Hope Measurement and Geometry - Year 1

Problem Solving Strategies and Skills Maths Cards

Embed Mathematical Problem-Solving and Reasoning.

The Problem-Solving Strategies and Skills Maths Cards provide a wide variety of motivating and high-interest problem-solving activities.

There are three boxes for each year level, Year 1 to Year 6, comprising:

• 30 Number and Algebra cards, plus answers

• 30 Measurement and Geometry cards, plus answers

• 30 Statistics and Chance cards, plus answers

Each box also includes a problem-solving process card, and a problem-solving strategies card, to guide and provide support to children as they progress through each stage and box set.

The front of each card has a mathematics word problem for pupils to solve and the reverse of each card has an extension activity for more able pupils. The problems involve one or several steps, require the use of a variety of strategies and skills and are supported by colourful artwork.

The features of the Problem-Solving boxes include:

• Excellent resources to support problem-solving, an essential component of the maths curriculum;

• Varied, real-life and challenging problems;

• Activities that enable pupils to practise maths concepts taught in class through problems.

The Problem-solving cards also provide lots of opportunities for reflective teaching and focus on pupil thinking in problem-solving.

Year 1 Measurement and Geometry

• By the use of day to day objects and familiar pictures, the pupil’s spatial awareness is developed and challenged to harness their problem-solving approach and process.

• The use of mathematical language and illustrations work in tandem to stimulate the interpretation of the problem and process to reach a solution.

Reasons to Love:

• Problem solving and reasoning is a huge focus in the current curriculum when it comes to demonstrating a ‘deeper understanding’. Therefore, this measurement and geometry problem solving set is ideal for consolidating and applying prior knowledge to these areas.

• All challenges are focussed on real life scenarios and contexts, allowing to see how mathematical understanding is key to life in the current world in which we live.

• Includes a full set of answer sheets allowing for children to self and peer check, and therefore removing any additional marking for teachers.

• Children invariably can be taught the fluency aspect of learning a new skill/strategy but then applying this to problem solving/reasoning scenarios is the area they find most tricky. This resource aims at developing this aspect of the maths curriculum.