[eal-bilingual] Maths revision

A colleague has posted a challenging task for those about to attempt 
KS2 SATs on the TES resource bank. It’s called “Properties of Number 
Puzzle” and involves constructing a chart/grid where numbers share more 
than one property. You can easily find it by searching its name on the 
TES site or if you want to browse through other activities search for 
Maths and Game/Puzzle and sort by Date Submitted. It is excellent for 
numerate EAL pupils in being challenging and stimulating a lot of 
purposeful talk when attempted in small groups. It will be appropriate 
for KS3 too.

I felt that many of the pupils I work with might find it too 
challenging, and have thought up a prequel to build up their stamina. I 
converted it into a (surprise, surprise) Connect Four game. At the 
moment it only uses the numbers in the original activity. It will work 
better if the blank cards were filled either with the same numbers or 
extra numbers. I would be interested if any colleagues might like to 
try the activities out with their pupils and/or  suggest other 
numbers/other combinations of properties, or even in the white heat of 
SATs preparation come up some more similar activities that practice 
properties. 

When I have your feedback I’ll post the activity on the clp site and 
put a link into the  TES resource bank 

You can download it from 
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/propertiesc4.pdf

Happy revising!

Stuart

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