Week Commencing 13th July
- Practise your doubling, halving and sharing skills this week using a range of practical resources around your home.
- For example put 2 biscuits on a plate and 2 on another. Then say the number sentence: double 2 is 4. Repeat with different resources and amounts. Can you learn your doubling facts? double 1 is...? double 2 is...? double 5 is...? etc.
- Practise you sharing and halving skills i.e. put 4 strawberries on a plate, can you share these evenly between 2 people? how many does each person get? Repeat with other objects and amounts.
- Ask your adult to pose different questions for you to think about i.e. 3 birds on a branch and 3 birds on the next branch - how many birds altogether? Use your doubling facts. 4 biscuits on a plate and half of them are eaten - how many biscuits are left? Use your halving facts.
- Try and write a number sentence to show your calculation i.e. 3 + 3 = 6.
- Remember to try and use the range of vocabulary when solving different problems.
Week Commencing 29th June
- This week we are going to be thinking about patterns. In particular symmetrical patterns.
- In your reading you have the book 'Butterflies' allocated to you. Look at the patterns on each butterfly - what do you notice about these? Can you talk about the patterns with your adult.
- Remember to use the word symmetrical and to discuss it's meaning with your adult.
- Can you create your own symmetrical patterns? Once completed please ask your adult to send me pictures of these.
- Once you have explored symmetrical patterns, then explore repeating patterns. Can you find any repeating patterns around your home or in your garden? Maybe you could take pictures of the repeating patterns you have found.
- Can you create your own repeating pattern?
- Complete the home learning tasks sent home for this week.
Week Commencing 22nd June
- Complete the sheets sent home in your learning packs.
- In addition to your sheets, try and think about capacity this week. In practical contexts use the vocabulary; full, empty, half full, half empty, holds more, holds less, container
- Fill different containers with cups of water and find out which container holds more / less. Before filling you could predict how many cupfuls of water you think it will hold. Then count as you fill and see if your predictions were correct.
- When having a drink, look at your cup - observe if it is full to the top, half way, nearly gone and empty.
- Ask an adult to show you different cups in your house - which one will holds the most? Can you find out?
Week Commencing 15th June
- Complete the sheets sent home in your learning packs.
- Focus on your addition and subtraction skills. Use a range of practical resources to help develop your skills when adding and taking away.
- Use the range of vocabulary for addition and subtraction as we always do in school.
- Addition vocabulary to use: add, plus, altogether, makes, sum, total, more
- Subtraction vocabulary to use: minus, take away, subtract, leaves, less
Week Commencing 27th April
- Go on a shape hunt around your home. What shapes can you see? Find 2D shapes and name them and then go hunting for 3D shapes and name them.
- Discuss the properties of each shape, once you have named it. What can you tell the adult about each shape you find?
- What shapes can you see when you go out for your daily exercise with your family?
- What patterns can you see? Can you find any repeating patterns and say what the pattern is? Can you see and symmetrical patterns?
- Can you create your own patterns?
- Try out the shape and pattern activities on Topmarks - click on the link below.
Week Commencing 20th April
- Order and write the numbers from 1 to 20. Can you say the number which is 1 more / 1 less than a number?
- Can you challenge yourself and write the numbers to 50 or even 100?
- Go on a number hunt around your house. Which numbers can you see? Can you write these numbers down.
- Look out for numbers in your local area when you go for a walk with your family. What number is your house? What number is the house next door? Can you say the numbers that you see around you? When you get home try and write down some of the numbers you have spotted on your walk.
Week commencing 30th March
- In practical activities use the vocabulary involved in addition and subtraction tasks when solving simple problems i.e. 3 apples and 2 bananas, how many pieces of fruit are there altogether? 4 biscuits, 1 is eaten, how many biscuits are left?
- Write your own number sentence to accompany each calculation i.e. 3 + 2 = 5, 4 - 1 = 3 etc.
- Order and write numbers from 1 to 20. Remember to form your numbers the correct way. Identify the number which is 1 more or 1 less than a given number.
Week commencing 23rd March
- In practical contexts, use the vocabulary related to addition and subtraction.
- Name the 2D and 3D shapes you can see around your home. Discuss the properties of shapes.
- Notice and discuss patterns that you can see around your environment i.e. repeating patterns and symmetrical patterns.
- Apply mathematical skills by carrying out different activities on the Topmarks website.