These important strategies are:
- Guess and check
- Make a table or chart
- Draw a picture or diagram
- Act out the problem
- Find a pattern or use a rule
- Check for relevant or irrelevant information
- Find smaller parts of a large problem
- Make an organised list
- Solve a simpler problem
- Work backwards
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Investigations
iMaths Investigations, with real-life contexts, turn reluctant maths students into eager participants. Engage Students with Real-life Contexts iMaths Investigations apply the maths concepts of your Curriculum to real-life situations. Every Investigation has been designed to engage and motivate students and show them how much fun maths can be. With iMaths Investigations your students will design surfboards, go on an adventure around the world and create their own breakfast cereal – all in the name of maths! Select an Investigation Which Suits You Choose from 12 exciting Investigations that best match your students’ needs and interests. Not only will you be sure to find something your students will love, you’ll also be able to link maths to the curriculum areas of science, literacy, history and more. *iMaths 7 has four extended InvestigationsView Sample Investigations
Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6Solve the Problem of Problem Solving
Ten of the most commonly used problem solving strategies are explicitly taught and then used within iMaths Investigations. These strategies are structured to give students the ability and confidence to solve any problem a variety of ways. Read More About iMaths Problem Solving Strategies Problem Solving StrategiesDifferentiation
More support, more practice and more challenges. iMaths provides something extra for every student. Cater for All Your Students iMaths Online provides downloadable Differentiation worksheets for every Topic across three levels of difficulty: support, consolidation and extension.View Differentiation Sample Pages
Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6More Than Just a Workbook
All activities in the iMaths Student Books are carefully graded, progressing from simple to more difficult activities. Most Topics also include a Challenge activity for fast finishers.View Student Book Sample Pages
Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6Assessment
iMaths provides all the tools you need to easily assess your students' knowledge and proficiency.
View Tracker Book Sample Pages
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6Assess the Proficiency Strands
The rubrics describe the processes students use as they work through each Investigation. They allow easy assessment of student proficiency, giving students and parents a clear understanding of what is required at each achievement standard, from A to E. Use Differentiation Worksheets for Tests iMaths Differentiation tasks, found at iMaths Online, can be used as end of term tests or for testing throughout the year. Include them in your student assessment portfolios to get a more complete picture of a student’s achievement in the content strands of your curriculum. Answers for Everything The iMaths Teacher Books include answers to all Tracker Book assessment items, Student Book activities, Investigations, Problem Solving Tasks, Challenges and Mental Computation activities. Look for answers to our Differentiation tasks at iMaths Online.Planning
Planning is simple with iMaths. At iMaths Online you can create, implement and share your yearly plan with the iPlanner. Easy to Use iPlanner makes it easy to create an individualised yearly program for your class. You can adjust your plan at any time. Watch our tutorial to see how to build a yearly program using the iPlanner.Feel Secure Knowing Your Curriculum is Covered
Teaching every iMaths Topic covers all the mandatory content strands of the curriculum. When you use iPlanner you can easily see which Topics have been covered, which Topics you are revising and which Topics you have yet to teach. Print and Share Once you create your plan, you can share it with colleagues to use as a template or print it out for reporting and auditing.Whole School Approach
iMaths is consistent. Build your students' success across the whole school as they apply their knowledge and practice their expertise each year. Make Maths Fun and Meaningful for Foundation Students Excite your students with nursery rhymes, animals, storybooks, sandcastles and other hands-on activities. iMaths Foundation Investigations have been specifically tailored to include familiar and fun contexts that appeal to early learners.
Prepare Year 7 Students for the Transition to Secondary School
iMaths 7 is the ideal maths program to help Year 7 students prepare for the challenges of secondary school maths. Written for the Australian Curriculum, iMaths 7 follows a linear structure. We’ve also created Topic Notes to provide in-depth explanations and examples of maths concepts so students can start taking control of their own learning. The Investigations, one per term, have been extended to demonstrate real life contexts for these more complex maths concepts. iMaths 7 - Preview iMaths 7 - Curriculum MatchCurriculum Matches
iMaths Topics and Investigations cover the content and proficiency strands of your Curriculum.
See for Yourself How We Match Your Curriculum
Check out our Curriculum Match documents. These explicitly show how the iMaths Topics and Investigations match the strand descriptors in the Curriculum. Australian Curriculum Match Document (Foundation to Year 6) NSW Syllabus Match document (Foundation to Year 6) Australian Curriculum Match Document (Year 7)Products
Student Books (F-6) Students of all abilities will love the real-life context of Investigations. Topics teach students all they need to know to complete an Investigation, and Problem Solving and Mental Computation Strategies provide them with a framework to tackle and solve new problems.View Student Book Sample Pages
Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6Tracker Books (1-6)
Capture and report your students’ results with the Student Tracker Book. With structured assessment items for every Topic, students can demonstrate both understanding and application of maths concepts. Complete with a readiness test, working pages for Problem Solving tasks, Topic assessment, and a student assessment profile, the Tracker Book is an invaluable assessment and reporting tool.View Tracker Book Sample Pages
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6Teacher Books (F-6)
The iMaths Teacher Books have all the tools teachers need, including detailed instructions, strategies, worked examples and an A–E rubric for each Investigation. You will also find answers to Student Book Topics, Tracker Book assessment items and Problem Solving tasks.View Teacher Book Sample Pages
Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7iMaths Online Annual School Licence (F-6)
iMaths Online has the online maths resources teachers need!- iPlanner electronic planning tool
- Differentiation tasks – 3 levels
- Interactive maths games for students
- Interactive teaching tools
- Projectable Student Book pages and answers
- Projectable Tracker Book answers
- Tear-outs, Data pages, BLMs and Rubrics
iMaths Online with Printable Student Book Pages Annual School Licence (F-6)
We understand not all schools use textbooks. We have developed a digital, printable alternative to our Student Book and it is available as an extension of iMaths Online. Subscription includes all the features of iMaths Online, as well as Printable Student Book Pages – Investigations, Topics, Problem Solving and Mental Computation.Problem Solving Poster
The iMaths Problem Solving Strategies Poster (A1 size) provides a handy reference for teachers and students, illustrating the ten Problem solving strategies they will use time and time again in their maths lessons.Tutorial Videos
iMaths Online Virtual Tour Everything you need to know about using iMaths Online.iMaths Mental Computation Strategies
Discover how to help your students build numerical fluency with mental computation strategies.ISBN | 9781741353242 |
Publisher | Firefly Education |
Product Type | Posters, Charts & Mats, |
Year Level | Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, |
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