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The Numicon Number, Pattern and Calculating 2 Teaching Pack comprises a Teaching Resource Handbook and an Implementation Guide for teachers of children aged 6-7. The pack provides step-by-step activities and practice, with planning support and assessment opportunities, alongside advice on how best to implement Numicon in your school.
Designed so that each child can have a set of shapes to lay out in front of them and then use to respond to questions in class teaching. Not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts.
Numicon builds a deep understanding of maths through a multi-sensory approach, developing children's fluency, reasoning and problem-solving. The Numicon Number, Pattern and Calculating 2 Explore More Copymasters contain activities that can be sent home with children. These activities offer further opportunities to practise and discuss maths in a fun, engaging way. The book of copymasters contains double-page spreads linked to topics from the Teaching Resource Handbook, offering an opportunity for children to practise and discuss maths outside of the classroom. Short, simple instructions guide parents through the text and provide support for them as they help their children to complete the activities.
This book clearly explains what Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) are, and describes the symptoms of conditions most commonly encountered in the mainstream classroom: dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and OCD. The author provides an overview of the strengths and weaknesses commonly associated with each of these conditions, as well as practical suggestions for modifying teaching materials and methods to make learning enjoyable, effective and accessible for students. There are also dedicated chapters on helping students with SpLDs to develop effective revision skills and exam techniques. This straight-talking and accessible guide is ideal for teachers, teaching assistants, and those in school management who want to know more about supporting students with Specific Learning Difficulties.
More Trouble with Maths acknowledges that there are many reasons why children and adults are unable to function mathematically. Difficulties include problems with rote learning basic facts and procedures, debilitating anxiety, poor working and short-term memories and mathematics vocabulary. Central to this new edition is a range of standardised tests and diagnostic activities, including a 15 minute test of basic mathematics, a thinking style test, tests of basic fact retrieval and maths anxiety. Guiding the reader in the interpretation of tests, this new edition shows how identifying the barriers to learning is the first step in a programme of intervention. Written in an engaging and user-friendly style, Steve Chinn draws on his extensive experience and expertise to: show how to consider and appraise the many factors relating to mathematical learning difficulties explain how these factors can be investigated explore their impact on learning mathematics. Emphasising the need for a clinical approach when assessing individuals, this book shows how diagnosis and assessment can become integrated into everyday teaching. This highly practical and relevant resource is a crucial resource for anyone who wants to accurately and effectively identify the depth and nature of mathematical learning difficulties and dyscalculia.
The Explorer Progress Book supports the activities in the Numicon Number, Pattern and Calculating 2 Teaching Resource Handbook and offers an opportunity for teachers to assess individual children and monitor progress. This pack contains 30 copies of the Numicon Number, Pattern and Calculating 2 Explorer Progress Book B.
The Explorer Progress Book supports the activities in the Numicon Geometry, Measurement and Statistics 2 Teaching Resource Handbook and offers an opportunity for teachers to assess individual children and monitor progress. This pack contains 30 copies of the Numicon Geometry, Measurement and Statistics 2 Explorer Progress Book.
