New lessons
Have you seen the new CA resources for KS3 English, which are being developed by Laurie Smith at King's College?
Also, you might like to download some similar Maths resources by some of the CAME authors.
Try this new secondary lesson exploring angles in a polygon, which has been developed by Mark Dawes, an experienced CAME tutor and teacher.
The CA Extension Group is currently working to develop Maths lessons for Year 4 that bridge the gap between Let's Think 6-9 and PCAME for ages 10 and 11. Featured below are some of the lessons currently being trialled by the group. Please try them out and let us know what you think. The group eventually aims to publish the materials for Year 4 as a resource for teachers to purchase. See how these lessons will fit into the National Numeracy Strategy primary framework.
Other experienced CAME and Let's Think practitioners are also welcome to send us new lessons to share with others.
Art gallery (KS3)
Try this new secondary lesson exploring angles in a polygon, which has been developed by Mark Dawes, an experienced CAME tutor and teacher.
Hundreds and Thousands (Y4)
In this activity on estimation, children use a variety of strategies to estimate large numbers of objects. They discuss what makes a 'good' or 'bad' estimate.
feeding fish (Y4)
In this activity on ratio, children use the relative sizes of fish to calculate how much each fish should be fed. They note the differences between a sequence of doubling and one increasing by 50% each time.
Giants' Palace (y4)
In this activity on decimals, children use non-standard decimal measures to measure a range of objects. They discuss how they can represent these measurements numerically. They then order a series of decimal numbers.
which trees? (y4)
In this activity children explore ways of describing a particular tree within a garden. They develop a coding system to describe the location of the trees, and decide how to proceed when their coding system is too simple for a more complex garden.
cartoon counting (y4)
This activity explores place value as a number-writing convention appropriate for use by people. Children look at our base 10 convention as one convenient to the 10 fingers of two hands, then experiment with base 8 convention and the binary system in cartoon-land. They represent different amounts using the three systems and compare their efficiency in describing numbers.