Today, the children in group 3 extended their learning of fractions, and began to recognise non unit fractions. The children were given Cuisenaire rods to prove or disprove statements about non unit fractions. The children have become more confident in recognising and identifying non unit fractions.
The children in group 3 learnt and can now count in Roman Numerals. The children learnt a catchy song to help them remember what they have learnt today. Take a watch below. The children then applied what they have learnt to clocks. The children were tasked to tell the time, using Roman Numerals. With perseverance and determination, group 3 were able to succeed.
The children have worked really hard over the last 3 weeks, investigating different strategies to solve multiplication and division problems. The children were tasked to match the corresponding bar model to the word problem and use it to solve the questions. It was very interesting watching the children work, using a range of strategies, chosen by them.
Today was the return of money in group three. The children were tasked to identify the actual value of the purse and work out which coins needed to be taken out to match the intended value of the purse. The children did extremely well recognising coins and used their existing knowledge of money and addition and subtraction to solve the problems.
This week, Year 6 have been exploring how to calculate perimeter and area.
We have even started to look at compound rectilinear shapes to extend our learning!
If you would like to practise this some more at home please have a look at the links below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvmxsbk/articles/zsr4k7h
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjbg87h
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/area-and-perimeter-ea69
In todays maths meeting we recapped our last unit of addition and subtraction. The children were tasked to solve the addition equations using column addition, some with and without regrouping. The children showed how much they have learnt and retained since before Christmas.
This week, the children in group 3 learnt how to multiply 2 digit numbers by 2,3,4 or 5 with and without regrouping. The children were able to display their understanding verbally and written down. Knowledge of times tables and partitioning were shown by all children in group 3, showing perseverance and willingness to learn.
The children in group 3 used their existing knowledge of known multiplication facts, to derive new facts. The children used dienes, counters and cubes to identifying the commutative, inverse, double, and half calculations.
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