This week some of us applied our addition and subtraction skills in problem solving word problems. It is very important that we are able to apply our understanding of maths in many different ways: analysing word problems, breaking the problem into chunks, deciphering the language to work out what operation to use, using our logic and reason to find the answer and talking about the process are important skills we are developing. Pages of sums, which we call calculations, don’t show our ability to apply our skills in a useful and real-life manner. We enjoy showing our understanding in making, doing, talking and writing!
Some of us continued to work on the part, part, whole method of problem solving which really challenged us this week and you can see a photo of this below. You can set us challenges like this at home. We love doing them.
Some of us continued to impress with our ability to add and subtract in 10s and talk about the value of a digit.
Again you can support your child by lots of quick fire addition and subtraction, number bonds recall and number talks as well as online games and challenges. We enjoy talking about patterns in number too.