MATHEMATICS PARENTS’ COURSE PETER CRANNEY – ST. CHARLES’ CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

AIMS TO MAKE YOU MORE CONFIDENT IN HELPING YOUR CHILD TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE EXPECTATIONS TO PROMOTE PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS MATHS

HOW DOES MATHS MAKE YOU FEEL? WHY? WHAT IS YOUR MEMORY OF MATHS IN SCHOOL? WHAT IS YOUR MEMORY OF MATHS SINCE SCHOOL?

WHY DO PEOPLE HATE MATHS? IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL THICK. PEOPLE REPRESENT MATHS IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

ADDITION & SUBTRACTION

WHAT IS ADDITION?

ADDITION VOCABULARY - ADD - PLUS - MORE THAN - INCREASE - SUM - TOTAL

COLUMN ADDITION

SATS QUESTIONS

WHAT MAKES A GOOD MATHEMATICIAN CAN LEARN FACTS ENJOY MATHEMATICS, ESPECIALLY PUZZLES SPOT PATTERNS IN NUMBER CAN EXPLAIN STRATEGIES CAN DEVISE ALTERNATIVE (UNUSUAL) STRATEGIES TO CALCULATIONS THAT ARE OFTEN VERY EFFICIENT CAN GENERALISE AND FORM RULES CAN THINK FLEXIBLY,

DO CHILDREN HAVE REAL NUMBER SENSE? ADDITION How might children with a real ‘sense of number’ approach each of these calculations?

DO CHILDREN HAVE REAL NUMBER SENSE? Course Presenter – Anthony Reddy (Reddy-Made Consultancy) (Count on) (Near double / partition) (Partition / round to 50) (Partition / / ) (Round to 100) ( ) ( )

MASTERY

Addition and subtraction are the opposite of each other = – 7 = 3 We say that they are inverse operations.

SUBTRACTION

SUBTRACTION VOCABULARY - TAKE AWAY - SUBTRACT - FIND THE DIFFERENCE - MINUS - LESS - DECREASE

COLUMN SUBTRACTION

SATS QUESTIONS

DO CHILDREN HAVE REAL NUMBER SENSE? SUBTRACTION! Course Presenter – Anthony Reddy (Reddy-Made Consultancy) How might children with a real ‘sense of number’ approach each of these calculations?

DO CHILDREN HAVE REAL NUMBER SENSE? Course Presenter – Anthony Reddy (Reddy-Made Consultancy) (Count on) (Count back) (Subtract 20, add 2 / count on) (Count on / subtract 40 add 2) (Subtract 100, add 2) (Choice!) (Number line / decomposition)

MASTERY

GAMES WHAT ELSE DO I KNOW? ZING! ZONG! BONG! NUMBER BONDS TENNIS COUNTDOWN