Supporting Primary Maths at Home: Addition Outline of the workshop- Being Maths Role Models The process of learning addition skills Key skills you need to practise at home Supporting Using and applying skills at home

What’s the most important message for our children? Our brains are trainable muscles- with practise we can succeed. Persistence and confidence are key to learning in maths. Maths is a passport to later life... What to do if stuck?

Addition Stage 1 Counting accurately- practical activities, matching numbers to quantities Number recognition, 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20 Finding one more than a number from 1 to 10, then 10 to 20 Using vocabulary associated with addition and subtraction

Addition Stage 2 Begin to use the + and = sign to record mental calculations Know by heart all number bonds to 10 then 20 Use knowledge to know that addition can be done in any order to do mental calculations more efficiently

Addition Stage 3 Adding three single digit numbers mentally Know by heart all number bonds to 20 Use +and = to record mental calculations Use number line to make informal jottings Use partitioning to reflect mental methods 47 + 78 =40 + 70 + 7 + 8

Addition Stage 4 Using informal pencil and paper methods (jottings) and introducing vertical addition Adding TU and TU, moving into HTU using jottings (most significant digit first) 83 + 42 ---- 120 + 5 125

Addition Stage 5 Vertical format least significant digit first extends to bigger numbers 368 + 493 ----- 11 150 + 700 861

Addition Stage 6 Children using the compact layout, involving carrying 368 + 491 ----- 859 Extending to decimals

Addition Stage 7 Compact addition using carrying for thousands, hundreds, tens and units, and decimals Consolidation of Stage 6

Key elements to practise at home.... Practise is key! Number recognition (Bingo for any numbers, recognising door /car registration numbers/ knowing the date, using coins ) Counting (When shopping, estimating amounts, using coins, Counting on and back e.g. How many steps to the sea...can we count back...) No. bonds to 10, 20 (Make own puzzles, flash cards, linking number toys) Times tables- This can be practised anywhere at any time! If you aren’t secure- practise with them! Measurement Distances, amounts- capacity in practical and purposeful contexts- basic recognition of amounts! Comparing which has more/less Time Basic time telling but also planning a journey- read the time tables, work out estimated times of arrival

Supporting Using and Applying at home Maths websites that they enjoy! http://mathszone.co.uk/ http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

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