Guide No. 09 · The K-12 Series
Lesson Planning: Maths, Grades 6–12
Procedures with understanding — plan maths lessons that survive the exam hall.
Secondary maths planning has a permanent tension: the syllabus says coverage, the exam says fluency, and the class says they forgot fractions in Grade 5. This guide gives you the planning structures to serve all three without tripling your prep.
Includes retrieval starters by topic, variation-designed practice sets, and the 'exam habits in ordinary lessons' system that removes the panic revision season.
What's inside
- 01
Concept Before Procedure
Sequencing lessons so the method is the summary, not the starting point.
- 02
Retrieval Starters by Topic
The four-question opener that keeps algebra alive during the geometry unit.
- 03
Practice Sets with Variation
Designing question sequences where each problem teaches the next.
- 04
Exam Technique in Ordinary Lessons
Command words, mark schemes, and timing — woven in from September.
- 05
Bridging the Arithmetic Gaps
Diagnosing and repairing foundation gaps without derailing the syllabus.
- 06
The Mixed-Attention Class
Planning for the front row that finished and the back row that vanished.
Read an excerpt
Chapter 3 — Practice Sets with Variation
A practice set is not twenty questions; it is one argument made twenty times. Change one thing at a time — the coefficient, the sign, the context — and the sequence itself teaches. Students should be able to feel the pattern tightening.
The planning question is never 'have I found enough questions?' It is 'what changes between question four and question five, and what does that change teach?' If the answer is nothing, delete one of them.
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The Lesson Planning Field Guide
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No. 02
The Calm Classroom Handbook
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No. 03
The Worksheet Design Manual
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No. 04
The Strategy Playbook
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No. 05
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No. 06
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No. 08
Lesson Planning: English, Grades 6–12
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Lesson Planning: Science, Grades 6–12
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Preparing for a Lesson Observation
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No. 12
Answering Inspection Questions
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No. 13
Prepping Lessons After School Vacations
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No. 14
Handling Teacher Burnout: UAE Edition
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No. 15
How to Handle Subject Coordinators
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No. 16
How to Thrive in a Subject Department
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No. 17
Managing School Expectations
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