Interactive mathematics activities
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Term 2 WEEK 1
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Use a calendar to identify the date and determine the number of days in each month.
Use a calendar to calculate the number of months, weeks or days until an upcoming event.
(NSW Mathematics K-6 Syllabus)
Use a calendar to calculate the number of months, weeks or days until an upcoming event.
(NSW Mathematics K-6 Syllabus)
Students in 2P have been learning to use and read a calendar, recording: special dates, days of the week and months of the year. Students have participated in activities which require them to find dates after listening to directions.
For example: What is the date on the first Friday of April?
It is important that your child has the opportunity to consolidate the everyday skills that we have learned in class through practise.
For example: What is the date on the first Friday of April?
It is important that your child has the opportunity to consolidate the everyday skills that we have learned in class through practise.
Some activities and questions that you can discuss with your child are:
Ask your child to locate their birthday or a sibling's birthday, on a calendar.
How many months or days is it until their birthday?
How long ago was their birthday?
What day of the week will their birthday fall on this year?
What is the name of the month before their birth month?
Can they find the day of the week on which the 2nd of May 2015 occurs?
Can your child count how many Saturdays there are in June?
Ask your child to locate their birthday or a sibling's birthday, on a calendar.
How many months or days is it until their birthday?
How long ago was their birthday?
What day of the week will their birthday fall on this year?
What is the name of the month before their birth month?
Can they find the day of the week on which the 2nd of May 2015 occurs?
Can your child count how many Saturdays there are in June?
Term 2 Week 2
We are learning to
We are learning to
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Read analog and digital clocks to the quarter-hour using the terms 'past' and 'to', e.g. 'It is a quarter past three', 'It is a quarter to four'
(NSW Mathematics K-6 Syllabus).
Moving Hands
Click on the image on the right and you will find a clock with movable hands.
Suggest a time. Ask your child to explain where the large hand and the small hand would be placed at this time.
Can they predict what time the digital clock will show after they move the hands on the analogue clock?
(NSW Mathematics K-6 Syllabus).
Moving Hands
Click on the image on the right and you will find a clock with movable hands.
Suggest a time. Ask your child to explain where the large hand and the small hand would be placed at this time.
Can they predict what time the digital clock will show after they move the hands on the analogue clock?
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Stop the Clock
The activity on the left requires students to match the times on an analogue clock and a digital clock.
Don't forget to
STOP THE CLOCK!
The activity on the left requires students to match the times on an analogue clock and a digital clock.
Don't forget to
STOP THE CLOCK!
Term 2 Week 3 & 4
We are learning to
We are learning to
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Use a range of mental strategies and concrete materials for multiplication and division.
Your child will participate in activities designed to assist them to recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays.
(NSW Mathematics K-6 Syllabus).
Groups Arrays
Please note: When learning the concepts of multiplication and division, research has shown that children in the early years must develop the understanding that multiplication is simply repeated addition of the same number.
For example 4 groups of 3, or
3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12
Your child will participate in activities designed to assist them to recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays.
(NSW Mathematics K-6 Syllabus).
Groups Arrays
Please note: When learning the concepts of multiplication and division, research has shown that children in the early years must develop the understanding that multiplication is simply repeated addition of the same number.
For example 4 groups of 3, or
3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12
The link below to the BBC''s Bitesize Mathematics, will assist students to skip count in order to load Molly's camel for her desert trip.
Term 2 Week 5
We are learning to
We are learning to
Compare and order several shapes and objects based on length.
Record length comparisons informally using drawings, numerals and words, and by referring to the uniform informal unit used.
Many students will begin to use formal units to measure the lengths of objects.
Our learning this week is particularly relevant as much of our discussions about prehistoric animals have involved visualising their lengths.
Your child could investigate:
How long is your dining table/lounge/bed?
How long is your room?
Would a wonambi (a 5m long prehistoric snake) fit inside your room?
Record length comparisons informally using drawings, numerals and words, and by referring to the uniform informal unit used.
Many students will begin to use formal units to measure the lengths of objects.
Our learning this week is particularly relevant as much of our discussions about prehistoric animals have involved visualising their lengths.
Your child could investigate:
How long is your dining table/lounge/bed?
How long is your room?
Would a wonambi (a 5m long prehistoric snake) fit inside your room?
Term 2 Week 6
We are learning to
We are learning to
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Create displays of data using lists, tables and picture graphs and interpret them.
Some activities to support your child's learning are:
Ask them to tally and graph the types of pets of family and friends. Perhaps they could record the types of fruit and vegetables eaten by the family over a week.
Some activities to support your child's learning are:
Ask them to tally and graph the types of pets of family and friends. Perhaps they could record the types of fruit and vegetables eaten by the family over a week.