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The EQUALS Guide to Teaching Mathematics
Supporting access for pupils working towards the National Curriculum
Including teaching pupils at the earliest levels of development.
(Includes interactive CD ROM)
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About the parts of the guide
Special Schools and other settings that provide for pupils with special needs vary so much in their population, both in the nature of pupils needs and their ages, that it is not feasible to provide planning material or set out one scheme of work to suit all – however there is material in this guide that will help schools develop schemes to match their own circumstances.
The guide includes five sections four of which are printed as booklets. The fifth section is a very extensive collection of examples relating P scales to the strands of Mathematics which are used by the Primary Framework and the EYFS is included on CD. The CD also includes a number of useful appendices that draw different parts of the guide together into documents useful for particular purposes, and a glossary.
Section 1 About the curriculum
• About the nature of a suitable curriculum
• The content and activities of a suitable curriculum
Section 2 About Progress
• The nature of progress
• The scope of special mathematics
Section 3 About Planning
• Planning to deliver the Maths curriculum
• An overview of policy and three levels of planning
• Planning for individuals
• Organising coverage of the strands – approaches to primary strategy blocks
• Alternatives to the primary framework blocks
• Planning for individuals and a range of abilities
Section 4 About Teaching
• Aspects of teaching and learning for pupils at the earliest levels of development
• The role of sensory systems in developing Mathematical skills
• The roles of physical activity in learning - including the roles of schema
• The influences of attention and perception in learning
• The role of communication in Mathematical learning
• Developing Mathematical ideas
Section 5 About Pupils Development. – Referencing to P scales
• Aspects of Mathematical learning. Levels P1 to P3
• P4 to P8 Number - as labels and for counting and Knowing and using number facts
• P4 to P8 Calculation
• P4 to P8 Understanding shape and measure
• P4 to P8 Handling data
Appendices
Appendix 1 Some useful support for developing objectives, and medium term planning
Appendix 2 Support for writing a Maths policy.Appendix 3 Support for writing a long term plan
Appendix 4 Support for working out coverage Appendix 5 Blank medium term plan for block delivery.Glossary.