All+About+Number

//This is our page// **ALL ABOUT NUMBER** In class we are in 3 Maths groups, the Fantails, The Monarchs and the Geckos. Whatever group we are in, we need to remember our class motto " We Think, We Try, We Can."

We like learning about numbers. During February we are doing **S****TATI****STICS**. We are learning to sort and count things then show the information on a **GRAPH**. See how we use **TALLY MARKS** to count things. The graph below shows our favourite ice-cream flavours. 

We are also doing lots of work on **NUMB****ER** - counting, sorting, reading and writing numbers, adding and subtracting. We use our fingers, counters, dice, number lines and anything that helps us to understand!

Here is maths game that helps our ADDING ... (you may like to open the pdf file and print it to play at home.)

**There are many good Maths sites on the Internet. Here are some that we enjoy:** .mathplayground.com .sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames (see ‘early math’) .coolmath-games.com/1-games-for-little-kids .abc.net.au/countusin .fun4thebrain.com .mathsisfun .barkingcollege.ac.uk .ictgames.com  <span style="color: #1d1dbf; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">.learningbox.com/Base10 (good for place value)

Try playing "Izzie Insect" - you will need an "Izzie" for each player - have fun drawing your own "Izzie". You will need 2 dice. Roll the dice and add. First to place all 11 counters, wins!

//**PENTOMINOES**// //**What is a pentomino ? It is a shape made from 5 squares - How many shapes can you make? (the squares must join at their sides, not just a corner).**// //**Here are some of the shapes we discovered. Our teacher says there are 12 altogether - we still have some to find!**//

The pdf shows all 12 pentominoes! They have letter names.



<span style="color: #0400ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">WHAT IS PLACE VALUE? Some of us are learning about "place value". Now we can understand why we write numbers the way we do. Numbers are written in columns or 'places'. Did you realise that it is all based on groups of 10? There is a ones place, a tens place and a hundreds place. These place value blocks help us to understand PLACE VALUE.... click on the pdf files Also in Maths, this term, we are improving our measuring skills. How big are our feet? ... we measured our feet in centimetres (cms).
 * Measuring **



We are all getting pretty good at multiplication. So when we see 3 x 5 we know that means "three groups of 5". Let's say Mr Beggs says, "I have 5 bags of lollies to give away. There are 6 lollies in each bag". That means he has 5 x 6 lollies. That should be 30 lollies. Let's see if we can work these out: (sometimes drawing a picture helps) (Click on the ANSWERS pdf to check)
 * MULTIPLICATION **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We have 4 teams with 5 kids in each team. How many kids?
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We planted pine seeds. We had 3 trays and we planted 8 seeds in each tray. How many seeds altogether?
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I have 4 sticker books. There are 10 stickers in each book. How many stickers altogether?
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mrs Blenkhorn has 5 rows of cabbages and there are 7 cabbages in each row. How many cabbages has she got?

A fraction is PART of something. "I gave away ** 1/2 ** of my lollies." "A ** 1/4 ** of our class were not at school today." We are learning about fractions now. Drawing shapes and cutting them into parts (fractions) is fun. Here are 2 activity sheets to see what you know.
 * FRACTIONS **