0.62 x 37.5 + 3.8 x 3.75 0.125 x 0.8 How would you solve these? Maths Workshop – Year 3 0.62 x 37.5 + 3.8 x 3.75 0.125 x 0.8 How would you solve these?

What we’re doing at school to facilitate a deep conceptual understanding of maths (mastery). What you can do at home to support your child.

Helping children to understand; not simply do maths. What we are doing at LJS Helping children to understand; not simply do maths.

Representation and structure Mathematical tools should be seen as supports for learning. But using tools as supports does not happen automatically. Students must construct meaning for them. This requires more than watching demonstrations; it requires working with tools over extended periods of time, trying them out, and watching what happens. Meaning does not reside in tools; it is constructed by students as they use tools.

Deep Mathematical Thinking Superficially simple questions that are torn apart and discussed by the children. 9 + 9 = How did you complete this calculation? Can you do it another way?

Fluency Being efficient and accurate with a calculation. Students show flexibility in solving a calculation. May require a column method to deal with unwieldy numbers or a quicker mental method. All this comes through depth of learning.

How quickly can you solve these? 472 − 9 = 630 ÷ 9 = 12 − 6.01 = 5 × 4 × 7 = 50,000 − 500 = 8 + 4 = + 5 68 - = 59 – 38 48 × 2.5 = × 25 39 ÷ 3 = 3.9 ÷ Consider the strategies you used? What has made you fluent? ? ? ? ? How might our children do them?

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