Maths Problem Solving, Year 5 contains differentiated photocopiable activities to help Year 5 pupils learn to solve maths problems and develop mathematical fluency. The differentiated sheets make it ideal for use in a mixed-ability classroom.
The book contains photocopiable resources organized into four chapters:
- Making decisions
- Reasoning about numbers or shapes
- Problems involving real life, money or measures
Each chapter contains six lessons, one for each half term. There are three differentiated worksheets in each chapter, making it easy to use the book in a mixed-ability classroom.
The length of the problems varies with short, medium and more extended problems for children to solve. The problems on each page are mixed so the children do not assume that the solution process is the same each time but must understand the problem. They are varied in their complexity and are presented in a meaningful, age-appropriate manner with topics the children will find relevant.
It is one of a six-book series written by Catherine Yemm and published by Brilliant Publications.
The six books in the 'Maths Problem Solving' series have been written for teachers to use during the numeracy lesson. They cover the 'solving problems' objectives from the numeracy framework. There is one book for each year group. The Year 5 book contains clear photocopiable resources organized into three chapters; Making decisions, Reasoning about numbers or shapes, Problems involving 'real life', and money or measures. Each chapter contains six lessons, one to be used each half term. The length of the problems in each book vary with short, medium and more extended problems for the children to solve. The problems on each page are mixed so the children do not assume that the solution process is the same each time but have to understand the problem. The problems are varied in their complexity. Some are one-step problems, other two-step and the vocabulary differs in each problem. The problems are presented in a meaningful, age-appropriate manner with topics the children will find relevant. They will be motivated to find the answer.