emPowerED Maths Programme by EBMC Resources

EVERYTHING you need to teach Year 7 and Year 8 Mathematics in New Zealand!

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
Aligned with New Zealand Maths curriculum (programme will be fully revamped for the 2025 school year to align with NEW NZ Maths curriculum)

All the planning done for you!

Maths for Aotearoa New Zealand!

What's Included

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Hard Copy, PDF or Online Subscription

Answers

Of course there are answers! We offer these in hard copy, PDF or as part of the online teacher subscription.

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Online Subscription

Teaching Presentations

The teaching presentations match the teaching introduction pages so students can follow along. These are accessed through our online teacher subscription.

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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.

Contents of Workbooks

Part 1 contains the strands:

Whole Number
Special Number
Decimal Number
B.E.D.M.A.S. and Integers
Statistics and Probability

Part 2 contains the strands:

Measurement
Fractions and Percentages
Algebra
Geometry

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Teaching Introduction Pages

The Teaching Introduction 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 Teaching Introduction 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 Teacher Subscription. We have a free version with a few presentations for each unit and a paid version with full access to all presentations on all concepts.

Year 7 Level Colours:

Differentiated Practice Pages

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

Support Level:

Has problems 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:

Has problems that are at the right stage for the year level and progress towards extension thinking

Extension Level:

Has problems 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!

Year 8 Level 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. Answers are also posted to our website for educators with an online subscription or can be purchased as a PDF at a price per teacher.

Answers to the Teaching Introduction Pages are on the Teaching Presentations, also available to educators with an online subscription.