Hi, I really enjoy reading your blogs - thank you for taking the time to write them and share your resources and things you’ve found.
Here’s a link to some maths investigation/problem booklets that I always used to find really good. They are actually old dfes resources from a long time ago but the link here is from the stem.org website - they have obviously found them archived somewhere and made them available.
The nrich website also has some brilliant open-ended maths investigations and puzzles.
Regarding the spelling rule, I always used to teach it as “short vowel, double letter” which I found easier to remember. Essentially, if the word uses the short vowel sound (the letter sound rather than name) it needs a double letter if you are extending the word. So hoping uses the long o sound, hence single p but hopping is the short o sound, so needs an extra p. It was one of the more useful spelling rules definitely.
So pleased you’re enjoying the blog. What a great comment with so many useful suggestions! We actually did an NRICH problem at the weekend which was very challenging and fun, I should use that website more often. And that’s a great way to remember the spelling rule, I’ll be borrowing that.
Hi, I really enjoy reading your blogs - thank you for taking the time to write them and share your resources and things you’ve found.
Here’s a link to some maths investigation/problem booklets that I always used to find really good. They are actually old dfes resources from a long time ago but the link here is from the stem.org website - they have obviously found them archived somewhere and made them available.
https://www.stem.org.uk/elibrary/resource/29243
The nrich website also has some brilliant open-ended maths investigations and puzzles.
Regarding the spelling rule, I always used to teach it as “short vowel, double letter” which I found easier to remember. Essentially, if the word uses the short vowel sound (the letter sound rather than name) it needs a double letter if you are extending the word. So hoping uses the long o sound, hence single p but hopping is the short o sound, so needs an extra p. It was one of the more useful spelling rules definitely.
Hope the links are helpful.
Best wishes
So pleased you’re enjoying the blog. What a great comment with so many useful suggestions! We actually did an NRICH problem at the weekend which was very challenging and fun, I should use that website more often. And that’s a great way to remember the spelling rule, I’ll be borrowing that.
That part about the Lego creations being too precious to be tidied away. This is the world in which I live! :)