Friday, 26 February 2016

Telling the time

We're back to time again.

This week we've only focused on reading time to the nearest minute PAST, in analogue and digital form.




On Monday we will introduce minutes TO


The children need to be able to read both analogue and digital times AND write them down



Please do ask them to read the time as often as possible. Other great games to practice are:
http://www.maths-games.org/time-games.html


Mangahigh

New challenges have been set!

Column addition
Telling the time
3 and 4 times tables

Column addition

The children have really been getting the hang of using column addition to add 3 digit and 2 digit numbers together.

We teach them to set it out this way...



It is important to leave a line above the answer box so they can write any number they have carried over. If they have already learnt to carry and write underneath, then it's fine to stick with that method.

Friday, 29 January 2016

Doodle Maths

Just thought I'd share this great app with you. It's fun and simple to use, and a good one for basic number skills and times tables!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ezeducation.doodlemaths.ks2&hl=en


Finding fractions of amounts




Being able to work these out relies heavily on knowing times tables. So please do continue practising so that your child knows their 3s and 4s by heart.







Friday, 22 January 2016

Fractions!

This week we've been having fun with fractions.


Adding parts to make a whole:




Equivalent fractions:










Friday, 8 January 2016

3 digit numbers

Back to place value again... we've been ordering, comparing, and finding numbers on number lines.

We've also been adding and subtracting 100s, 10s and 1s. 

If you practise this at home, I've been encouraging the children to follow these steps to help them...

1) write H T U above the 3 digit number
2) work out which digit is changing, H T or U
3) write down those that stay the same in the correct place
4) add or subtract 

E.g.





We played games where I hid various parts of sums, and the children had to work out what was missing. They responded really well to this challenge and were keen to do more, so you might want to give it a go at home.


CHALLENGE!