NUMERACY

**//NUMBER//**

At school  we are learning to do lots of things with numbers up to 20. ... like ... ~ read all numbers to 20 ~ count forward and back from 20 ~ know our doubles (like 2+2, 5+5) ~ skip count in 2's (2,4,6,8...) ~ know numbers 'before' and 'after' At home  we can do some number practice by ... ~ working on a shopping list ~ reading the calendar ~ following a simple recipe <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~ learning our phone number <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~ pretend to buy something with coins <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">~ learning what times I get up, have breakfast, dinner, go to bed


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Here are 2 good maths websites: [|http://ictgames.com] and [] (try Alien Addition)

We are getting fast at learning **DOUBLES** and number facts with **5 (like 5+2, 5+5, 5+3, 5+4, 5+1, 5+0**). We are getting good at writing number sentences for stories, like: "**Tegan had 6 paint brushes and gets 4 more. How many has she now?" ..... 6 + 4 = 10** In our Maths books we have some number games to play. Another good internet site is [|www.sheppardsoftware.com/maths/]
 * March:**
 * What is the number sentence for this story? "Gregan had 12 jelly beans. He ate 5. How many has he got left?"**

Skip counting is fun. What comes after - **2,4,6,8 ..... ?** What comes after - **5,10,15 ..... ?** What comes after - **10,20,30 .... ?** We are learning about geometry shapes. You can have a lot of fun with **TANGRAMS.** Try making one. Did you go to the **//Maths Games Evening//**? Maths games are a great way of practising our number work. On June 8 we played games with our friends and Mums and Dads. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">
 * May:**
 * June:**

**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">July: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** We are learning about PLACE VALUE. For instance, if 2 is in the tens place it is worth 20. If it is in the hundreds place, it is worth 200! ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** - What is the value of the 2 in these numbers? 27 52 234 29 82 265 ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** We have also been learning about shapes. Do you know what a quadrilateral is? ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Our teacher brought a //periwinkle// flower to school. And, wow! we noticed that in the centre there is a pentagon! **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">// Can you draw a pentagon - and a hexagon? // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">August: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Choose the answers to these questions - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. How many minutes in 1 hour? 30 40 60 10 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2. What number is 5 more than 19? 22 26 29 24 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3. What number is 4 less than 17? 11 9 13 12 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4. What are the even numbers? 10 7 5 18 3 24 9 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Click on the PDF to answer some "time" questions ...

Did you know that you can use __**cuisenaire rods**__ to help you with names for numbers. Each coloured rod has a number name. Our challenge was to see how many names we can make for a number, using the rods. Here is our answer for **number 8.** (Which pattern says: 1+2+5=8)? **//Try using rods to make make names for number 7 - and number 10.//** **GUESSING WHAT'S IN THE BAG** We had fun guessing what coloured cubes were in a bag. Click on the PDF to see what we did.
 * NAMES FOR NUMBERS .... **