P6b thoroughly enjoyed last month’s Halloween festivities! In an ongoing way, any engagement at home with measure (e.g. using grams and kilograms) and money within shopping contexts would be highly beneficial for the children. We are trying to focus on the kinds of skills that will help us to become life long learners, such as critical thinking, problems solving etc. So any “homework” that challenges your child to use what they have learned in school within a variety of contexts would be wonderful.
Multiplication Facts Update!
Miss McAnally is happy to report that every single child in the class either improved their score within the five minute multiplication challenge or improved their time. Thanks to the parents/carers who supported their children in practising these facts. Please keep up your efforts with this at home, boys and girls. Increasingly, we will be called upon to apply these facts within different contexts during P6/P7. Having the facts at our fingertips is our ultimate goal .
P6b Multiplication Challenge
P6 have taken some time this week to self-assess where we are with our multiplication skills. We know that good multiplication knowledge is vital within a variety areas of Numeracy and Mathematics, so we’re determined to make sure our speed and accuracy are where they should be by the start of November. Firstly, we completed a five minute speed test to see how many questions we could answer in that time. We’re all working at our own levels, so we each self-assessed and considered if we were happy with our own performance and, if not, what our next steps should be. . We took some pictures (shown above) of the various activities that are a part of our daily programme of work in order to help us develop our multiplication skills.
A big plea! 🙂 Any time that parents and carers could dedicate to developing these skills at home would be hugely beneficial. Even if it’s just five minutes worth of questions on the walk to school each day. Every little bit helps! We’ll retake the speed test in a month or so and see how much the target setting has helped. Keep an eye on our homework jotters to find out!
Thanks! From P6B.
Primary 6b
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