emPowerED Maths Programme by EBMC Resources

EVERYTHING you need to teach intermediate mathematics!

The emPowerED Maths programme is:

Fully differentiated with support, on-level and extension level work for every Maths concept
Presented in a fun, engaging format including cartoons and puzzles
Empowering for staff who are experienced and inexperienced in teaching Maths
Empowering for students because they get to choose work at the right level of challenge for them
Globally relevant: Originally this programme was created for and used in New Zealand Year 7 and 8 classrooms, but the content is globally relevant and approach is universal!

All the planning done for you!

What's On This Page

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Preview of Units

How To Use Our Resources

Overview of Contents

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What's Offered

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PDF (Global)

Unit PDFs

Our full units are available as a PDF. We offer global options in different paper sizes for easy printing.

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Hard Copy (NZ Only)

Student Workbooks

Our student workbooks are aligned with the NZ Maths curriculum. Each concept has two teaching introduction pages, three differentiated practice pages and one puzzle page.

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Answers

Of course there are answers! We offer these in hard copy (NZ only) or PDF.

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Homework Books

These books complement the classwork from our PDF units. Homework - plus answers - done for you!

Overview of Contents

What's Included:

Units : Whole Numbers, Decimal Numbers, Special Numbers, Order of Operations, Integers, Statistics, Probability, Measurement, Geometry, Fractions, Percentages, Algebra
Topics : Every Maths topic consists of 2 lessons (6 pages)
Lesson 1 : An Introduction Page to teach from which matches the online Teaching Presentations
Lesson 2 : Three leveled pages for students to choose from (support level, on-level and extension level) and a fun puzzle page along with online answers

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Preview of Units

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How To Use Our Resources

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Student Notes
Pages

The Student Notes Pages are a two-page spread aimed at engaging student thinking, building conceptual understanding and working towards procedural fluency.

These pages include the following elements:

Explore

Open-ended exploration questions to engage student thinking relevant to the concept before teaching

Understand

Conceptual understanding based explanation

Worked Examples

Step-by-step guide of the procedure in words and with example

Our Turn

Differentiated examples to work as a class (teacher and students)

Extension

Independent practice questions (extension); for students who finish Your Turn early

Success Criteria

Students tick boxes next to statements matching the Learning Intention(s)

Notice

Students look for patterns and draw conclusions

Remember

Recalling prior-knowledge from a previous lesson or year.

Think About It

Discussion questions aimed to deepen student understanding

Your Turn

Independent practice questions (support and on-level)

Puzzle

An activity involving creative solutions; for students who finish Extension questions early

Pause and Reflect

Reflective questions for students to answer about their learning

Teaching Presentations

We offer Teaching Presentations that match the Student Notes Pages from the Student Workbooks exactly. This is to save you time and energy!

The goal of the presentations is to bring quality, consistency and ease to Mathematics teaching. You can project it onto a screen and teach directly from there.

Any teacher or reliever should be able to walk into the classroom and teach a robust Maths lesson using the Teaching Presentations!

The Teaching Presentations are accessible through our online School Subscription.

Level 1 Colours:

Differentiated Practice Pages

Each concept has three levelled pages with varying difficulty and quantity of problems.

Support Level:

Contains questions that allow access to all students by hitting the stage just below the year level and build up to the on-level problems; plenty of working space provided

On-Level:

Contains questions that are at the right stage for the year level and progress towards extension thinking

Extension Level:

Contains questions that extend understanding of the concept by using backwards thinking and/or a variety of numbers (larger numbers, decimal numbers, fractions, etc.)

Each year level workbook has these levelled pages in different colours.

We suggest letting students choose their own level of work for the day. This EMPOWERS them to take charge of their learning and succeed!

Level 2 Colours:

Puzzle Pages

Each concept also has a Puzzle Page. This is intended for use after students finish their chosen differentiated practice page (and mark). It could also be used as a one-off lesson or a revision sheet.

The puzzles are fun, engaging and differentiated ways for students to practice the concept. We love them because they help students check their understanding as they go!

Puzzles include:

Codebreakers
Maze Runners
Favourite Mistakes
Crossword Maths
Multiplication Wheels
Colouring Maths
And more!

Answers

Now for the best part - we have answers too!

There is a separate answer book to use in the classroom, available as a PDF or physical book for NZ buyers.

Answers show the working - not just the answer! We suggest letting students mark their own work to see their mistakes, then make corrections (with working) to turn in to the teacher.