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Star Words - Related Word Banks to Key Words

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Star Words - Related Word Banks to Key Words

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Goal Free Graphs - Lady Bankes Junior School

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Goal Free Graphs - Lady Bankes Junior School

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Goal Free Graphs - Lady Bankes Junior School

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Goal Free Graphs - Lady Bankes Junior School

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Beginning/Something Happens/End - BWI - Year 1

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Beginning/Something Happens/End - BWI - Year 1

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Vocabulary Exploration Flip PPT from Siobhan Johnston

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Vocabulary Exploration Flip PPT from Siobhan Johnston

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Siobhan has turned the list from the training into a classroom friendly and interactive resource (as used in Peter's Year 1 Starter). Useful for any Year Group!

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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School - Vocabulary Board Exploration and Questions from a Graph

Ian started by reviewing vocabulary in different ways and using post-its for the children to collect their thoughts.
The graph was used to explore statistics vocabulary and formulate questions using the graph to derive answers.

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Cranford Park Academy - Beginning/Something Happens/End with Pictures

Tanjeet used pictures (supported by concrete objects - cubes) to explore mathematical stories with a beginning, middle and end, leading to a number sentence with her Year 1 class.

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How they work:

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Examples:

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More information and sources of numberless word problems can be found here:

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Useful websites:

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Alex Quigley - Closing the Vocabulary Gap - Adapted Points

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Hegarty Research:

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What’s the Big Deal about Maths Vocabulary?

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Word Problem Types:

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Useful website to explore prefixes and word roots.

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Encoding vs. Retrieval

Retrieving what you need from your brain is often a bigger problem than just learning what you need. Membean continually reshapes your memory to make information more retrievable by spending 80% of training time asking you nuanced questions of varying difficulty.

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Membean leverages the benefits of continual retrieval to train your brain to remember longer and retrieve reliably.

Blocked Learning vs. Spaced Learning

The timing of practice matters a great deal. Blocked learning creates the illusion of mastery. In actuality, rapid gains lead to rapid forgetting. Alternatively, spaced practice - where learning a single concept is stretched over a longer period of time - leads to true mastery.

Conventional Method

Weekly word lists are taught in a short period of time - similar to cramming for a test - followed by limited amounts, if any, of follow-up learning.

How Membean Works

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Easy learning is not strong learning. Membean elicits nuanced thinking and allows for mistakes, causing the experiences of surprise and internal dialogue, both of which aid in retention. We utilize 9 powerful pedagogical approaches to help you understand there's more to a word than just its definition.

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You are repeatedly presented with definitions and examples, resulting in memorization instead of robust mental connections.

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Membean applies layer upon layer of nuanced meaning and increased difficulty, encouraging you to form a rich mental picture of each word.

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Membean is a vocabulary program that builds word consciousness and achieve lasting outcomes by prioritizing higher order thinking over memorization.

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Example Problems:

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NCETM KS1-3 Glossary

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Maths Glossary Example

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eNGOqpEkPrliIF8MdAMmZczw3Abgh_T5

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WnBljWU-pjLwDBC1Y89O0nTX-rQSyc08

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Andrew Jeffrey's Updated Vocabulary Guidance

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Andrew Jeffrey's Updated Vocabulary Guidance

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SyoRuAkAYhOJbFLReVb1Krmt-Q973Lc5

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Wood End Park Primary School - Deconstructing Word Problems by Fauzia Khalil

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Wood End Park Primary School - Deconstructing Word Problems by Fauzia Khalil

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Fauzia reported about her lesson:
On the star words slide there is a cloud. Children were asked to write one of the phrases in their cloud that they felt unsure about or they may forget. We went through the words and I prompt the children to keep their cloud word in their mind and remember the meaning throughout the lesson. I have done this before and it helps the children to think for themselves, think about the words they may forget and try their best to remember and understand the word.

I did the deconstructing word questions. At first I showed all the blue information and the red questions together. This confused the children so I changed to show them one bit of information at a time with all the questions and this worked better. Lots of great conversations from the children.

I gave the children A3 copies of the sheet and cut up the information and questions for the children to match. First they looked at the who and the what for the problem and wrote this down. Then they looked at the information and then matched the questions to the information. Some did just look at the names and worked out that they match. Next time I will not put the name in the question. I did ask them to explain how they know but not using the names in their explanation.

They did find it trick to understand that some questions can not be answered as we don't have enough information. But as we went through some examples their understanding improved. After matching all of  the information with the correct questions children answered the questions.

This was the first time I did this with my class and they did very well I felt. They enjoyed it too. I planned 3 different questions but only managed to do one. My less able children found the whole task quite tricky. Working in mixed helped to support these children.

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Feedback from the innovation so far - 9/3/2020

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Feedback from the innovation so far - 9/3/2020

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Notes taken from the Maths Hub Meeting Discussion

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Presentation PPTs and Notes.

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Overview of Vocabulary and Word Problem Support Ideas for TAs & Parents  

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Overview of Vocabulary and Word Problem Support Ideas for TAs & Parents  

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A brilliant update from Andrew Jeffrey.

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A brilliant update from Andrew Jeffrey.

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A brilliant update from Andrew Jeffrey.

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A guided PPT released during COVID-19 for SLs.