Stage 3 Maths – Bridging Strategy for Addition | Explicit Teaching PowerPoint & Worksheets | EAST Aligned

Teach students how to add numbers efficiently using the bridging strategy with this ready-to-use Stage 3 maths resource aligned with the EAST explicit teaching model.

This resource helps students develop flexible mental addition strategies by recognising when numbers are close to the next ten, hundred or thousand. Students learn how to use bridging to solve number sentences and apply the strategy to real-world word problems using the CUBES problem-solving process.

Lessons follow the I Do, We Do, You Do explicit teaching structure, making them ideal for whole-class instruction, guided practice and independent learning.

What’s Included

✔ Explicit teaching PowerPoint lessons (2 days)

• Step-by-step modelling of the bridging strategy

• Comparison of bridging and levelling strategies

• Guided practice with number lines and reasoning

• Word problem solving using the CUBES strategy

✔ Student Worksheets

Engaging worksheets include:

• Bridging strategy practice

• Bridging on a number line

• Bridging vs levelling strategy comparison

• Word problems using bridging

• CUBES problem-solving tasks

Skills Students Develop

Students will learn to:

• use the bridging strategy to add numbers efficiently

• recognise when bridging is a useful mental strategy

• explain their reasoning when solving addition problems

• compare different mental strategies for addition

• solve multi-step word problems

Perfect For

• Stage 3 / Year 5–6 maths lessons

• Explicit teaching lessons

• Mental maths strategy development

• Small group maths support

• Independent practice

• Maths rotations

Curriculum Focus

Students apply efficient mental strategies to solve addition problems and explain their reasoning when choosing strategies.

Stage 3 Maths – Calculating Perimeter and Area | Explicit Teaching PowerPoint & Worksheets | EAST Aligned

Help students develop a deep understanding of perimeter and area with this comprehensive Stage 3 maths resource aligned with the EAST explicit teaching model.

Students learn how to calculate perimeter and area of rectangles and other shapes, measure and record dimensions using different metric units, and explore how shapes can have the same area but different dimensions.

Lessons follow the I Do, We Do, You Do explicit teaching structure, supporting clear modelling, guided practice and independent problem solving.

What’s Included

✔ Explicit teaching PowerPoint lessons (3 days)

• Understanding the difference between perimeter and area

• Calculating perimeter of regular and irregular shapes

• Calculating area of rectangles using metric units

• Exploring shapes with the same area but different dimensions

✔ Student Worksheets

Engaging activities include:

• Perimeter or area reasoning tasks

• Calculating perimeter of shapes

• Calculating area using the formula length × width

• Irregular perimeter problems

• Same area, different dimensions investigations

• Real-world perimeter and area problems

Skills Students Develop

Students will learn to:

• calculate perimeter by adding all side lengths

• calculate area of rectangles using multiplication

• measure and record dimensions using metric units

• compare shapes with the same area but different dimensions

• solve real-world problems involving area and perimeter

Perfect For

• Stage 3 / Year 5–6 maths lessons

• Explicit teaching lessons

• Geometry units

• Small group maths instruction

• Independent practice

• Revision activities

Curriculum Focus

Students measure, calculate and compare perimeter and area of two-dimensional shapes using appropriate metric units.

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