Maths Call Year 5 File: Developing children’s listening skills in maths (Collins Maths Additions)

"Maths Call" is a series of yearly teaching resources providing 10-20-minute class activities for either the beginning or plenary stages of the daily maths lesson. Each file contains 30 activities, which focus on and practice a particular Framework objective, and aim to improve pupils' skills in listening and following instructions. Each activity comprises questions for the teacher to ask the class, and a photocopiable sheet for the children to record their answers.

Peter Clarke has written for the National Numeracy Strategy and is a widely published author. He is consultant for BEAM (be a Mathematician) and, until recently, was an Advisory Teacher for Barking and Dagenham where the highly influential IPM project has been underway since 1994. He is series editor of the highly successful Collins Primary Maths series.