  • "Real life" word problems involving time
    (p.89) Identify and use appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word problems involving numbers and quantities based on 'real life', ... measures (including time), using one or more steps. Explain methods and reasoning.

  • Adding on time (analogue clock) Opens in a new window
    Flash style quiz made with Numeracy Activity Builder from Sherston

 

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