I See Reasoning – KS1

I’m delighted to announce that I See Reasoning – KS1 has now been released! It arms teachers with 281 thought-provoking prompts for embedding reasoning in every area of the KS1 maths curriculum.

The eBook’s creation has been a personal odyssey, beginning 18 months ago teaching a quite wonderful year 1 class. I’ve always been passionate about the power of visual, rich tasks to engage children in deep mathematical thought; designing tasks that achieve this for children in KS1 has been an awesome challenge. It’s led me to work side-by-side with some great teachers and share many memorable classroom moments.

So here’s what to expect. First of all, there are loads of prompts that help children to distinguish between right and ‘likely wrong’, helping to generate meaningful talk. Words are kept to a minimum – simplicity is king!

There’s a raft of questions presented with visual supports that encourage non-counting calculation strategies. Scaffolds are provided to focus children’s thinking onto key ideas or strategies.

There are a wide range of challenges, giving children the opportunity to build conceptual understanding and apply their skills in various ways.

And questions are diverse, covering all areas of the curriculum.

I believe I See Reasoning – KS1 will help to enrich maths lessons on a day-to-day basis. It’s been a joy to write and it’s my great privilege to share. I hope it gives you many great classroom moments!

I See Reasoning – KS1 is a digital download (£14.99). Buyers receive their eBook (as a PDF file) attached to an email from Etsy. There is no need to have an Etsy profile.

To see more information about the resource and to get access to the free addition sample section click here.

Also check out I See Reasoning – LKS2 and I See Reasoning – UKS2.

Full details about my maths training can be found at www.iseemaths.com and you can follow me on social media at Gareth Metcalfe Primary Maths (Facebook) , @gareth_metcalfe (Twitter) and I See Maths on Pinterest.