Daily counting – Fast maths 
          A maths warm up is a five to ten minute activity that gets the students ready 
          for their lesson.
          We use a variety of warm ups:
          •  Fast Maths sheets – levelled from 1 to 100
          •  Each student works at their own level
           
          Auditory – teacher call out the maths questions and student writes answers
          These could be quick facts for example:
          5x4, 20/5, 125–26, 84 + 19
           
          Innovative Technology
          •  YouTube clips
          •  Internet games
           What is the purpose of a maths warm up?
            
           Studies indicate that by using maths warm ups:
           •   they get students’ attention, 
           •   they focus students on maths, and the game/activity puts students in a 
               positive frame of mind prior to starting the math lesson. 
           •   Increase speed in the maths operations  (x, +, -, /)
           •   Increase confidence
           Warm up can also encourage creative thinking:
           an example:
           The teacher might write on the interactive whiteboard:
           The answer is 17 – what is the question?
           Students brainstorm to think of all possible questions:
           16 + 1 
           8 ½ + 8 ½ 
           15.2 + 1.8
   Displaying a picture of a stadium packed with people 
   What question could we ask, even if we don’t know how to answer it yet?
   Possible questions include:
   How many people are at the stadium?
   How much did people spend on tickets?
   How many hot dogs were sold at this game?
    
   Maths warm ups are to get each students mind firing ready 
   for the lesson ahead.
      Como West Mathematics Program,
    Focus Units and Differentiated Lessons.
   • This year it became mandatory for all N.S.W. schools to teach 
    using the new Mathematics K-10 Syllabus.
   • In Semester 1, 2014 our school began developing a new 
    Mathematics program that aligned itself with the incoming 
    Mathematics K-10 Syllabus as well as suiting the needs of our 
    staff and students.
   • In Semester 2, 2014 our school implemented the draft 
    program and refined it ready to use for the start of 2015.
            Focus Units
   • Each strand of Mathematics: Number and Algebra, Measurement 
    and Geometry and Statistics and Probability are covered in a yearly 
    scope and sequence and are programed into focus units
   • Focus units run for 3 weeks and include an aspect of Number and 
    Algebra as well as an aspect of either Measurement and Geometry 
    or Statistics and Probability
   • During the 3 weeks the teacher will timetable in their lessons 
    around these aspects. For example: Term 1 Weeks 1-3 focus unit is 
    whole number, time and angles
   • Once the focus unit has been taught the child is assessed on their 
    learning