Primary Maths for Scotland Early Level Teacher Guide

This Teacher Guide is a planning and teaching support manual for delivering the early level numeracy and mathematics Curriculum for Excellence. It is a flexible resource which can be used alongside teachers’ existing planning, resources and scheme of work. It is the first Teacher Guide for Scotland completely aligned to the benchmarks.

Provides lots of support for planning and delivering the early level curriculumPacked with creative ideas for numeracy stations and numerate play as well as group and whole-class workSupports teachers’ own CPD, with lots of information about teaching for mastery, using the concept, pictorial, abstract approach, and ensuring conceptual understanding alongside procedural fluencyGuidance on questioning and observing assists teachers to make judgements about pupils’ achievementIdentifies potential misconceptions and how to address themHelps teachers save time with resource lists and key vocabularyClear layout for teachers to dip in and out and quickly reference content they need