I think this is about my 4th blog (surprisingly, "menwholovthesignbyaceofbase.com" was wholly unsuccessful).
After doing this teaching lark for many years, it's come to the front of my mind that there are two things that unlock self confidence in kids with maths: a strong grasp of ratio and the ability to confidently sub & solve.
With that in mind, I want to practice that skill (and skills like it) regularly in small chunks. Do you know what, I think this spaced repetition thing is going to be big - mark my words.
We've started to term this "brute force" in my classes - 5 minutes every 3rd, 4th, 5th lesson or whatever - just baking in crucial tactics.
Ah, but where's the engagement? Where's the pizzazz?
I'm not sure it needs it - the kids love this. It makes them feel clever. It convinces them that there's always going to be another chance to improve - that if they try, they won't get left behind.
So I'm sharing it here in case it (or things like it) is of use to anyone else.
Every time you open this it will randomly generate new questions (and answers).
No printing required - just chuck it on the board.
There are 3 options - always substituting, always substituting and solving or a mixture of the two.
Mind how you go.
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