PATPAL
Holly – we taught Mrs M to count on a Rekenrek
Arya – we played cover up you can count in your head or see the counters to help
Nathan – takeaway using dice, you take the small number from the big number
Rayyaan – We showed different ways to make a number you can do 6 and 4 or 7 and 3 to make 10
Maddie – domino number patterns to see how many ways we can make a number
Measure
P1K found different sized foot prints in the class. After lots of speculation about who or what left the footprints the children explored different ways they could measure them. They decided to use: beach glass, dominoes, lego and counting teds. The children started to notice that they were getting different results because they were using different materials to measure with, see the table below:
After lots of discussion and exploration the children found they best way to measure was:
- Dominoes were the best non-standard unit because they were all the same length
- To measure the length you don’t go around but from end to end
- Be careful there are no gaps when placing the dominoes.
- Measure the longest part
The children then practised their measuring skills further by measuring the length of all sorts of things around the classroom using cubes.
