We hope you are continuing to both work hard and relax during this time. We have seen some wonderful work that you have shared on Twitter and are so glad that you have engaged with your learning at home.
Continue to do your adding and subtraction at home. Attached are some more worksheets for you to use and adapt. Though these are one form of resource, these could inspire you to use physical objects to help with learning.
I like to use fruit (especially grapes) as afterwards I can make a fruit salad. It also helps with food technology on the importance of preparation and safety in the kitchen.
Get the children to use the operating symbols (+, -, =) and use them in the correct place. Check that they know what each symbol is for and where to place it correctly in an equation.
Using fruit also gives a real experience of introducing and understanding equal groups and fractions.
If you have a certain amount of objects, can you put these into equal groups so the same amount is in each group?
I have used grapes to demonstrate. If I have six, can I share equally into two groups? I do this by place one item at a time into each group so they have the same amount until I have moved them all. This will show that to share equally into matching groups, you need to have an equal amount. Get the child to count each group to make sure they have equal amounts in the two groups.
You can then go on to do this by sharing equally into larger groups.
In addition, making mistakes, having amounts that do not equal, is also important. Use an odd amount to begin with and follow the same routine by putting items individually into groups to show that they cannot be equal. (This can help reinforce odd and even numbers)
Initially for fractions, we would explore- whole, half and quarter. In class, we would be asking them to explain what they notice when you have an object. Does it stay the same size? How many pieces/groups did you make? What happens if I half a half? Are they equal?
Cutting the object helps to show how a whole becomes a fraction. Comparing a half apple to a whole apple displays how the object reduces in size. It is also important to highlight the numbers used. 2 halves make 1 whole, or 4 quarters make 1 whole. You have to make the distinction, for example, that 2 halves are not the same as 2 whole objects.
Go and be creative, use fruit, sticks, straws, Lego, pieces of paper, whatever you like. Share your learning with your teacher on Twitter!
EL23 Adding counting mixed up facts
