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"123 Learning books boost confidence and attainment in maths. That's a fairly bold claim, but our repeat sales are testament to this. They each work on the principle that some people need and benefit from extra support and practice." That's taken from the company's website, and we'd agree.
"123 Learning books boost confidence and attainment in maths. That's a fairly bold claim, but our repeat sales are testament to this. They each work on the principle that some people need and benefit from extra support and practice." That's taken from the company's website, and we'd agree.
In Years 3 - 6 we've used Plus 1, Power of 2 and Perform with Times Tables with some excellent results. The books are set out in a very similar fashion to Toe by Toe (for those of you that are familiar with it). A pupil, with an adult, answers mathematical questions a couple of pages at a time and when they've shown that they can recall a fact and group of facts a number of times, they move on through the book. The books get progressively more challenging and therefore build confidence while working on attainment.
It's important to provide this intervention for the right pupils. Also, for some, the books stay in school and are completed with TAs and teachers only; others complete some in school and some at home. For some children, maths is difficult because they're missing basic fact knowledge or strategies: this can help with that.
If ordering, contact them in advance. Discounts are given for larger orders...
We've written this blog post to outline our use of these publications. We have not been asked to write this or received anything for the purpose or expectation of this blog post being
written. This is, as always, the view and opinion of two full-time class
teachers about something we use in the classroom.
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