Teaching maths
Fractions, ratios, geometry and everything between, as they are actually taught.
The bar model: how Grade 6 students solve word problems
Five kinds of word problem drawn as bars, each with a worked example and the question that gets students drawing, plus a three-lesson plan. With blank templates to print.
Raghad A. · November 8, 2026 · 8 min read
Why students add the denominators, and the three-minute fix
Why students write 1/2 + 1/3 = 2/5, one diagnostic question that shows the cause, a three-minute fix with fraction strips, and a say-this-not-that table. Printable card.
Raghad A. · November 8, 2026 · 8 min read
A Grade 6 fractions worksheet ready to print, and how it is built from one goal
A one-page Grade 6 worksheet on adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators: warm-up, five rising items, two word problems, a mistake to explain. Free PDF.
Raghad A. · November 8, 2026 · 5 min read
A Grade 6 maths short quiz for the first term, ready to print
An 8-question, 10-minute Grade 6 maths quiz, with one objective per question, what each wrong answer tells you, and a table for reading the results. Free PDF, no sign-up.
Raghad A. · November 8, 2026 · 7 min read