We have started our focus on times tables using flashcards to promote rapid recall and accuracy of answers, this has replaced the written homework sheet. We have been using our flashcards in school and at home. Pupils are very much enjoying this active approach to practising their times table.

Games which pupils have been playing at home include:
– muddling up the times tables and answering the questions in different orders
– sticking the flashcards on the wall and splatting the correct answers
– laying out the flashcards on the floor and matching flashcards to the correct answers
– answering the answer with the question instead of the question with the answer
– competing against a friend or sibling to answer the question first

In class, we continue to practise our times tables by exploring patterns in numbers, playing interactive games, chanting and singing our times tables.

Primary 4b and Miss Mckay