Numeracy Book 1

Subject: Special Educational Needs
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 11 - 14
Order Number: 10014

The Numeracy Books are a collection of photocopiable books which aim to:

• produce more numerate pupils
• promote numeracy as an entitlement for all
• increase parental confidence in supporting their children in Mathematics and other curriculum areas relying on numerical skills

Devised and written by an experienced SEN Mathematics teacher, these photocopiable books are presented in a way that will motivate pupils to achieve. All exercises come with a set of answers for teacher use. The Numeracy Books promote the links between teacher, pupil and parent. Each photocopiable page shows a method, some practice exercises and a homework element. They allow the teacher to show the method clearly within the classroom and can be used both for individual work and to encourage pupils working together to share their ideas and understanding.

To be considered numerate, the 1997 National Numeracy Project states that pupils need to:

• have a sense of the size of a number and where it fits into the number system
• know by heart facts such as number bonds, multiplication tables, doubles and halves
• use what they know by heart to figure out answers mentally
• calculate accurately, both mentally and with pencil and paper, drawing on a range of strategies a recognise when it is not appropriate to use a calculator
• make sense of number problems, including non-routine problems, and recognise the operations needed to solve them
• have strategies for checking their answers to judge whether they are reasonable
• explain their methods and reasoning using correct mathematical terms
• suggest suitable units for measuring and make sensible estimates of measurements
• explain and make predictions from numbers in graphs, charts and tables

The Numeracy Books have been designed with these requirements in mind to be used within Key Stage 3. They focus primarily on pupils who have not achieved Level 4 in KS2 SATS, and who not progressing well with numeracy in Key Stage 3.

Numeracy Book 1 covers Levels 3 and 4 of the National Curriculum. Numeracy Book 2 covers Levels 5 and 6.