I’ve found that copying examples and methods into a useable revision resource can be tricky for younger pupils or those with concentration issues. They don’t refer back to their notes because they are either incomplete, unreadable, unfindable in their book or just lost.
I saw instructions for making simple books from a single sheet of paper and wondered if it was worth a try.
Non calculator percentage book
Making the book
Fold a sheet of paper into eight as shown. The sample here is A4, but I used A3 in class.
Cut along the middle two quarters (blue line in the picture) and fold in half lengthways.
Fold this into an X shape.
Arrange into a book.
Instructions
Clearly label the cover – you want your pupils to find this easily.
As we filled in each page, I explained why we did each process. Because their books were larger, the bottom of their pages had questions too.
We covered 50%, 25%, 10%, 5%, 30% and the last page was a challenge/extension task: 17.5%.
The back page was left blank so that they could stick the mini-books into their exercise books.
Example