Here's the tricky word 'want'.
Remember it's NOT wOnt, it's wAnt!
Friday, 28 February 2014
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Froggy number lines!
Since we're all experts at counting on by now, we've started learning a new strategy to help us complete maths problems - using the number line!
We all pretended we were little frogs who were jumping around a number line trying to solve maths problems.
The frogs always like to sit on the bigger number and jump the smaller number.
They never EVER jump up and down - they always jump forwards or backwards.
The number they land on gives you the answer to the problem.
There's a great game to help you practise this here!
Remember + means you are adding the two numbers together so it's getting bigger - jump forward.
- means you are taking away one of the numbers so it's getting smaller - jump backwards!
Have fun!
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Buddy Handwriting
We had some visitors in our classroom today!
Orlagh's 5th class have kindly agreed to do some buddy handwriting with us. We each got a partner who is able to help us with our pencil grip, letter formation, sizing and all the things we need to remember for good handwriting.
Today we were working on roundy letters so all the letters started with a c shape. We worked really hard and the fifth class were all really nice to us and gave us lots of praise for our work.
It was a lovely experience and we're already looking forward to next week's session!
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
We are Growing and Changing!
In history today, we were learning all about growing up and how we change.
We read a book all about it and we had a look at photos of us when we were younger.
It was really interesting to see how people had grown and changed since they were babies.
We even saw one photo of someone when they were still inside their mother's tummy! This is called an ultrasound.
It was a fun history lesson!
Higher or Lower?
Today, we played a game 'Higher or Lower'.
You have to think about how many numbers are more and less than each number and guess whether the next one will be higher or lower.
It takes a lot of thinking and problem solving to make a good guess in this game!
Monday, 24 February 2014
Adding (Counting On)
We were practising our adding (counting on) today.
When we add two numbers, we put the bigger number in our heads, hold up the smaller number on our fingers, nod our head while saying the big number and count on for each finger we have.
Practise your counting on with this alien game!
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