Numbers (P1 & P2)

Hey pupils,

Here are some number games.

Number Bonds to 10

Number Bonds 10 with a twist

Make 15

Fishy Count

P2 pupils to try the 1st three games and see how fast you cancomplete the game. It will help you in your addition and subtraction.
P1 pupils do try all the games.

Numbers to 20 Tips

In addition to our tips given earlier, parents you may want to read this article.

Numbers to 20 resources

Here are some resources on Numbers to 20.

Do visit this website here and view the videos. There are many different videos that you can watch on counting. We watched some of it in class.

Roy the zebra - A website to reinforce the concept on number words.

Whack a mole - Adjust the slider so that your child counts in order.

Caterpillar Slider - Adjust the value for min and max so that your child can arrange the numbers in order from 0-20

Nile Number - A fun way to practise Number words.

Nutty - A fun way to count on

Do visit the games/websites on Numbers to 10. Most of them will have a link for bigger Numbers. The shortcut will be to go to the labels on the right on the website and click on either Numbers to 10 or websites

More to be uploaded soon

More on ordinal numbers

Another site on Ordinal numbers

Get in line

Ordinal Numbers

We have started on Ordinal numbers.
The pupils must be able to tell the difference between cardinal number(1, 2, 3 etc) and ordinal number(1st, 2nd, 3rd etc)

Here are some links to websites that deal with ordinal numbers:

Ordinal number & number word(watch till 0.23second)
The cats in Line
Squigly's Apples

Watch out for the videos of the lessons. Will be uploaded soon

More Fun on Shapes

Here are more websites on Shapes

1) Video from Fisher-Price
2) Matching Shapes As your child matches the picture to the shapes, ask your child to name the shape(s)
3) Website with activities for shapes (Printables and online activties)
4) Tangrams Allows your child to think out of the box using shapes

Holiday Fun

Here are More games for the holidays. Have fun revisiting the concepts that we have learnt in Term 1

Number Monster(Addition) Click on addition facts 1-10
Number Monster(Addition with a timer to check how many questions you can answer in a given time)

Number Monster (Subtraction) Click on subtraction 1-10
Number Monster (Subtraction with a timer to check how many questions you can answer in a given time)
Fishing game(Subtraction 1-10)

Mixture of addition & subtraction(Choose which 'number' you would like to practise)

Missing Number Game (You are able to choose choose the number of problems you want to solve and what sequence you want the numbers to appear so that it is a new game each time)

Shape Game (tangram with a twist)

Diego's Railroad Rescuse (simple game that reinforces on naming, matching & counting)

More games to be uploaded soon.

Shapes and Patterns

Patterns repeat over and over
One after another
Never reaching an end
The same again and again

Here are some videos on Patterns
Guess what comes next-Sesame Street
Sesame Street-The Detective Finds a Pattern
Frog & Dog Pattern

Here are some games on Patterns
Crazy Pattern Machine
Pattern Mania

More on Shapes

More videos on shapes
Kermit talks about rectangle

Sesame Street video on circles

Shapes around my room Interesting video to teach pupils to see shapes around the room.
Tip for parents: After watching the video, ask your child to name the different shapes around the room.
Give your child shape labels(square, rectangle, triangle, circle) and ask your child to match the label to the shape. Do watch out for the photos as this activity was conducted in class)

Shapes

We are shaping our knowledge in Maths through SHAPES now.

Videos on shapes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-Z3f2pdCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1mickCxwE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3cD9PN6K7U

Games on shapes

http://bright-productions.com/kinderweb/tri.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/teletubbies/funandgames/shapes/index.shtml

http://www.sesamestreet.org/game_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=gamePlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p_uid=9b9d7c77-486c-11dd-bf7b-df62be721a24

More on Addition

Games to reinforce concepts. For now we are learning numbers with answers within 10

http://www.innovamultimedia.com/demos/en/ma01/ma01d001/ma01d001_index.html

http://www.abcya.com/addition.htm (comes with online counters that you can use to check answer)

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html (be warned that it is up to 10 +10. So you may expect bigger numbers)

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/additiontest.html (Click on level 1 if bigger numbers appear)

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/ghostblasters2/gb2nores.html (change to sum of 10)

Higer Order Addition : http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Powerlines/powerlines1.html

Models (Updated with more websites)

Here are some websites for our P2 pupils. This post serves as an insight into models.

http://www.teach-kids-math-by-model-method.com/ (Click on the links that you want to read. I like this site because it has comprehensive information about models.)

http://www.thesingaporemaths.com/Whymodf.swf

Although the website below deals with P3 questions, it gives us an idea of what is a model and how to draw models. http://www.thesingaporemaths.com/p3math1f.swf

http://www.europa.com/~paulg/mathmodels/math_models.shtml (Go basic operations, click on addition & subtraction to see model animation)

http://sc-math.com/math/model.php#t1 (There are 3 pages to view)

Number Bonds

Dear P1 parents, we have started on number bonds. Here are 2 articles that I though was interesting and related to Number Bonds. It gives insight to what is number bond.

http://home-ed.info/maths/number_bonds.html
http://www.ehomework.co.uk/NumbersNumberBonds.html

You can also head to Cybersource to print this workseet to practise http://cybersource.com.sg/filedb/uploads/P1-2_1_Number%20Bonds.pdf

Over the weekend, I will share strategies that can be used to taech number bonds

Arranging Numbers

Often this is a difficult concept as there are are 3-4 numbers at anyone time and pupils get confused. One way to make sure that pupils are sure of the smallest/biggest number.

For instance, for the question on arranging the numbers from the smallest to biggest,
1)Ask the pupils to read the question.
2) Ask them to ask themselves which is the smallest number. Each time they write a number down, cancel the number.
3) Then ask them to ask, which is the smallest number now and repeate the process in step 2.

Arranging numbers from the Smallest to Greatest
1) Use a rhyme like 10 Little Indian Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IO24dCmxk0
2)Ask pupils to arrange the numbers from the smallest as they sing the song.

Arranging the numbers from the Greatest to smallest
1) A video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1sCuNEZkCE enables pupils to see the numbers becoming smaller.
2) Pupils were also taught to sing using their fingers and to fold them as the number decreases.
3) Pupils count the numbers backward as they arrange the number.

Ask your child for a demo. I am sure they remember their lesson learnt on Friday

Meanwhile do practice. These websites are a great source.

http://www.ictgames.com/caterpillar_slider.html

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/numorder.swf
Have fun!

Compare the Numbers(2)

More activties to practise 'more' & 'fewer'

1) Take 2 beansticks and ask the child which stick has more beans or which stick has fewer beans.
Do visit these sites so that your child can practise the concepts.
http://www.mrsbogucki.com/aemes/resource/apps/compare/compare.htm (You can customise the settings to suit the needs of your child)

http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/kindergarten-fewer-more-comparing-groups

Subtraction without regrouping (P2)

Do visit http://numbernut.com/basic/sub_intro.shtml to practise basic subtraction(revision of last year's work)
Practise 3 digit Subtraction which was taught today(without regrouping)- http://numbernut.com/basic/activities/sub_quiz_3noborrow-v.shtml

todays's photos to be uploaded by Sunday

I know about Numbers to 10

Parents you want to visit this site to reinforce some concepts about Numbers to 10 that we have learnt in class such as counting, being able to recognise the number words or numerals, before after concepts.

Before After(Numers to 10) -http://www.numbernut.com/basic/activities/number_prevnext_1-10dots.shtml

Naming Numbers from 1-10 -
http://www.numbernut.com/basic/activities/number_mem20_1-10words.shtml

Match the cards with dots to cards with numbers-
http://www.numbernut.com/basic/activities/number_mem20_1-10dots.shtml

Practice Makes perfect

Our P2 pupils visited Numer Nut, http://www.numbernut.com/basic/activities/add_quiz_3nocarry-v.shtml to practise their addition of 3 digit numbers(without carrying over). Click on start quiz to begin. Pupils remember to show your workings on a piece of paper.
Parents do allow your child to continue practising at home.
It's more fun and interesting than the assessment books although it's the same thing.....
(Photos to be uploaded tonight)

There is something called free lunch

Let me share with you places where you can get ‘free lunches’ to enrich the little ones. Oops, I mean websites where you can download Maths resources.

I love Jan Brett’s Website. She really has good resources that you can download for free. Print them in colour and Ta-Da, it looks as if you bought them. Laminate them and it can be passed down for generations. Many of the things in my class have been downloaded from her site.

Numbers 1-30. Really beautiful numbers with amazing pictures. Print them in A4 size and you have beautiful posters.
http://www.janbrett.com/numbers/main_page.htm
Flashcard size- http://www.janbrett.com/numbers/numbers_flash_cards_main.htm

Matching the Numbers to Picture. Print it in colour and the pupils can match.
http://www.janbrett.com/games/matching_numbers_game_main_page.htm

Matching Numbers to Number words. A mini jigsaw where you match the numbers to the number words. http://www.janbrett.com/games/matching_words_numbers.htm

Number Flags. Print in colour, add toothpicks and Ta-da you can use it for ordering of numbers. http://www.janbrett.com/number_flags/number_flags_main.htm

Number Tracers. Print this set and get the pupils to trace the numbers http://www.janbrett.com/numbers/number_tracers_main_page.htm