Dear families,
Please find below a number of resources and ideas you can use at home to support your child with their Maths skills.
We hope they are useful!
Level 2 Team
Students have focused on Place Value this semester by renaming, comparing and ordering 3-digit numbers. They have practised counting and estimating collections. Students represented 3-digit numbers according to their place value parts, using MAB blocks, Unifix, tens frames and counters to support their conceptual understanding.
Please find below some games/activities that you can do with your child to support their place value skills.
As you may not have MAB at home, you could use blocks: wooden blocks or lego bricks which can be grouped to represent larger place values (e.g., a stack of 10 blocks for a ten).
Mastermind (place value version)
Mastermind is a game that students will know that is great to practise place value. All you will need is some paper and pencils. You can start off with three columns (hundreds, tens and ones) and when your child becomes becomes confident in this, you can add the thousands column. There is also a video in the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOWHMaX43Gc
Base 10 Fun
https://www.abcya.com/games/base_ten_fun
This free educational game lets kids practice counting base ten manipulatives. Players can practice base ten numbers by reading and making, listening and making, or counting and writing. Use this game to practice counting virtual base ten manipulatives that represent ones, tens, and hundreds!
Students have practised their addition strategies such as doubles, counting on, near doubles, tens facts and building to 10.
Please find below some activities to support your child's addition skills.
Your child could make their own 'doubles' poster to have at home!
Doubles/Near Doubles activity:
Students fold one half of the page, then paint dots on one half. Make sure the dots are separated and arranged so they are easy to subitise (See straight away without counting). While the paint is still wet, students fold and press to make the double dot painting, since the paint will then transfer to the other side. Students record the doubles fact, for example, 7 + 7 = 14.
Students can also record the matching subtraction fact: 14 – 7 = 7, as well as the half fact, ½ of 14 = 7.
Then, using a new colour, students make an extra dot on the post-it notes. Students now record the near double fact, 7 + 8 = 15
Remembering our 'friends of ten' can help with this strategy!
Other great resources:
https://www.lovemaths.me/operations-f-2
The games on this website are great for practicing operations and grasping place value. There are videos that you can watch to learn how to play them, and most games only require cards, paper and pencils/textas.
https://drpaulswan.com.au/resources/interactive/
This website has great interactives that you can quickly download to use or play.