Transcript Starter Cards - EXAMPLES Dave Carden Liverpool LEA Introduction    These cards are designed to be used as oral and mental starters at Key Stages.

Starter Cards - EXAMPLES
Dave Carden
Liverpool LEA
Introduction
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These cards are designed to be used as oral
and mental starters at Key Stages 2 to 4
Ideally they should be laminated with the
sample key questions on the back
Please add key questions of your own and
adapt the cards to reflect the ability of your
students
N1
N1
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
•How many Liverpool
Badges can you see?
•If I have 4 Liverpool,
how many Everton ?
•How many Everton?
•If I have 12 Everton,
how many Liverpool ?
•How many badges
altogether?
•If I had 10 badges
altogether, how many
would be Liverpool ,
Everton ?
•I have 20 badges
altogether …..
EXTENSION
I have 21 badges ….
If there are 3
Liverpool badges …
N2
1,3,5,7...
N2
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
•What is the 1st number
in this sequence?
•…the 3rd, 4th
•On your whiteboards,
write the number that
you think comes next.
•What will the 8th
number be?
•What will the next red
number be?
CORE
•What is the 6th term?
•….10th term, 20th …
•What will the 5th blue
number be?
•What is the 10th blue
term?
EXTENSION
What is the nth
term?
Use the nth term to
find the 30th term,
50th …
N3
1,4,7,10...
N3
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
•What is the 1st number
in this sequence?
•…the 3rd, 4th
•On your whiteboards,
write the number that
you think comes next.
•What will the 8th
number be?
•What will the next red
number be?
CORE
•What is the 6th term?
•….10th term, 20th …
•What will the 5th blue
number be?
•What is the 10th blue
term?
EXTENSION
What is the nth
term?
Use the nth term to
find the 30th term,
50th …
A2
A2
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION
On your whiteboards,
write down
On your white boards,
write down
On your whiteboards
write down
•If m = 2 what is the
value of 5m ?
•One bigger than 5m
•m bigger than 5m
•2 greater than 5m
•4 less than double
5m
•How about m = 3 ,
1, a half ……
•4 less than 5m
•Double 5m
•5m less than 5
•Let m = 0.2 , 0.5 , a
quarter ……
•3 greater than 5m
and then doubled
•5m squared less
than a
•Let m = 1.2, 0.6, …
A4
A4
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION
On your whiteboards,
write down
On your white boards,
write down
On your whiteboards
write down
•As many pairs of
whole numbers as
you can which make
sense in this
equation
•As many pairs of
fractions which satisfy
this equation
•As many pairs of
whole numbers
which satisfy this
equation – one
number must be
negative
•As above with
decimals and
fractions
•Express x in terms
of y
HD1
HD1
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
•In my survey there
were 6 pupils
altogether. How many
are shown by the yellow
bar? The red bar?
•There were 18
people in the survey.
How many are
represented by the
red bar?
•The red bar shows 3
people. How many
were in my survey
altogether?
•The yellow bar
represents 150
people. How many in
the survey altogether?
•The yellow bar
represents 12 students.
How many …….
EXTENSION
This bar chart shows
hours of sunshine
for two days this
week. If the red bar
shows 3.5 hours,
how many hours of
sunshine were there
in total?
……
•……
HD4
HD4
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
•In my survey there
were 7 pupils
altogether. How many
are shown by the green
bar? The yellow bar?
•There were 21
people in the survey.
How many are
represented by the
red bar?
•The blue bar shows 4
people. How many
were in my survey
altogether?
•The green bar
represents 30 people.
How many in the
survey altogether?
•The green bar
represents 3 students.
How many …….
EXTENSION
This bar chart shows
hours of sunshine
for three days this
week. If the green
bar shows 2.1 hours,
how many hours of
sunshine were there
in total?
……
•……
HD8
HD8
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
•In my survey there
were 18 pupils
altogether. How many
are shown by the red
slice of the pie? The
yellow slice?
•The blue slice shows 4
people. How many
were in my survey
altogether?
•The red slice
represents 3 students.
How many …….
CORE
•There are 16
pupils represented
by the blue part of
the pie chart.How
many people are in
the survey
altogether?
•The yellow sector
represents 30
people. How many
in the blue sector?
•…….
EXTENSION
A
(0,0)
B
C
SSM4
SSM4
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
.Each side of the
square is 2 units
long. If I move the
square 2 units to
the right, what are
the new coordinates
of points A , B ….
The square is
moved up two units
…..
CORE
EXTENSION
•If the square has side
2 units and is
reflected in the x axis
what are the new
coordinates of point A,
B ……
•If the square has
side 6 units find the
coordinates of the
centre of the square.
•The square is
reflected in the y axis
……
•If the perimeter is 8
units find the
coordinates of the
centre of the square
•If the area ……
•If the square is
rotated clockwise …
SSM7
A
(0,0)
B
SSM7
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
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CORE
EXTENSION
•The point(0,0) is the
mid-point of the line. If
A = (4,4)) what are
the coordinates of
point B?
•…A=(12,1) …..
•If this line is the
hypotenuse of a
right angle triangle ,
find the coordinates
of the vertices of the
triangle if B = ( -2,-2)
•….B=(-3,-1) ….
•Find the area …..