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Catriona Agg @catrionaagg.bsky.social · 15h

Today I realised that “integrates like” is the phrase I’ve been missing for talking about spotting the structure of an integral. #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

A selection of integrals and the structure of their solutions, linked by an arrow labelled “integrates like”

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks, here is my final part in my Order of Ops series (and the last blog of the term)

Please have a browse, and interact as you see fit!

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Order of Operations (part three)

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 2d

Hey folks, here is my final part in my Order of Ops series (and the last blog of the term)

Please have a browse, and interact as you see fit!

open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...

Order of Operations (part three)

Hi folks!

open.substack.com

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MrLevMaths @mrlevmaths.bsky.social · 3d

Made this for my Year 7s and Year 8s tomorrow after @joausten.bsky.social's fab session on Number Sense at #Mathsconf39. Will be very interesting to see how it goes!

#MathsToday

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Miss Morris @morrismaths359.bsky.social · 2d

#mathstoday
I've had in the past students finding it difficult to decide if an expression would factorise into a single or double bracket. So I created a mix of 20 questions to try and build that skill of deciding which one to use. Unsurprisingly a lot of them struggled. Better now than an exam!

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 2d

In #MathsToday I had a collapsed group of mixed ability 7s due to a trip, so we played expressions bingo. Each box had an expressions, rolled one (or 2) dice and those were x values. Used Excel to generate using the correct answers. Fun time all round

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · 4d

In case you haven’t seen it my last post was on how I’ve incorporate fractions when there was no fraction unit of work.

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Tommaths (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @teakayb.mathsy.space · 4d

During our #MathsConf39 session, Jason and I revealed our new project: The History and Maths in Education Network (historyand.mathsy.space) which aims to facilitate discussion and sharing of resources & ideas amongst folks interested in using history themes to enrich maths education.

🏛️🎓 #MathsToday

Home

historyand.mathsy.space

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for attending, hoping at least some of it was worth the long trek down the corridor 😂

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HannahKettleMaths @hannahkettlemaths.bsky.social · 5d

Next cover lesson is up! Unit 2 Foundation - simplifying expressions, indices, expanding, factorising and substitution etc. Print the double sided worksheet and use the video to support students. www.hannahkettlemaths.co.uk/cover
#mathstoday

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 4d

That I did. At some point I will reconstruct the cube 😂

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 4d

Shout out to @joausten.bsky.social and @rjs2212.bsky.social for some really great sessions too: the former being a deep dive into number sense with stuff that translates really well to secondary, and the latter being what I can only describe as a tsunami of maths activities

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 4d

Fantastic Mathsconf today. @morrismaths359.bsky.social particularly knocked it out of the park. Hope those who came to my session on Significance and Standard Form got something from it. It will be making its way in parts to Substack soon 😊

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Emma W @emmaemma53.bsky.social · 4d

Always fascinating to get a window on how other people teach specific topics; like this from @jwrightmaths.bsky.social in session 3 #MathsConf39

“How I teach standard form
It’s all about place value
No between 1 and 10, it’s all about significance.
Introduce with number sentences.
Give a chance to talk indices early on.
Can use counting as a back up, but not the primary way so number of zeros errors happen less often”

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 5d

Really looking forward to #Mathsconf39 today. Come say hi if you spot me! #MathsToday

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 7d

This sounds like a twin prime conjecture

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Miss Morris @morrismaths359.bsky.social · 7d

#Mathstoday
Both of my year 9 classes did loads of substitution work today. Got the exercise from the foundation sumbooks 2002. They are available online as a pdf. Loads of questions if the students just need loads of practice.

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 8d

In #MathsToday (and yesterday) Y7 just have a baseline test, so I've given them a nice, silly starter

A starter screen asking students to estimate the number of televisions on Earth, giving reasons for their answer.

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Anna Hazel @dr-hazel-maths.bsky.social · 8d

In #mathstoday, we started conic sections in FP1 with some model-making!

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · 9d

Last Friday I posted about how we have encorporated difference of two squares before factorising. We follow the @lasalleed.bsky.social scheme of work.

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Unlocking Difference of Two Squares

Planned and purposeful journey of multiplication: building on the area model to unlock quadratic free difference of two squares.

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Miss Morris @morrismaths359.bsky.social · 8d

#Mathstoday
Year 11 looked at Magic squares today. Which leads onto factorising quadratics. Next lesson will be just factorising quadratics.
(For some reason rotating won't work)

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 9d

Hi all

Part 2 (of 3) of my Order of Operations series is now on Substack.

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Order of Operations (part two)

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Josh Wright @jwrightmaths.bsky.social · 9d

Hi all

Part 2 (of 3) of my Order of Operations series is now on Substack.

If you want it a day early and straight to your inbox, subscribe for free!

open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...

Order of Operations (part two)

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Miss Morris @morrismaths359.bsky.social · 9d

My current #MathsConf39 workshop choices:

1 - @robeastaway.bsky.social
2 - @morrismaths359.bsky.social (I don't think I have a a choice here)
3 - @jwrightmaths.bsky.social
4 - Charlie Harber
5 - @runningstitch314.bsky.social

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Complete Mathematics - MathsConf39

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

completemaths.com

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Emma W @emmaemma53.bsky.social · 9d

Really looking forward to #MathsConf39 this weekend. I’m going to sessions led by
@robeastaway.bsky.social
@nathanday.bsky.social
@jwrightmaths.bsky.social
@justmaths.bsky.social
Jason Yip & @teakayb.mathsy.space

Complete Mathematics @lasalleed.bsky.social · 11d

⏳ Just 7 days to go until #MathsConf39 in London!

One week from now, hundreds of maths teachers will come together for a day full of learning, sharing, and inspiration. 🧮✨

🎟️ Don’t miss your chance to join them – secure your place today: completemaths.com/community/ma...

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