1. Key Stage 3 National Strategy Reading in mathematics © Crown Copyright 2003

2. Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 2.1 © Crown Copyright 2003 Slide 1 Objectives for session 2 To identify teaching strategies to support the teaching of reading in mathematics To explore ways in which developing pupils’ reading enhances understanding of mathematics

3. Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 2.2 © Crown Copyright 2003 Slide 2 Pupils’ comments If the exchange rate is 1 Australian dollar for 37.02p, how much money would Amanda get for the A$48.65 she brought to England with her? Need to make questions more clear. Don’t get it - it’s too complicated. Too full of info. Should be broken down into easier bits. Is that £s or what?

4. Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 2.3 © Crown Copyright 2003 Slide 3 Reading in mathematics Reading in mathematics uses a wide range of text types, including: instructions exercises explanations tables diagrams charts expressions

5. Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 2.4 © Crown Copyright 2003 Slide 4 Developing reading in mathematics recognising terminology, numbers, mathematical symbols and the technical language of mathematics recognising patterns and relationships reading mathematical expressions, formulae and problems reading charts, diagrams, tables and graphs, in order to interpret data Drawn from the leaflet ‘Mathematics and the use of language’ (SCAA, 1997) Effective mathematics teaching develops pupils’ skills in:

6. Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 2.5 © Crown Copyright 2003 Slide 5 Find the value of … –(251  3 + 281) + 3  251 – (1 – 281)

7. Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 2.6 © Crown Copyright 2003 Slide 6 Annotating questions Solve the equation 3x + 2 = 2x + 5. If the exchange rate is 1 Australian dollar for 37.02p, how much money would Amanda get for the A$48.65 she brought to England with her? Draw a simple shape on a coordinate grid. Take the origin as the centre of enlargement. Enlarge the shape by a whole-number scale factor.