Mr Barton Maths Podcast #164 How to plan a maths lesson with Craig Latimir
03:08:01
Grenfell: A Lesson In Kindness
- Craig described teaching the day after Grenfell and publicly shaming a student for missing equipment, then regretting it deeply.
- He learned to prioritise kindness and remove barriers like giving a pen, while keeping high expectations.
Shiny Tasks Can Hide The Maths
- Task-first planning often hides maths behind novelty and reduces learning effectiveness.
- Novel, busy tasks can stop maths from taking center stage and impede deep learning.
Routinize Lessons With Sparse Master Slides
- Use templates and master slides to routinize lessons so students and teachers know what to expect every hour.
- Keep slides sparse, use them as prompts, and save lessons to share and reduce cognitive load during teaching.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
How to Plan a Maths Lesson
02:43 • 3min
Craig Latimer on the Mr. Barton Maths Podcast
05:56 • 2min
The Relationship Between Subject Expertise and Quality of Teaching
07:50 • 2min
The One Failure That Haunted Me the Most
09:29 • 5min
The Importance of Lesson Planning
14:07 • 3min
How to Plan a Successful Lesson
17:00 • 6min
The Principles of Planning for Success
22:32 • 2min
How to Plan a Lesson
24:44 • 2min
How I Wish I Talked Maths
27:10 • 2min
The Importance of Using Slide Sort of View Mode
29:14 • 3min
How to Use PowerPoint to Improve Your Learning
32:01 • 3min
How to Save Your Master Slides to Later
34:54 • 3min
How to Prepare for the Unplanable
37:33 • 2min
How to Prepare for the Unplanable
39:24 • 2min
The Importance of Hope for the Best Plan
41:03 • 2min
The Argument for Not Seeing What the Kids Have Got Before That
42:43 • 4min
How to Trick Your Kids Into Working Hard
46:24 • 2min
How to Start a Maths Lesson
48:09 • 2min
How to Expand Brackets in Lessons
50:15 • 2min
The Importance of Aspirational Questions
52:04 • 4min
How to Plan a Lesson
56:02 • 5min
How to Trick Your Kids to Tell Me Their Names
01:00:45 • 2min
How to Choose the Right Question for Your Whiteboard
01:02:40 • 2min
How to Use Mini White Bots to Engage Students
01:05:09 • 2min
How to Retrieve Data From Whiteboards
01:06:42 • 2min
The Four Elements of Responsive Teaching
01:08:50 • 2min
Structure for Routine Lessons
01:10:26 • 4min
How to Get Behavior Right in a Lesson
01:14:55 • 2min
How to Make Prerequisite Knowledge Checks Work for You
01:17:05 • 3min
How to Introduce Vocabulary to Your Kids
01:19:57 • 3min
The Importance of Hinterland in Learning
01:22:29 • 2min
The History of Meters
01:24:09 • 2min
The Importance of Engagement in Modeling
01:26:00 • 2min
How to Model Explanatory Instruction in Drekam
01:28:11 • 4min
What's Coming Next?
01:32:21 • 2min
The Unplanable Yes With What Comes Next
01:33:53 • 2min
The Argument for Breaking Down a Single Bracket
01:36:15 • 2min
How to Break Down a Question for Kids
01:37:56 • 4min
Silence in Modeling
01:41:37 • 3min
How to Model for Success
01:44:19 • 5min
How to Improve Your Tree Diagram Structure
01:49:42 • 3min
The Importance of Using Books for Revision
01:52:20 • 3min
How to Use Variation to Motivate Kids
01:55:18 • 3min
The Importance of Listen Planning
01:58:22 • 4min
How to Overcome Dilemma in Your Child
02:01:53 • 4min
How to Make Kids Think and Make Kids Feel Successful
02:06:20 • 2min
The Importance of Independent Work in Lessons
02:07:51 • 2min
How to Practice Self-Correction
02:09:48 • 2min
How to Give Kids Access to Early Answers to Critical Questions
02:11:30 • 2min
The Practice Phase of a Lesson
02:13:30 • 2min
The Importance of Practice in Teaching
02:15:03 • 2min
The Peak End Rule
02:16:46 • 3min
The Core Question
02:19:42 • 3min
How to Be a Better Teacher
02:22:48 • 3min
The Best Maths Joke Ever Telled
02:25:48 • 2min
How to Solve a Maths Problem
02:27:21 • 6min
How to Solve Problems With No Number Questions
02:32:54 • 2min
How to Write Like a Mathematician
02:34:33 • 3min
How to Multiply Algebraic Terms to Get What's in So Many Times
02:37:27 • 2min
The Importance of Expanding Brackets
02:39:17 • 5min
How to Make Homework Fit Into Lessons
02:44:09 • 2min
How to Plan a Lesson for Success
02:46:20 • 3min
The Power of Resilience in Maths Lessons
02:49:15 • 2min
How to Be a Successful Teacher
02:51:17 • 3min
How to Make Lesson Planning Work for You
02:54:35 • 5min
How to Use Variation in the Practice Phase
02:59:40 • 6min
The Importance of the Do Now and Silent Teacher
03:05:40 • 2min
In this episode I talk to fellow maths teacher, Craig Latimir, about his process for planning a lesson... and it takes us 3 hours. But this is one of my favourite conversations I have had on the podcast. It should be useful whatever your level of teaching experience, but particularly useful for those n the early stages of their career. I wish I had had someone like Craig to stop me from making so many planning errors in the early days! For resources and videos from this episode just follow this link: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/how-to-plan-a-maths-lesson
Useful time-stamps:
- Craig and I discuss our past lesson planning crimes (15:01)
- Craig shares his key principles for lesson planning (22:45)
- Craig tells us the first thing he thinks about when planning (52:18)
- Craig discusses how he plans and delivers the Do Now (57:18)
- Then the exposition (1:20:37)
- Then modelling (1:29:04)
- Then how he questions and checks for understanding (1:44:32)
- Then how he responds to those checks (1:59:56)
- Then the practice phase (2:08:00)
- And finally the end of the lesson (2:16:15)
- I begin my reflection on all I learned from Craig (2:55:36)