BLOCK: G5 Math

FOUR FORM FUGUE In the Beginning I dance round and round, In 360 degrees the Circle is found. Spinning and rolling, I’m a wheel or the sun, I’m warm and I’m red, and my number is one.   From air and light we Angles are born, Two straight, yellow lines comprise our form, Triangles add […]

A STAR FELL FROM HEAVEN Geometric Patterns – Class 5 – Middle Lesson I know why I feel so sad sitting here; because the lesson that I’m trying to prepare should be taught by my colleague, Rainer but he died not so long ago. You see, Rainer pioneered more original primary school geometry than any […]

‘GIMME A GUINNESS!’ Maths in Nature – Class 5 – Middle Lesson I was in a quandary about this middle lesson – Maths in Nature. You see, I love nature, but hate – make that ‘hated’ – maths. Well not hated so much, I just couldn’t arouse any sympathy for the idea of leading Class […]

HELPING HANDS Decimals – Class 5 – Main Lesson The first the teacher, Geoff, was aware of, was a pair of stubby hands, palms open, facing him. He has been staring at a white sheet of paper for an hour hoping that by some miracle an inspiration would appear for his 3-week Decimals main lesson […]

THE MOUSE ROARS! Graphs – Class 5 – Main Lesson The Class 5 teacher flipped through her encyclopedia – “Graphs… ah, here it is.” She rested the book upright in front of her and began to read. A picture of Rene Descartes, the first (reputed) graphologist, stared aloofly down at her. The mousey-haired teacher was […]