Maths
HOME LEARNING-
WC- 12/06/24 - Mathletics home learning is set online.
Practical - here are some practical tasks with the focus on halves and quarters!
Cutting Food: When preparing meals or snacks, involve your child in cutting sandwiches, fruits, or vegetables into halves and quarters. Discuss how many pieces you get when you divide something in half or into quarters.
Sharing Treats: Use small items like cookies or sweets and ask your child to divide them equally into halves or quarters to share with family members.
Folding Paper: Give your child a piece of paper and ask them to fold it in half, then in half again to make quarters. They can then draw and colour each section.
Measuring Ingredients: When cooking or baking, use measuring cups to show halves and quarters. For example, measure out a cup of flour and then show how it can be divided into two half cups or four quarter cups.
Playing Games: Use toys or blocks to create groups that can be divided into halves or quarters. Ask your child to show you half or a quarter of a set of items.
Drawing and Colouring: Have your child draw shapes like circles, squares, and rectangles, then divide them into halves and quarters and colour each section differently.
WC- 21/02/23- PRACTICAL MATHS IDEAS -
Resources: Chalk, outdoor space
Set-up: Draw a hopscotch grid on the ground using chalk. Number each square from 1 to 20.
Instructions: Children take turns hopping on the number line, subtracting the number they land on from 20. For example, if they land on number 6, they say "20 minus 6 equals 14" and hop to the square numbered 14.
Questions to Ask:
- What number are you landing on?
- What is 20 minus [number]?
- What number are you hopping to?
Resources: Outdoor space, laminated number bond cards (randomly scattered)
Set-up: Scatter the laminated number bond cards around the outdoor area.
Instructions: Children search for the number bond cards and match them together to make number bonds that equal 20.
Questions to Ask:
- Can you find a number bond that equals 20?
- What other number could we add to make 20?
- How many different number bonds can you find?
WC- 31/1/24-
Focus on writing numbers 0-20 the correct way round and formed correctly. This is a big focus we are working on in the classroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDlQp7ZGJfU
This is a helpful youtube video to help with number formation.
WC 22/1/24-
Maths task are set online but could you also have a go at the SNAP CHALLENGE!
Play Snap Challenge! At random moments during the day, call out "Snap Challenge! Which is greater, 17 or 19?" and similar questions. Encourage your child to Snap Challenge you.
WC- 10/12/24- Maths tasks are set online, there is an optional practical task in the folder.
WC- 7/12/23- Maths is set online, there are also two optional practical tasks in the folder.
WC- 22/11/23- Maths is set online, there are also two optional practical tasks in the folder.
WC- 15/11/23 - Maths is set online, there are also two optional practical tasks in the folder.
WC 8/11/23
Math home learning will now be set online using the Mathletics website/app. Your child's login details will be stuck into their yellow reading records this week. This will allow them to log in and complete their assigned math tasks. It is important to note that these tasks will be set every Wednesday, giving your child a week to complete them.
Mathletics is an engaging online platform that offers interactive math activities designed to enhance your child's learning experience. It provides an array of resources that will help consolidate their understanding of key mathematical concepts, and it also gives them the opportunity to practice their skills in a fun and stimulating way.
Should you face any difficulties accessing the Mathletics website/app, please do not worry. In addition to the online tasks, I have included a list of optional math practical activities. These activities are designed to provide an alternative option if you do not have access to the online math programme. They will help reinforce your child's understanding through hands-on learning experiences.
If you have any concerns or questions regarding your child's math home learning, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.