Simone Teaching Maths

Children teaching each other is a great way for children to learn.
Simone is teaching a trick to learn the 9 times tables.

Maths Games

We have been learning new maths games which help us practice our basic facts and new maths strategies.
Playing board games with your children helps encourage

• turn taking
• thinking ahead
• predicting outcomes
• maths skills
• lengthening attention span
• teamwork
• being a good sport
• fun!!!!

 

 

WEG

World Education Games
We are taking part in the WEG games this year. Mathletics opens up their spelling, maths and science site for a few days in October and over 5 million students worldwide take part in spelling and basic facts quizes to win the top person, school and country prize.
Here we are ready to play students from all around the world.

Maths scavenger hunt!

Today Miss Chambers decided to do something fun for maths because it is the end of term. It was fun but also challenging. We had clues placed all around the classroom and when we solved each of the difficult maths problem on each clue we got a letter. Once we had all six letters right we were given a riddle to solve. Do you think you can solve out the riddle below?

What has four fingers and a thumb but is not alive?

Letters: L,O,G,V,E and A

Clue: You use it in the garden and it is two words

If you have figured it out please put the answer in the comments.

Peer Teaching in Maths

We have been peer teaching in maths. This is a great way for those who need to learn a new strategy to do so one on one. Plus it means the children teaching the strategy have to fully understand it to teach others - so it reinforces their own skills. I love the way the children used mini white boards and equipment to help teach renaming in subtraction.