I have consulted a teacher at Broughton High school as to what to teach my S1 class. She has suggested that I work on angles and has provided me with all of her smartboard presentations on the topic.
Unfortunately, my computer requires a Smart notebook update, and I cannot read her work. I have requested an update. However, I began yesterday with naming angles: acute, reflex etc. I noticed clear distintions between pupils who had attended different primary schools. The lesson centred on learning the names and then cutting out a sheet and matching the correct description to the correct angle. Pupils were engaged throughout. Must check they retained the knowledge.
My S3 class were working on stem and leaf diagrams (I must say, these seem usless to me, but they are on the course, so…) They liked using data about themselves – we measured their heights and from that developed our own stem and leaf diagram. Next we will re-enforce it through examples from the text book.
